Hi all,
I bought change reaction and have been playing it quite a bit. Here are my
thoughts:
Classic: If you've played the windows game before, review the keyboard commands
in the instructions and dive right in. It's the exact same game. A few keys
have been reassigned, but that's about it.
Loose Change: This one's just like classic with one big exception. When a bomb
appears, if you do not play the proper coin on it in time, or if you play
another coin, the bomb will scatter all the coins in that stack across the top
of the other stacks, leaving that one empty. It's a lot of fun and can get
really crazy. There's one thing that I'm not sure if it's a bug or a feature.
For a large portion of the game, more than half, there is a bomb on the screen
just about constantly.
Payday: This one's quite different. You only have five stacks to work with, and
only one coin in each. The objective here is to build up large stacks of coins,
then blow them up, while trying *not* to clear the board. If you clear 40 coins
in unique positions on the grid, you get two more stacks which each fount
double. The idea is that each stack represents a work day and each position in
that stack represents an hour in that day. The two stacks you get later are the
weekend days. This is probably my favorite mode in the game.
Lastly, I did find one bug. It is possible to pause the game during the level
introduction announcements. However, when you resume, the timer is set to 0 and
the game ends immediately.
As to the discussion of a demo version, I think one would be a good idea to
allow people who aren't used to this type of game to give it a try. One wayy
Draconis could do this is to release a separate "light" version on the app
store, which would be restricted. The second, and I think better, way they
could release a demo is to have one app in the store that is available for
free, and would only have the demo until the full game is unlocked via an
in-app purchase.
For anyone who has access to a mac, and found the windows version even mildly
interesting, I highly recommend it. If you've never tried the windows version
or don't have access to a PC, I recommend Change Reaction if you like games
that force you to think strategically under pressure.
Karl
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