I want to start this off by saying I had no previous gaming experience with Goodbye Galaxy Games and I’m very glad I had the opportunity to review Tappingo 2. Let’s face it there are a lot of 3DS eShop titles out there. The goal is to find the games that are cost effective, fun and quality gaming. Tappingo 2 covers its basis on all of those points.
The first thing I did was look up videos for Tappingo, the first game, so I could have a basis and see what was changed or improved while I was playing Tappingo 2. In regards to gameplay Tappingo 2 is very similar to the first title but just as good. There are numbers on colored blocks and you you use your stylus to and click and draw either left, right, up or down to fill in that section with color. The tile will say correct if you go the right way. This sounds easy, however the tricky part comes in when you have to do them in the correct order due to color layering if you are drawing a specific picture. Also, it’s pretty unforgiving. You can go back a few moves, but if you royally messed up you have to start over. This can be frustrating but only adds to the fun and challenge.
Let’s use the carrot image above as example of how it can get tricky. To get the yellow shading in you have to fill in the rest of the carrot correctly and in the proper order with the orange around it. This puzzle actually took me a while to do but felt rewarding when complete. The main facet of gameplay is drawing the picture through use of ordered tiled blocks and it’s pretty smooth in terms of how the tiles respond to your stylus. You’ll have a timer on top right of the screen to show you how quickly you can think or how long it takes you to solve puzzles. You can also pause the game, and start over. The game itself is very fun and addicting.
The graphics are 3DS standard quality with fun pixel images and quirky vibe. The music fits in very well too. You don’t seem bothered by it while trying to solve puzzles and that is a bonus to me since you can spend a lot of time on the puzzles. There are over 100 puzzles to solve in Tappingo 2, so you’ll get a decent amount of game time in which is added value.
The Recommendation
Tappingo 2 is a great eShop puzzle title. It’s one of those games that is developer very solid, cost effective and is just plain fun. You can play at your own pace and it’s a very easy pick up and go game. I’m glad I was able to experience a title by Goodbye Galaxy Games and I highly recommend checking out Tappingo 2, for $2.99 you can’t go wrong.