Divineko - Magic Cat +9

I’d have to say this is one of the better mobile games on the market nowadays. It’s fun, it doesn’t shove ads in your face every 2 seconds (the only forced ads from my knowledge are actively designated on the gui for when they will appear, all other ads are optional), and it has a very interesting and kinda satisfying style that it keeps consistent with throughout the game. I love the shield power because if you can time it perfectly when an enemy is about to attack it feels so good and even gives you healing on later upgrades. They even have a little practice area where you can practice drawing the shapes you’ve encountered so far. The enemies are all unique in their own way (some shoot bullets, some wait a few seconds before they actually strike, some require you to draw the same symbol twice, etc), and even the bosses have their own fun quirks and concepts that I honestly really enjoy. Overall, a really good mobile game that I would recommend to people with time to kill. It’s also based off of a Halloween google doodle that was ALSO really fun.

The art of the game is really simplistic and appealing to the eye. The music isn't special but it really adds to the gameplay. As for the gameplay itself, the concept is simple yet is done really well and feels addicting to play. But what sets it apart from other games? Well, two things
1. Rewards are given to you after a minigame: usually mobile hames will give you a set of 9 chests and you pick one, maybe you could watch an ad to pick again, but in this game, the amount of chests you open is dependent on the speed of your swiping finger, a creative way to include chest rewards
2. Limitation of ads: usually the biggest complaint in mobile games is the amount of ads within them that squeeze every last drop of money, but the game actually limits the amount of skippable ads to one every 3 levels, and non skippable ads aren't a requirement in the game, in fact, there are passes that allow you to access reward as a consumable without watching the ad, which is a really creative way to implement something like that
Overall a great game :)

I just finished clearing all 499 levels tonight and thought I should write a review!
- The graphics/art style and music are striking and unique. I would genuinely listen to the soundtrack in my free time if only the songs were a bit longer! I found the use of haptic feedback clever, too.
- The 1-2 minute long levels start off easy, then grow progressively harder as more mechanics are introduced - though by chapter 100, you're familiarized with mostly everything. The only differences beyond that point are the backgrounds and combinations of shapes/enemies.
- The side modes (endless, beat contest, practice mode) are fantastic additions that provide replayability I love!
- The ads are every three levels (3-4 minutes of gameplay) or for some rewards, and you can use ingame items (obtainable for FREE) to skip them, which is a genius concept.

My only issue was that I had almost nothing to spend my coins on after unlocking all the costumes/lines and abilities! I'd love to see more costumes, maybe different fur patterns for the cat (like tabby, tuxedo, splotched), or perhaps a storybook whose chapters (because levels are called "chapters", heh) could be unlocked by spending your extra coins. I had 150,000 coins by the time I cleared level 499!

Overall truly one of my favorite mobile games. Very happy to have stumbled on it from an ad. Excited to see what the devs create next!