Saturday, April 23, 2011

Percepto - Breaking the Z axis

Percepto is a new, interesting gem in the app store. It's featured by Apple this week, and carries with it a new iteration of an often-seen concept in iOS games (Shift, Gravity Guy) - game field manipulation.

The game is a 2D puzzle that involves sliding a character across a room into a door. The interesting part comes in when you tap the room into 3D mode, allowing you to flip it and re-tap it into 2D to move around obstacles.

While it's certainly an interesting concept, I wish I could call the game wildly entertaining, but... it just isn't. New mechanics are few and far between, keeping the gameplay largely repetitive throughout the game. While the shine of the 3D/2D switch will keep most people enthralled for the first few minutes, after that, it becomes a struggle to stay positive.

The game does have a certain OCD factor, as it records time spent and moves spent, but that's the only real incentive to play the game. In my opinion, a game doesn't warrant being a paid app if the only thing it has going for it is its gimmick.

Get it if you're bored and a puzzle maniac - otherwise, avoid this app.

19 comments:

  1. I love puzzles, might check this out

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  2. Thanks for the review, rkn I'll steer clear.

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  3. I'm a puzzle maniac, and I will play this one when I have time :)

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  4. Would be nice with a pictire of the game :o
    But i might play it if i have the tie :D

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  5. Looks like a good game! Gonna try it.

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  6. gonna check it out, sounds great

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  7. Looks kinda like Paper Mario, will check it out.

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  8. I want a smart phone but I don't have one. Right now all I have is my stupid LG 3NVY. I actually like it a lot because I can't break it. I even dropped it in the toilet and its still cool.

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  9. I'm with DavidBloop on this one, I'll have to pass. This sounds like a game I'll stop playing after half an hour.

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  10. Yes! Another game I can use to waste time at work. :)

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  11. Makes a change from all the bad apps, Im installing as we speak

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  12. Sounds awesome, will check it out.

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  13. I'll also check it out. Sounds neat. :)

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  14. very interesting im going to check it out

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  15. you want a good app, you should look into geared
    now theres an app you wont ever get bored of

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