➤ Devolver Tumble Time, the review of the puzzle game with the characters of Devolver 🕹

Devolver Digital, the publisher with a sense of humor, has created a simple puzzle game for iOS and Android: Devolver Tumble Time review.

We've often talked about it: the more inflated a genre is, the more it needs to stand out. Basically, there are two ways to do it: create a traditional but very well made product, or focus on an original approach but that is not an end in itself, that is, something new and at the same time effective.

It is this last option that Devolver Digital has chosen for its new mobile production: a puzzle game to play with a single finger, holding your iOS or Android device strictly vertically, which uses "thick edges", a cartoonish and fun graphic style . while taking advantage of the large roster of characters available to the editor.

So everything is perfect? The truth is there would be some problems: keep reading ours Devolver Drop Time Review to know what it is.

Gameplay: a colorful tombolo

Devolver Tumble Time, the review of the puzzle game with the characters of Devolver — Return Tumble Time, this is how item deletions work

Do you know the Bingo wheel? This is exactly where Devolver Tumble Time begins: by selecting one of the available characters, all coming from Devolver Digital Series (from Serious Sam to Hotline Miami, from GRIS to Absolver, from Downwell to Minit, from Shadow Warrior to Observation...) and equipped with different special abilities, we will find ourselves facing increasingly complex levels while we watch the wheel that spins. It gradually fills with objects.

At this point Match-3 style mechanisms come into action which, however, work differently than usual, extremely intuitive: if there are three or more identical objects that touch each other within the wheel, it will be enough. hold thumb on touch screen to select them all and make them explode, possibly chaining a combo capable of making a bomb appear that can help us in our work.

What is the OBJETIVE? Carry out the eliminations indicated at the top of the screen, but respecting a time limit only sixty seconds. Therefore, you will have to play like crazy looking for the right combinations, make the character's gauge go up and take advantage of the special move, or press a button to spin the wheel where there is no possibility of advancing.

The timer seems comfortable and calm at first, but towards the twentieth level, thanks to the increasingly pressing demands of the game, it becomes really difficult to respect. Therefore, we find the end of the game and possibilities arise. microtransactions to continue the game or to get infinite hearts (tickets, basically), so you don't have to wait for them to recharge over time.

Structure: wild monetization and regressive advertising

If the structure of Devolver Tumble Time is pleasant and friendly, thanks to the cartoon graphic style and hypnotic music, as well as the Devolver characters and a simple but captivating gameplay, in structural terms the title developed by NOPOPO is unfortunately characterized by an annoying tendency to wild monetization that manifests itself too quickly.

It is true, the price to pay to obtain infinite hearts (and therefore infinite attempts) is only €3,49 if you want to stop waiting for them to recharge, but by choosing to enjoy the free experience you end up seeing terrible advertising trailers which almost always revolve around scam and gambling apps, or ads that even try to offer us an in-app purchase of €119,99 to unlock everything.

Conclusions

Tested version iPhone digital delivery app store, Google Play Price Free Holygamerz.com 5.0 Readers (3) 7.3 your vote

Devolve Tumble Time starts off well, but quickly turns into a (potentially) money-sucking machine, thanks to a freemium setup that gets aggressive after just a handful of levels and a ticket (hearts) system that runs out quickly and then asks us. wait for it to recharge or watch advertising trailers that often have to do with games of chance. It's a shame, because the system created by NOPOPO seems very nice, even when the challenge becomes more difficult, and would have deserved a more flexible and permissive environment.