Text Twist Review

Text Twist from Astraware is another highly addictive and user friendly game which this time looks at stimulating your brain; of great help when you find that your brain has switched off during the day! The game starts with a display of 6 letters which you must re-arrange in order to create 3 to 6 letter words.

In order to progress to the next level you must find the 6 letter word, and given you have only got 6 letters in the first place this can sometimes be quite hard, like finding a needle in a haystack. Small lettered words do still count, as the more you can make then the higher your score will be, however miss out on the 6 lettered word and you will find that you have ended the game, sooner than it has become.

Even though you can come up with as many words as you can think of to be created from the 6 letters you also find that if they are not registered by the game then they will not be allowed, a lot like completing a word search, however you are not given the words in the first place to find, that would be far too easy!

I found that as I played the game, the easier it got at finding words, as your brain becomes used to seeing some of the letters and you remember what words you can make with them. As with most games, the longer and more often that you play them you find that the game becomes a little bit easier then when you first originally started to play the game.

This game however adapts with your mind. As you begin to get used to the concept and find it becomes a little easier to find the 6 lettered word, the game will produce harder words for you to find and give you less small lettered words as well, a sort of brain training.

The graphics of the game are not top notch, and pretty basic, but when you are trying to focus on a group of 6 letters, the last thing you want is a colourful and graphic background for you to look at; it will draw your concentration away from the matter at hand. The background is a simple blue with the letters on a white background, the actual letters being black so that they stand out.

Underneath the 6 letters you have an option to either chose Twist, Enter, Clear or Last Word. Twist- jumbles the letters. Enter- enters the word you have created. Clear- gets rid of the letter you have tried to make a word out of or if you have entered the word incorrectly. Last Word- brings up the last word you made to see what you entered.

Underneath the 4 options is the score counter, to let you know how you are getting on with the scoring system for the levels you have completed. And then you have the time which lets you know how long you have got left on the level, and how long you have to either find the 6 letter word or to make up the score by finding small lettered words.

In order to create words using the letters you can easily just select the letters in the order you want them to go and they will appear above the rest of the letters for you to clearly see. Here you can determine which letter you would next like to use and whether in fact there is a longer word you could make.

The game also offers a function where you can twist the letters, this basically means that the game re-jumbles them so that you have a fresh look at the letters and so can easily identify more words to create.

The words that you come up with are presented to you on the left hand side of the screen so that you can see if you what words you have already created, and whether you could add a prefix or a suffix to make a longer word. This also helps you to determine whether or not you have already created the word and so will not waste time by trying to create them again.

The only thing that I would say about this game is to make sure that you are on top of your American spelling, as the game does sometimes not accept the English spelling of certain words. Apart from that the game is addictive and really easy to use, it also keeps your brain stimulated so that you can keep it active when you feel the drag in the day.
TextTwist is available from Astraware where you can download a free trial.