Zup!

Do you wish to play a game without thinking too hard? Try Zup! It is a little game what is made from blocks. You simply blow up red blocks so that blue one ends up on the green flat. Sounds simple? Well it is as simple as it sounds. When the blue block end up in the green flat gate will be opened and you can go to try next level. 

These are the rules.

First round is simple.

Gate opens, when blu block remains on the green flat.

I was a bit stressed before christmas and I needed a game what I can play without thinking. Zup! is a short game but I liked the idea. Minipuzzles what are based on physics. So blocks won't fly randomly. Usually right timing helped to go through. The whole game was short, it took me less than hour to play it through, but luckily the price wasn't very high either. 

Kaboom! Blocks flies.

Each from the red blocks will explode if you click them.

The more the merrier.

If you like Indie games and little puzzles, check this game. It is nice for those evenings when you are so tired that you can't focus  to follow any longer stories.

Draw a Stickman

I started a different kind of game after seeing some videos about it on Youtube. The game is called Draw a Stickman where you play a selfmade character. Sounds funny? Well at least it is interesting game for sure. And not that easy unless you have get used to play puzzle games which I have not. 

Making first versio of my character. 

Also made my friend Tina, who suddenly left from canvas!

So in the beginning of the game you can make you character and actually draw it. But amount of colours is limited. You will gain more of them during the game so then you can make your character to look better later or as good as your drawing skills allows it to be. But it is good to know that when you choose to use remake option you can't return to play old character anymore. After making your character you have to draw your friend and name it. When your friend is ready story will begin.

The exploring begins.

One by one more minimaps are opened for to play.

Time to use magic pen what creates fire.

And after clicking agreed flames will burn. 

Whole game is full of  minimaps and each of them you can find pathes to new maps, pieces of puzzle, new colours and pages what well explain what actually happens in game. So even you would  find entrance to another map it is usefull to explore each minimap more. There is also magic pens in game.. on each minimap you get certain magic pens to use and survive from the challenges what maps offers. At first I thought you could have all the existing pens in further maps as well but there I went wrong. Not on this game  what is a pity since it leaves the feeling that story isn't ongoing even it is. Or maybe I have played so many rolegames that I missing improving the character.

Remade character when found more colours.

Story in the book goes forward and you can choose new maps. 

The game do not seem to be a long one but it is nice. At times I had some difficulties to figure out what to do.. but after few times of dying most of the puzzles were able to solve out. Game also gives you hints what you can read after dying in the map or skip them if you want to solve everything by yourself. But when you want a nice little game what to play  every now and then, this is worth of trying. No big plots and hours of gaming. You can solve one map and then continue another time if you're feeling too busy to play more. And besides.. good thing is that now you can make any kind of hero you wanna play!

LEGO Lord of the Rings, Story mode done

Now I have played through whole story mode which means that I have finished 30% from game. That sounds really lame since now I should play same areas through as free player mode, Open all  the possible characters, grind money for to buy everything.. So most likely I play the game every now and then when I have time or interest. A shame that Lego games always follows rather same concept.. Well you know for sure what you're buying but sometimes surprises would be good.

Treants destroys Isengard.

Gollum and his personalities.

Safest path to Moria.

Shelob itself.

Story mode was nice one anyways. Story followed the movies well  enough and there were all the important scenes added to the story (except Tom Bombadil and Old Forest). And it was good to notice that characters gets new things along the journey. When Sam and Frodo became weary, Aragorn instead gained new armor and sword. So yeah.. like it should go.

Rohirrim will aid Gondor.

Elrond advices Aragorn.

Army of the deaths.

Angles of the camera still causes troubles. You can turn camera and try to  see things from better angle but still it ain't as perfect and smoothly running than in some games I have played. So at times loss of coins was more than planned only because I fell constantly at the same spot.  But at least you spawn immediately into same spot you fell so no need to run half of the area again in story mode.

Mount of doom.

The one ring melts.

Sauron itself.

Fall of Sauron.

Videos between areas were looking cool and they were nicely done. Especially short clips about Sauron were nicely done and eye was as threatingly looking than in the movies. And when I think of all the areas there were easy to feel which were safer, which were harder. Of course game is so easy that it won't affect on playing but gives the game better atmosphere than making all the areas to look sunny ones.

Eagles saves the hobbits.

Day of the celebration in Gondor.

King of the Gondor.

Faramir and Eowyn has something going on.

Four little heroes!

So after playing story mode through I can say this is game for those who do not seek much challenges. If you want to play easy game explore areas and follow good story (beforeknown) this is for you. You better not to seek hard or tough places from lego games, except few of the jumping puzzles are annoying  if you haven't get used to play those. So game works for younger ones also sicne there won't be blood. When lego char is killed there is only small pieces of legos which are coins and perhaps one heart. So fun little game and lot of exploreing especially to those who likes to go through same areas an find all the secret spots!