The Impossible Game

The Impossible Game – Lives up to its name!

For those of you among us who’ve found that games have all got a bit too easy for you then definitely you should give this game a closer look.

When my editor asked me to take on The Impossible Game, I was thinking this was going to be a dubious honour. It’s not that I shirk a challenge but when it says it’s impossible it does beg the question of ‘what’s the point in trying to prove otherwise?’ or the reaction of ‘pull the other one!’

I’m relieved to say that the game isn’t quite impossible but damn, it’s insanely difficult!

What you must do is tap the screen to make the orange square jump at the appropriate time. Whether it’s to jump over an obstacle or jump on top of another. Although the graphics are pretty basic this game isn’t designed to be the most beautiful but thoroughly entertaining and retro. Whilst playing this game, flashbacks of classic BBC and Amstrad games from the 80’s sprung to mind – including the fuzzy explosive sound which screamed Piezo crystal speaker-tastic! Now I know I’m sounding a bit of a geek right about now, but it’s great finding a game that does exactly what it’s supposed to do, entertain and challenge you to within a hairs width of your sanity.

The game’s got two modes, normal and practice. Normal mode is where you play from the beginning and must attempt to get right the way through without making a single error. As soon as you make a mistake your block will crash and you must start from the beginning all over again. Practice mode allows you to play through the course but if you remember to place the marker flag, rather than starting at the beginning you will restart from that checkpoint.

Overall this game tests your memory and reaction speed along with your coordination skills. Additionally, once you have mastered the level, you can buy more levels should you wish. I think if the game makers were to try and make this game any more famous it would be to offer anyone who managed to complete this game within record time or within 100 attempts a £1million – as it’d be a pretty safe bet they’d never have to pay out a penny!

Positives

Incredibly difficult to master

Frustrating in a good way

Challenging

Negatives

No room for error

Controls were sometimes a let down

Great music but after a while it got repetitive

4 stars