i would love to hear about the dream. I had a dream about that new show Gotham the other night. Can't remember it very well though.
Game Review Overload
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 On 10/14/2014 at 08:16 PM by Cary Woodham See More From This User » |
Hey folks, are you ready for another batch of game reviews to read? Well you’d better get used to it; because with Christmas coming up, I’ll be doing lots more game reviews for a while. Anyway, I hope you do get a chance to click on the links and read my reviews and maybe even post a comment or two. I’d appreciate it. I know there are a bit more iPad games in this batch, but keep in mind that I was on vacation to Disney World in between posting these reviews. But I promise my next batch will have more console stuff. One tough thing about reviewing games this time of year is that it’s harder to play the games I want, like Hyrule Warriors and Smash Bros., because I have to review other things. But I’m not complaining. People who get to write game reviews semi-professionally like this have NO RIGHT to complain! So anyway, let’s get on to the reviews!
Cooking Mama 5: Bon Appetit! (3DS)
Can you believe there has been five of these games? More if you count the spinoffs and Wii titles! I actually like the Cooking Mama series, though. I don’t know why. I like reviewing them because they’re really kids’ games at heart. My one complaint is that it’s just more of the same. But since these are kids’ games and there will always be a new generation of youngsters to experience these titles like never before, I guess it’s OK if it’s just more of the same. Kind of like Pokemon.
This is a silly take on BlazBlue with chibi characters and simpler arcade style arena fighting gameplay. It’s a sequel to the DSiWare game BlayzBloo. It would be pretty fun if it weren’t for the last boss character, which is just a giant version of your rival. They’re nearly impossible to beat. I couldn’t do it, and it’s a shame because the rest of the game is so easy. Plus, my favorite BlazBlue character isn’t in this game. Can you guess who it is? I’ll give you a hint if you need it (you’re not being very observant, though). OK here’s the hint: even though my favorite character isn’t in this game, her panda hairpiece is one of the power-ups you can pick up. Guess in the comments section!
Super Monkey Ball Bounce (iPad)
It’s really just Peggle with Monkey Ball characters thrown in. Kind of reminds me of Pachinko games, which means it’s not that interesting. Remember Super Monkey Ball 1 & 2 on the GameCube? Those were such awesome games, some of the best for that console. And the mini-games were great, too. I never felt the need to buy a bowling game for the GameCube because Monkey Bowling was so good. Monkey Target was great, too. Can you guess the monkey character I always used? It’s a shame that future Monkey Ball titles have not been near as good. What happened, SEGA?
I had heard a lot of folks talking about this game a while back, so when I got the opportunity to review it for iPad; I wanted to give it a try. I don’t see what the big deal is, though. It’s just a bunch of squares with different jumping abilities doing the same jumping puzzles over and over. I did like the narration, though. I hear the guy who did that even won an award for it. Otherwise, though, I just didn’t ‘get’ this game I suppose.
This is a really clever puzzler I played at PAX that features puzzles involving light and shadow, as well as mixing different colors of light. The characters look suspiciously like the ones in Cut the Rope, though.
Speaking of squares, in this game you’re a guy square who falls in love with a girl square, but she only dates guys who wear the clothes she likes. So in the game you tilt your tablet to move the guy square around a maze to get the outfit she likes and head for the exit. It’s a neat puzzler, but hard to twist and turn the mazes if you have a bulkier device like an iPad. I think it probably works better with something smaller, like a phone.
In this game you try to clear out as many squares as you can from a playfield, but you can only move in directions like a knight on a chessboard (two squares up, and then one left or right). If you like chess strategy games, you might enjoy this one.
And last is yet another Candy Crush clone. I swear I need to stop reviewing these things. Back when I was writing for The Dallas Morning News, there was a time when Deer Hunter games were very popular. So my editor sent me every single one to review. I finally had to tell him to stop sending them to me because they were practically all the same game. And I hated having to tell him that, too, because I don’t like to say ‘no’ to a game reviewing opportunity. I may have to do that again with these Candy Crush clones, though.
Stay Tuned!
And that’s all for now! Thanks for reading my reviews and posting comments. I really do appreciate it. Hopefully I’ll be able to find enough time soon to play more Hyrule Warriors and stuff. Speaking of which, the other night I had a funny dream about Hyrule Warriors. Let me know if you want to hear about it in the comments section, and I’ll tell you about it in the reply. Next time on my blog, I’m going to talk about the silly characters in a fighting game I’m reviewing right now called Arcana Heart 3: LOVE MAX!!!!! Later! --Cary
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