One trait that will keep you alive is patience! The tutorial stresses this as well. After awhile, however, you learn to be strategic and use it wisely. This concept takes a little getting used to at first when you start out. Every time you propel yourself, you lose a bit of mass. Be careful though, the two things working against you are larger matter that might absorb you as well as your limited amount of energy to move around the world. After playing even longer, I realized it is its own unique concept and I couldn’t put it down-unlike Spore which I never even bothered to pick up (although maybe it could reignite interest on the iPad).Īs I alluded to, you control a small, organic, spherical, matter whose goal is to absorb other matter around you to become larger and larger in size. I felt this due to the way you start off as a small organic being that goes around and absorbs other beings that are smaller than you. Upon first usage the game resembled to me that of what I thought Spore was going to be in it’s early stages of rumor. They start you off easy so as to get the feel of how the game works-then slowly they increase the challenges to keep you on your toes.

Furthermore, Hemisphere Games did a great job in helping you to learn the concept of the game and how to play it by incorporating the training seamlessly into the levels. Aside from being visually stunning, the soothing sounds and organic gameplay seduce you into a trance that may be difficult to break. Osmos HD for the iPad fills all of these traits.

Even after you’ve mastered the above qualities one more will really give you a fighting edge-the game should appeal to people of many ages. A harmonious balance between these traits can be difficult to achieve. Not only does it take a great programmer or team of programmers to create a great game, but the concept itself should be relatively unique, easy to pick up, and challenging enough to not allow you to get bored, but not so hard that you give up. Many are simply repeats of others, or make a failed attempt at reinventing game play.

However, many of them simply are not good and do not entertain or keep you entertained long enough to be worth their price (yes, even if it’s free). The iTunes store is filled with many types of games.

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