Hamsterdam 9+

Oozing With Quality

Very simplistic gameplay but the character animation is something you just don’t see every day in a mobile game. Kind of wish there was more variety to the gameplay, but it’s very obvious that lot of love went into the presentation.

Nice Idea, lacking on execution : (

I love the idea of this game, brawling action with a cute hamster, rhythm, strategy etc. It is also cheap, no ads, and doesn't beg for your money. However this game feels like an under polished student project. The game is loaded with static imagery, story is told through unanimated frames with no text or audio, but the visual story telling is poor enough that I couldn't tell what it was trying to depict, so they feel like they're wasting my time.

The music and sound design are uninspired, and the sfx gets repetitive fast.

Clickable UI elements line up with phone buttons, and swipes are frequently read by my phone as gestures to minimize the app, so just interacting with menus is frustrating.

The biggest killer for me is the lack of feedback for my actions. There were many times where I thought I was swiping to counter an attack, but the game didn't register it, and provided no feedback to tell me it was even receiving my input. Sometimes I would swipe up to 3 times during the generous telegraph frames, and it would never register.

I write this review because I care enough about this game to be disappointed by it, which is far more than most games these days, but I just can't recommend it as is.

Developer Response ,

Hi Fatalfencer, thanks a ton for your feedback! for the lack of feedback issue, I'm wondering if it would be possible for you to email us at feedback[at]musegames[dot]com with a brief video recording of what you're experiencing (ex. when you're swiping on the enemies). That would be super helpful, and we'll investigate the issue asap. I know it's a hassle, but it'll definitely help us improve the game. Thanks so much again for taking the time to play and give us your feedback. Really appreciate it!

Great game

Very entertaining game. Definitely worth the money. Great animations and quite fun to play. I like games I can play in a quick session like this.

Deleted my original review about bad controls.

Response to developer: super embarrassing but this was all me. I didn’t realize that you had to swipe inside the circle. I thought it was just a direction notification and you could swipe anywhere on the screen. Nothing to look into just my ignorance lol.

Developer Response ,

Sorry to hear you're having trouble with the swiping! We'll look into this issue and see if we can get it fixed. Thanks so much for reporting the problem to us!