Terminal5 by [+1 Labs] is a puzzle game which is very similar to Shoko Rocket. Only instead of a mouse you play as a blue, big diamond eyed robot on skis. If you ever watched the show “Foster’s home for imaginary friends” on Cartoon Network, you will agree that this robot looks like a Japanese person’s drawing of a buff Blue. Believe it or not, a blue robot on skis going through mazes makes more sense than the original, but isn’t as popular. In this game you’ll have to guide the robot through various mazes of the dangerous Terminal 5 dungeon. You do this by programming the robot to follow the arrow commands you have selected. Maybe it’s the previous experience with Shoko Rocket, but I found this game to be a lot easier to understand and quicker to learn how to play it.
You can play it in portrait mode or in landscape mode and thanks to the fact that it’s a 3D game, it looks good either way. The drawing style is simple and the use of neutral colors makes it easy on the eyes allowing multiple hours of playing. The sounds are spot on and feel professional. But I would like to hear some music while I’m playing. Maybe the developers didn’t include a soundtrack because they thought everyone likes to play games while listening to their own music anyway.
The mazes are clever but a lot easier to solve than the levels in Shoko Rocket. The robot has to get to the Finish Field overcoming such obstacles as walls, closed doors, spikes and lasers. The term Conveyor Belt is used to describe the squares with yellow arrows on them. When you get on one of them, the robot is moved one field in the direction of the arrow. These an be your friend as well as your enemy.
There is a tutorial which explains how to play the game. You don’t really need to finish it, but you can because of the “extra” levels you get to play. There are 8 levels in the free version of Terminal5 and 20 more in the full game. The menu is simple, is nicely animated and has all the answers you might be looking for. If you’re not into playing hard games like Shoko Rocket or if you want to buy a game for your kid’s android phone, Terminal5 is perfect for that. The free version is available on the market and the full game will not set you back that much.
Terminal5 Lite
