Frenzic

I should start this off by admitting that I am not very good at puzzle games. They often frighten and confuse me. Add that to the fact that I am not all that bright (as evidenced by my work on TUAW) and things do not look good for me and puzzles. I'll tell you what does look good though (see what I did there?): Frenzic.

Frenzic is the new puzzle game from the good people of the Iconfactory and ARTIS Software. I can't really explain how it works, though obviously it involves colored wedges and some power ups (what good game doesn't have power ups?). You have to play it to get a feel for the game, luckily there is a free demo.

Frenzic also has an online component allowing you to compete against other players, and land yourself high atop of the leaderboards. There are a few different ways to buy Frenzic:

$14.95 gets you unlimited local gameplay and 6 months of free online Frenzic play (you can renew your online subscription for $9.95 a year)
$24.95 gets you unlimited local and online gameplay forever (and you get to support cool software)

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I should start this off by admitting that I am not very good at puzzle games. They often frighten and confuse me. Add that to the fact that...

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Galley

I'm with number 1; I didn't care for it much.

February 21 2007 at 10:27 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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One of the challenges of the game is to find open slots for the pie pieces you are given. Since you cannot rotate pieces, you must plan ahead where to place them and try to keep space open as much as possible. The longer you go without clearing a circle, the more likely it will be that you will not be able to place a piece.

If every piece could be placed, you would never lose a life and the game would go on forever ;-)

February 21 2007 at 12:52 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

miyamotofreak

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you have to move it around and can't fill the same wedges. The trick is to keep making circles of the same color with a fast moving wedge timer.

February 20 2007 at 11:31 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

I played the demo version of this game but I still don't understand it very well. I love Tetris, but I don't understand the appeal of this game. I start putting the wedges in and it works fine for about 20 seconds, then it doesn't let me put them where I want to put them. I'm confused.

February 20 2007 at 3:00 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply