Wordology app good for
Well crafted and addictive game. Needs only a little polishing :
- cannot register scores over 1 billion,
- the personal scores are reset after awhile without asking permission,
- the submit button is too close from the iPhone/iPod main.
There are a bunch of word games out there, but this is my favourite so far. Its a solid game, but its the polish and the little things that make it stand out.
I know Ive been playing too much Xbox when Im excited by an achievement popup, but oh well.
I downloaded the light version of this game because a friend recommended it. Im not much for word games, but this one is the exception. I quickly found it was fun to play and had to get the full version. Its great for subway rides and you can easily pause if you need to do other things for a while. Whether you love word game apps, or they usually frustrate you like they did me, this is a great game that I definitely recommend.
This is my new favorite word game!! Nice fast pace but easy to pause and come back to. Great way to keep your mind in shape, great graphics and great fun!
I think the gameplay is pretty clear from the thorough description (think WordJong without the Mahjong style limitations), so I just want to list a few unique pros and cons for feedback.
Pros:
-Fantastic theme. Beautiful and clean. One of the reasons I took the leap and downloaded this one.
-Sounds. There’s no music, but subtle, appropriate sound effects have not been neglected.
-Thorough tutorial.
-Game modes. It’s great to see an untimed mode (in addition to three different timed modes).
-Special tiles (helpful & harmful).
-Intuitive “deselect” method.
-Different score values for different letters.
Concerns:
-What happens when there are no vowels left on the board? I’ve run into this issue a couple of times already (while playing in freestyle mode). I understand if it’s a part of the strategy to not end up in this situation, but the consequences need to be more clear when it does happen. When it happened to me, I had to randomly try all-consonant combinations until I used up all my “lives.” Is there a prompt when no further words can be made?
-During some times when I’ve run out of vowels, I managed to continue by using the “words” *ST* and *PH*. Does this mean that abbreviations are accepted? I’m not sure what words these are otherwise.
Despite my “concerns,” I would still recommend Wordology to fans of word games (no matter how many you currently have!). I would like to see these concerns addressed quickly because it can be frustrating to end up staring at an unusable board with no idea what to do next (I’ll be back to add another star and amend my review once this gets sorted out). This is otherwise an enjoyable and remarkably complete game (graphics, sounds, modes, score tracking). These developers did a great job implementing their idea. I can’t get over how eye-catching the interface is.
I own many word games on my phone. And Ive been playing and enjoying this game more than others, even more than Scrabble and Wordjong.
The game play is nicely designed with a clean interface. And the graphics are elegant and tasteful, cleverly avoiding cheesy and distracting graphic effects.
But the developer should improve this game further with continuous updates. Please add more varieties in the types of backgrounds and the coffe mug submit button: its kinda boring just to play in one graphic setting all the time! And add more types of special tiles.
Some bad moments
I like this game a lot in lite version. But it was frustrating only having two levels. So I splurged for the " full" version but THAT only has eight levels. What kind if paid app only gives you 8 levels??!! Major let down.
Used to be able to delete portion of word by tapping on letter where delete began....now have to delete every letter in exact reverse order....eats up time...I refuse to play now since the update