Brothers, I just found a small game called "BBQ Sorting Puzzle" in the app store. At first I thought, isn't this just a reskinned water sorting game? As soon as I started using it, hey, it's really something. Thinking back to the time when we played "Tetris" and "Sokoban" in arcades, how could we have imagined that now we can play such brain-burning stuff with just a few swipes on our mobile phones.
To put it simply, this game gives you a few bamboo sticks with different ingredients on them, and you have to put the same kind of things on one stick. The rules are very simple: click on the skewer and move the ingredients on top to another skewer with space. Only the same kind can be stacked together. Sound familiar? Isn't this the illegitimate child of a simplified version of "Tower of Hanoi" and "Color Puzzle"! But if they change the barbecue skin, there will be fireworks immediately, you think it is wonderful or not.
We old players pay attention to comparison. I think that "Hamster Ball" on the Famicom back then was also this way of "watching it and playing it easily", but how could there be such a thing as one-handed operation at that time? The handle is almost scratched with sparks. It's so good now. With just a little poke of your finger, you can get two dishes on the subway. Technology changes our destiny, brothers.
But don't underestimate this game. The first few levels are really mindless, but when you get to the later levels where there are more bamboo sticks and a variety of ingredients, your brain starts to smoke. I reached level 23 and was stuck for half an hour. I finally got over it by "restarting Dafa". This design is very understanding of people's hearts and knows that we middle-aged people can't afford to lose and can start over at any time. Unlike "Demon World Village" back then, we had to jump from the beginning after death, which is called cruel.
To talk about the advantages of this game, first of all, it is clean, there are no advertising pop-ups, there is no charging mode, and it is so conscientious that it does not look like a domestic game. The second thing is that the rhythm is good, each game lasts only a few minutes, and I can have two while waiting for instant noodles, which is just right. The most important thing is that it doesn't force money. I think back when we played "Zhengtu", if we didn't recharge, we would be tortured. Now this purely free puzzle game is simply the best in the industry.
Of course, there are also flaws. For example, there are only a few sound effects. After listening to it for a long time, it feels like listening to a loop of square dance music. Also, every time you restart, you have to wait for the food drop animation, which can kill you if you are impatient. In addition, this developer, Shenzhen Yunbu Interactive Entertainment, I checked and found out that they only make such casual games, which is quite specialized.
Finally, let me tell you something heartfelt. Today's young people may not understand why people our age still like to play such "childish" games. In fact, it's just like making skewers. What you eat is not the meat, but the smoke. From "Huarong Dao" to "BBQ Sorting Puzzle", what has changed is only the form, what remains unchanged is the heart-wrenching feeling of "I missed it by one step". When I was playing this game, I felt like I was back in that summer again. I was squatting in the corner of the arcade, eating 50-cent spicy sticks, staring at the squares on the screen, and shouting in my heart, "One more, just one."
Okay, let's not talk anymore. I'll go through the next two levels. If someone gets stuck later, feel free to ask me in the post. I am a veteran and have nothing but plenty of time and enough guides! 🍢🧩