Feng Shui Game markets itself as a game built around keeping the positive energy. At heart, it ‘s a game of memory based on feng shui and keeping the balance.
The game features five elements: fire, water, metal, earth, and tree. Each element destroys another and gets destroyed by another. Fire, for example, gets fed by earth and destroys metal. Think of it as a giant game of rock, paper, scissors.
To get you started, the game will walk you through a somewhat lengthy tutorial that teaches you how to play. After that, there are two single-player modes and one two-player mode to experience.
The first mode has nothing to do with the five elements and is called ‘Zen. ‘ In this mode, you tilt your iPhone from side-to-side to help Master Ki keep his balance. You have to combat wind and storms to keep his balance and prevent him from falling. There are two levels here: Storm and Tempest. I have only tried Storm as I grew tired of the mode rather quickly.
The second mode is the one where you ‘ll probably spend most of your time: Energy. There is a balance element here as, depending on which way Master Ki is leaning, you have to either feed or destroy the chosen element to help him keep his balance.
You ‘ll be presented with an element. If Master Ki is leaning towards the right, you ‘ll want to destroy the displayed element. If he ‘s leaning left, feed it. Depending on the level – there are four – you ‘ll have a certain amount of time to make your decision. The game ends when Master Ki loses his balance and falls.
Other than the two-player mode, that ‘s about it. I was able to get to the fourth level of Energy rather quickly. After that, other than trying to beat your high score, there isn ‘t anything else to do.
The main problem with this game is that it ‘s too short. In Energy mode, which is the main gameplay mode, there isn ‘t much variation on what you do. Once you breeze through the levels, you ‘ll be left wanting more. This game has some potential, but as it stands right now, it ‘s somewhat shallow.
Feng Shui Game isn ‘t too challenging. It isn ‘t all that in-depth. And it probably won ‘t keep you occupied for all that long. But there is a sort of pick-up-and-play fun to be had here. It ‘s far from one of the most memorable games on the iPhone, but it is worthy of a look if you enjoy memory games.
Feng Shui Game is available now in the App Store for $1.99. A free lite version is also available.
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