iPhone App Review Of Hexius
Hexius is described as a fast-paced, unique and addictive action-puzzler, with 3 fun game modes, global/friends scores, weekly score challenges, and achievements. It is a universal app, meaning it will work both on your iPhone/iPod Touch as well as an iPad. We wanted to put this app through its paces and we certainly did that, read our review to see how we got on.
I must admit I am a real fan of puzzle games, providing they are fast paced as my patience doesn’t stretch too far. Joking aside, this is a very good and complex puzzle game. Fortunately it comes with a comprehensive tutorial and it is definitely worth reading this first, or if you can’t wait, then going back to. You will need to really follow this tutorial at some point to get the most from this game, don’t be put off by this, once you have learnt the tricks of the trade you will be well away.
Objective
The object of the game is to find patterns of hexagons on a board – hence the name, I guess. Hexagons are marked with either circles, triangles, diamonds or crosses in various colors. When you select a specific hexagon you are then given a count of how many similar hexagons are available which you must find, quickly. When you have located them all, paths open between them and other the other hexagons in between are destroyed. The more pieces you can destroy the higher your score becomes.
Modes
There are three play modes and these include; time attack, level challenge, and strategy mode. The time attack modes give you a specific amount of time to score as many points as possible. The level challenge mode allows you to destroy specific targets within a time limit. Within the strategy mode you need to try to get the highest score you can with only 30 moves.
Social Gaming
OpenFeint is enabled within Hexius and is a very welcome addition. It allows you to compete with your friends, as long as they have Hexius and really increases the play value.
Conclusion
This is a gem of an app and one that definitely deserves to be higher in the charts of the app store than it currently is. It never ceases to amaze me when I test very good apps that they are not higher achieving within the store. I guess that is testament to the competition within the app store and the constant marketing that is really necessary to ensure your app reaches it full potential.
This app is definitely worthy of a score of 4.5/5.
If you enjoy fast paced intelligent puzzle games this is definitely one you should try. I defy anyone not to thoroughly enjoy it.
It is currently $0.99, that is a bargain – download here
Joanne Carter
Joanne Carter, creator of the world’s most popular mobile photography and art website— TheAppWhisperer.com— TheAppWhisperer platform has been a pivotal cyberspace for mobile artists of all abilities to learn about, to explore, to celebrate and to share mobile artworks. Joanne’s compassion, inclusivity, and humility are hallmarks in all that she does, and is particularly evident in the platform she has built. In her words, “We all have the potential to remove ourselves from the centre of any circle and to expand a sphere of compassion outward; to include everyone interested in mobile art, ensuring every artist is within reach”, she has said. Promotion of mobile artists and the art form as a primary medium in today’s art world, has become her life’s focus. She has presented lectures bolstering mobile artists and their art from as far away as the Museum of Art in Seoul, South Korea to closer to her home in the UK at Focus on Imaging. Her experience as a jurist for mobile art competitions includes: Portugal, Canada, US, S Korea, UK and Italy. And her travels pioneering the breadth of mobile art includes key events in: Frankfurt, Naples, Amalfi Coast, Paris, Brazil, London. Pioneering the world’s first mobile art online gallery - TheAppWhispererPrintSales.com has extended her reach even further, shipping from London, UK to clients in the US, Europe and The Far East to a global group of collectors looking for exclusive art to hang in their homes and offices. The online gallery specialises in prints for discerning collectors of unique, previously unseen signed limited edition art. Her journey towards becoming The App Whisperer, includes (but is not limited to) working for a paparazzi photo agency for several years and as a deputy editor for a photo print magazine. Her own freelance photographic journalistic work is also widely acclaimed. She has been published extensively both within the UK and the US in national and international titles. These include The Times, The Sunday Times, The Guardian, Popular Photography & Imaging, dpreview, NikonPro, Which? and more recently with the BBC as a Contributor, Columnist at Vogue Italia and Contributing Editor at LensCulture. Her professional photography has also been widely exhibited throughout Europe, including Italy, Portugal and the UK. She is currently writing several books, all related to mobile art and is always open to requests for new commissions for either writing or photography projects or a combination of both. Please contact her at: [email protected]
