100 Word Review - #53 - Auditorium

Sometimes I feel like I am cheating the level

Auditorium

Genre - Indie, Casual

Metascore - N/A

Developer - Cipher Prime Studios

Other Games by Developer - Fractal: Make Blooms Not War, Splice

My Playtime - 2.5 hours

I love simple, good looking games; Auditorium is one of these. The premise is straightforward - guide a stream of light to light catchers around the screen using control orbs such as attraction, repulsion and directional. Every light catcher you fill adds to the music, and by the end of each level (of 5 stages) you have a nice track. Auditorium starts out slow but it does ramp up the difficulty quite quickly and you end up just making slight adjustments for 5 minutes. It is a very clean looking game with the vivid colours jumping out against the black background.

My Score - 7/10

100 Word Review - #23 - Fractal: Make Blooms Not War

Pretty

Fractal: Make Blooms Not War


Genre - Casual, Indie


Metascore - 84% (iOS)

Developer - Cipher Prime Studios

Other Games by Developer - Auditorium

My Current Playtime - 1.1 hours

There is a plethora of block puzzle games to choose from and they can get all get a bit samey. “Fractal” puts a new spin on the genre in which you have to push blocks from different directions to make little flower shapes. You only have a certain number of pushes in which to make a certain number of ‘blooms’ and it becomes more about resource management than just franticly clicking to try and complete a level, especially in the puzzle mode. “Fractal” is a pretty game that is very challenging, with more to think about than “Bejeweled” and others.

My Score - 7/10