Windows Phone Game Review: Word Sleuth

Word Sleuth for Windows Phone

Word Sleuth is a Find-a-Discussion type puzzle game for your Windows Phone that dares y'all to find the 25,000+ words that are spread beyond 35 word categories. Give-and-take Sleuth adds a decent amount of customizations to give a very elementary word puzzle a picayune pop.

You lot'll discover Scoreloop integration for your leaderboards, customizable backgrounds, three difficulty levels, and iv game modes to keep things interesting. If you like find-a-word type discussion puzzles, Word Sleuth is worth a attempt.

Give-and-take Sleuth'due south primary menu has options to play the game, access the game'southward settings, view the How-to Play screens, view the Scoreloop leaderboards, and rate/review the game. Gaming options cover audio and music levels, input sensitivity, vibration and gameplay customizations.

Word Sleuth menu

Gameplay customization covers choosing your background image and puzzle layout (colors and opacity levels of various elements). You have vii themed backgrounds (city, cows, snow, forest, etc.)and a handful of solid color options.

With Discussion Sleuth you have four game modes, Archetype, Deadline, Detective, and Super Sleuth.

Classic Style is your typical hidden word puzzle where yous are given a listing of subconscious words to observe.
The Deadline Mode gives you a deadline to find a set up number of words. For example you lot have to find seven words from the Bird Category in 2:l.
Detective Way bumps up the claiming meter just a tad past giving you a list of partial words that you have to a) effigy out what letters are missing and b) notice them hidden in the puzzle. For example, your listing could look like this... T?ck, E?grand?r, Ra?ch?t, etc.
Super Sleuth Mode combines Deadline and Detective Modes. You have a deadline to find a gear up number of words from the list but the words on the list are incomplete.

Word Sleuth

Each game mode has a number of variables that you lot can set up that include Difficulty (not bachelor for Classic Mode), Random or Prepare Categories, Puzzle Size and Discussion Count.

Game play with Give-and-take Sleuth was really the merely shortcoming I could find with the game and takes a lilliputian time to get used to. The game board has a circle that you motility effectually by sliding your finger on the screen. When y'all get it over the starting time letter of the word you are identifying, you tap the screen. From there yous slide the circle to expand the oval that volition surround your word. Once y'all get the complete word within the oval, you tap the screen to capture the discussion.

Information technology's not too hard just I couldn't assistance just think simply tapping the showtime letter of the alphabet and then dragging your finger forth the remaining letters would take been easier.

While the game controls may take a little fourth dimension to get the hang of, Word Sleuth is a challenging, fun, time waster of a game. With 35 word categories with more than than 25,000 words and the iv game modes Give-and-take Sleuth won't get stale too quickly. I foundDiscussion Sleuth to be a nice addition to your word puzzle gaming library.

Word Sleuth is a free, advertising supported game that yous tin can find here at the Windows Phone Marketplace.

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