Morph'em Review
Price: FREE
Version Reviewed: 1.01
App Reviewed on: iPad 2
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Boggle seemed like one of those games that Grandparents always had lying about that visitors would drag out when they were tired of whatever family obligations they'd have at that time. Often, they'd be creating more noise and ruckus then the quasi-educational experience of the game was worth. They probably also got extremely frustrated with the placement of certain letters, lack of vowels, or the always devilish 'Qu'. Now that they're older and wiser, they've been feeling nostalgic; trying to find a way back to those word games. Sure, they played Words With Friends, but they got bored only playing with that ex of theirs from high school who already takes two days to take a turn.
The surprising thing about this title is that it's totally free-to-play. There are no obnoxious ads for games nobody wants to play, no annoying pop-ups, or even banner ads that interfere with gameplay. This title is just straight up free, with the exception of the coins that players can purchase for activating some of the special cheats. However, the real money to in-app currency is pretty gracious in this game, and many of times it'll be entirely unnecessary to spend any money whatsoever. It's almost as though the developer, iq12, adapted a similar structure for F2P to games like Quadropus Rampage; where the game doesn't force or coerce players into any payment at all; with the IAPs acting more as a donation box than a Scrooge-like attempt to part them from their money.
It's a very simple concept of allowing players to rotate a cube to find words within letters, limiting players to only be able to use the letters currently visible. However, this "simple concept" is what makes Morph'em such a formidable and demanding game. This "word" title is not our Grandma's Boggle and it definitely isn't a drab old boring knock off. Morph'em needs to be on the radar for games people download to ring in the new year.