0.03 Seconds

0.03 Seconds – Quickest finger wins...

Have you ever looked at contestants on the television shouting out the answer ages before anyone on screen even hits the button and think just how much better you could do if you were in the hot seat? Well if so, then this is possibly a game worth looking at more intensely.

Well alright, it’s not quite the same as shouting out the answers as this is much more about you being the fastest on the trigger than testing your general knowledge. There are plenty of variations in both the free and paid for versions of 0.03 Seconds to keep you enthralled.

There are three levels for you to test your abilities at, and as you would expect the harder the setting, the harder the test. For example, you have some games where you must hit the button as soon as it changes colour or frantically tap the screen when a certain vehicle comes into in to shot. At the basic setting, you will probably find it quite simple in achieving higher marks; whether it’s due to having more margin for error or there’s a larger allowance for slower reactions – in either case, you will probably whiz through the basic setting.

All the games remain the same no matter what level you care to challenge yourself at, the only thing that alters is the time you’re given to react, too soon or too slow and you’re going to have to start that game over again from scratch. After each game you are shown the results and graded accordingly.

This is a pretty good app in terms of offering a distraction and testing your speed, either in hand to eye co-ordination, or sheer rapid-fire tapping of the screen. Some games are a bit fiddlier to do, for example the dead-man switch style game (where you must release the screen as soon as the colour of the button changes) is just about impossible to see it change colour under the fingertip so it requires moving the finger around the screen. This motion offers a bit of a distraction from the task in hand and especially on the more advanced levels, it was nearly impossible to do. The task in particular was made even harder as I found the screen would not always react to the touch (or lack of in this case).

Overall, if you like the challenge of trying to beat yourself or your friend’s reaction speed, then this is one heck of a game.

Rating 77%

Positives

Infuriating and totally addictive

Plenty of challenging levels to keep you entertained

Simple and pretty innovative

Negatives

Sometimes the controls would let you down

To be successful on the hardest level is more down to luck and superhuman speed

Not as much variety between some levels as I’d liked to have seen