Review: Bed Bugs

Overview

Think you have what it takes to protect our sleepwalking hero as he haphazardly strolls through elaborate dreamscapes filled with a multitude of creepy crawly bed bugs? Each new level brings another new bug with a specific technique that needs to be used in order to exterminate them. Use a variety of touch based moves as you attempt to get the sleepwalker back to his bed.

Features

The biggest feature here has to be the number of levels and bugs in the game. The app has over 28 levels included in it. Each new level brings another new bug that you have to kill. However, each new bug brings another way in which to kill said bug. So you basically have to remember 28 different ways to kill these things when you reach the end. It gets a little chaotic to say the least. It also has 5 different music tracks in it and the ability to turn them off and play your own if you choose to do so.

The Breakdown

The Good:

There is so much to like about this game, I'm not really sure where to start...let's try the control scheme. The controls are surprisingly responsive. There are a lot of different ways to kill the bugs, touch them, hold your finger down on them, flick them, shake them, etc. Each one responds incredibly well. There are over 28 levels and four of those levels are considered "bonus' levels. In them, it's a kind of survival mode as you have to see how long you can last as more and more bugs enter the screen. I thought this was a very cool addition to the game. The graphics and sounds are all great and suit the game well. I felt the replay value was really high here as you get a "Golden Crown" for completing a level without getting hit once by a bug. Very challenging and adds another level of gameplay to the app.

The Bad:

The only thing "Bad" I could find here would be the controls and it is why I rated them a 3.5. They work and respond very well, but at time you need almost all of your fingers to defeat everything on screen. Which means you have to place the phone down so your hands are completely free. Now, this might not seem like a big deal or anything, but I found it a little annoying. I would rather hold the phone, but on some levels if you still hold the phone I don't see how you can beat the level.

The Verdict

I feel this is one of the better games I have played this year. It's absolutely worth the two bucks and there is a lot of game included here. The levels get more and more fun as you get introduced to the different bugs and such. I highly recommend this one as there is little "Bad" here. [gallery link="file" columns="4"]