[h2]100 Days without delays[/h2]
[h1]PC Candy Crush?!!??[/h1]
Whenever I see a match-three game, I automatically think about Candy Crush since that’s probably the most popular title in this genre. If you have been using Steam for a decent amount of time, I am pretty sure you’d have come across a ♥♥♥♥ load of such games since indie game makers love to milk games from genres like this since they’re easy to make and many players like playing these titles to kill time. I’d say that this game also falls under the same category. But yeah, it is actually fun when you’re bored asf.
[h1]About This Game [/h1]
[h2]Storyline [/h2]
The game has a mini plotline to accompany the gameplay. It isn’t something very unique or spectacular so don’t have high hopes, okay? It goes something like this:
[code]You play as Lee Milton who almost gets fired from her job but manages to convince her boss to allow her to open and manage a new airport. The boss gives her a period of 100 days to accomplish this or he would have to let her go. It’s your job to accompany her on this journey of building an airport from scratch. Collect stars, upgrade the airport, and solve crimes. Are you up for this task?[/code]
There’s actually more to the story but it’s best if you play to experience it. If you ask me, the situations you “encounter” are a bit too cliche. In layman’s terms, the story is dry and boring.
[h2]Gameplay Mechanics [/h2]
I didn’t mention this in the introduction since I wanted to talk about it in this segment. So, this game is just a lazy port of a mobile game that is free to play on the Playstore and the Appstore. This factor immediately makes this game not worth even a cent. So yeah, I obviously will not recommend buying this game in the end.
I am pretty confident that almost everyone knows how Match-Three games work right? This game has the base match-three mechanics. The major different thing this game has is how progression works. So, if I am right, this game comprises a total of 100 levels. After completing each level, you get a star which means you get a total of 100 stars. These stars can be used to upgrade the airport. You can only unlock the next upgrade after buying the current one. After purchasing certain upgrades, you get a glimpse of the next part of the storyline. So yes, as I said, a different way of progression.
Now, about the actual gameplay. As I said before, gameplay-wise, it’s like any other game in the genre. Matching more than 3 of the same icons will give you a power-up icon. Till where I played, I had access to four of these power-ups. One of them is like a boomerang that will go and hit a tile of interest, one of them gets rid of 4 tiles around it, one clears out quite a large area and the last one is an airplane that clears out the entire row/column. I am not sure if there will be more as you play more. I stopped because the game kinda felt repetitive and became dry. It’s probably because I am not used to playing such games for a long time.
When you replay a level, the objectives stay the same but the target tile (I call the stuff you are supposed to match as tiles, I honestly have no clue what they’re called) keeps on changing. This makes this game seem like it’s randomized but it actually isn’t entirely random since the change in the tiles has no effect whatsoever. But the placements do get changed which is random enough ig.
Apart from the power-up tiles, you have access to three more power-up bars which can be used upon filling. In order to fill them up, you need to match the respective tiles. Till where I played, I had the single-stamp which removes one tile, the multi-stamp which removes all the same tiles and an airplane which clears out one row or column (These aren’t the real names, I made them up cuz I don’t think the devs named them). The only issue I have here is that the Airplane power-up is a bit broken since I don’t get to choose whether I want to clear a row or column. It mostly clears rows and sometimes columns. I guess it’s randomized but it’s very unconventional when you don’t get to make this choice.
The best thing about this game is that you can either choose to have a challenge when playing or not. In the setting menu, you can choose whether you want to activate or deactivate the level timer and move limit. I played it with both of them deactivated for the relaxing experience I wanted to extract from this game.
[h2]Visuals & Audio[/h2]
The visual aspect of this game is very minimalistic. Like, there isn’t anything really unique about it. There are only a few character models that look creepy (to me at least). What I didn’t comprehend is why they used leaves, clouds, drops, flowers, etc for the gameplay which has no connection to the game’s main theme which happens to be an Airport. But overall, the game gives off the pleasant indie game vibes with a calming color palette used on each and every element.
The game’s soundtrack is very very annoying. I played the game muted the whole time. It’s better to listen to Spotify while playing this game. The other in-game sound effects are decent. But yeah, it’d be cool if they had better background music and a bigger collection of soundtracks.
[h1]Pros[/h1]
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[*] Basic Match-Three games with a few unique elements.
[*] A pretty good way to kill time.
[*] You can disable challenging elements (The timer and moves limit) to have a relaxing playing session.
[*] The visuals are okay.
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[h1]Cons[/h1]
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[*] Feels very repetitive.
[*] The game is F2P on mobile devices.
[*] Plot is eh.
[*] There are a few bugs. Like I once had a bug where I couldn’t finish the level since the last item I needed to collect never spawned so I was forced to restart the level.
[*] Horrible Soundtrack.
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[h1]Conclusion[/h1]
I don’t play games like this a lot. So, this can be considered a unique experience for me. Unfortunately, I cannot recommend this game due to the abovementioned factors. If you do have a few bucks to spare, then go ahead and buy this game, I won’t stop you. But it’s not really worth it when you can just download it and play it on your phone. It has a similar name on the Playstore & Appstore.
[b]Reviewer:[/b] Midplayz
Still figuring out why they used leaves and flowers in an airport-themed game.
[b]Rating:[/b] 4/10
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