Arcade Cats by Star Cat Studios is a puzzle game  where the goal of the game is to have your mice capture a set amount of diamonds within a set amount of tries. That means that if the goal is to capture 200 diamonds for instance, you’ll have X amount of mice to try and accomplish that goal. It sounds easy enough but Arcade Cats is quite challenging and will keep you busy for hours.

Arcade Cats is a very family friendly title as players of all ages should be able to pick it up fairly quickly and offers a wide range of challenges for all age groups.

On a purely gameplay standpoint, Arcade Cats is a very good puzzle game. Each level gets progressively harder and harder and it’s easy to pass time on it. There is nothing to difficult about the game and it’s easy for anyone to just pick it up and play. This isn’t a fast paced game so everyone should have no problems learning how to play this the first time around.

However, 2 things really hold this game back. I’m going to finish this off by stating that I do not like the art style of Arcade Cats. It is very bland and generic and doesn’t really offer any visual treats. If you were basing it purely on graphics, Arcade Cats would be quite boring. To add to that, the music in the game is also a snooze fest. It is also very generic sounding and repetitive. It’s these 2 areas that really holds Arcade Cats back from being an “A” title which is a shame because the puzzle element of this game is so good.

Final Thoughts

Arcade Cats is a very good puzzle game even thought I’m not really a big fan of the art style used in the game. In fact, I could argue that the art and graphics in the game seem a bit tacked on and I’m not really understanding the whole Egyptian theme on the game. I will say though that Arcade Cats is a solid puzzle game that offers up quite a bit of challenge for the entire family.

In future updates, the main thing I’d like to see is support for iOS4’s multitasking. As of right now, if you exit the game to go do something else, you have to reload the game from the title screen and start whatever level you were on all over again. I’d also like to see an improvement in the graphics and art as well as more variation with the music and sounds.

You can purchase Arcade Cats right now in the App Store for $1.99.

Rating: B-

Description

Puzzles and much more await you with Arcade Cats. Download this star stealing and cat-fooling extravaganza now and play through levels experiencing everything from puzzles to pure arcade action!

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Straightforward game-play and intuitive controls allow Arcade Cats to be fully enjoyed by everyone regardless of age or gaming skills. Don’t hesitate, outplay boredom and outsmart every dull moment with Arcade Cats.

This game is best described as quite literally a game of cat and mouse – with a few twists and surprises thrown in along the way. Playing as the Ramses Brothers, a cluster of witty mice, players are tasked with collecting enough stars to finish out each round without running into the claws of roaming cats, the mice mortal enemies.

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Created to be a complete arcade experience and specifically designed for use on mobile platforms Arcade Cats mixes multiple well-established and much loved classic arcade elements together with new spins on the mobile arcade and puzzle game genres to provide an enthralling game experience to anyone. Intuitive game controls and simplicity are two of many key design elements that make Arcade Cats an approachable game for any level or recreational user, ranging from the complete novice to the seasoned arcade veteran. The game includes a full array of features such as scoreboards and different game modes as well.

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It seems the cats are finally out of the bag, so download Arcade Cats today and make sure the only thing that catches you is good time!

App Features:
* Sequential levels of increasing difficulty.
* Online scoreboards for score-tracking.
* Multiple levels of motion-based puzzle fields.
* Three unique game-play modes: Arcade, Puzzle and Outrun
* Unique power ups

[via App Store]