Mouse About ($1.99) is a cartoony puzzle game that give your brain some exercise without a lot of frustration. While the game is easy on the eyes and relaxing to play, its main drawback is that it lacks variety and becomes redundant after a while. But if your current puzzle game is wearing a little thin, Mouse About is fun, easy to pick up, and relatively polished. Sometimes the simple games are the most enjoyable. We are giving it a 6.8 out 10 rating. Check out our video review for a closer look:
The object of the game is to maneuver a mouse so that it collects all the food without running off the screen or out of time. Swipe your finger to set the mouse running off in a direction. Only running into food and or various solid objects will stop the mouse, else it will run off the screen and into the waiting jaws of a cat.
Each stage is also a race against time. As the timer counts down, the shadow of a cat slowly grows larger and stretches across the screen.
After a few levels, the game becomes challenging, and you must think several moves ahead. The game is perfect for exercising the brain without a lot of frustration–the thinking-ahead part requires effort, but since it involves only one kind of action, it’s not terribly difficult.
The graphics are over-the-top cartoony. The soundtrack features songs worthy of a Tom ‘n Jerry cartoon and goes far to enhance the overall ambiance. There is nothing groundbreaking here, but there’s a simplistic pleasure to playing the game.
Conclusion
Mouse About is a polished, simplistic, and challenging puzzle game, but don’t expect too much in terms of depth. Still, we recommend it for those who like challenge without having to learn a lot of new game rules.
Pros: Simple yet challenging. Cartoony, fun graphics. Relatively cheap price.
Cons: A little short on variety. Not a lot of game depth.
- Name: Mouse About
- Developer: Cobra Mobile
- Version reviewed: 1.1
- Price: $1.99
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