Full Review

Being a welder of words admittedly sounds rather poncy. However, there's no better explanation for the task set upon you in... 'W.E.L.D.E.R.'. Luckily swapping tiles to create words is a lot of fun, and thanks to some interesting little gameplay additions, a rather unique experience among word and puzzle games is to be had.

The core of the game is a mix of Bejeweled and Scrabble. Tiles can be swapped horizontally, vertically, and diagonally to create words of four letters or more. There is a power meter that is filled depending on the complexity of the words created, whether or not more than one word was created at once, and a multitude of other bonuses (some involving special tiles). When this bar fills, more swaps are added. If you run out of swaps before completing your word quota for the level, then it's game over. Aside from swapping tiles, your moves can be used to burn letters onto wooden blocks which is really helpful when your eyes can't find a good move or you don't wish to waste too many turns lining up that seven letter beauty.

Another great feature is the automatic word submission. The game's dictionary will give you points and remove tiles the instant a word is formed, and in case you formed a word by accident or have no idea what a particular word means, just tapping on the word in your formed words list will bring up the dictionary definition. This game teaches and entertains.

This is strictly a game of tiles and letters. While everything is presented nicely, Welder will not wow anyone with visual flair. The music does a nice job of aiding play without being intrusive but the downside of that is that it isn't very memorable.

Welder is a must buy for fans of word games. It's addictive and has enough variety in the way the levels work to be highly replayable. It would be interesting to see if the developers could design a multiplayer component aside from leaderboards, but that would simply be a nice addition to already very solid game.

Conclusion

Combining Bejeweled and Scrabble, WELDER is an addictive word game that should have any puzzle fan glued to the game screen for hours.

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App Store Info

**50% OFF LAUNCH SALE - For a limited time, buy W.E.L.D.E.R. for $1.99!**Weld words in the word machine! W.E.L.D.E.R. is a word puzzle game created by hit former Rockstar NY developers – addiction guaranteed!Create clever combos and multiply your score using gem and gold tiles. Increase your vocabulary using iOS 5’s in-built dictionary – discover definitions of words you never even knew existed! Earn powerful special abilities like Group, Reverse, and Jump Swaps, and complete particularly tricky terms with blank wooden pieces. Also supports iOS 5’s iCloud saving feature!FEATURES• Adds addictive word game play to classic pattern matching.• Use iCloud saving to transfer a game in progress from your iPad to your iPhone!• Look up words you form via the built in iOS 5 dictionary.• No need to hit “submit” – words are automatically detected by the machine.• Use special reverse, group, and jump swaps to form words and clear broken tiles.• Use multiplier tiles to score more points and gain more swaps!• Combine multipliers in a single word for thousands of points and tons of swaps!• You can tweet the crazy word you spell via one touch, or post it on your Facebook wall.• Game Center features include 47 achievements, competitive score comparison and a Palindrome Ranking.

Updates

Various bug fixes.

Requirements

Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.
Requires iOS 4.0 or later.

4.5 Languages

English

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