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As has been stated time and again in reviews here at Cubed

 

Polarium was an out-and-out puzzle game, flipping tiles by tapping on them and either forming batches of white or black together to make them subsequently disappear. This time, though, there experience is more involved, hence this is being classed as an 'action puzzle' game. The general aim is to match up three or more of the same coloured Gemstones (they look just like marbles) in order to clear them before the screen fills up too much and you reach 'Game Over' status. That part is where the puzzle aspect comes in. As for the action, that side stems from how the stylus is used to flick Gemstones at the on-coming ones as quickly as possible.

Each stage takes place on a special twisting and turning track, with some being pure spiral affairs, whilst others look snake-like. Somewhere on the screen is your base, where one Gemstone appears at a time. Elsewhere on the screen is the winding track, where a line of marbles will start rolling towards a gaping hole. The objective is to accurately fling your next marble at the moving line and into a matching colour, eventually notching up three or more together to clear them out of the way and avoid everything dropping through the hole.

 

Sounds ultra simple, right? Well, that is the beauty of it

 

Next is Checkmate, the real brain-teaser section, where you are shown a small section of marbles sat on the screen and have a set number of coloured balls to flick at them, with the aim being to clear the screen entirely with the allotted marbles. Leave any behind and you must restart the level again