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Whoami
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08-03-2001
| Friday, March 10, 2006 - 8:45 pm
I just thought it would be fun to share what games we play on the computer. Well, when we have time of course! Throughout this thread, I will probably end up highly touting a certain developer I've come to expect fun innovations from. I'd love to list all the games I like from them in one post, but I think I'd probably lose ya all! What I like about them is they take a basic concept (Brick bashing breakout type games, inlay games, or "match three" games), and add creative innovations that really add and enhance the games. Anyway, I'll start off with the first game in a new post.....
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Whoami
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08-03-2001
| Friday, March 10, 2006 - 8:47 pm
The first game I want to encourage you to try out is Mosaic: Tomb Of Mystery, just recently released by Reflexive Entertainment. This is an “inlay” game. Meaning you take various shapes (tiles) that appear on a conveyer, and place them in a mosaic puzzle on the playing area. Now, I have seen dozens of variations of inlay type games come out on other websites. It seems like basically you just fill in the picture, and that’s it. And truthfully, I usually feel like once you’ve played one inlay game, you’ve pretty much played them all. But since I knew Reflexive adds cool innovative twists to their games, I decided to give it a try. With Mosaic: Tomb of Mystery, you get power ups to aid your game play, as well as tiles with special features. There’s also an obelisk at the side of the playing board that will rise and eventually give you even more playing power (with high scoring tiles), once you raise the obelisk to its maximum height. There’s also a “murder mystery” to unlock as you complete each level, based on real historical events surrounding King Tut. Oh, and there’s also a nasty little snake that appears later on in the game that comes and starts eating the tiles you’ve already placed, if you don’t smash him in time! And finally, each level you compete moves you higher up the social level with the ranks you gain (beginning at the slave level). I was actually privileged enough to be a beta tester for this game before it was released to the general public (the second game I beta tested with them). Hey, my name even appears in the game credits under "additional testing!" LOL. Kinda cool actually! Check out the link I provided. You can download the game for free, and you get 60 minutes of game play to test it out before you have to buy it. I highly recommend it!
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Mamapors
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07-29-2004
| Friday, March 10, 2006 - 8:52 pm
PC only Whoami or will it work on a MAC?
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Friday, March 10, 2006 - 8:58 pm
Hmmmm....I have no idea Mam. I just browsed around on the website and didn't find anything that said it did/didn't work on a Mac. I'll go ask on the forums for ya, and let you know what they say.
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Mamapors
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07-29-2004
| Friday, March 10, 2006 - 9:00 pm
I tried to download it and it didn't work, which makes me think it won't work on a MAC. Let me know what you find out. Thanks.
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Friday, March 10, 2006 - 9:29 pm
Hmmmm. OK. Well, while we wait for a reply from them on that game, I'll go ahead and introduce another Reflexive game that I know has Mac capabilities (cause it says so on their site!). I was going to wait a bit before I started touting another game, but since the first one may not be Mac friendly, I'll go ahead. The next game I love by Reflexive is Big Kahuuna Reef. Its basic format is a "match three" game, much like Bejewled. Just like the inlay games, I don't usually even try out new match three games cause again, seen one, seen them all. Except for Reflexive that is! In Big Kahuuna Reef, you not only need to match three, you actually have to play the whole board (IIRC, in Bejewled you go up a level after reaching a certain score). In BKR, your objective is to clear the board of the wooden panels behind the tiles by matching up three or more characters. In some panels, you have to break some chains in front of the character (by matching to either side of them) before you can finally break the board behind it. There is also a Tiki mask to the side of the board (like Mosaic's obelisk), that rises with each successful match. If you wait too long to find another match, the Tiki Mask lowers back down. Another feature of the game is, with each section of levels you complete, you "release" a new fish. As each fish is released (or spawned), you have the option of releasing as many as you want into your aquarium. They can swim around the board as you play too, if you like. It becomes very addicting to play each required level to see what new fish you get! Again, you can download the trial version for free. And I believe its 60 minutes of play before you have to buy it. Oh, and BKR also has a level editor, so you can create your own levels. And you can also download and play levels created by other players, so there's really an unlimited amount of play! This is one of the games I got for Sis at Christmas. She is now cursing me cause her whole family is addicted to the game, and they kinda squabble over who gets the computer, so they can play!
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Whoami
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08-03-2001
| Saturday, March 11, 2006 - 3:41 am
OK, got a reply on the Mosaic forum...."Currently Mosaic will not work on a Mac - sorry about that." Bummer! Well, there's still Big Kahuuna Reef to try! Oh, and just so I'm not hogging up this thread, just pointing out that this thread is not just for MY favorite computer games! Anyone can talk about their favorite games too! That is, if anyone wants to!
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