Reflexive Arcade PC Game News

New Game: Music Catch

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:00:04 EDT

Catch the colorful shapes that appear when the music plays! Yellow shapes give you a bonus and multiply your points, but watch out for the red ones! The more shapes you get, the closer you'll be to earning medals, winning achievements and unlocking new songs! Play original songs from such games as Ricochet, Build in Time, Airport Mania, The Great Tree and more, or import your own MP3 songs and play along with them! Turn music into a wildly exciting game experience with Music Catch!

Category: Action

New Game: Jewelleria

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:00:04 EDT

Can you afford a luxurious diamond ring or how about an exclusive gold necklace? Now you can! Learn to make jewelry yourself while managing your very own Jewelleria! The goal is to make money, gain popularity, increase your client base and, with a little luck, open your own Jewelry Center! You'll be faced with various tasks, including serving clients with special tastes and demands, and you might even meet real prince! Begin your quest for success with Jewelleria!

Category: Action/Sim

New Game: PictoWords

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:00:04 EDT

Pictures + Letters + Your Quick Wit = PictoWords! How quickly can you combine pictures and letters to create words? Each level offers fun pictures which you must blend with letters to fill out the word list. Solve them all to earn bonus points as you play though hundreds of exciting levels! See if you can earn even more points for finding the longest words, fastest solutions and staying away from hints! Enjoy hours of challenging word play with PictoWords!

Category: Word

New Game: Treasures of the Ancient Cavern

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:00:04 EDT

Treasures of the Ancient Cavern is a tale of fantasy, adventure and ancient magic that challenges players to cross the equator and follow in the footsteps of the Incas to restore artifacts and learn the magic of this once great civilization! Solve tricky tile-matching puzzles as you travel through 90 increasingly challenging levels in many stunning locations! There are unique magic runes and power-ups to help you reach your goals! It is time to begin. It is time for Treasures of the Ancient Cavern!

Category: Puzzle

3-star review of: Music Catch

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:00:04 EDT

DelightfulI was very skeptical to try this one because the objective of the game is too simple. Just as its name suggests, Music Catch is nothing more than just catching shapes with your mouse. But the idea behind it is brilliant!

The pre-installed music is as delightful as the game, plus you get to play your favorite MP3s and it is so wonderful to watch your music come to life.

Some may find this game stale because of the lack of depth it can offer. But everyone is guaranteed to enjoy its pure aural pleasure.

5-star review of: Aveyond 2

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:00:04 EDT

Better than Aveyond 1!This game is superior to Aveyond in many ways, but most of all is the storyline - and I already love the first one well enough. Ean's quest to save his childhood friend Iya is totally sweet, and the supporting characters also add colour and spice, creating a compelling world.

Just as with the first game, I quickly worked out the winning four members to put on your team and upgrade, but this time around it was actually harder to let go of the other characters because I really loved them all! (except Jack the thief) Iya, though weak at first, takes a bit of time to work on, but eventually becomes the powerhouse of the gang. Just be careful which Sphere you select to upgrade her with, as you can only choose one.

Graphics are still cute as ever, not much of an upgrade from the last game though. The sounds too were similar, though I found that comforting rather than a bone to pick. I did prefer last edition's battle theme...but overall, the music for the different environments is enchanting, kudos to Aaron Walz (his CD of game music is on sale, by the way).

Overall, a great old-skool RPG, nothing on the FF series but hey, as far as different platforms go, this one is for keeps.

3-star review of: Yummy Drink Factory

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:00:04 EDT

Cute and simpleYeah, it wasn't really all that special, just that the graphics were really adorable. The create-your-own recipes was also a nice twist to what could've easily been a typical dash game, and knowing the community at Amaranthia they'd be off swapping recipes for ages.

Like some reviewers have mentioned, you just can't help but expect more from Amanda, creator of the superb Aveyond and Grimm's Hatchery, but this is a good, cute way to while away the hours in anticipation of the next installation of the Aveyond saga (fingers crossed!)

5-star review of: Turbo Pizza

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:00:04 EDT

Pizza on the go!I actually enjoyed this game more than the Diner Dash series, but probably because this one features only clicking, and none of that rather annoying dragging customers around to sit on coloured seats.

It's also better than Cake Mania, because of its super-fast pace and bright cheerful graphics. The sound may be rather repetitive to some people, but I loved it, it was really catchy.

Watch out for the excellent mini-game of pizza-making, I only wish there were more of this in between games. Also, the best thing to do is to upgrade your waitress and chef first before the decorations, because unlike some other dash games, the upgrades are really evident - they become much faster and make life a lot easier.

It's not the hardest game in the world, so you won't get irritated by not being able to achieve the Expert levels :)

5-star review of: Chocolatier

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:00:04 EDT

Sweet like chocolate!Buying ingredients, traveling the world in search of recipes, making and selling tantalisingly mouth-watering chocolates...what's not to like about Chocolatier?

