What the Game's About
KrissX (Pronounced Criss Cross) is the first title from Regolith Games, a developer with the goal of "making nice games for everybody, where nobody gets shot." KrissX is a straightforward word-puzzle game that plays with letter scrambling and the crossword format. Unscramble words in quest mode or timed mode.
What's Hot
Indeed, no one in KrissX gets shot. It's a pleasant, simple game that anyone with reading skills could play. If you want something easy for a younger gamer to pick up, this is a good tool to help with reading and spelling. The graphics are clean and colorful, and the music is nice. The music is probably the best part of the game aesthetically.
What's Not
I'm not going to suggest that PopCap should have a monopoly on pleasant, colorful puzzle games with E ratings, but they are all but undisputed. KrissX feels a bit like a flimsy pretender to that throne. It attempts at all those qualities that make PopCap games addictive and accessible, but never quite gets there.
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