Araxium Review

Araxium is Kijomagi Day's first major game for the App Store and with its colorful style and unique game concept it could have been a major hit. Sadly what could have been a great idea is hampered by incomplete gameplay.

The idea is simple, each level requires a specific color pattern to be made with gems that appear in the center of the game's grid. Touching a location will sling the gem into place. All patterns seem to be horizontal and a specific amount of matches is required to complete a level, but multiple matches can be made to save time.

Visually the game is interesting and a lot of time has been spent on keeping the interface clean and the gems shiny. Sadly little other concessions to gameplay are made with no option to end a game in progress outside quitting the app altogether. Incoming gems seem to be completely random, but with no specific obstacles all incorrect gems are merely placed anywhere else until a needed gem appears. iPod music is supported, but that would have to be expected as the game features only two sounds and no background music of its own.

Araxium is a game that hasn't quite been finished. There's a potentially interesting endless game in this App, but for now you'd be better off waiting to see if a future update brings it to life.