I was working on today's game review until around 4am this morning but was so tired I didn't save the document when I shut it down, so lost quite a lot of the review including loads of links to free online word games. So the review is just a basic one today. :
Introduction :
This was originally given away in January 2007 and received 80% of 131 votes. You can see the previous comments by following the first link below. The second one is to Realore Studio’s page where there is links to 15 pages of short comments about this game, most of which appear to be positive (I didn’t check all of them, lol)
http://game.giveawayoftheday.com/aqua-words/#comments
The Game:
This is a straightforward word game that features the familiar Aquatic figure (assuming you've been downloading game giveaways since it's inception) . There are three game modes Time, Arcade and Strategy mode. The only difference between timed and strategy mode is that you have to complete the level within a specific time in timed mode. Arcade mode on the other hand starts with only half the playing arena filled (as opposed to the arena already being full for the other two modes). New bubbles start to appear from the top at regular intervals (faster in the more difficult settings). If you haven’t created enough words by the time the arena fills the game ends. (Aquatic warns you that the level is going to end). At the end of a level you get the level stats which include the time it took to complete, the score for the best word, the longest word, the total score and if there is to be a bonus tile for example a score multiplier, this will be introduced at the end of the level. There is three difficulty settings Easy, Medium and hard. The game also features three different backgrounds related to nature. In a nutshell that's it. Sorry I've not expanded on it more today.
Images:
http://images.google.co.uk/images?hl=en&q=Aqua+Words&btnG=Search+Images&gbv=2
System Requirements:
o Pentium 200 or higher
o Win9x/ME/2000/XP/Vista
o DirectX 3.0
o 32 MB RAM
o 1 MB Video RAM
Conclusion:
It’s a decent enough game that’ll be great for a family with young kids. Aquatic is funny at times and is also interactive. Try clicking on him. Definitely worth 7 out of 10 in my opinion. Google Free Word games for hundreds of great browser based word games.
I've just figured out why the review didn't save. I turned on Returnil partway through writing the review, so only that part which I'd written before turning on the virtual drive was saved; how stupid of me.
