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Super Hexagon app review

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Super Hexagon

Price: $2.99 (as of 3/27/13, marked down to $0.99)

Super Hexagon by Terry Cavanagh is a super difficult, exceedingly addictive game. It’s on sale right now, marked down to $0.99, so get it fast.

If you’ve ever played anything by Terry Cavanaugh, you’ll know how mind-bendingly difficult these games are, and Super Hexagon is no exception. Even the “easiest” level of difficulty in this game is hard to play.

You’ll have to play a small triangle and spin counter-clockwise or clockwise to avoid being hit by a never-ending onslaught of shapes. The screen itself is the controller; tap either the left side or the right side to tell the triangle in which direction to spin.

Long taps will help the triangle withstand spiraling gaps, while short taps are suitable for sliding your triangle into narrow gaps between spaces.

You’ll have to survive for 60 seconds for each stage; this means that to successfully complete the main game, you’ll only have to play for three minutes. Don’t get too upset about the seeming lack of gameplay, here, because it will probably take you many hours of practice to ever get good enough to actually succeed.

The game is integrated with Game Center. You’ll be able to gloat over your successes.

Options for the game are pretty limited. There’s no practice mode, either.

Super Hexagon was updated to Version 1.2 on October 5, 2012. The update added support for the iPhone 5 screen and fixed a save file bug. The game is available in 15 languages. The current version has 2552 customer ratings with an average of 4.5 out of five stars. Feedback comments are stellar, with everyone remarking about how absolutely difficult yet addictive this game is.

I was blown away by how hard this game is to play. I can see how it would quickly become addictive to those who love a challenge. Try it now while it’s still a buck; the price will go up soon.

For: iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPod touch (3rd generation), iPod touch (4th generation), iPod touch (5th generation) and iPad with iOS 4.3 or later. Super Hexagon is optimized for iPhone 5.

 

Super Hexagon

$2.99

Super Hexagon

$2.99

Super Hexagon

$2.99
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