WheeFunFun's Profile
Stat Summary
- Average Rating:5
- Helpful Votes:23
- Reviews Submitted:1
- First Review:January 24, 2018
- Most Recent Review:January 24, 2018
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Outsmart a god in a thrilling showdown of wits! Featuring drop-dead gorgeous visuals and a story that will keep you in stitches!
Overall rating
5
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5
23 of 26 found this review helpful
Fun & lighthearted with fresh details
PostedJanuary 24, 2018
WheeFunFun
fromupstate (rural) NY
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Brain Teaser, Puzzle, Time Management, Word
Fun Factor
5
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5
Visual/Sound Quality
4
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5
Level of Challenge
4
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5
Storyline
5
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5
My first review, doing just so I can raise the unfairly low number of stars and encourage others to try it. Try this game for yourself - it is games like this that the trial periods are for.
I read reviews before I buy and am sorry to say I almost didn't try this one because of mentions of 'stupid plot' and 'poor graphics'. Having played the entire CE game plus the bonus levels, I think these reviews are mainly from folks who quit a few levels in and just aren't the right market. If you like to play GAMES (as in fun, smile, laugh) you will smile all the way through this one.
Reviews say a lot about the reviewer, so here are my specs:
I am a 50 year old physician who has worn glasses since 2d grade. I've played hundreds of BigFish games including the previous episodes of the Incredible Dracula series. I play games to relax, so I like this type of builder time management game but not the hectic restaurant ones. I play with the sound off so cannot comment on music or voicing at all.
I do feel qualified to evaluate 'stupid' and the plot is not 'stupid', it is lighthearted and entertaining in a similar way that the other Dracula plots are. The gaming world is full of evil occult graveyard games - I see enough grimness and death in real life, I don't find it entertaining, and the Dracula series is a welcome relief from that. Game of Gods is similar to most time management games in that a reason is found to send Dracula cleaning up or building through lots of levels-- there are only so many reasons to do that, so of course the reasoning is a little thin if you aren't willing to suspend reality. Compared to previous Draculas there are fewer plot/location shifts and more verbal banter between Loki and Dracula, including puns (if you don't like puns, probably stop here). There are lots of little visual winks in the scene backgrounds if you appreciate that sort of thing - like the Lego-like treetops in the 'plastic' levels and the rolling eyeballs of an agent. Like other episodes, different levels have characters with their own (silly) agendas scattered around that you have to help.
I also feel qualified to comment on visibility. I'm having a harder time seeing the print of this review than I had seeing the level details in Game of Gods. Like other Draculas, the scenery is crisp, bright and colorful without attempt to look 'real' (no dark-on-dark items such as in grim HOGs, hooray!). There are some paths that run under or over others and it may take a close look to see where they run, but that is no different from the previous Draculas, and I like the complexity of overlapping paths which are not present in most other TM series. I liked the concept of origami landscape; though the scenery in those levels does look different than one is used to, I found it fresh, not confusing. Origami necessitates unusual building supplies such as paper, glue, and tape, though the mechanics of collect-enough-of-each are same as other TM games and prior Draculas.
I buy the CE for the extra levels. In Dracula they are pretty much like the rest of the game, and enough of them that I felt I got my money's worth. There is a glitch in the collections display which makes it not work (this review is January 2018 so game is brand new, I imagine this will be patched soon) but that's a shrug for me, the fun for me is in looking not counting.
This is a little easier than prior Draculas; I rarely had to repeat a level to get gold, though I've only played with multi-click option. The prior Draculas are (in my opinion) harder than most other building TM series, so this is a change.
Glad they made it, glad I bought it, I think those who are looking for lighthearted fun will like it too.
I read reviews before I buy and am sorry to say I almost didn't try this one because of mentions of 'stupid plot' and 'poor graphics'. Having played the entire CE game plus the bonus levels, I think these reviews are mainly from folks who quit a few levels in and just aren't the right market. If you like to play GAMES (as in fun, smile, laugh) you will smile all the way through this one.
Reviews say a lot about the reviewer, so here are my specs:
I am a 50 year old physician who has worn glasses since 2d grade. I've played hundreds of BigFish games including the previous episodes of the Incredible Dracula series. I play games to relax, so I like this type of builder time management game but not the hectic restaurant ones. I play with the sound off so cannot comment on music or voicing at all.
I do feel qualified to evaluate 'stupid' and the plot is not 'stupid', it is lighthearted and entertaining in a similar way that the other Dracula plots are. The gaming world is full of evil occult graveyard games - I see enough grimness and death in real life, I don't find it entertaining, and the Dracula series is a welcome relief from that. Game of Gods is similar to most time management games in that a reason is found to send Dracula cleaning up or building through lots of levels-- there are only so many reasons to do that, so of course the reasoning is a little thin if you aren't willing to suspend reality. Compared to previous Draculas there are fewer plot/location shifts and more verbal banter between Loki and Dracula, including puns (if you don't like puns, probably stop here). There are lots of little visual winks in the scene backgrounds if you appreciate that sort of thing - like the Lego-like treetops in the 'plastic' levels and the rolling eyeballs of an agent. Like other episodes, different levels have characters with their own (silly) agendas scattered around that you have to help.
I also feel qualified to comment on visibility. I'm having a harder time seeing the print of this review than I had seeing the level details in Game of Gods. Like other Draculas, the scenery is crisp, bright and colorful without attempt to look 'real' (no dark-on-dark items such as in grim HOGs, hooray!). There are some paths that run under or over others and it may take a close look to see where they run, but that is no different from the previous Draculas, and I like the complexity of overlapping paths which are not present in most other TM series. I liked the concept of origami landscape; though the scenery in those levels does look different than one is used to, I found it fresh, not confusing. Origami necessitates unusual building supplies such as paper, glue, and tape, though the mechanics of collect-enough-of-each are same as other TM games and prior Draculas.
I buy the CE for the extra levels. In Dracula they are pretty much like the rest of the game, and enough of them that I felt I got my money's worth. There is a glitch in the collections display which makes it not work (this review is January 2018 so game is brand new, I imagine this will be patched soon) but that's a shrug for me, the fun for me is in looking not counting.
This is a little easier than prior Draculas; I rarely had to repeat a level to get gold, though I've only played with multi-click option. The prior Draculas are (in my opinion) harder than most other building TM series, so this is a change.
Glad they made it, glad I bought it, I think those who are looking for lighthearted fun will like it too.
I recommend this game!