No, not an "Essential" – Monument Valley Review

An Apple "Essential", I believe, implies it is essential to own the app if it is in your genre, in this case, Games. I own many games, but feel this term is now WAY subjective. Yes, this game was easy on the eyes and required some thinking, but that is almost irrelevant to the very limited amount of gameplay provided. And then to charge $4? Simply overpriced, as many of the other reviews say. For example, I thought the ONE-MOVE tutorial was just that, a very simplistic example of how the character moves. But that was considered a whole chapter! There are only 10 chapters. In fact, this whole game felt like a tutorial that when done, would THEN lead to a four dollar game. But it is clearly not. This should've only been a dollar, I don't care how "beautiful" it is, gameplay and content are equally or more important.
Review by DelleeComeOn on Monument Valley.