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!
2008-04-07 @ 21:55