We recently reviewed Friv Games and today we shall be reviewing
Hopy Tree, another game from the same publisher. Unlike Friv Games, Hopy Tree is a standalone game that runs without requiring any internet connection.
The game begins with a story of a monkey and his ill son (or daughter?). A doctor advises the Dad monkey to grow a tree and when fruits start growing on it, giving one to his son will cure him. Sweet going, eh? Everything was going well but as soon as a fruit appeared on the tree, a pumpkin faced monster appears and takes away the fruit. The game starts with the Dad monkey, i.e. you, trying to chase down the thief.
If the word chase struck a death bell in your mind that you are about to see another running game, then thankfully you are wrong. The gameplay is similar to Tiny Thief, a game by Rovio Stars, in the fact that it also involves puzzling levels and tapping the screen. While Tiny Thief requires a decently sharp mind to solve the puzzles, Hopy Tree somehow appears to be developed for kids with most of the tapping being assisted by dotted circles.
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| Start Screen |
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| The Story Sequence |
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| One of the levels |
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| A bug in this level causes the monkey to disappear |
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| Sad Dad monkey finally gets a reason to smile |
Improvements we’d like to see in later versions of this game are quite a few. First and most importantly, the game is too short. It took me literally six minutes to end the game. Though, as I said before, the game is targeted on kids who will probably take 30 minutes to complete the game, which is still too quick for a game to wrap up. Also, there is no replay value in this game. Introducing something like Star Rating for each level can help in this cause. There is a bug in a level in which the monkey disappears and doesn’t appear unless you restart the game which brings me to the point that the game progress is not saved. The monkey disappeared two times in my case and I had to begin from the start each time.
Once the minor annoyances mentioned above are fixed, it would be a really great game. Even now, if you have tiny tots who are always drooling for a new game, download this free game from the Play Store now.
