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Bunch

by onlinegames @ 2008-01-22 - 10:06:57

Bunch can be found in the Games2go website of UK online games under the puzzle section. As games go, I cannot say hand on my heart that I will be playing this game time and time again.

Bunch is very similar to many other games that can be found in arcades and over the internet. The basic aim of the game is to join together three colored circles by moving other circles. There are seven different colors on the board which is made up of 64 randomly placed balls. In the classic version you are playing against time and need to get as many balls out i.e. three in a row or more as possible. For every 100 balls that you get out, you go up a level. In this version there are 5 levels.

The game is not exactly enthralling although it does have an addictive side to it. Basically you are playing against yourself each time, trying to better your score. At the end of the game, you hear the beeps of a clock advising you that your time is running out. For every group of same colored balls that you manage to maneuver, you get some extra time. There is no help as with other similar games and no music in the background which I think would help the atmosphere of the game.

Bunch is quite boring and monotonous but good for a quick break and definitely keeps your brain cells active. There is another version that you can play within the same framework, called puzzle. For Bunch puzzle, you are not playing against time but against logic. The board gives you patterns that you have to try and match by only going certain directions; the more you match the more you get to do. It is a bit like an intelligence test at school and not something that I would do for fun as I did not get any satisfaction. The same goes for the Classic game of Bunch, I can't say that I will be running back to play it again!


 
 

Snipe Out All Colored Balls

by onlinegames @ 2008-01-03 - 10:13:44

This is a fun game that requires some strategic pre-thinking and planning. You get three different colored balls (in level one - each level and each round there are more balls of different colors added to the mix to make it more difficult). You also get some gray balls. With the gray balls you have to try and move the colored balls into their homefield. This is not so easy as it is a case of working out how you are going to move the gray balls so that they will bounce correctly around the colored balls in the accurate way. If you just push the gray ball to let's say a pink ball, it will not necessarily move it to the pink corner. So you have to be able to work out what move is going to result in which ball move.

Improve Strategy in Snipe

One way to improve your strategy and success in Snipe is by looking at the green lines that will be activated once you have dragged and dropped a gray ball to a colored ball. The green line indicates the direction of the shot and if that line turns red it means that the power has reached its full potential. I found that the more often I played the game, the more I learned about which direction the balls would fall and thus how I could ensure greater accuracy. It's a fun game to play but also has a kick; the game can definitely be quite challenging at times.

Enjoy Different Levels and Challenges

There are 3 levels in Snipe. In the first (easiest) level each goal is worth 50 points and you will not encounter any difficult challenges. The second level uses 100 points per goal but if you pass the colored balls to the incorrect colorfields, they will evaporate. At the third (and hardest) level you will get 150 points per goal and all balls will evaporate if you make any mistake by passing them over an incorrect colorfield.