But if your Angry Birds addiction is wearing off, Amazing Alex is a fun, much more challenging alternative.
Once you've created a level, which can take anywhere from 30 seconds to hours depending on how difficult you make it, you can share a download URL for other Amazing Alex players.Īngry Birds was like a comfort-food app and something I could play on a train without straining my eyes. But even after you've completed them all, you're not done yet.Īfter you pass the classroom level (containing 16 challenges), the app unlocks a fifth level, My Levels, where you can create your own challenge boards and share them with the Amazing Alex community. ?Furthermore, a dollar buys you more than 100 challenge boards, spread across four levels?classroom, backyard, bedroom, and tree house.
What keeps this game interesting is that every level presents different objects with different levels of kinetic energy. Unlike in Angry Birds, you can take as many turns as you need to pass each challenge board. When you hit the "play" button, the trigger object starts your Domino effect. Playing is about setting up a variety of devices and objects on the screen to create a chain of. Drag objects around your screen to rearrange re-orient them. Amazing Alex is a logical game developed by Rovio studio. Amazing Alex puts you in the role of a generic-looking kid named Alex, a "whiz kid with a boundless imagination and a houseful of fun toys" which is far less creative (and controversial) than the violent birds in Angry Birds.Įvery new challenge board presents you with a few items: three point-amassing stars, random objects to build your Rube Goldberg device, and a trigger object?like a balloon or magic eight ball?that starts off the chain reaction.
I tested Amazing Alex on a Galaxy Nexus with Android 4.0, but with all the objects on screen it'd be more fun playing this on a larger screen.ĭull Storyline But Fun Gameplay It doesn't really detract from gameplay but I wasn't excited about the storyline or simplistic graphics.
Sorry, nothing for the less than two percent of you out there using Windows Phone. For $0.99, you get loads of game time and a good mix-up of challenges to keep your noodle flexed.įortunately for most of the world's smartphone users, Rovio launched iOS and Android versions of the app at the same time. As an item drops on your design, it sets off a chain reaction that sends existing objects richoceting off each other your goal is to collect the three stars located in every challenge board by hitting them with these objects. In the terribly-named Amazing Alex, you rearrange toys and household items to create a Rube Goldberg machine. There's no flinging or violence against animals in this game. on its first day.īut while testing this on Android, I felt the gravitational force too. According to Apple, Amazing Alex became the number one paid iPhone app in the U.S.
Even though Rovio acquired the game from an indie developer, it's been given the addictive Rovio treatment: lots of short, fast, physics-based challenges that make it difficult to put down. Rovio, the maker of app "drug" Angry Birds, has actually managed to follow up with an even better game, Amazing Alex (Free or $0.99 for premium).
Go to iTunes to download Amazing Alex for iOS. Meet Amazing Alex! This bright kiddo has an insane imagination and a supply of fun toys that can turn anything into an adventure!įrom cleaning his bedroom to battling robots in his treehouse, Amazing Alex creates quirky chain reactions to get his choirs done with the copious amounts of fun! Now Alex has sometime for you - and he wants to see your creative contraptions!įind the Link below to Download Amazing Alex for your favorite Device: