Monster Cube Review – A monstrously entertaining 3-D match-three game

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By: Monster Juice - Servicos De Informatica LTDA

Version #: 1.0.2

Date Released: 2012-07-12

Developer: MonsterJuice

Price: Free

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I love it when I get pleasantly surprised by an iOS game. And the latest one to pleasantly surprise me is Monster Cube by MonsterJuice.

Monster Cube adds a new dimension to match-three gaming. Literally. Forget normal match-three played in two dimensions, because you’re way better off playing match-three in three dimensions. That’s right: Monster Cube is match-three in 3-D.

So, its being in 3-D pretty much explains the second part of its name. But what about the “monster” part in Monster Cube? Well, it’s called Monster Cube because it’s played with a large cube made up of 64 smaller cubes that are made to look like monsters.

There are seven types of monsters in Monster Cube. (In case you’re wondering, they’re called Ogrey, Borey, Juicy, Nervy, Rocky, Breezy, and Geeky.) The underlying idea is to pulverize the entire cube by matching three monsters of any kind and subsequently eliminating them.

To do that, you just have to tap on a monster to remove it from its spot and then tap on another spot to put it there. Should you have trouble looking for a good spot, just swipe in any direction to adjust the 3-D view. If the relocation of a monster yields a match, the affected monsters fall off from the cube, effectively resulting in less obstruction as you proceed to move and eliminate more monsters.

Monster Cube is time-bound, so you must strive to destroy a cube before your time is out. You can use the emergency button to add 10 seconds to your time, but you can do so only once every hour, which is just as well.

Once a cube is fully destroyed, it gets replaced by a new one. Needless to say, the more cubes you conquer, the higher your score. Also leading to a higher score is the piling up of combos or matching streaks. If you’re particularly good, you might be making enough combos to activate Fever Mode in no time.

Monster Cube is already quite enjoyable as it is, but making it more so is the challenge of accomplishing the game’s various missions. From destroying a cube within 60 seconds to entering Fever Mode five times in a single game, these missions greatly add to Monster Cube‘s replay factor.

You can start enjoying Monster Cube right now by downloading the game from the App Store. You can play it offline or you can connect the game to Facebook if you’d like a social layer added to the game, complete with online leaderboards. Also, note that the game is free, but you can opt to spend $0.99 in-app in exchange for more missions, higher scores, and no ads.

Currently, the game is designed for iPhone and iPod touch, with graphics optimized for Retina display. It looks and works fine at 2x magnification on the iPad. But since I’ve been pleasantly surprised by it, I’m looking forward to playing Monster Cube in its native iPad version and with monstrously stunning Retina graphics for the third-generation iPad to boot.