Sunny Siesta

Match three games can be the perfect recipe for lazy afternoons, especially since they never seem to go out of style, regardless of how many hundreds are released every year. Naturally, developers have started to run out of ideas, but every now and again some new concepts are introduced that make the whole thing feel new and enjoyable again.

Sunny Siesta is a match-three game in which the main idea is that the tiles are hexagonal instead of square, as they usually are in most similar games. This allows you a lot more freedom in certain regards, but it also makes things tougher to handle sometimes, given the fact that you may not be used to the way hexagons interact. Even so, it shouldn’t take you more than a few minutes to get used to everything.

The story revolves around an evil hunter who decides to imprison almost all the animals from the forest, which is why you have to defy him and free as many cute creatures as possible. Each level reflects this somehow, although most of the animals require you to collect a certain number of stars in order to be able to release them.

Each level has a goal you have to achieve before it’s completed, and it depends on the stage in question. Whether you have to clear a certain number of tiles or just deal with a few special cells, it’s actually a bit of a bummer how simple many of the levels are. On the other hand, you have to remember that in order to free the animals you have to collect stars, and you only receive stars if you complete secondary objectives as well.

The graphics are nothing out of the ordinary, but they are not bad either. The colors are about as bright as you can expect out of a game that features cute animals, and each stage has a different tile layout. You can also admire a few static cutscenes with hand-drawn artwork, which improve the atmosphere and make it easier to be in tune with the adventure.

In the end, Sunny Siesta may not be a shining example of originality in the match-3 genre, but it certainly has what it takes to keep you busy. The hexagonal tiles are a nice change, even if they don’t always feel very practical.

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