WordJong

"A Solid Word Game"

INTRO
This is a different type of Word Puzzler games we all come to know of. It is fun and interesting, if you like word games that is. If not, then this is not for you. It's nice to get away from all the RPG and action platform games out there. In short just let me say this is an addictive tile based word game. With so many different word games out there, it's nice to see a company come up with a unique idea.

GAME PLAY
We all know the basics of this game. Make words, the bigger the better, the harder the letters you use in your words, the more points you get. You have quite a few different types of modes, and a multi player mode. It is a tile based game, when you use a letter on a tile, an new one is reveled, so that letter may help you with your word, or not, it's a hit or miss. You can play by yourself, or challenge the computer. Or if you like you can play against some one. You take turns make words and reveling tiles for each other. The person with the most points wins of course. You also have a few things to unlock, and you get rewards for different accomplishments threw out the game.

APPEARANCE
This game looks great. Nothing put top of the line graphics here. Your main play area is the tile area, so this is in good detail. The backgrounds change threw out the game and they look nice. More like Chinese tradition images. The music is great. It just relaxes you, puts you in the mood and makes you think clearly. This is good stuff this company put out. They knew what they were doing.

OVERALL
I'm a type of person that does not play much word games. The only ones I used to play sometimes was scrabble with other friends on line. And I used to get bored with it most of the time. But this game got my attention and I have been playing it on and off, for months. So it does have great replay value. I got it for 20 bucks new so it is not expensive and well worth the value. If you look around you could find it used for cheaper. I think this is a nice game to have in your collection to change the pace of game playing styles once in a while.

Reviewer's Score: 8/10, Originally Posted: 03/27/08

Game Release: WordJong (US, 11/16/07)