Have you ever heard that eternal debate about what the most played PC game is - Minesweeper or Solitaire? I wonder what it is on a cellular phone? Tetris? Pac-Man? I've mentioned in previous reviews that I like mobile games (because they keep my kids quiet for one thing) but I think I just may have found my new favorite…and it's an oldie! Extreme Hangman.
In case Hangman isn't as universal as I think it is or somehow you missed playing this game growing up (or you've never seen Wheel of Fortune), I'll explain the bare basics. You have a category - say Movie Name, Actors, Antonyms, etc. You know how many letters and spaces there are in the word/words. You can guess the letters in the word(s) and get up to six wrong before you lose.
Normally, there's a hangman's noose waiting for you and each time you guess a wrong letter, part of your body is drawn. This is where Extreme Hangman takes a slight departure.
You see, it's animated…with stick figures. Some of them repel down walls and sneak up and whap you each time you get a letter wrong. Some get in gang wars and shoot you. Sometimes, you'll be idly drawing lovely pictures on a chalkboard when an evil hand will erase your handiwork! Then, of course, there's the hangman's noose. They're all quite laughable and fun!
You can play online: someone enters words and you have to figure it out (they can be on another phone or PC!). You can play hotseat: a friend enters a word/phrase and then you work it out. Or, you can play a round of games in a particular category. There's several to choose from and these get updated regularly.
Classic hangman is fun just as it is. The animations and silliness added by Extreme Hangman had me hooked and my kids and I fighting over who got to play next. Some of the puzzles even had me stretching a bit for the answers (antonyms are hard!). It's easy to pick up; easy to put down (really, it can be); the updates give you infinite playability; you can play against other people; it makes you laugh; you might learn something; it's portable. Dang, what else could you ask for?
I'm a mother of two boys, ages 7 and 10 and live in the chaos that ensues. I've a permanent disability that keeps me homebound, so books, kids, games and books are my constant companions. Oh, and books, too. *grins*
My children both play games so I often play them first, getting to know exactly how something may effect my sensitive and easily stimulated older child vs. my stoic and imperturbable younger.
I like games for games; for the pure enjoyment of them and believe that no game is wholly bad, though some are real stinkers.
I also have the dexterity of a camel in mittens so find playing FPSs difficult (and I also don't like the gore) and RTSs at times can stump me. I just can't seem to move quickly enough to keep up with them. Some of my favorite games are arcade games and I'll spend 3-5 years on the same 5-6 levels because I just never get any better. But, I have fun.
