Games Advent Calendar - 25 Days - 25 Surprises Reviews

its 6 mobile phone games split into 25 levels, don't wast your money

This is a much better collection than last year's 'puzzle' version, with a great assortment of actual games. Granted, a couple of them look like flash games, and the main hub is nice but counter intuitive. Unless you snap to a calendar day, it's a little clumsy. And the game doesn't like it when you switch between controller and keyboard and mouse, which you'll want to do, as the controller is just too slow for some of the puzzles. I saw cursors for both on screen at the same time when I did. I'm pretty sure I've encountered at least one non-popping achievement, and a major glitch with the match three game. I could be wrong of course, but the lack of developer or community input on the discussion board makes it hard to be certain. All games can be opened from the start, but I bought this to play in earnest, opening one game per day. There is no list for opened games, just houses representing each day of the month. You are expected to remember which game is available on which day / house. At this point, while I do enjoy the games on offer, I doubt I will continue to see it through to Christmas day. Again, much better than last year's offering, but a little frustrating. I think the sale price is fair, maybe full price too, if you have someone to couch co-op the games that support it. I'd give this a solid 'mid' rating if I could, but can't really get behind a 'thumbs up' for reasons mentioned. Some of the games are quite fun, and show variety not usually seen in such a collection. A little spit and polish would push this to a recommend.