If the idea of creating puzzles and sharing them with like-minded friends is intriguing to you, then you'll find enough enjoyable mind-benders to make Polarium worth a purchase.
The follow-up to a tile-flipping puzzle game for the Nintendo DS features a simple, challenging design that makes up for a bare-bones presentation.
The Nintendo DS seems tailor-made to puzzlers. The touch-screen functionality and dual screens make for some simple and beneficial mechanics. Polarium sets an appealing and solid foundation with this groundwork in plac... Read Full Review
5 of 5 users found the following review helpfulWhen we think "puzzle games," we instantly think "Tetris." Well, if there was ever a puzzle game that could give Tetris a run for its money, Polarium is it. Polarium has a Tetris mode, but the REAL game is in the 100... Read Full Review
0 of 1 users found the following review helpfulThe gameplay is simple, with only one line, you must change the polarity of the tiles(which will flip them over to the opposite color(white or black) and have each row end up as all white or all black.) The difficulty... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpfulPolairum was one of the first puzzle games to be released on the Nintendo DS, coming out a couple of months shy of Meteos. Perhaps this would lead one to believe that the two games might almost be like close cousins, how... Read Full Review
0 of 1 users found the following review helpfulPolarium was one of the original DS games. The price dropped all the way down to $5 after about 4 years of release, and I decided it's about time to check it out. The concept of the game is to create lines of either whit... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpfulPolarium gets straight into it and avoids the nitty gritty graphics boost other games have to implement. What I find charming about the simplicity is perhaps it's biggest downfall, but I'm not quick to judge. You see,... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpfulOf course - GBA has many puzzle games. But what can I say about Polarium? I've never seen something like this before. It's easy to pick up: - selection inverts a square's colors - make every horizontal line in squares ... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpfulPolarium is a unique fun little puzzle game for the DS, and if you can find it at a cheap price, I would recommend buying it, but only because of the cheap price..... Polarium works great and uses the touch screen wel... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpfulPolarium is a game for the DS which had a predecessor on GBA which I've never heard of. It's just a puzzle game where you draw lines with the stylus and the squares you select invert their colours. Gameplay: Puzzle ... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpfulThe rules are simple. With the stylus, you strike a single path so that all the rows are of the same color. The game itself isn't as simple as the rules. There are two modes in this game. The first one is Challenge. It's... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpfulThe Good: Unique and fun core gameplay; good use of touch screen; clean presentation. The Bad: Only two modes of play; overall presentation is boring; very little lasting appeal. Polarium is one of those puzzle gam... Read Full Review
0 of 1 users found the following review helpful
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