Letters Review

Summary
Letters is a free to play (F2P), "fun" online game that can be found at www.lunchtimers.com

In this game you have a screen of letters which you move around to create words. Yeah, sounds really boring, but the "fun" comes in the catch. There are also many other people, from around the world, playing, taking your letters and generally being really annoying. This can be fustrating unless you use the tactic to not bother making words and just take other peoples.

Duration
This game, for some people, can be fun for about 10 minutes, but for me well no I was bored out of my mind at 5. The designers obviously wanted to make it the type of game that people played on for a few minutes, then thought well if that's it then really I've completed the game, so lets look for another. Lots of people want, well actually nearly everyone wants a game to last a while. This is where the designers have gone wrong. They should have somehow figured out levels or had awards like "50 words made" or "1 sentence completed". Just some things as little as that would make people keep playing because they have something to achieve. This game is just hopelessly short. And anyway it took me literally no time at all to think up of the awards.

Entertainment
Well not being unkind but I think this is the kind of game that will encourage people to hang themselves. Look at it this way, someone will play it then think how boring the world is then hang themselves. I also think that the awards could nicely apply to anti-dulling this game. After finishing playing the game everyone will be so bored that they will have to go and lie down and complain that they're ill.

We like:

that you can tell what the game will be about from the title

that it's free*

We don't like:

the awful entertainment

after a few minutes you will get bored

no awards

nobody plays on it**

Ratings:

Duration: 10%

Entertainment: 25%

Overall: 18%


 * I'm really being kind here.


 * The list goes on and on and on.