Red Remover

Developer : Gaz

URL: http://www.silvergames.com/game/red-remover/

This game is fun.

Red remover is a physics-based puzzle flash game. Objective of the game is simple; you remove red objects from the screen while keeping the green ones to win the game. This game packed in 40 levels with 5 additional unlockable ones, a decent length in my opinion for a casual game.

The mouse is necessary for this game. You remove objects by clicking on them. As the objects affect each other in the game, you will have to think carefully before clicking on them or you have to restart the level. Some of the objects are also designed to be unclickable and thus you have to make use of other objects to make those objects fall off the screen.

The levels are the stars of this game. Cleverly designed, with each of them over in one or two minutes, makes the game extremely quick and addictive. Layout of the different colored objects are interesting and the levels are designed such that they can be solved logically. There isn’t even a single level in the game that is so frustrating to the point of making me stop and quit playing. But that is not to say that this game is extremely easy. Levels in this game are created with progressively increasing difficulty. The first few levels of the game act as a tutorial for players to get into the game and be familiar with the game’s mechanic. The game gets progressively more challenging but also much more interesting with additional elements such as multiple gravitational forces inside a single level. Solving the puzzle in the levels are also not fixed to one single solution; with some of the levels so brilliantly designed that you are able to solve them using different methods, although that does not apply to all levels. The game also challenges you to complete the levels with as little clicks as possible and that is necessary to unlock the 5 extra levels that are locked in the beginning of the game. As well and clever as the levels are designed, the flow of the game is still not perfect. There are still occasional levels that I found easier than the previous ones but yet are placed after them.

Another great element that makes this game so wonderful is the use of physics. Objects in the game works like how you would expect it to be and makes the game very easy to understand. Objects will fall naturally once other objects supporting them are removed. Objects will collide with each other and gain or lose momentum. Bigger objects can weigh down or push smaller objects away and likewise smaller objects will move and roll faster than bigger objects. The developer also tries to make the gameplay more varied by having objects that actually defy gravity as we know it. Objects in the game will fall off the screen based on the direction they are facing and sort of create levels that have multiple gravitational forces that can act with or against one another.

Graphics in the game are simple. You get simple 2d shapes like squares and circles flatly shaded in 3 different colors red, green and blue. They are also painted with smiley faces that animate simply which gave character to the otherwise dull and lifeless shapes. Still I feel that they can improve the graphics by adding more shading or effects as the game looks pretty bland compared to other flash games. Sound in the game is also kept simple with only a few effects to cue various events like the clicking of an object or winning the level.

If you find yourself wanting more after completing the 45 levels in the game, the level editor is there to satisfy you. It allows you to create and design your own levels and submit them online for others to play. A built-in browser of sort for custom levels would have been nice as finding custom levels in this game works by visiting the game’s forum and reading up the threads to find links to them. Still, it is a great feature to enhance the replayability that most flash games lack.

Red remover is still one of the most compelling flash games I have ever played. The levels are fun to play and the custom levels will have you coming back to the game once in a while.

Rating 8/10

Weiwen