The gameplay is deceptively simple, with nuances you won't discover until you're hours into the experience. Occasionally the lack of button control gets in the way as pausing the game by quickly double-tapping the edge of the screen doesn't always work as well as it should, but since there's never anything time-sensitive gameplay to worry about it's not a huge hassle. Objects don't move quite as quickly as your stylus movements, which seems like a negative until you get deeper into the game and realise it's because there are some physics-based puzzles where you must flick objects in a certain direction and use their momentum to solve the level. Just plug in your headphones and enjoy.Įverything in Color Zen is controlled with the GamePad's touch screen, with no use for buttons. This seems like an easily-patched oversight, but it's a bummer that even if you have a great home entertainment speaker system, you're out of luck with Color Zen's luscious grooves for now. The site describes the music as "16 'reverby downtempo' headphone jams suitable for meditation," but perhaps because of this intended headphone usage the music in the game plays only through the GamePad – your TV will play sound effects, but no music. While the aforementioned Abyss sported only a handful of songs, Color Zen's gorgeous electronic musical accompaniment features a wide variety of tracks that have proven so popular with the game's iOS/Android fans that you can stream or purchase the entire soundtrack from Large Animal's website. To counter the extreme difficulty of some later puzzles, Color Zen is easy to retry over and over again each level is very short, and you can reset everything at the touch of a button without any sort of penalty. Extra factors are added like white shapes that can take on any colour, black shapes that get rid of other colours, and dotted lines that can shield shapes from changing colour, but none of these complicate the experience enough to stop Color Zen from being a relaxing diversion. With a striking abstract art style of geometric shapes, the goal of each level is to connect objects of the same colour to make the whole screen turn the colour indicated in the background – it sounds simple enough, but the puzzles get incredibly complex as it goes on. While Abyss' mesmerising aesthetics juxtaposed its stressful control scheme, Color Zen doesn't care how long you take to do anything, so you can play it at your leisure whether you're a hardcore puzzle fanatic or a casual observer with little gaming experience.Ĭolor Zen utilises a minimalist approach in every aspect of the game, right down to the textless menu screens that feature icons for all your options. The iOS/Android success-story has finally arrived on Wii U, and unlike many recent mobile ports to Nintendo consoles Color Zen is a joy to play. It's a puzzle game with no time limit or scoring system: you simply match colours and unwind. If you enjoyed Abyss earlier this month and you're thirsting for another relaxing, atmospheric Wii U eShop title with a smooth electronic soundtrack, Color Zen is exactly what you're looking for.
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