| Addiction Level | 7/10  |
|---|---|
| Graphics | 2/10 |
| Value for Money | 4/10 |
| Overall rating | 5/10 |
Full review by
Takahiro
on 26th Oct 2005
User Rating : 5
Respect :
0
Good Points: Strangely addictive Has that 'one last go' feeling
Bad Points: Limited in value No different to many free online games
General comments: Zoo Keeper is a game you will pick up, look at, wonder what on earth is this and put it back down. And this is a shame as like many puzzle games, it can look confusing but is so easy to play.
The idea of the game is simple, using the stylus you try to create blocks of 3, so say you need a line of 3 lions. To do this you simply touch a lion head, and drag it one space left, right, up or down to try and create a line of 3, which then disappears.
It is simple and admittedly may not hold your attention for very long, but if it grabs you'll be hooked.
There are a number of game modes to play but they don't differ much, you'll likely play them to beat the high score then just stick with your favourite.
The multiplayer mode is pretty good though, you only need 1 cart and with a friend you can play battle mode which can be great if you both like it.
However it keeps coming back to how you take to it, if you don't like puzzlers don't bother at all, you'll be trading it the next day, but if you like puzzlers I suggest trying it, maybe through a friend or asking instore but Zoo Keeper is deffinatly a try before you buy.
But as simple as it is, the touch screen works brilliantly, and it can get pretty fast once you're used to spotting the rows to create, but overall maybe a one to pick up from a second hand bin in your local store.
As for my ratings, the 7 addiction is for that while it can completely grab you, others may not be, and the graphics are purely functional, NES era even... but it is colourful.
4 for value for money because it is very limited, there are more DS games out there worth your money and I wouldn't really recommend it to a friend, I recommend they try mine however, it's always good for that.
Overall if you want a DS puzzler, I would have to recommend Polarium or especially Meteos, they're both great and polarium can be picked up pretty cheaply now.
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