I don't normally like match3 games, but found myself playing right through to the win. I didn't notice the ant stats for the opponents at first but that definitely raised the stakes on the regular gameplay. At times it felt a little unfair since sometimes cascading wins would mostly be caused by newly spawned pieces, but that probably says more about my lack of strategy than anything else.
Loved:
- Ant themed progression and ant colony activity on the side,
- Great introduction text, that made things easy to follow
- Nice choice of music
- Game a decent length and the race to build your colony made the genre much more interesting!
Would have liked to see:
- The colony impact the gamplay in some way, or perhaps it could have been made cartoony, with ants interacting in quirky ways.
- More sfx (perhaps chains could have ascending chords for each continuous match like peggle, 4 in a row or T shape matches could trigger different sounds.
- At times the oppponent AI seemed to take it easy on me. It could have made more eggs or young ants but simply didn't. Not sure if I liked this or not, since once I realised I was pretty confidently going to win the challenge was removed.
Great fun, superbly executed. No bugs spotted in my playthrough....well except the ants!