A mixture of Tradewinds Legends and Fairy Godmother Tycoon (both of which deserve two thumbs up, imho) the key to winning this game is by using the most basic of economic principles - buy low, sell high. And having a fast clicking finger index finger to maximise your factory's productions will definitely be a plus point.

The story featuring your boss Evangeline Baumeister's feud with her family is revealed slowly through conversations with characters all over the world, so talk to as many people as you can. They'll also give valuable tips on where to get cheap prices for ingredients, and good deals for chocolate sales.

My only slight grouse is the supply and demand element of this game. Unlike FGT, as soon as the price of a chocolate goes down, it never seems goes back up, which is quite a nuisance when you don't discover new recipes in time to feed the public's constantly-changing appetites.

But overall, this game is better than its sequel, but perhaps my judgment is swayed because of the originality factor. Right after I got this game I was hooked and only stopped playing because I had to wake up within two hours for school :)

4-star review of: Dream Day Wedding: Married in Manhattan

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:00:04 EDT

Not mind-blowing, but still goodHaving played every single one of the Dream Day series religiously, I have to say they're some of the best seek and find games around.

Dream Day Wedding: Married In Manhattan is an excellent continuation of the series, and all fans would certainly enjoy it. Though it doesn't feature anything wildly original from the earlier editions, it still features all the elements that made them stand out from the average seek-and-find games: beautiful graphics, romantic choose-your-own backstories, dreamy music, and of course the potential disasters.

One new interesting element is that in some levels you may find yourself trapped in a room that you have to find things to use to get yourself out within the time limit, somewhat like the levels in Azada. They're also in the mini-games in between all the hunting, however they're rather too easy.

The items are well hidden yet not impossible to find without the help of hints, and (this is totally childish I know :P) I still get a kick out of hearing the little 'ding' everytime I find an object, and also the sweet chirping of the bluebirds.

5-star review of: Feeding Frenzy 2

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:00:04 EDT

Who Wants Lunch?????I like this game... a LOT!!! It takes my favourite kind of career games like Sally's Salon and Diner Dash 2 aback. This action game requires you to move fast, though.

3-star review of: Airport Mania: First Flight

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:00:04 EDT

Bored after a whileI liked the game for the first 3 hours, then it went boring. More boring than diner dash.

2-star review of: Paradise Pet Salon

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:00:04 EDT

Not What I Had in MindIt takes all the fun out when the 3D Effect comes in. No recommendation in the store. I don't even understand some of the words!!!

5-star review of: Music Catch

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:00:04 EDT

They REALLY DID IT this time!this is the brightest idea for a game in the entire site!
all the games here are going around the same concept -
"3 of a kind" "find the objects" and so on...
it's so amazing to play something diffrent! and such a good "something diffrent" the music is amazing and as if it's not all, you can also play with your own songs -

i am saying - give me more from that has came from cause this thing is just the thing that can pass a nice time when you are at home.

5-star review of: Yummy Drink Factory

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:00:04 EDT

A YUMMY Game!!!I loved it! It's much better than Diner Dash, though some of the reciped are hard to remember and easy to forget.

Who wants a Peppermint Float?

3-star review of: Sally's Spa

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:00:04 EDT

Exciting 2 BoringI loved Sally's Salon, completed the game. Even tried to get all 'Expert Goal'. When Sally's Spa came out, I was psyched! But before playing the last five levels, I felt that this game was getting more and more boring. Finally, I deleted this game after playing 'The Sakura'.

5-star review of: Jewelleria

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:00:04 EDT

Jewelleriaif you like cake mania then you will like this same kind of game play only you run a jewelry shop instead the graphics and sound are great my niece and nephew love it and thats what counts isnt it how the kids like it great game reflexive keep them coming

3-star review of: PictoWords

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:00:04 EDT

PitcoWordsWhen I read the other reviews, I wasn't going to try it but..
I didn't understand it at first, until my Daughter showed me how to play it. I liked it. It's hard to expain, but remember the circled words are letters, and the squars are the pictures.
Say you see a circle (letter) and a square (pic) together
You might have in the pictures, a raft, red, under, and the letters d r b ...you would put the letter d, and the picture raft= draft. then a two letter word which is a circle (letter)
and a picture together, it would be b red= bred, etc. Hope it helps it's interesting and you really don't have to rush like I thought. But for a demo it was fun but I wouldn't want to buy the game. People are different, that's what demo's are for, to either make it or break it. You might like it.

2-star review of: Jewelleria

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:00:04 EDT

In English please!The game play itself was decent, similar to Cake Mania, but rather easy. The storyline was very weak, but the most irritating part of all was the lack of proper English. I am not talking grammatical errors either, I mean using words in non-sensical ways. What exactly does "calm as pythons" mean anyway? This game is worth trying for the demo, but save your money for a game that you can actually understand what the characters are saying. If you are going to market a game to the English speaking public, at least have it "proofread" by someone who speaks English.

New Tip: Diner Dash 2

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:00:04 EDT

Once the podium is up, you're lucky. Keep using the podium by clicking on it when the hearts start floating.

New Tip: Jewel Quest III

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:00:04 EDT