Game Reveiw: 2048

This is a single player game that only came out about a month ago called 2048. This is a puzzle game where tiles with numbers in must be matched to another tile with the same number to create a bigger number whilst removing the other two tiles. The overall aim of the game is to create the biggest number tile possible trying to get to the tile numbered 2048. The game was released on March 9, 2014 but an Italian man called Gabriele Cirulli. This is an addictive and easy to learn game that keeps the user trying to be their personal best. I particularly like this game as it is a good brain teaser and gets the player thinking. The game was originally made for computers and could be played online, but can now be played on mobile platforms. This game has become incredibly popular and is played by many different people. The graphics in this game are quite basic but flow well when a player interacts with them. As bigger numbers are made by the user the colours of the tiles change and begin to glow. As there is only sound in the mobile version of this game I will be referring to what I could hear when I played. When a tile is moved incorrectly a single toned bell like sound rings and when a tile is moved correctly at dual toned bell like sound rings. Again these sounds are incredibly basic but they do give the game that extra little bit of energy. The controls for this game when played on the computer are the arrow keys this moves the tiles around, but the controls on an apple mobile device are just swiping a finger in the direction that they want the tiles to move.

 

I would rate the graphics in this game a 5 out of 10 as they have a good fluid motion and are extremely basic. Whilst being able to be run well on a computer they are not as good on a mobile device as the motion is not as smooth. The colours a vibrant and have a good contrast with the back ground.

 

The sounds in the game only get 3 out of 10 as they only work on mobile devices and are extremely limited. They also get a little irritating once they are played over and over.

 

Over all this game gets a score of 8 out of 20, even though it is a fun game to play the graphics and sound let it down.