Beautiful and Brutal

Every time I hand my phone off to someone so they can try Wave Wave, they usually hand it back to me after a few seconds going "nope," and with good reason: it is a viciously hard game. Ive had it for months and cant last more than about forty seconds on even the easiest mode.

I love it.

This update gives the game a visual overhaul, with some major tweaks to the way the game is played. The core experience is the same; fueled by a fantastic soundtrack, you control a line as it surges across your screen, navigating a series of barriers as they come barreling in from the other side. You will lose almost immediately, and repeatedly thereafter, as a female voice calmly tells you "game over." You may find yourself wanting to hand the phone back to your friend, or maybe throw it as hard as you can against a wall, but if you like a challenge, youll be back.

Unless you did the wall-smashing thing.

A note to those who are familiar with the original version of this game: the Legacy Mode in the description is not the game you were playing a few days ago before updating. Legacy Mode is the old graphical style with the new gameplay style, and it is definitely different. Its almost like we just got Wave Wave 2, but in doing so we lost Wave Wave 1. To be clear, its still a blast to play, and in a lot of ways is more satisfying and challenging than the original, but Ill admit I was pretty sad about not being able to play random mode, struggling to stay on track while the course distorts around me, dreading that awful moment when the announcer says "flip," and the screen and controls do exactly that. All this having been said, it is early days, and the kind and responsive developer has assured me that he is taking this fact into account for possible future updates, so dont despair.

To sum up: Wave Wave is a beautiful twitchy adrenaline rush. Get it.

None Hitwonder about Wave Wave - GameClub