MUMBA IV: Egypt Jewels © Reviews

Bought this for achievements. Can't use them yet if the game doesn't have the metrics yet -,- ⡏⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠋⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠋⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠙⠉⠉⠉⠹ ⡇⢸⣿⡟⠛⢿⣷⠀⢸⣿⡟⠛⢿⣷⡄⢸⣿⡇⠀⢸⣿⡇⢸⣿⡇⠀⢸⣿⡇⠀ ⡇⢸⣿⣧⣤⣾⠿⠀⢸⣿⣇⣀⣸⡿⠃⢸⣿⡇⠀⢸⣿⡇⢸⣿⣇⣀⣸⣿⡇⠀ ⡇⢸⣿⡏⠉⢹⣿⡆⢸⣿⡟⠛⢻⣷⡄⢸⣿⡇⠀⢸⣿⡇⢸⣿⡏⠉⢹⣿⡇⠀ ⡇⢸⣿⣧⣤⣼⡿⠃⢸⣿⡇⠀⢸⣿⡇⠸⣿⣧⣤⣼⡿⠁⢸⣿⡇⠀⢸⣿⡇⠀ ⣇⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣄⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣠⣀⡈⠉⣁⣀⣄⣀⣀⣀⣠⣀⣀⣀⣰ ⣇⣿⠘⣿⣿⣿⡿⡿⣟⣟⢟⢟⢝⠵⡝⣿⡿⢂⣼⣿⣷⣌⠩⡫⡻⣝⠹⢿⣿⣷ ⡆⣿⣆⠱⣝⡵⣝⢅⠙⣿⢕⢕⢕⢕⢝⣥⢒⠅⣿⣿⣿⡿⣳⣌⠪⡪⣡⢑⢝⣇ ⡆⣿⣿⣦⠹⣳⣳⣕⢅⠈⢗⢕⢕⢕⢕⢕⢈⢆⠟⠋⠉⠁⠉⠉⠁⠈⠼⢐⢕⢽ ⡗⢰⣶⣶⣦⣝⢝⢕⢕⠅⡆⢕⢕⢕⢕⢕⣴⠏⣠⡶⠛⡉⡉⡛⢶⣦⡀⠐⣕⢕ ⡝⡄⢻⢟⣿⣿⣷⣕⣕⣅⣿⣔⣕⣵⣵⣿⣿⢠⣿⢠⣮⡈⣌⠨⠅⠹⣷⡀⢱⢕ ⡝⡵⠟⠈⢀⣀⣀⡀⠉⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣼⣿⢈⡋⠴⢿⡟⣡⡇⣿⡇⡀⢕ ⡝⠁⣠⣾⠟⡉⡉⡉⠻⣦⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⠸⣿⣦⣥⣿⡇⡿⣰⢗⢄ ⠁⢰⣿⡏⣴⣌⠈⣌⠡⠈⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣬⣉⣉⣁⣄⢖⢕⢕⢕ ⡀⢻⣿⡇⢙⠁⠴⢿⡟⣡⡆⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣵⣵⣿ ⡻⣄⣻⣿⣌⠘⢿⣷⣥⣿⠇⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠛⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣷⢄⠻⣿⣟⠿⠦⠍⠉⣡⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢸⣿⣦⠙⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟ ⡕⡑⣑⣈⣻⢗⢟⢞⢝⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠸⣿⠿⠃⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠁⣠ ⡝⡵⡈⢟⢕⢕⢕⢕⣵⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠋⣀⣈⠙ ⡝⡵⡕⡀⠑⠳⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠛⢉⡠⡲⡫⡪⡪⡣

It's a pretty good video game for killing time

Fun little game. Watch out though, not your typical 3 of a kind, A few puzzler grids thrown in that will eat up your lives and force you to start again from the beginning. The game moves fast enough and has a nice mellow soundtrack to keep you amused.

I just finished over 25 levels in one initial subjectively quickie session and I love it. I just am worried if that is not all from the game because on the screen it showed only few more levels. I hope that is not all the game, that would be extremely short!! I will update next time when I finish the screen. Original gameplay concept I have never seen before. In basis you select touching balls of the same color which touch each other to take them away and always have to focus on selecting some explosive bonus ball to succeed. The balls funnily jump all the time and try to squeeze themselves to the bottom. I love the music, it's so refreshing! However am I the only one surprised that I play game set up in ancient Egypt but listen to music obviously of Japanese origin? I hope it's intention, I am just worried if the developer didn't exercise some unintentional arrogant ignorance about cultures, not differentiating Egypt from Japan. In my world this is perfect because I am convinced from my heretical studies that the true ancient world was connected, so I love it personally. Also, what do we know really of the true ancient Egypt - maybe they had similar music. All the accepted canon is just interpretation anyway. The shock of mixing Egypt with Japan does not go away no matter. There is no explanation of how the game works. Is that intentionally part of the mystery? Or is that just ignorance that the mechanics are not explained? I am not sure did I get all the mechanics. But it works anyway. The game is overally easy to play, swift, refreshing, fun. Thanks. Will update if I find anything new important.

The game is addictive, and was going great until I reached level 22. All of a sudden, I am no longer able to select ANY balls to connect. I quit the level and tried again. Nope; still can't select any balls to connect. The developers need to look into and fix this issue. Especially since the only way to try this game is to BUY it. And before anybody tries and says, "Well, it's only $1.64," I don't care. It's money I spent for a game, and I expect that game to work! So, FINALLY I was able to get the game to work, & I've made it to level 43. Periodically, I have to enlist the assistance of the walkthrough provided in the discussions section. There are side games as well. I won't say that the game doesn't get frustrating as hell, but if you're a stubborn personality, you'll play until you need to rage quit, take a break for a while, and then come back to try again.

As of writing this review, this game has a couple of unobtainable achievements. If you're looking for cheap games to 100% then you should definitely skip this one. If you're just looking for a cheap and casual puzzle game, I'd still recommend that you skip this one. It may seem deceptively playable, but the truth is that virtually nothing works as intended. The physics are especially bad, regularly breaking a particular handful of levels or forcing you to reset the game in order to progress, as you otherwise risk getting stuck with nothing to interact with. And every time the physics break, it's counted as a loss. It's also worth mentioning that out of 50+ levels, only a handful (at most) can be considered genuine puzzles. The rest of them depend as much on luck as they do on skill.