Ultimate Maths Invaders 2 Demo

Sometimes, learning useful things like maths can be too boring to be of any interest to children, because they would obviously prefer to play video games instead. However, one can obviously combine the two and maybe hit two birds with one stone, although it is not as easy as it sounds. In essence, maths has a tendency to suck the life out of everything, so a lot of makeup is needed to make it pleasant.

Ultimate Maths Invaders 2 is an educational game designed to look and feel like your average arcade flick, except that it incorporates maths into the gameplay mechanics. As such, the basic idea is that the game plays very much like the old classic Space Invaders did, except that instead of the menacing alien ships descending upon Earth, maths operations are the ones doing the invasion.

The players need to solve these operations in order to destroy them, as well as synchronize their shots to hit certain moving platforms. Hence, you first need to write the answer to the operation and then aim at the ship you want to destroy. Even if you get the right answer, there’s still a chance that you’ll miss the target and have to try again.

Although you can simply play through the rounds in a linear fashion and gradually get to more complicated operations, it is also possible to manually customize each round to include the desired elements. Thus, whether you want to increase the speed of the ships or emphasize on a certain operation, it can all be adjusted using the advanced configuration screen.

Not only that, but high scores are saved after each round as well, to encourage the children to do better next time. As you might expect, the graphics are not exactly state-of-the-art and they might not appeal to the high standards of today’s youth, but it shouldn’t matter too much to young children. The sound effects are not great either, but they hardly make any difference anyway.

When it’s all said and done, Ultimate Maths Invaders 2 delivers on its promises and it does have the potential to improve your kid’s grasp on the most basic maths operations. However, the gimmick only works on very young children, because the gameplay is too boring and repetitive to entertain older audiences.