The best and most elaborate Brain Trainer. There's something here for everyone!
So I was very curious about this new release. To my delight I find the presentation crisp and colorful, with distinctly more challenges thrown into the package. First of all, the regular Training consists of 5 categories, Logic, Math, Memory, Visual and Focus, each containing 5 unique challenges. So yes, that means 25 challenges to start with. Even better: I like most of the games, along with their presentation, challenge, 3 difficulty settings and scoring system.
Your Daily Brain Test will consist of 5 challenges randomly chosen from the 5 categories, so there's a new mix every day. Great fun!
Then there's Stress Training, consisting of 3 categories, Authority, Multitask and Physical, each containing 3 challenges each. Most of these are variations of Brain Training challenges. However, in most cases the Stress element is such that the games feel like a completely new challenge. The concept with Stress Training is you being hindered in some way, with annoying sounds, little critters crawling around or a police officer banging on the screen when you make a mistake, while you're trying to get a high score. One of my Stress favourites is a Multitask variation, with 2 puzzles going on at the same time.
And where in theory the entire Stress Training idea may sound like it's going to induce móre stress, I find it not to be the case at all (no idea how they pulled that off).
Your Daily Stress Test will consist of 3 challenges randomly chosen from the 3 categories, so there's a daily fresh mix here too. And again: great fun!
And finally, there are 9 bonus activities, ranging from Fishing and playing the piano to a little Tangram game. Most of these are fairly unimportant, but one or two are a really nice diversion from getting your brain Well Done, Overcooked and Burned.
To complete Brain Challenge there's a system in place tracking your Average progress ánd in categories separately. On top of that, the game shows you how many hours you've played sofar, Fast answer-Slow answer ratios, Cerebral age and more.
"So errrm, where's the downside here? There's got to be one, yes?"
Well, only one that I can see: No Sudoku! Too bad.... :-(
All in all, I'm thrilled I bought this one. There's really something here for everyone!