REVIEW / Dice Snake (PC)

Anybody who owned a Nokia telephone again within the ’90s will keep in mind Snake. This simple but fiendishly addictive recreation gave us one thing enjoyable and difficult to do on our telephone screens earlier than the time period “smartphone,” had in all probability even been thought up. The premise was easy. All you needed to do was transfer your ever-growing snake via a number of targets. Every time you collected one your tail grew. The easy goal was to see how far you might go earlier than touching your personal tail. As everyone knows the only concepts typically spawn essentially the most addictive creations and this was very a lot the case right here. This format has been reused in gaming a couple of instances through the years and each time it’s I get a twinge of nostalgia. It’s for this very cause that I’m presently taking part in Dice Snake, the PC recreation we’ll be discussing immediately.

We frequently ask the query as to what you search for in a title. That is actually vital in instances resembling Dice Snake as a result of it informs what metric you’ll be utilizing when making an attempt to find out how a lot you’re going to love the sport. On this explicit case, it’s going to boil very merely right down to expectations.

Dice Snake stays true to the type of the unique recreation. Your snake is shifting across the ground and two of the partitions of a dice, selecting up snacks as they seem. The remainder of the principles that I discussed firstly apply and after that, effectively that’s it. You might be scored on the variety of snacks you possibly can eat earlier than you lose management and hit your tail. Making issues barely extra sophisticated is that you simply’ll slowly construct up a fever bar. If you go into fever mode a bunch of targets spawn on the identical time and all the pieces strikes much more rapidly for some time earlier than the tempo slows once more. After that, it’s only a case of seeing how far you possibly can go.

As I additionally stated earlier, the truth that Dice Snake is easy is what makes it charming. That is the form of recreation you play for a fast 5 minutes between doing different issues, and it’s good for that. The simplicity paired with the truth that video games are fast additionally provides this title that “yet one more run” really feel so that is the form of factor that would simply get you hooked. It’s supreme for brief breaks or can be good for the rating junkies amongst you that simply must do a bit higher each time.

I’m conscious that we stay in a world the place there’s at all times one thing extra, and we’ve come to count on this as players. When you’re the type of particular person that desires a bunch of ranges or a great deal of unlockable extras you gained’t get your kicks with Dice Snake and that is the place I feel this title goes to lose a couple of factors. Many players don’t play for prime scores alone, and for essentially the most half, I’m one among them. Now, I’m not saying we have to reinvent the wheel, the mechanics are high-quality and I don’t suppose I’d actually need to change them. I’d wish to see a little bit of a narrative, a couple of ranges to play via, and even some unlockable cosmetics. Having a objective to work in direction of will make some gamers need to come again extra typically than simply the prospect of a rating hike.

None of this makes Dice Snake a foul recreation. That is very a lot a case of it’s what it’s. One other vital level to make is that this title is the whopping sum of £2.49, and the devs have nonetheless been sort sufficient to present us a ten% introductory low cost on that. For such a low sum no person has a proper to complain that they aren’t getting worth for his or her cash.

All in all, if you need one thing addictive and easy to eat a few of your time Dice Snake will not be a foul name. It is a enjoyable, vivid, reimagining of a cell traditional with no bugs and simple controls. It is a good addition to the library for anybody who likes easy video games that may be picked up and performed for a couple of minutes, or rather a lot longer within the case of these of you who will little doubt get hooked. For these of us who keep in mind the unique, it is a no-brainer. Nice stuff throughout.