Game Genre: Match 3

 

 

Developer: Camel 101

 

Platform/OS: Windows XP/Vista; Mac available

 

 

 

 

So, here's the story – a guy name John goes scuba diving, and meets a funny little magical man called a "sniff." Generally, I'd advise he checks his oxygen tank, but since this is a casual game you just have to roll with it. Anyway, he discovers a whole bunch of sniffs at the bottom of the ocean, and has to help them rebuild their city. He does this by playing silly little tile matching games.

 

You swap adjacent tiles, and try to make matches of 3 or more of a kind. If you've played one match 3 game, then you've played them all...this is really just another version of Cradle of Rome. You also build stuff as you go along, but this is just a case of selecting the structures you want from a list.

 

The graphics are old school, which means hand drawn cartoons. Yikes, it should really come with an epileptic warning. There are lights flashing all over the place, and it's flipping bright. But whatever, it's cute, and the sniff sounds like a Sumo wrestler with a deep voice and a Japanese accent. I suppose if you're really desperate for new match 3 game play, it's alright, but don't expect ground breaking stuff.

 

 

 

 

Big Fish Games: $6.99

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