App Profile: YANKAI'S TRIANGLE

evarivers

Rating: 4/5

This game is definitely different. The whole "amateur" and "creepy" complaint is done purposefully and sets the game apart from everything else in the App Store. It would be nice to have a few more settings, like a skip level option, or the ability to turn off the background animation that annoys some players. 4 stars because of the credits before every level. I'm at level 80 and it has become unnecessary, frustrating, egotistical and takes away from the atmosphere the developer is trying to create.

DeltaBlaze8201

Rating: 5/5

When I downloaded this game I honestly was not expecting much. I just thought it was going to be one of the same run of the mill puzzle games you come across frequently on the App Store, but this one is surprisingly quite different. For the main body of the game it's an easy to pick up puzzle game revolving around matching the colors on triangles until you can form every triangle on the level into one. As you go on the game introduces new aspects, like locking triangles, triangles that move in sync, and triangles with multiple segments on each side. While the actual game play is challenging and quite addictive, it's not exactly... unlike other puzzles. It is unique, but the general concept of color matching isn't unheard of. What sets this game apart is the most oddly eerie atmosphere the game creates. The ambiance, the sound effects, the visuals, everything in this seemingly simple puzzler makes it incredibly creepy. While not necessarily scary, it did manage to actually make me jump when a voice began whispering things ( I had been playing it from level 1 all the way to 50 so the sudden addition was honestly pretty startling) I rate this puzzler a 5/5 for it's absolutely amazing presentation and I would certainly recommend to anyone who has a care for puzzle games. Even if you are not a puzzle fan, I would recommend you give this game a shot before passing it up.

Macobyte

Rating: 2/5

This app's concept seems like it could have been a lot of fun to play… unfortunately I'll never know for sure because it's visually one of the worst apps I've ever used. There are plenty of amateurish apps, especially games on the App Store in terms of interface and user experience design and this is certainly one of them. But a fun game concept can shine through a poor presentation. What sets this app apart is the jarring and nonsensical use of a constant noise filter over the entire screen. That, combined with the loud, flat colors and lack of any real user interface to speak of besides a few numbers set in an ugly serif typeface, gave me a headache almost immediately. I played a few levels in about thirty seconds and then exited the app. I'm very glad this was the free App of the Week when I downloaded it. In its current state, it's a waste of money otherwise. If the developer were to give it a lot more visual polish I think it could be very fun and even become a popular game.