Fri, Mar 6th, 2009 |
I'm a fan of jumble games, and the online version TextTwist is a genuinely fun one. So I wanted to love TextTwist Turbo, the iPhone and iPod touch version offered by Real Arcade. Unfortunately, too much animation and superfluous eye candy, coupled with user interaction that's just not well-suited for the game mars the experience.
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