Pathways
Michael (Admin) | Oct 22, 2008 Games
(42 votes, average: 3.19 out of 5)
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There are tons of iPhone puzzle games out there and they’re all different in some way, but the one thing they seem to have in common is a total lack of personality. Tap the cubes, match the patterns, find the words… they’re fun, but they don’t have a face or a story or a villain who’s got the munchies.
Pathways introduces you to two faces as you play out the story of Tommy and Eddie, the young BFFs who get separated when Eddie sees a strange hole in the ground and insists on diving into it head first. Personally I’m in the habit of staying the hell away from mysterious holes (insert dirty joke here) but that doesn’t help little Eddie who, thanks to his poor judgment, now desperately needs Tommy’s help.
Your mission is to guide Tommy through a long series of confusing “pathways” as he forges ahead in his journey to save Eddie from the clutches of an evil villain who looks something like The Grim Reaper and has a taste for Orange Chicken. The pathways contain tiles that disappear as Tommy moves across them, so you have to be careful of how you navigate the mazes.
Some tiles need to be crossed several times before they disappear, and there are also sliding tiles, natural obstacles, and more holes along the way that complicate things. I played through 25 levels of Pathways and it’s a pretty fun game… the first 10 levels aren’t all that hard, but after that I started having to repeat levels… some of them several times… before figuring them out.
As you navigate through the pathways you’ll catch glimpses of Eddie and his evil captor, and there’s even some campy dialogue thrown in to drive the “story” that you’re playing out.
I only played through 25 levels but thanks to a secret cheat code I can tell you that there are at least 76 levels in this game which means that $4.99 will buy you a lot of game. Oh you want the cheat code huh? Haha, I have it and you don’t (loser!)… and that’s how it’ll stay. Conniption Entertainment has sworn me to secrecy, but the game gets a little buggy in cheat mode and it would only ruin the game for you anyway.
Pathways is entertaining and it’s a different kind of iPhone puzzle game, so if you’re looking for a new challenge and some intermittent goofiness then go ahead and give it a try. $4.99 may seem a little pricey but there’s a lot of gameplay sprinkled with an unusual dose of comedy and camp, and the mazes are very solvable if you put some thought into them.
Click to check out Pathways in the iTunes App Store
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- Tommy is secretly glad Eddie disappeared, otherwise he'd have nothing to do
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- The Pathways rulebook is pretty simple
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- Several people can save their Pathways games on the same iPhone
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- Tommy: "Let's go have a beer in our gigantic house", Eddie: "Screw that, I'm jumping into that weird-looking hole!"
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- The first few levels are just a warmup for the chaos that awaits
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- Sliding tiles force you to think about your next move
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- Tommy knows this pathway is screwed and he's never getting through it, so all he can do is take a nap
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- Things are getting pretty hairy at this stage
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- It's like Tommy can read my mind
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- Judging by this scene I'm guessing the Evil Villain is also a huge stoner
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- Cheat mode lets you skip to any level you want (but I ain't telling how to do this!)
(4.81 out of 5)