Sneak Peek: Hands On With Monsters Love Gum - Hungry Hungry Monsters?
by Staff Writer
August 25, 2010
One of the most fun board games of all time is Hungry, Hungry Hippos, and the iPad is a great platform for board games. After trying a couple clones already out I hadn't yet found the fast paced, no holds bar fun of Hungry, Hungry Hippos. Monster Love Gum is an upcoming iPad game that takes the traditional Hungry, Hungry Hippos, and adds to it.
First off you play as one of four types of monsters who have different reach, and speed to suck up the gum balls. In addition you have some attack weapons including, sending a bomb or lightning strike to an opponent, clearing the board with a tornado, or even tilting the board towards yourself. There are two game modes giving you battle mode and hoarder mode.
Battle mode is a quick paced version where the first to collect a certain number of the blue gum balls wins. Hoarder mode sends out four colors of gum balls, and you can only eat the same colored ones as your platform. Hoarder mode features the same battle elements, and each mode features bonus balls which let you use those attacks.
You can play solo against three computer opponents, or with three other human players, and any other combination. You can play a sudden death round or choose multiple rounds, and you can even select the number of gum balls on screen. You simply flick from your monster for it to stick out its tongue to collect the gum balls.
The game is overloaded with gum balls, and it's a fast paced rush in battle mode, and more precision in hoarder mode. Having to deal with attacks from opponents adds a whole new enjoyable element to the traditional Hungry, Hungry Hippos. The computer players are solid to play against, but it's nothing close to play against friends on one iPad.
The game has great colorful artwork which makes the monsters seem rather cute, and makes it fun for all ages. There is a hectic kind of goofy soundtrack further fitting the theme. This definitely looks interesting especially if you're a fan of Hungry, Hungry Hippos.
We haven't played the final version yet so it’s too early to tell, but so far it looks good. We will have a full review once the game hits the App Store. Who knew that monsters love gum?
First off you play as one of four types of monsters who have different reach, and speed to suck up the gum balls. In addition you have some attack weapons including, sending a bomb or lightning strike to an opponent, clearing the board with a tornado, or even tilting the board towards yourself. There are two game modes giving you battle mode and hoarder mode.
Battle mode is a quick paced version where the first to collect a certain number of the blue gum balls wins. Hoarder mode sends out four colors of gum balls, and you can only eat the same colored ones as your platform. Hoarder mode features the same battle elements, and each mode features bonus balls which let you use those attacks.
You can play solo against three computer opponents, or with three other human players, and any other combination. You can play a sudden death round or choose multiple rounds, and you can even select the number of gum balls on screen. You simply flick from your monster for it to stick out its tongue to collect the gum balls.
The game is overloaded with gum balls, and it's a fast paced rush in battle mode, and more precision in hoarder mode. Having to deal with attacks from opponents adds a whole new enjoyable element to the traditional Hungry, Hungry Hippos. The computer players are solid to play against, but it's nothing close to play against friends on one iPad.
The game has great colorful artwork which makes the monsters seem rather cute, and makes it fun for all ages. There is a hectic kind of goofy soundtrack further fitting the theme. This definitely looks interesting especially if you're a fan of Hungry, Hungry Hippos.
We haven't played the final version yet so it’s too early to tell, but so far it looks good. We will have a full review once the game hits the App Store. Who knew that monsters love gum?
