Here, you can not only summon a massive variety of objects with your magic notebook, but you can also summon DC-licensed heroes and villains, too. It means it’s likely more of a winner for fans of the superhero franchises. Unmasked is subtitled “A DC Adventure”, and as such contains licensed material from various DC properties – Batman, Superman and the Green Lantern, primarily. Considering you’re going to be spending a lot of time typing in words, it’s a good job.īoth games in Scribblenauts Mega Pack, Showdown and Unmasked, offer their own advantages. It’s very intuitive, and easy to use once you get used to it. The controller’s four face buttons will each input a letter depending what area of the wheel you’ve navigated to. The typing system is the same that was used in Scribblenauts Showdown you use your analogue stick to navigate around a wheel, each section representing four letters of the alphabet. On console, the input is a little more fiddly, but it works very well. Obviously, when playing on PC, it’s a simple case of typing your word out on the keyboard. Nothing is too obscure, however these are games aimed at children, after all, but they can still pose a bit of a challenge to even the most switched-on adult at times! Most puzzles have a number of different solutions, but occasionally, something that makes logical sense won’t work, requiring you to think a little more laterally. It’s not always clear exactly what the problem is, let alone how to solve it. Often, you’ll be required to think outside of the box.

The further you get into either game, the more tricky the puzzles become, however. You could come up with something that will make them happy – a funny clown, perhaps – or you could alter the person’s mood by changing their adjectives. In another example, a person is unhappy and needs cheering up. Or perhaps you could type in “fire extinguisher” and put the fire out yourself. You could either pull up your notebook and type in “firefighter” to bring a firefighter into the game to put the fire out for you. As a simple example, perhaps you need to put out a fire.

When you’re presented with a problem in the game, it’s up to you to solve it by coming up with an item, or amending an existing item (or person). Despite their simple, cartoon-like graphics and childlike veneer, underneath the hood, these games are extremely clever. If you’ve never played a Scribblenauts game before, they offer a unique experience that’s unrivalled by almost anything.

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