Fractal: Make Blooms Not War

Very enjoyable. This game didn't last me long; I quickly reached a stage where it was just too hard to complete the levels. However, I really enjoyed it. The music is enjoyable, the graphics are very aesthetically pleasing, and the gameplay itself is simple to understand but fun to play. I would be interested in seeing more from this developer.

13 found this helpful, 2013-11-26

I've owned Fractal since it was a standalone Flash game (it's since been redone in Unity) - I like the concept and I've played a fair-bit but there are some gotchas with the game as-a-whole which make it hard to recommend to others. First-up, the game has power-ups which are not explained in any way. You're simply expected to guess what they do!? You shouldn't have to ask in the forums to find-out how a game...

27 found this helpful, 2015-11-13

Well, I own it because I enjoy all of Cipher Prime Studios other games and keep myself up to date on what they got going on... but do I enjoy it? Nah. It's a pretty alright game but it's just not the kind of puzzle game for me. I can respect the idea of it, as it's a little different to other puzzle games but for some reason this one just didn't strike me as fun. I always told myself to go back to it, try to...

7 found this helpful, 2017-09-30

If you look through my library you’ll see that I’m a bit of a sucker for Cipher Primes magically atmospheric puzzle design. Splice single handedly made me realize that I don’t dislike puzzle games, I just can’t stand how bland and uninspired they have become. It kind of saddens me to see fractal return to the mundane. The game is gorgeous, don’t get me wrong, but pushing around hexagons to make bigger hexagons and...

12 found this helpful, 2015-03-05

Simple, casual game to play when you have a break in work and need to reset your brain or travel in a bus and need something to do. Not extremely easy, not really hard. Just poking colourful hexagons around. If you want a challenge, you can try puzzles/push the campaign on. If you just want to chill, re-play some of the start of the campaign.

1 found this helpful, 2022-04-10

Satisfying and simple effects. Nice visual design, and the sound effects/music mesh with everything well. The core gameplay mechanic of filling the board relies too much on randomness for me, though. I can be calculating and strategic with the deterministic pushing and powerups, but the random placement of tiles after a bloom pops feels like a lottery I can't control.

3 found this helpful, 2016-12-03