While lots of games you find that are like this are more of the speed and luck variety, Pop Out is a strategy game on a timer. Which is, surprisingly, not at all the same thing.
In the game you are given a screen filled with little creatures trapped in bubbles. These creatures are called spogglings. The entire point of the game is to set the spogglings free by matching up three or more spogglings of the same color. You can only do this horizontally or vertically and you do so by clicking a single bubble, which moves according to the direction most likely to get you a match up. The only thing is, you can only move those bubbles one space up, down, or right and left, and if the move isn’t going to free at least three spogglings it is invalid and thus doesn’t happen.
Now, Pop Out is on a timer, which is to be expected, otherwise the game would never end. That being said the fact that you have only a certain amount of time pushes you to make better decisions on what to move and how quickly you do so. Your score is accumulated not only by freeing spogglings but also but doing so in a timely manner. The faster and more spogglings you free within a certain amount of time, the higher your score will be.
Now, I liked Pop Out. It was a simple, thought invoking game that was basically played by your lonesome. The multiplayer bit comes at the end of the time limit and it’s a simple comparing of scores, which I’m fine with. You don’t have to rely on anyone else to play and in fact it’s fairly easy to find a room by yourself and play solo, which is what I did because we all know I’m sad and antisocial.
Mostly, this game is one of the more laid back ones on Spogg.com. There is competition but no real drive or push to play any better than you normally would do on your own, unless you’re into that. At the end of all my games I would look at the other players scores, see where I ranked and go “Huh.” I never felt bad for failing to reach as many points as they did but neither was I bored. I just played against my own scores and always shot for something a little higher.
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