I'm trying to find a quality puzzler for me mum, she's always been into sudoku and freecell and such. I introduced her to one of those Picross games, and she really enjoyed it, but she finished all the levels after a few months. So, can you guys suggest a good, lengthy, puzzle game? A 3-star system would be a bonus, one of those systems where you get more stars for beating the best time and such. I just don't want to get her into Candy Crush or any of that junk.
Cryptogram Tale has been on my ipad for 2 years and is still nowhere near finished. Cryptograms are kind of hard work though and it doesnt have stars. An easier one released recently is Mahjong Crimes which adds many elements to the standard tile matching formula to integrate it with an Agatha Christie mystery. This one has the 3 star system for time taken on each of the 250 levels. If it is successful I guess they will add more stories.
Since she likes Sudoku and Freecell how about introduce her to Threes? For visual puzzles i recommend Blueprint 3D (not sure if ios11 ready though), and Shadowmatic. Then there's Square Enix's excellent GO series, and of course, beautiful Monument Valley titles, even if they are shorter than the other suggestions. I also remember some solid fun times with Alphabear.
I installed Cut the Rope Magic on the iPad of my mom and she liked it. Maybe its worth to have a look on the Cut the Rope series.
Kyle Bossman at Easy Allies has talked about getting her non-gaming mom hooked on The Witness. Might be worth a try...
I'd recommend Threes too. I've also been playing a ton of Lines lately. Lines has a bronze, silver, gold rating for each level that requires beating the level 3,5, or 10 times in a row. With 5 modes (4 to unlock) and each mode having 50 levels, your mother could be looking at thousands of individual games to play before she's finished.
Well, personally, Ive given up!! Ill tell ya, Ive been trying for 35 years to get my wife into playing games, and after ALL THIS TIME Ive unfortunately been unsuccessful at getting her interested in playing ANY game more than once!! # Definitely not for the lack of trying on my part!! # She just doesnt enjoy video games at all. Ive always wanted her to have fun with it, but its not her thing!! # You think you know someone, and so many times Ive thought I found something shed really enjoy, only to find out I was totally wrong once again!!! Oh well. Not even gonna try anymore. Aint gonna happen..... Sure hope for your sake (and hers) you guys are able to find something your mom or wife can enjoy!!
I also suggest Threes! It doesn't have levels though, you play to beat your highscore. Kami2 is nice and looks beautiful it has levels and I think stars too. Mini Metro is another option, it has nothing to do with the games your mom liked before but is a very interesting puzzle game and is on sale right now. Trying with The Witness could be a nice experiment but it may be a little overwhelming for your mom. I'm not sure. I haven't played the iOS version, only the PC version. The game is super beautiful and super clever but I got stuck and got frustrated several times. I played it with my boyfriend and together we finished the game but I think that if we had played it separately we definitely would not have finished it. It may be a worth try just to explore the ideas in the game. Another game that I'm sure she would love is Regency Solitaire, it is only available for PC and Mac but maybe you/she can check it out. If you decide to try again check Her Story. Maybe she would like that one You should also check Regency Solitaire I'm a woman, not a mom XD but I also like management games too. Maybe you should try with that genre.
May I suggest Swim Out ? (Disclaimer : I'm one of the devs) Here is Touch Arcade's forum post : http://forums.toucharcade.com/showthread.php?t=310179 There is more than 10 hours of gameplay to finish it, usually 15 hours.