Review: Snake Deluxe 2

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Remember the good onetime days passing the time with your Nokia processed-bar phone and playing Ophidian? Information technology was surprising how mesmerizing the grayness scale game could exist.

Just every bit jail cell phones have come a long way, and so has the game Snake. Serpent Deluxe ii takes the fundamental premise of the original game, adds a splash of color, a storyline and multiple games levels.

Follow the break to come across if Snake Deluxe two is as addictive and enjoyable as the classic version.

Game Options

The game play of Snake hasn't changed much. You still take a snake to move effectually the screen, avoiding obstacles and eating fruit. The more than fruit you eat, the longer the torso of the snake becomes and the more challenging it becomes to move around. Hit an obstacle, edge of the screen or the snake body and information technology'southward game over. One nice feature with Snake Palatial 2 is that a series of tutorial screens pop up on the onset of each game.

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Snake Deluxe two offers two levels of difficulty, xxx-ii unlike levels, four different worlds, and four different bosses. Y'all likewise have an Adventure Mode that has a story line to it.

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While fruit is available for the taking, y'all can too consume bonus items. Y'all take hearts that give you more lives, soda that reduces the snake's size, a clock to extend your time, and a few more.

Game Play

Game play is elementary. Tap the screen in front end of the moving snake to get it to plough in that direction. I plant that a stylus gives you more accurate turns while using your finger tin can exist off a space or two.

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Graphically, Ophidian Deluxe 2 is nice. Colors are vivid, lines are well drawn out, and overall it'south a nice looking game. My one outcome though is that there is a lot of empty space effectually the movement area. I tested the game on an Affect Pro 2 and couldn't help but feel the game would have been more enjoyable if information technology used more of the screen's real estate.

Overall Impression

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Playing Snake Deluxe two brought back memories of the one-time grayscale version that was somewhat addictive. Game play isn't all that different from the original and the unlike playing fields keeps things interesting. I plant that in using the Tilt2, finger navigation wasn't ever accurate and a stylus was needed.

Graphically, the game was nice only it doesn't take full advantage of the larger screens. Information technology would have been nice if ane of the game settings adapted for the larger resolutions.

Snake Deluxe 2 runs $9.95 over at the WMExperts Software Store and requires a touchscreen Windows Phone. There'due south a complimentary trial version bachelor to let y'all try earlier yous buy. If yous liked the classic version, yous may discover yourself liking the latest rendition.