I bought Framed for ~$1 on a year end sale (not sure if it was actually discounted) even though I hadn’t heard about it until I browsed through the games. What sold me was the fact that it was a puzzle game, with a story and a novel mechanic. The story is told in comic book style but the frames are out of order. Your mission is to re-arrange the frames so that the protagonist is able to complete their mission. It’s pretty fun and light, but there is no replay value once you finish the short story.

I was happy to see that there was a new licensed Star Trek game full of IAP purchases called Star Trek Timelines. That’s only half sarcastic because any attempt would be better than Trexels. The graphics are surely better in this one, but the gameplay is certainly not any better. You get lots of crew but you have to level them up through various means, in this respect it is similar to Superstar SMTOWN. It should be very obvious that this game has everything horrible about an IAP game. The gameplay is shallow and lacking skill (it is slightly strategic in that you have to pick the right crew for the missions), you have to check back every few hours, and you must have internet access to play. The Star Trek license will only keep playing for a little while – I think I will be tired of it quite soon.

Posted by Kevin in Blogs Tags: android, games