Kona's Crate Review
Price: $2.99
Version Reviewed: 1.0.0
Device Reviewed On: iPhone 4
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As any avid Angry Birds player knows, much time is spent hammering the 'restart' button in order to correct a fatal mistake in the trajectory of the bird. It's a similar case with Kona's Crate. While players must move crates from one end of the level to the other rather than wipe out the pig hordes, the basic premise is still rather similar.
Things are made even harder by the obstacles that players come up against. Some levels are veritable mazes requiring precise movements to go around walls without clipping them and messing up the trajectory. Other levels introduce concepts such as floating blocks that need careful timing, or TNT crates that immediately destroy the player's crate. Steam geysers also appear to challenge the player further.
Kona's Crate is compelling stuff. It's challenging after a while and will occasionally make the player want to tear their hair out as on the 50th attempt, they struggle to get past that pesky last corner. But players will still go back for more thanks to the appropriate physics engine that means the player never feels cheated by it. Hopefully by the time the 60 levels have been completed, an update will come along for more. It's certainly got potential for it.