Million Onion Resort ($3.99) by ONION GAMES is a singular motion puzzle sport that's really in contrast to something you've performed earlier than. Sure, we all know that it is a declare made by many, however that is one sport that may actually make you go "WTF?" after your first spherical. It's bizarre, wacky, and particular, type of like Grapple Gum.
Ever since I've been right here at AppAdvice masking cell video games, I really feel like I've gone by way of all the things (a minimum of most) that the App Retailer may supply me. Whereas I really like discovering new video games in my favourite genres, I can't assist however really feel that all the things's been completed twice over. So when there are video games on the market that attempt to be utterly distinctive and by no means completed earlier than, I'm undoubtedly . After I got here throughout Million Onion Resort, I knew that this was one thing particular.
App Feels Like
App Feels Like
App Feels Like
$1.99
Grapple Gum
Ali Mehrez
Visually, Million Onion Resort has a retro pixel artwork type that’s completely beautiful. As somebody who grew up within the golden age of gaming with 8-bit and 16-bit graphics, I respect any sport that pulls it off effectively. All the pieces in Million Onion Resort is rendered in 2D, however there's a little bit of depth to all the things due to the dynamic lighting results that happen. Regardless of the pixel artwork, Million Onion Resort nonetheless has pretty detailed textures within the environments and character sprites. The colours within the sport are a pleasant mixture of darkish and gloomy shades with brilliant, earthy tones, which distinction properly. Animations are easy and fluid with no lag on my iPhone 8 Plus. The soundtrack is a unusual jazz monitor, and the sound results are pleasant. For his or her first launch on the App Retailer, the builders did a wonderful job with the sport's visible and audio design.
There's just one sport mode in Million Onion Resort, however there's plenty of content material to unlock within the type of playing cards. These playing cards dictate what present up throughout your sport, and every one in all these distinctive characters are value a unique quantity of factors, which have an effect on your last rating.
Within the Million Onion Resort, the specialty is a "magical onion soup," although nobody who's had it will probably describe its taste to anybody else. The soup has a hidden energy, clearly, which makes it magical. However one evening, some highly-esteemed resort friends having the soup discover themselves sucked away right into a far-off galaxy. Is it a results of ingesting an excessive amount of of that magical onion soup? Nobody is aware of, however one factor's for certain: you want extra magic onions to make extra magical soup.
The gameplay in Million Onion Resort is fast-paced and difficult. Gamers get a 5×5 grid, and there are onions sprouting up from the bottom within the board. You'll need to get as many onions as you’ll be able to earlier than time runs out.
As quickly because the onions are ripe and able to be picked, they'll come up from the bottom. Some onions provide you with extra time. To gather them, simply faucet on them — the area they occupied turns into crimson after to make it extra clear. When you make a line vertically, horizontally, and even diagonally, you'll advance a stage. You can also make single and even double strains, that are value extra factors. If you transfer on to the following stage, issues pop up sooner, and extra character playing cards get launched as effectively. These different characters embody bells, paintbrushes, and extra, they usually require multiple faucet to do away with.
Sooner or later, you'll get the cutscene that reveals the resort friends whisked away to a very completely different dimension. After this level, you'll ultimately attain boss fights, which may be quite troublesome and a welcome problem. The boss fights present their well being bar on the high, and also you'll need to shortly accumulate onions and different characters to dish out injury. Should you can't defeat the boss within the remaining time, then it's sport over.
An motion puzzle sport combined with an odd storyline.
The Good
The Good
Million Onion Resort is certainly a sport that's in contrast to some other motion puzzle that you simply've performed earlier than. It will get excessive marks for its uniqueness, and the gameplay is downright enjoyable and addictive, although the boss fights are pretty difficult. The pixel artwork graphics are high notch, and the music and sound is completed extremely effectively. This sport is packed filled with attraction and although it could have you ever going "what the heck is happening?" after the primary spherical, it's exhausting to place down when you get going.
The Dangerous
The Dangerous
Whereas Million Onion Resort has plenty of great things going for it, there's a flaw as effectively. The sport can get a bit repetitive, a minimum of till you unlock the opposite character playing cards. Nonetheless, it may be a bit repetitive because you're simply tapping shortly on the display screen to gather onions and different issues earlier than going through off towards a boss. However that is normal with excessive rating chasers, so you need to know what you're getting your self into forward of time.
The decision
The decision
After I first noticed Million Onion Resort, I used to be intrigued by the screenshots, however didn't know what to anticipate from it when it comes to gameplay. Now that I've spent my morning taking part in the sport, I’ve to say that I'm impressed. As somebody who grew up with basic pixel artwork video games, the visuals convey again a way of nostalgia with me, and the sounds are quite satisfying. After my first spherical within the sport, I critically mentioned "what’s going on on this sport?" out loud. Not many video games make me say that, so kudos. However I nonetheless discover myself returning, as a result of it's simply enjoyable. That is a kind of video games that I'll be returning to time and time once more, for certain.
I like to recommend giving Million Onion Resort a attempt in case you are searching for a weird however enjoyable and difficult motion puzzle sport. Million Onion Resort is on the market on the App Retailer as a common obtain for $3.99. There are not any in-app purchases.
