It's a great game at its core that should give you HOURS of high score hunting fun, but unfortunately the controls keep getting in the way. They never feel tight and responsive enough for this type of thing. The question however is: Are the controls really that bad... or is it just the animation of the character you're moving that make you THINK that they're bad? Its jerky moves (twitching legs, mouth munching in pulses) make it very difficult to estimate when you're about to step on the next tile or when exactly you have to take a turn into another direction. Then there are the backgrounds that are literally spammed with everchanging colors. The grids keep shrinking or growing. Score flashes obscure your vision in the most crucial moments, but thankfully at least those cues can turned off in the options. The game is out to distract you right, left and center - and I'm afraid it's an effect that was born out of overenthusiastic graphic design than out of deliberate intention. Someone should have told the devs that less is more, especially with a game like this. Keep it simple, guys!

I really was out to love the heck out of this game, but unfortunately it just isn't very playable. A real pity.

It's a great game at its core that should give you HOURS of high score hunting fun, but unfortunately the controls keep getting in the way. They never feel tight and responsive enough for this type of thing. The question however is: Are the controls really that bad... or is it just the animation of the character you're moving that make you THINK that they're bad? Its jerky moves (twitching legs, mouth munching in pulses) make it very difficult to estimate when you're about to step on the next tile or when exactly you have to take a turn into another direction. Then there are the backgrounds that are literally spammed with everchanging colors. The grids keep shrinking or growing. Score flashes obscure your vision in the most crucial moments, but thankfully at least those cues can turned off in the options. The game is out to distract you right, left and center - and I'm afraid it's an effect that was born out of overenthusiastic graphic design than out of deliberate intention. Someone should have told the devs that less is more, especially with a game like this. Keep it simple, guys! I really was out to love the heck out of this game, but unfortunately it just isn't very playable. A real pity.