Feb 04 2009
The Maw
Uusually I’m not fond of these puzzle type games, but this one was actually quite fun. I was at first expecting the game to let you play as the purple creature, and eat everything in sight, however it’s a bit different than that. From what I saw in the trial, you can only play as the alien creature who controls The Maw via a leash. So technically you’re indirectly controlling The Maw. As for eating everything in sight, that is somewhat true and it’s also where the puzzle aspect of the game is introduced. Some creatures can’t be eaten right away, you might have to do something to them by picking them up with the leash or having The Maw grow to the next stage to be able to eat them. I won’t give away too much as I don’t want to spoil it for anyone who has not played the game yet. I highly recommend giving the trial a download as it’s quite an interesting game. Unfortunately I’ve heard that the full version was rather short, but it does seem like an enjoyable experience. Overall, I’d have to play the full version to give it a more fair evaluation but from the trial it did seem like a good game and hopefully if they do make a sequel, it would be nice to see some sort of multiplayer mode. Perhaps a race to see who’s Maw can eat the most in a certain time span or something of that nature.
