On the face of it, Buttons and Scissors might seem like the twee, cutesy little puzzle game that you might get your Grandmother to play, but beneath the haberdashery surface lies something genuinely challenging. The game sees you cutting off same-coloured buttons as they lie in a straight line. Link the buttons with your finger and the scissors do the rest. Make sure you remove all buttons to complete the level. Easy to play, tough to complete, it’s an excellent little logic game that will have you addicted in no time.

Price: Free, plus in-app purchases

Tested on: Nexus 4

Content Rating: Everyone

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Pros & Cons:

Pros

Nice graphics and music!

Addictive gameplay!

Fun to play!

Lots of challenging levels!

Good value IAPs 

Features:

Buttons and Scissors is a fun logic game where you have to cut buttons from a grid jean material. You have to cut off two or more buttons of the same colour, as they lie in the same direction; up-down, left-right or diagonally. Once selected the scissors kick in and remove the buttons. You have to ensure no other buttons get in the way of your cutting and the aim of each level is to remove all the buttons. It’s an incredibly simple concept, but as levels progress and grid size increases, gameplay gets progressively tougher.

It’s an easy game to dismiss for being a bit twee, but it’s remarkably challenging once you get through the early levels. Your ability to identify patterns logically and be able to remove lines of buttons in the right order is very important. Like many puzzlers, there are loads of levels so it’s easily a game that you can become very engrossed in. Levels can be completed quite quickly, once you’ve worked it out, which means it’s a great little puzzle game to play while on a daily commute or whenever you have a few casual minutes.

The graphics and sound are top notch for a puzzle game, while you’re not getting 3D visual eye-candy, it’s smooth, perfectly designed and animated. The sound includes a nice music track which works well with the game in addition to complimentary sound effects. The effect of both is to give you a nice, relaxing experience that works well with gameplay.

The game is free and offers a selection of in-app purchases. What stood out to me was that it doesn’t try and rip you off! For $1.99 (£1.32) you can unlock everything in the game, which is nice to see compared to apps which will charge you stupid money to unlock each element.

Buttons and Scissors – Sample level start

Buttons and Scissors – Gameplay sample (1)

Buttons and Scissors – Gameplay sample (2)

Buttons and Scissors – Gameplay sample (3)

Buttons and Scissors – Gameplay sample (4)

Buttons and Scissors – Gameplay sample (5)

Buttons and Scissors – Gameplay sample (6)

Buttons and Scissors – Gameplay sample (7)

Buttons and Scissors – Level complete

Buttons and Scissors is undoubtedly a cute game and lots of fun if you enjoy logic puzzles. The early levels fly by and the more complex they get, the more rewarding it is to complete them.

Addictive:

Oh very. The gameplay blends that simple gameplay with a serious ‘one-more-go’ factor.

Graphics:

The graphics are very good, much better than many puzzlers. The animations are very smooth and the controls highly responsive. Everything is clearly well ‘themed’ and it works like a charm with the actual gameplay.

Accelerometer, Vibration & Sound:

As discussed the music and sound effects are top notch and quite impressive.

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