BurnBall: Surprisingly Addictive

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At first blush, I wasn’t convinced that BurnBall had the stickiness necessary to merit replay in my oh-so-valuable free time. As it turns out, the deceptively simple yet addictive game play make for a great and fun way to kill time on the iPhone or iPod touch.

The hand-drawn, comic book feel of the graphics are by design, and go right along with the comic book back story to the game. In tilt-controlled BurnBall, you roll your Sonic the Hedgehog looking guy — named Roy — around each stage with the goal of recoloring the world which the evil Dr. Grey has desaturated. Sections of the stage regain color when you successfully complete a line starting and ending in colored territory. In sort of a classic snake game fashion, there are baddies in each stage that take away a life if they touch your uncompleted line.

Believe me, I get it — BurnBall may not sound like the game you’ll keep coming back to when you’re waiting at the Dr.’s office, or sitting in the bathroom… But there’s something to it, and it just hooks you. The replay value has proven to be fantastic in my experience. The more you play it, the more strategy you develop for getting higher scores faster. Like I said, deceptively simple yet addictive.

But don’t take my word for it. Try out BurnBall Lite for free, and if you find yourself going back for more, consider paying $2.99 for the full version. There’s even a Facebook page (with nearly 600 fans), where you can post your high scores and compete for prizes. I recommend you check it out, and join in the fun!

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