PocketGamer

I'm sorry, but there are times when Metacritic's system just doesn't work. I was looking into buying this game and I came here first and almost didn't buy it when I saw the "60" AppSpy gave it. But I kept to my two source minimum for he internet and was blown away. EVERY review of the this game is overwhelmingly positive and most are 5 stars. The app has more than 50 reviews with almost all of them being 5 stars. Further, I went to the low review and read it. Something seemed fishy. Soon after I decided to buy the game and now I see the problem. The reviewer did not play the game! This is frustrating and happening more and more for apps. The reviewer says that the upgrades for the game are locked behind a pay wall, and indeed it's the only bad thing he says about the game. Problem is, he's wrong and it shows that he didn't even play the game. He's the truth - the very first time you play the game, you can't buy upgrades at all - UNTIL THE END OF YOUR FIRST RUN - then the entire upgrade store opens up. A few of key points here 1) The store opens up automatically. 2) the store opens up for free. 3) The review would have known all of this if he had even finished A SINGLE RUN - which he clearly never did. I will certainly not traffic AppSpy any further if that's what passes for journalism at that site. (side note, AppSpy actually gave the game a 3.2, which in Metecritic's crappy conversion would be a 64 not a 60( you have to mouse oer the number on the site to get the real number) - it's a small detail but shows how slipshod everyone involved is being.) I think what the gamer makers were trying to do is introduce things one at a time ie. first run - just play the basic game, second run - learn how to use super sneezes, third run - unlocks the rest of the game. pretty standard in most games to unlock more stuff as I go... Anyways, on to happier thoughts. The game is really cool I consider myself a hardcore gamer and still play this game all the time. It;s got a really fun play style and it's got some wonderful depth and even a cute little story. One added bonus is that it's totally family friendly. I guarantee that if you give this game 10 minutes you will want to give it a whole lot more.