Review #13: Sling

Yep, it's another online game, AND it's not a platformer!

In fact, this game almost deserves it's own genre, even though it currently sits in the "puzzle" category.

So, once again, with utter lack of nothing more to say, it's categorization time!

Graphics: Beyond the title screen, pretty much everything in the game is 2-D graphics. But they're good anyway. Graphics get: 10/10.

Sound: They call me a slacker for a reason you know...

Story: All right, let's see, while not as ridiculous as yesterday's game story (no overly-long, overly-hypenated names), this story still can hold the rest of the game up. It takes place in this world inhabited by slimes that can cling onto poles and that kind of stuff. You're this old guy's "apprentice", and you're learning about this power source, which has 8 elements: goo, space, fire, ice, and four other ones I can't remember. With ONE element missing, things get ugly. This he tells you as a bunch of aliens come in and steal the goo element, sending the world into chaos. You are sent out to go defeat those aliens and retrieve that element! There are also some funny cutscenes with the old guy being lazy watching TV or wondering how his apprentice is doing. Story gets: 10/10.

Gameplay: This is one of the best concepts for an online game ever conceived. You have to slingshot yourself from post to post, sliming every one, so that a portal appears to go to the next level. Slingshotting the little guy around is simple, you just drag him around and an angled line will appear, showing you where he'd end up flying if you let go. You go on doing this for 50 levels, but there are a bunch of obstacles added in later levels, such as enemies, and fake poles that inflate until they explode. There's also a bonus if you can make it in a certain time limit, but if you don't, you still pass the level. Gameplay gets: 10/10.

Controls: Considering it's just the mouse, you'd have to try very hard to mess up the controls. But the people did a fine job here. Controls get: 10/10.

FINAL SCORE:

ALL TENS! SLING GETS A 10/10!

Verdict: This is the second game to get a perfect 10 on my blog, after Dr. Mario, and like DM, it's well deserving of it's flawless score. Play it now.