Be honest, unless you're a young boy, you
probably aren't going to be enticed by four
blobs of snot called the Snoticles.
We here at AppSpy don't blame you as we were
pretty apprehensive loading up this title,
despite it being from Adult Swim and the great
track record of quality games they've had
this year.
Boy were we wrong.
While it won't set the world on fire, Snoticles
is a solid and fun physics puzzle experience.
Zit, Dread, Spark, and Snot are the Snoticles
and they're here to defend the world from
the evil Blot empire.
Each level consists of one or more snoticles
throwing their special brand of projectile
across the level to try and dispose of all
the alpha blots.
Protecting the alphas are many grunt blots
that can impede your path, but also perish
if their alpha is destroyed.
The projectiles are fired by aiming a trajectory
with your finger and then tapping the snoticle
icon at the bottom of the screen to let fly.
Zit throws rocks which can bounce back and
be collected for another throw.
Dread chucks bombs, Spark shoots fireballs,
and Snot chucks his own phlegm... which sticks
to surfaces.
Each snoticle has a limited amount of ammunition
and the way the levels combine the uses of
the snoticles' powers is quite ingenious at
times.
With the level of presentation you'd expect
from a developer working for Cartoon Network,
and the fun gameplay described previously,
there's only a couple reasons not to give
this one a go.
Some may not be able to get past the juvenile
premise of the game, and while that's a shame,
it's understandable.
The second reason is that with only sixty
levels, the game can be over all too soon
for those who find themselves addicted.
Hopefully there will be more levels in future
updates (as that's almost a requirement of
iPhone games these days), but if not, well
it's certainly a blast while it lasts.
