Pajama Sam's Sock Works Reviews

Story: Sam is given his laundry and told by his mother to go to bed. Sam dreams about socks and the most convoluted way to put them into a laundry basket. Game play: A random collection (yeah, I say random because the levels don't really ramp up in difficulty, but vary wildly and some even require no intervention from the player to complete) of levels that would probably entertain a child for a little while. It pales in comparison to other Pajama Sam games (the other minigame style ones are better than this one even). There is a custom level creator, but I doubt it would entice someone to buy the game for that feature. Length: Strongly depends on your age and how bored are you to play this over any other game you own. For reference, I finished the first 15 levels in about 10 minutes. Audio/Visuals: Sounds and music are fine, it is fitting for an edu-tainment game. The art style fits with Pajama Sam games, but nothing stellar or noteworthy. Thoughts: It is fine, but the weakest of the Pajama Sam games, but that isn't a strong point since the minigame ones are pretty lackluster. If you are buying this for a kid, it would be more enjoyable for them, but I would still only recommend buying Sock Works in one of the bundles as the main Pajama Sam games are much better. Even if you are buying a bundle, I would wait for a sale for the amount of fun you or your child might have with it.

In 1997, my 7-year old self had my mind blown by one of the best puzzle games of my entire life. This game comes from Humongous Entertainment, creators of other bangers such as Putt-Putt, Freddi Fish, and Spy Fox. The premise: Pajama Sam's mom has asked him to sort the socks - a task so very boring that he falls asleep and dream of fantastic sock-sorting machines. Ironically, after a sprint of playing SockWorks, you will also dream of sock-sorting machines thanks to the "Tetris Effect" (you've experienced this - look it up on Wikipedia). I beat the game in 1 day, but that night my neurons continued to sort socks against my will. My dreams, just like Pajama Sam's, were filled with a tangle of red and blue conveyor belts. Pajama Sam spends his precious REM sleep controlling intricate mechanisms with conveyor belts, gates, paint buckets, and chutes to ensure each sock ends up in the corresponding colored basket. The first levels start out super-easy to teach you how to play, and the difficulty ramps up gradually from there. The fun doesn't end when you've beaten all 100 levels - the sandbox allows you to challenge your loved ones with nightmares of your own design! From age 10 to 34, the SockWorks soundtrack lived only in my memory. Upon playing the game again after a 24 year gap, I was delighted to find that the soundtrack still slaps.