Crazy Heights

It’s not easy to come up with new ideas in the match-three genre, especially in terms of gameplay mechanics. There are only so many ways one can change things around, but with enough creativity games can still be designed to be extremely fun. Hence, all that’s needed is a cute story or enough challenging levels to keep you occupied.

Crazy Heights is a match-three game in which you have to climb tall buildings in order to get to the villains that wait for you on top. In order to get there, you have to match colorful objects as quickly as possible, while also paying attention to the move limit that hangs over your head. Unlike most match-3 games, this one only allows you to move on to the next stage after performing a particular match.

Speaking of which, Crazy Heights also features a push & match system, which adds some extra challenge to the mix. Hence, you cannot move individual pieces like in a classic game in the genre, only shift whole rows from left to right or vice-versa. The piece at the end of the road falls off when you push, but a new one takes its place at the opposite end, which keeps the board full at all times.

The villains you pursue can make your life difficult even before you reach them, as is the case with the gorilla from the first set of levels. Hence, the goal is to match three bananas in order to finish the stage, but if you make too many moves without a match, the gorilla sweeps in and steals one of your bananas. Hence, you must consider every move carefully, especially since you have a limited number of them to begin with.

Things are far from impressive in the graphics department, but that’s not to say the game looks bad. Everything is as colorful as you would expect from a match-three game, and the sights are fairly pleasant as well, yet the levels feel a bit too cramped sometimes. The music can get on your nerves sometimes as well, although at least you can turn it off from the options panel.

Crazy Heights seems to be a tad more challenging than your average match-3 flick, but it should feel quite familiar to the fans of the genre nonetheless. Hence, it’s a great way to kill some time every now and again.

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