Unlike many iOS puzzle games, PDTA offers little to no instruction, and certainly no hint system of any kind. Many of the ‘riddles’ involve finding hidden passcodes for various input panels. None of these steps take more than a few seconds once you know what to do, though, and the repetition does at least help to build the sense that you’re really learning how the machine works. There’s also a lot of repetition, having to follow some sequences again and again to re-unlock various parts of the console each run-through.
Many are exceedingly obtuse, with solutions kind of hidden in plain sight behind bizarre leaps of logic. However, the puzzles themselves are not always perfect. Many of the endings contain delightful pop culture references, as shown by the posters unlocked by finding them, and there’s a charmingly cruel wit behind each one. While some are simple (accidentally blowing up the world is much easier than we thought), others are painfully difficult, and the only real goal is to complete as many of them as you can. There’s no real plot to speak of here, but 25 different “endings” are hidden throughout, dependent on how you react to the mysteries of the control panel. This sheet of apparent nonsense actually contains about a dozen clues if you look hard enough.
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