Hangman

After doing Tic-Tac-Toe it's only fair to look another school classroom classic and this time it's the vocabulary torture game "Hangman". The classic game in which you need to guess the letters of the word before dying in the game.

On paper this has always been a fun little time waster, though how does it convert to the Android system? And the bigger question for some, what words, are actually limited?

The game comes with 2 modes a single player and a two player variation, the one player/single player mode sees a computer generated word used whilst the two player mode sees one of the players choosing a word to use.

Through this review we will be looking at the two player mode though everything is pretty much the same apart from this one screen to the left. This screen is the one where one player inputs the word that needs to be guessed. Now this is a bit weird in that you can literally put anything in there as long as it's 13 characters of less. There is no need to put an actual real word in there which is a bit of a sham to be honest, though so be it, there is also no spellchecker function which is a little bit annoying.

Oh yeah! Buttface again

After selecting a word (on 2 player) or starting the game on (on one player) you are then able to select the letters to play to try and help find the word. The game is simple to play and the letter choices are easy as expected...though you quickly notice something...the game is incredibly simple looking. You honestly would struggle to tell the difference between a real version and the games version. Whilst authentic it is relatively monotone and uninspiring. It's certainly not a game that pushed the Samsung Galaxy S2 that we were using to it's boundaries. The sounds also don't do anything to impress and whilst it's a fun game it'll be short lived maybe broken out once in a blue moon.

Addictiveness-4/10 It is fun with a friend but nothing great on
Controls-8/10 They do their job and are really simple. Can't improve them but they don't add anything to game.
Graphics-4/10 Black and white, pencil styled and boring
Sounds-2/10 Very, very limited sound effects when you select a letter, that's about it.
Originality-0/10It's hangman. Nuff said.

Total score 18/50

Basically it's hangman but computerised, there is little to it and nothing that will keep you hooked for long. It's something that maybe worth a download if you spend a lot of time wanting to play hangman, though it's failure to push the hardware is a shame. The lack of music, inter-changeable backgrounds and spell check are also missing when they could all add to the game.

Game mark C