Hexic - the original game app for iPhone and iPad
Does the old-school MSN game mean a lot to you and now you are looking for a great mobile version of Hexic? This is your app!
"Hexic - the original game" is a tile-matching puzzle game where you should rotate hexagonal tiles to create certain patterns. The objective of Hexes is to rotate hexagonal pieces of various colors and clear them from the board by forming clusters or flowers.
Clusters are formed when three pieces of the same color touch each other. Pieces above the cleared pieces fall, potentially forming more clusters and causing chain reactions, and new pieces appear at the top of the board.
Bonuses are awarded for clearing more than three pieces at a time, and some pieces contain bonus stars, which yield extra points and can clear larger groups of pieces depending on how they are cleared.
You can create a "silver-star" by arranging six like-coloured pieces into a hexagon or "flower", surrounding a piece of a different color or type. The surrounding pieces are cleared, and the center piece is replaced by a silver-star (unless the center piece was already a silver-star, in which case a new silver-star drops from the top). A silver-star allows you to rotate all surrounding pieces clockwise or counterclockwise.
Forming a flower of silver-stars changes the center piece into a black pearl, which allows you to move three surrounding pieces in a Y or inverted Y pattern.
The ultimate goal of the game is to form a cluster or flower of black pearls, after which the game will end.
Bombs appear occasionally throughout the game. A bomb is colored like other pieces on the board and can be defused by rotating it into a cluster or flower of the same color. The counter on the bomb counts down with each move, and if allowed to reach zero, it explodes and the game is over. Defusing a bomb by clustering it with at least one multiplier piece of the same color causes all pieces of the same color as the bomb to instantly clear from the board.
Good luck & have fun!
Pros and cons of Hexic - the original game app for iPhone and iPad
Hexic - the original game app good for
Very contagious - you cant stop playing once you start. Simple but lots of fun.
Been looking for a good Hexic clone for some time on iOS. This is perfect.
Hexic is a game I really enjoyed playing on the Xbox. Incredibly simple but addictive game, its everything the Xbox version is minus the HD textures but thats fine.
Just like the XBOX version. Suggestion: would be nice if you could add a black or dark background vs just white. Thanks!!
Pros:
-works well overall
-no noticeable glitches
-the latest update gives an optional symbol overlay over each hex color for players with difficulty distinguishing different colors
Cons:
-theres no option to disable tutorials, which is incredibly annoying as they show up each "level"
-theres no way of seeing which hexes youre exactly choosing to flip, and if youre playing on a phone instead of a tablet, you will often end up flipping the wrong hexes or rotating hexes when you dont want to
This game makes you think slightly more than some of the other mindless apps out there. Hey, its free too; why not?
Some bad moments
I would rate 5 stars if there was a save game feature. I hate having to restart the game if I have to stop playing. Please update with this feature!!! Thanks
So this is pretty much a clone of Hexic from back in the mid-2000s on Windows and Xbox live. Its a very good game, been looking for this for awhile on the App Store. Kudos to the developer for capitalizing on a missed opportunity from Microsoft.
Everything seems to be there. Except for a soundtrack. Please add in future update.
Gameplay is addictive. Controls are easy and accurate. Menus are dead simple and the app is stable.
I think the rate at which bombs show up is much lower than the original game. Difficulty settings would be appreciated
This is my favorite game and the colors are soooo pretty ~ !!! ❤
I have been playing this a bunch on the xbox and have to say it it pretty close to the that one. One thing though if I surround a star piece with a one color one doesnt come from the top. I dont get anything for it even though to get a star piece you create a circle of one color, but creating a circle around another start piece does nothing but take away the colors. One should come down from the top when that happens and I say that is one MAJOR downside to this game since it changes the way I play. It would be great and a five star review if it is added!
One thing that could also help is an outline around the pieces that are about to be moved if I hold down my finger. A few times I got the wrong move because my touch was a little off. So when I hold down my touch having a border around the moving pieces would make it much easier.
Still a good game though that has good controls and plays much like the xbox version. If you have played that one it is almost exactly the same besides what I said above and a smaller board but that doesnt effect game play at all. It does get by if you want to play some on the go but dont try and perfect your strategy because there are some gameplay differences.
Should fix that when you surround a star with a color ring, you should get a new star.
Still wicked addicting...
Its a pretty amazing game. I love to play it whenever I get the chance!
