The App Army Assemble: A Clockwork Brain 2.0 - Get the cogs whirring
We sorta lobe you
Each week, we ask members of our App Army for their impressions of the latest releases on mobile.
This week we're looking at A Clockwork Brain - a re-release of an older mobile title with new games, modes, and features.
Chanadler - This seems to be a fun little brain training game. They need to sort the fonts out though, or maybe make the 7' look less like a 2' GGod Hand - I like the puzzles and I'm enjoying the game overall, but the energy system seems silly to have for a game like this. Is this game F2P?
Chanadler - Oh dear, my first round score was so bad. Seems I'm actually in dire need of this game.
GGod Hand - I do like the pet system. It's a nice little incentive that keeps you coming back so you can unlock the other pets.
Edward - I've played a few games like this, but Clockwork Brain seems really polished and easy to use.
Chanadler - I love it when games say nice things about me.
Edward - There's a good variety of games to play. I like how it also tells you what percentage of people you beat in any particular game and how many people are beating me.
Chanadler - Cool, where did you find this?
Edward - It’s the score screen at the end of each game.
GGodHand - I like the puzzle variety. There's many to try and they're all fun and challenging. The puzzles vary on focus regarding Attention, Dexterity, Language, Memory, and Reasoning. Together they give your CBI average (Clockwork Brain Index).
The more you play, the more this will increase. The puzzles themselves can be played with a limited time or relaxed mode. However, relaxed mode requires you to unlock with tokens. Tokens can be earned slowly over time by watching video ads or using real-life currency.
I'm still unsure if unlocking relaxed mode for one puzzle unlocks relax mode in general for all the puzzles, or if it requires you to unlock them one at a time.
Chanadler - Yeah, I'm noticing a lot of pop ups asking me to spend money. Whilst there is some entertainment with these type of games, for me at least there is no way I'm going to spend that sort of money. Maybe 99p every now and then to unlock a new game type, or refresh the wait timer, but that's about it.There are a thousand games like this out there and in any case I kind of did the brain training thing to death when it was all the rage on the Nintendo DS.
GGod Hand - It's a real bummer that some of the levels can only be accessed by buying premium. This is the huge negative that I want to warn against because they're asking for $4.99 in order to unlock premium. I'm sorry, but that is asking for too much, and it makes the pay structure for this game quite shameful.
Nic - The IAPs are a real shame here. Some games are classed as 'premium' and you cannot play them at all unless you inject some money into the game. I wouldn't call it truly free to play. Alyce - I usually like these kinds of brain games, especially steampunk-styled. But I just don't know about this one. The energy system, I think, is the part that really pops my bubble on the entertainment part. It's fun, and I like the difficulty. But the fact you have 4 units of energy and lose each one just by playing a game irks me. Nic - I'd have to agree. I do like the steampunk nature of the games overall, but there isn't really anything to keep me coming back to play.The App Army have spoken! If you'd like to sign up, please have a gander at our App Army application article. Have you played A Clockwork Brain? Are you into games that challenge the gray matter? Talk to us in the comments.
