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critter crunch

Gluttony may be one of the seven deadly sins, but it’s definitely one of the more fun ones out there.  That joy has been shared and sifted into a video game, a game called “Critter Crunch”.  If you’re going to get a game for your iPhone , this is definitely one that you should consider.

Now, when I look for a portable game, I look for several things.  The first thing I look for in a game is its ease of play.  If I wanted a complex and deep game filled with so many options that it requires its own book to fully understand, I would look for one on the console or for my Mac or PC.

Critter Crunch requires you to grab creatures out of several conveyor belts that are sliding down to you at the bottom of the screen and spit them out so other creatures could eat them.  You feed the smallest critters to larger critters until they’re so full that they “pop”. Your objective is to make those gluttonous beasts pop so you get gems for points.

See?  Not so difficult.

The second thing I look into when I want to buy a portable game is the graphics. The city is either visually confusing due to an insane mix of both colors and lights, sometimes confusing enough that I wonder why there aren’t more seizures running about.  At other points, it’s a depressing shade of grey – concrete and steel aren’t exactly what makes a good panorama.

The graphics for Critter Crunch are very clean and very slick.  Parts of the screen are easily distinguishable from others, making it a treat to both watch and play.  Character design and the animation style of the game is very slick, very expressive.  This is impressive for a game that was developed as a means of portable entertainment.

Sound is also one of the things that I look form though not as much as the other aspects.  Critter Crunch definitely does not disappoint in this department, but when I’m commuting or on break, I still want and like to be able to hear the outside world in case I need to hear something important – like say, the wild horns of a car careening out of control or a fire alarm.  Stuff like that.

For a match three game, it’s one of the cleverer and deeper ones.  While it’s no RPG, it keeps adding elements and special rules and items to the game that add more and more complexity to it.  It also introduces these concepts at a leisurely pace – I’m actually not sure if anyone could actually be overwhelmed by it.

For people who don’t like match three games, it’s their bane – but for people who love that genre, Critter Crunch is the boon they’ve been looking for.