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Eliss

Posted March 12, 2009 10:04am

APPOLICIOUS ADVISOR RATING:

4 of 5 bars
  • PRICE: $3.99
  • GRAPHICS: 5
  • SOUND: 5
  • CONTROL: 5
  • FUN: 5
  • VALUE: 4
SUMMARY: A minimalistic arcade game with some excellent game play

Eliss is one of those games that has you scratching your head at its simplistic design and seemingly random game play. But the more you play this game, the more you realize its simple genius and it makes you want to keep going. The game is a little hard to explain and make sound interesting, but it is definitely a game worth looking into.

The player is presented with different colored "planets" as the game calls them. These planets must be manipulated and re-sized to fit into the different so-called "squeesars". The player must pinch and pull the planet apart and together to make it the right size to fit. Once the planet fits, the player can drag it into the squeesar to form a supernova and fill a slot. Once enough slots are filled, the level is completed. There are different colored planets and the different colors evidently hate each other. When a planet is too close to one of a different color, a collision will happen and will drain your bar at the top left. This bar can be replenished with stardust that is collected from supernovas that are made.

Overall, Eliss proves that game play can be extremely addicting without flashy, 3D graphics and in fact, would be less interesting with them. It is definitely a minimalistic type of game. For the price being asked, I would recommend deeply considering checking this app out. It is a little higher up on the price list, but for me personally, it is definitely worth the purchase.

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