REVIEW / Dice Snake (PC)

Anybody who owned a Nokia telephone again within the ’90s will bear 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 by way of a number of targets. Every time you collected one your tail grew. The straightforward intention was to see how far you possibly can go earlier than touching your personal tail. As everyone knows the only concepts usually 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 occasions through the years and each time it’s I get a twinge of nostalgia. It’s for this very purpose that I’m at the moment taking part in Dice Snake, the PC recreation we’ll be discussing as we speak.

We frequently ask the query as to what you search for in a title. That is actually vital in instances corresponding to Dice Snake as a result of it informs what metric you’ll be utilizing when attempting to find out how a lot you’re going to love the sport. On this specific 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 transferring across the flooring and two of the partitions of a dice, choosing up snacks as they seem. The remainder of the foundations that I discussed at the beginning apply and after that, nicely that’s it. You’re scored on the variety of snacks you may eat earlier than you lose management and hit your tail. Making issues barely extra difficult is that you just’ll slowly construct up a fever bar. If you go into fever mode a bunch of targets spawn on the similar time and the whole lot strikes much more shortly for some time earlier than the tempo slows once more. After that, it’s only a case of seeing how far you may go.

As I additionally mentioned earlier, the truth that Dice Snake is straightforward 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 another run” really feel so that is the form of factor that might simply get you hooked. It’s ideally suited for brief breaks or will probably 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 all the time one thing extra, and we’ve come to count on this as players. If you happen to’re the sort of individual that wishes 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 believe 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 in all them. Now, I’m not saying we have to reinvent the wheel, the mechanics are tremendous and I don’t suppose I’d actually wish to change them. I’d wish to see a little bit of a narrative, a couple of ranges to play by way of, and even some unlockable cosmetics. Having a purpose to work in direction of will make some gamers wish to come again extra usually 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 type 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’d like one thing addictive and easy to eat a few of your time Dice Snake is just not a foul name. It is a enjoyable, brilliant, reimagining of a cell basic with no bugs and straightforward 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 quite a bit longer within the case of these of you who will little question get hooked. For these of us who bear in mind the unique, it is a no-brainer. Nice stuff throughout.