Fruity Smoothie

Although many people see games as single player experiences, there are those who only engage in online games such as MMOs or multiplayer shooters. Some emphasize on cooperation, while others force you to compete with every other player in order to get ahead. As for co-op games, they are usually designed to be enjoyed by two to four players.

Fruity Smoothie is a neat puzzle game with a co-op component, in which the goal is to work together with a friend in order to solve riddles, avoid environmental obstacles and move from one level to the other as quickly as possible. The mechanics are far from complex, but they can be challenging after the first couple of stages, especially since you have to keep an eye on a variety of things at once.

The story is pretty irrelevant in the grand scheme of things, and it suffices to say that you are supposed to rescue your fruit family by traveling across the sea with a boat powered by smoothies. As such, you have to stop on every island in order to make smoothies and keep the boat going, but the islands in question are full of traps and nasty enemies that try to slow you down.

Most of the time the gameplay can be boiled down to standing on buttons in order for stuff to happen, but there are various factors that complicate your life. Hence, sometimes there are moving objects that push you off the island if you are not careful, as well as many other such contraptions. On top of that, sometimes the answer is not obvious at first, so you might have to shuffle through a few positions before you get the right one.

In terms of graphics, the game is fairly basic, with nothing to really impress the modern gamer. Granted, everything is smooth and easy to spot, so you won’t be taken by surprise because you are not able to tell when something is coming for you. The top-down perspective is very cool as well, since you can see a lot of the play area and not worry too much about things that are out of your line of sight.

Fruity Smoothie is packed with fun levels and challenging riddles, but it’s not frustrating, so it should suit a wide variety of gamers. Hence, it’s worth a shot if you like to solve puzzles with your friends, especially since it is free of charge.