Review: Combinations

Combinations is the one of the latest group of Android apps to be spammed onto App World by Handster Inc. In general, everything Handster puts out is either garbage or broken. However, while it's not great by any means, Combinations is at least functional and somewhat novel.

Graphics:
Nothing terribly impressive. Mainly simple geometric shapes. The background is suitably understated.

The rockets don't seem to line up quite right.

Sound:
Two sound effects and two music clips from what I could tell. The music is fine, if a bit short, but the effects are a bit loud and kinda jarring.

There's a button to turn off the effects and music, but it doesn't seem to work quite properly.

Gameplay:
You're start with a triangle that's subdivided into 16 smaller triangles. Along each side are four images, and each of the smaller triangles corresponds to an intersection point. When the level starts you'll be shown an image that's made up of three of the smaller images, one from each side of the large triangle. Double-tap the corresponding intersection point and you'll get some points and a little extra time on the clock. When time runs out, it's game over.

Can you beat my high score? Probably.

What I liked:
-A game type I haven't seen before. That's pretty rare.
-Integration with a number of services including Scoreloop. I'm not big on it, but it's nice that it's there.
-Rewards success, and punishes failure, but not too much.
-Replayability. If you're the kind of person who constantly wants to be your high score, this could be for you.
-Decent amount of variety in the image types. I saw clowns, rocket ships, cars, and about ten other things.

The are the least creepy clowns I've seen in a while.

What I hated:
-Sound effects are pretty bad.
-Music loops are way too short and aren't seamless.
-Bugs.
-Seems a little slow to respond to taps sometimes.

Final Verdict:
It's okay, not great. I'm unlikely to play it again, but it's designed in a way where you always think you can do a little bit better the next time, so someone else might get some decent use out of it. They'll probably want to turn the sound off, though.

Combinations is ad-supported and available for free from Balofo games on BlackBerry App World
Reviewed version 1.2