BLOKS Swipe
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Game Information
Developers: Sour Dog Studios
Publishers: Sour Dog Studios
Genre: N/A
Platform: iOS
Release Date: 3/17/2015

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Synopsis
A simple slide to play game. Perfect for when you are looking for something simple. No micro-transactions just a one time fee of 99 cents. Perfect kids game.

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Gameplay
BLOKS Swipe is a new iOS game that has just came out, it came out today! As soon as I started playing it reminded me of the games "Bejeweled" and "Candy Crush." There are only 2 differences with these games and this one. One is in this game is that you don't move the blocks to get matches, you just have to connect at least 3 to get a match. At first I thought it was you had to get a color to match with 3 so I was a little confused but caught on right when I started to get it. Another is there are no set levels it is just to compete to get a high score. When you first begin it tells you "Connect 3 or More" gives you an over view of the map your getting ready to play on and prepares a count down to get ready to start. You better be ready because you are on a timer to get the high score you can achieve. When you start you will notice either an hour glass, a bomb, or 2X symbols on some of the blocks. These power ups will do different things as you could probably tell. The hour glass power up is to give you more time to get your high score as high as you can. It wont give a lot back but it will give you a substantial amount of time so you can get more points and possibly get more time if your quick. The bomb power up will help you a ton if your really grinding out for that high score. If you get a match with that in it, it will blow up any nearby blocks no matter what color giving you more points. The 2X is pretty obvious also, you score 3 or more with a block that has a 2X into it you will get double the points. In every block you destroy you will get 50 points, so the minimum you can get is 150. With the 2X power up 300. All of these power ups can spawn throughout the game of swiping the blocks out. Each block will make more blocks come down. Leaving either more or less colors of a block to get matches. One thing that I think should be added is when the game is over you should be able to see your high score with out having to restart the app all the way over just to check it. One thing if I could see possibly the developers make is more power ups, it would be cool to see more but there is still a nice amount right now. It is a pretty simple game to get used to and wont take anytime to get addicted to it like I am right now. I am currently at the high score of 21950.

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Graphics
The graphics of this game are simple and wont effect any gameplay of any sort if they were different. So by the cover art you can probably tell it is going to be pixelized but you can easily tell what everything is. So when you first start it you are brought to the main menu of which is shows all the blocks colors; purple, orange, yellow, gray, and green, and it says BLOKS. When you are here just looking around you are accommodated with little techno music that is catchy and doesnt get annoying at all. Right below it you can see where to start your game and what your high score is in big bold whit letters. When you start you can watch the level prepare its self with blocks falling down and watching the timer at the bottom load up from one side of the screen to another. All of the blocks are are just boxes with little tiny shades at the bottom and the corners are a bit cut off, but not so much you wont mess up. When you start to get your match of the color and sliding your finger across you will notice that the block goes to a different shade of that color knowing that your finger registered that you got it. The blocks with the power ups on it are well designed and you can that it is a bomb and says 2X or an hour glass, well done on that! When you score your blocks you will see little diamond shapes fly to the bottom and the score will be added to your initial score. Your probably wondering how you know how much you got per match; it will pop up when you score the match! When your time finally goes out you will see the blocks disappear one by one and the noise of it sounding like it shuts down. I think the graphics are well put into and it is great to know it wouldnt affect the game at all if they were different.

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Controls
The controls of this game are pretty simple it should take less than a minute to figure out unless your like me and got confused like the idiot I am. In these controls all you have to do is drag up, down, right, left or diagonal. These are all the possible ways to get matches which means you have a ton of variety of how to get more points in a matter of time. It says connect 3 or more, well I think the average I get when I get going is like four or five. There is just something about this game with the controls being insanely easy and arent as fragile as some of the similar games it makes it really fun and fast paced to get the score. However since the controls arent as fragile it cant get out of control sometimes. Like you can either mess up the match you are trying to get or just literally go all hectic with your finger and get matches like crazy. I did this once and got me a whopping score than I expected but I was still pleased. There really isnt much to talk about here except that they are really good for the game or since they arent as fragile you could go crazy and get a hectic score. I would personally say they did really good on this but could have a few touches to it.

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Rating
Gameplay - 8/10
Graphics - 9/10
Controls - 9/10
Overall 9/10