Kwirk

"Hmm...this game sure is puzzling..."

Story: 7/10
Kwirk is a tomato with green ''hair'' consisting of spiky leaves, sunglasses and these freaky looking legs...sorta like a cheesy James Bond. Kwirk gets his 3 friends to help him. Well, it's the start of something original. Kwirk is on a mission. He needs to save his tomato girlfriend, Tammy, who had been kidnapped by solving puzzles. Stereotypical story line. Sounds kinda like a cheap version of Super Mario's story line, but it's fine.

Graphics: 3/10
The graphics are very good. Serious, I mean, the white squares are very smooth, and not blocky. And...square are almost all the graphics in the game, aside from Kwirk and his friends. So what can I say? Some more stuff might be nice.

Sound/Music: 3/10
Bop bop bop bop...BEEP! And that's all the sounds in the game...WOOHOO! There are a few pieces of music, but it get so repetitive that it can get annoying. The music is pretty smooth thought, so I give points to that. A few more pieces of music can do though.

Gameplay: 6/10
Gameplay's actually ok, but it could be better. Truthfully, only hardcore puzzle gamers can like this. The storyline isn't enforced, and the entire game is based on puzzles in which you push blocks into holes and finish the puzzle as fast as possible to earn points. Then you move on to the next room, containing another puzzle. It goes on and on. There are 3 modes, but basically, all of them are the same. Got a hardcore puzzle gamer friend? Get this game and do the two player puzzle mode. That's the really only cool feature about this game. The puzzles in this game can actually become very difficult, in some cases you have to play as two characters, Kwirk and his friend, sometimes 3 and even four. As the levels go up, so does the difficulty so don't think this game is for 3 year olds to make their mind stronger.

Replayability: 10/10
The best part of this game. If you seriously like puzzles and nothing else, this game will do wonders to you. No waiting for storyline things, no text to scroll through, just puzzles, puzzles, PUZZLES! Yay! Good for a long car trip.

Rent/Buy: Erm...if you just love puzzles and nothing else, buy. If not, don't even consider this game as it will be a big waste of your money.

Overall: Puzzles. What more can I say. This game is all puzzles, nothing else. No storyline enforcing, just puzzles. If you've got a Gameboy Color, you can change the color so each time you play with a different color, it makes you happier. Um...yay.

Reviewer's Score: 5/10, Originally Posted: 07/30/03, Updated 07/30/03