Test devices:
Samsung Galaxy Nexus
Android version: 4.0.4
Root: Yes
Modifications: Yes / AOKP ROM Build 37 / Popcorn Kernel 10.2 Nightly
Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1
Android version: 4.0.4
Root: Yes
Modifications: Yes / AOKP ROM Build 36
App details:
Runs as of: Android 2.0.1
Apps2SD: Couldn’t be detected on either test device
Size: Ca. 17.4 MB
Optimised for Ice Cream Sandwich: Yes
Optimised for tablet: No, but runs seamlessly
As mentioned in the intro, the Rayz gameplay is nice and simple. In each level you will find at least one machine that send out laser beams. The rays have to then be redirected to a sort of receiver machine using mirrors. There are 48 levels to get through, and the first few are not absurdly challenging. However, the further you get, the more complicated the levels become. For instance, you will have to connect blue beams exclusively to blue receivers. And when the beams aren’t the colour you want them to be, they have to first be directed through a machine that will change their colour. Some parts of machinery will split the beams up so that there are three rather than one.
Also, beams have to cross a certain number of fields, meaning that in many instances you will have to build complex mirrors structures in order to prolong the beam’s trajectory. As always, I tested this game dutifully, and let me tell you that there were many situations in which I rearranged the mirror structures three, four, five times in order to get them right.
So, if you like this type of puzzle game and have a lot of patience and spatial imagination, Rayz is just the ticket for you.
Bottom line:
Rayz is a good puzzle game with a simple, straight forward gameplay. There are no time limits or stressful situations, plenty of time to think and rethink, and yet the game is actually quite challenging.
bill
Jul 9, 2012 5:44:59 PM
It could be five stars, but... I can figure out the basic idea, I think, which is to get the "ray" from point "A" the point "B" using all of the "mirrors". But then you'll have to call me stupid because I don't understand what all of the little pictures mean and exactly how to get all of bonuses. A few actual words and explainations would be hreat...
Ricardo
Jul 5, 2012 12:59:23 AM
Great game This is one of the best games I've ever played on my Xperia. The levels are chalenging and the graphic details are high. Try it.
Gaye
Mar 18, 2012 5:45:37 AM
Love it Always playing
Nath
Mar 14, 2012 4:30:00 PM
Awesome game Really great game, the 3D FX in particular! Surely from a talented team, keep on the good work guys ;)
Kevin
Feb 29, 2012 10:16:05 PM
Great puzzle game !! Very good puzzle game for free, and it seems the difficulty really rises with the levels to get that perfect score, well done Agopia !