although i do love tangrams, i don't think that this ds game is creative or original in any way.

User Rating: 6 | Neves DS
By miaowow | Review Date:
neves is one of those games that you play when waiting in line, or when taking short car/bus rides. it's also the kind of game that i'd have played in fifteen minute bursts to relax in between hours-long thesis research/writing sessions in college. it's hasn't got much to offer, but what it does have, it has in spades.

with over five hundred puzzles to solve, it's going to take a while before you finish this game. granted, each puzzle doesn't really take up a lot of time, but you wouldn't really want to play this game for more than thirty minutes, anyway. while the puzzles are engaging and enjoyable, the game as a whole lacks flair and presentation. the whole what-you-see-is-what-you-get schtick gets boring really fast.

basically (for people who aren't familiar with tangrams), the object of each puzzle is to form a specific larger shape using seven given smaller shapes. the seven shapes stay constant throughout the whole game, and the larger shapes are shown in silhouette. as a child, i had a wooden tangram set that i played with during long car and plane rides. it's really very entertaining if you like deceptively simple puzzles.

i'm giving neves a 6/10. although i do love tangrams, i don't think that this ds game is creative or original in any way. -2 for presentation and -2 for not utilizing the unique nintendo ds features adequately.


(originally posted on my blog: http://miaowow.blogspot.com/2009/12/neves-ds.html)

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