Sudoku Story Deluxe
| Category | Price | Seller | Device |
|---|---|---|---|
| Games | $2.99 | Despicably Good LLC | iPad |
Our heroic main character, Audrey, is a passionate sudoku player blazing through puzzles on her morning commute to the diner where she works. One snowy morning, a chance encounter with fate embarks Audrey on the adventure of her life! Uncover Audrey's story as you and her friends defend against hordes of enemies bent on destruction. Solve the sudoku puzzles to advance the story while battling back bad guys to keep Audrey from being captured.
If you are a defense fan you'll love it! If you are a sudoku fan you'll love it! And if you've never played either, you'll still love it!
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Sudoku Story Deluxe Features Include:
° One of each Power Up included in Deluxe!
° 50 epic sudoku defense battles that will hook you for life!
° Recruit your Friends and use your Special Moves to engage the enemies in battle!
° Select your Special Moves to strategically aid in your victories!
° 11 Power Ups help you fight off Enemies!
° 6 specialized Board Upgrades to customize your strategy! Hints, Pencil Marks, and Extra Friend Spots to name a few.
° With 22 Friends and Special Moves, have Wizard provide health boosts to your Friends and drop some Panda Bombs on your Enemies!
° With 17 different Enemies, from Ninjas to Mobsters, watch out for the two Bosses!
° Different sudoku tile sets and escalating sudoku puzzle difficulties keeps your sudoku skills sharp!
° Over 85 Game Center Achievements and 2 Leaderboards give you hours of gameplay!
° Endless Battle Sudoku Mode for weeks and weeks of game play!
° Awesome illustrated Comic Book story in full high-definition for the new iPad -unlocked as you win!
° Retina graphics for the Comic pages with amazing one-of-a-kind animated comic display!
° Built in reference guide with information on your friends, special moves, board upgrades and enemy intelligence reports!
° Free play sudoku mode with 14 unlockable tile sets!
° Easy and clear sudoku tile highlighting system is fully integrated into game play!
° Fully integrated story theme: you watch the Comic action come to life!
Sudoku Story originated the puzzle defense game genre. How? By introducing the concept of timing your puzzle solution based on your strategic defense skills. Driven by an unfolding comic book story line, this mashup takes your skills to a whole new level. You must solve ever more difficult sudoku puzzles all the while battling back your enemies to protect Audrey from the evils at large. Select wisely from the friends you meet along the way and strategically use your special moves, board upgrades and power ups
to aid in your quest. All the characters are integrated with the comics to provide the smooth unification you expect from great iPad games. Play different.
Are you a thoughtful person? Do you like new and thought provoking games? Sudoku Story brings together storytelling, strategy defense, and the most challenging sudoku puzzles into one completely new and innovative game. With pandas, ninjas, mobsters, and surprises around every corner we have just one piece of advice for you: Think Fast! See if you've got what it takes!
Reviews
Enjoyable, but under-polished and over-priced.
Baggins of 41
The concept of this game is great- take a Sudoku puzzle and add a battle system on top that makes solving the puzzle quickly a fun challenge rather than a simple matter of beating your best time. Unfortunately, the execution leaves a lot to be desired. From a technical perspective, this game is solid and well made. I haven't seen any evidence of bugs or poor coding. The problem is in the design. The game feels like a nineties-era shareware game updated with high-res art. The UI is functional, but not pretty. The help system is sparse, leaving many of the game's RPG mechanics up to the player to deduce through trial and error. The use of colored stat bars everywhere instead of actual numbers does not help in this regard. The "Story Mode" also feels tacked on. The story is told entirely through graphic novel pages unlocked as you complete puzzles. Essentially, for every two puzzles you complete, a new page is made available to be read at your leisure. What occurs in the story has little impact on the gameplay and your performance in the game has no impact on the story. I have not yet unlocked enough pages to judge whether the story itself is any good, but it is so disconnected from the game, I'm unlikely to care much either way. Finally, micro-transactions: I don't mind them generally and this certainly isn't the worst implementation I've seen, but it's a bit annoying for a game at the $3 price point to be prompting you at the beginning of *every* level to buy what are essentially cheats. "Power Ups" like "Invincible Audrey" that literally makes it impossible to lose? Seriously? At least there are no ads or prompts to purchase things during the actual gameplay, like some other less scrupulous games. The only way to get the (consumable) Power Ups is by spending actual money- you can't earn them in-game. Fortunately, it doesn't look like you actually need to use them to progress, though it's possible that may change at the higher difficulty levels of the end-game. Ultimately, this is a decent idea done, not poorly, but not overly well, either. If it comes down to a more reasonable .99 price point, or you really, really love Sudoku and want a bit more of a challenge, go ahead and pick it up. Otherwise, skip it.
