I browsed around the forums, and all of them were about a certain card-drawing mobile game with new characters, and 648 gift packs were on sale for a limited time, which made me feel sick to my stomach. 😒 But the thing I want to talk about today makes me, an old stand-alone player, shine - Legend of Zuma, a work that has the temperament of "I am an honest elimination game" from its name to its screen.
Let me be clear first, this is not a stunning masterpiece, nor is it a AAA masterpiece, but it is a flash bomb that I recently dug up in the "indie game ruins". 🧨 The gameplay is Zuma's old routine: roll colored balls on the track, and you launch the balls to collect three or more of the same color to eliminate them. It's so simple that even grandma can use it. But if you think it is just a leather goods, you are wrong. I have never heard of the developer Nanjing Moye Network Technology, but they have laid a very solid foundation for Zuma. There are many types of special balls, such as exploding, freezing, slowing down, and changing color. The special effects are also dazzling, not the kind of special effects made of paper. What surprised me the most is that it actually has a skill upgrade system. It's not the kind that forces you to spend money, but you can slowly unlock it by accumulating experience through passing levels, strengthening the power of skills or adding new effects - this is a pure sense of growth in a stand-alone game, and it's comfortable. 😌
The map design is also passable. There are more than ten levels, and each level has new terrain and mechanisms. It is not a mindless way to put the ball in a straight line. The prop system is also kind. Bombs, pauses, and multiple launches are all used to save your brain when passing levels. You are not required to pay for them. The most important thing is that the charging mode says "0". I played it all afternoon, and no recharge window popped up, and it didn't force me to watch ads. It was a pure stand-alone experience. 🎯
But the ugly words come first. The graphics of this game are indeed retro, with the texture of mobile games from about ten years ago. The UI is also outdated, and the fonts look like they are made with Word art. But if you can accept the pixel style or the nostalgic style, this doesn't matter. Moreover, the game is very smooth, the special effects animations are not laggy, and it can be played on a seven or eight-year-old machine. After all, the platform is marked as Android version 5.0.
I strongly recommend that friends who like Zuma games, or simply want to find a game that kills time without hurting the nerves, give it a try. This thing is much more honest than those mobile games that give you a bunch of red dots to click on. 👊 This is how independent games should be, relying on gameplay to make a living, rather than relying on card locking and social kidnapping. Legend of Zuma, it is recommended to download it. Remember to come back and scold me after playing it. If it really has hidden in-app purchases, I will eat the keyboard live. 😤