Platinum Kakuro
Description
Kakuro is the hot new puzzle game, in which the goal is to fill in a grid with only the numbers 1-9. When the grid is filled and the vertical and horizontal sums equal the numbers on row and column respectively, the puzzle is complete.
First things first though. Before you jump into the game, you'll want to let Platinum Kakuro's sophisticated tutor guide you through the game and explain all of the rules to you. If you want, she'll provide you hints as you try to solve the puzzle together.
Once you've got the hang of it, put your skills to the test in one of four completely different game modes: Kakuro Mode (play a traditional game of Kakuro), Time Attack Mode (resolve Kakuro grids in the given time), Solver Mode (enter a grid and let Platinum Kakuro show you the solution) and Custom Mode (create your own grid).
All of this with detailed and colorful grid designs as the backdrop, providing you with a zen-like feeling of calm as you test your skills and try to solve ever-more complex puzzles. And with many different skins (backgrounds), grids, and fonts to choose from; you'll have hundreds of thousands of possible ways to do it!
Customer Reviews
Having been basically addicted to kakuro for the last few months now, it would only become natural that I start searching for games that feature it. Such games, however, have been virtually impossible to find on mobile... Until now. Gameloft gives us the first real effort at recreating the "number crossword" on mobile and does so admirably.
Let's get the lone bit of real bad news over with first. If you've never tried one of these puzzles before, the tutorial mode is only marginally helpful at best. The smart female guide introduces you to the game and starts a puzzle for you, but only provides a tiny bit of information for actually getting started on a puzzle, and you have to finish the initial puzzle yourself. So it helps to have some experience under your belt before you pick this up. On the other hand, finishing the tutorial gives you one of the game's unlockable backgrounds, so it will be worth your while in the end.
The rest of the game can only be described as a real treat for kakuro fans. Gameloft went out of their way, it seems, to make the game relatively easy on the eyes. There's a great chance you'll be able to set the game screen to a configuration that will suit you. The controls are well thought out, too: you only need one thumb to play this game, something that will be no doubt handy for those with smaller handsets. The help features are quite useful if you get stuck, especially the option to sweep the game board for right and wrong answers (useful if you aren't sure about where you are). Just don't expect a free ride, as you can only use so many hints before you're left on your own.
What sets this game apart, though, is the brutal time trial mode. This mode challenges you to solve the puzzle against a time limit, and if you can do it at each difficulty setting (there are 3), you get a trophy. Only experienced players need apply for this mode, though, as the format literally demands that you work the grid quickly -- the time limits are tight -- and you can't get help. I got a rush the first time I beat back a puzzle in this mode, and you likely will too.
There's more to this game also, including a solver mode that lets you input a puzzle and see if the game can solve it, and a custom puzzle mode that lets you create your own. But the rest of the game is so engaging that you may not notice they're there.
Platinum kakuro is not for the raw beginner, truth be told, but everybody else who like this style of puzzle is in for a treat. There's enough here to keep you coming back for a very long time.
- David LeSaffre 8/10
The rating, I suppose, is neither here nor there in a lot of ways. Simply, this is kakuro on your phone - if you like kakuro puzzles, you'll like this game. If you're a fan of sudoku, but fancy something a little different, I recommend this. You can enter draft entries, change the fonts and styles used, even unlock several backgrounds for the game. As far as i'm concerned, worth every penny.
- Dan Coghill 8/10
Superb and highly addictive game. Normail mode is very interesting. Because of the awards system and time constrains the time attack mode is very highly addictive.
- Shuhud Nasoordeen 10/10
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