Snapshot: A Virus Named Tom
There are so many games out there we couldn’t possibly review them all. Welcome to Snapshot, where we highlight games that might fall outside our usual coverage but are still something we think you should know about. Today: A Virus Named Tom for PC. A Virus Named Tom developer Tim Keenan of Misfits Attic makes a point to mention the uniqueness of his game’s 54 local multiplayer levels to every potential reviewer, in almost every email.
He has good reason to do so.
A Virus Named Tom is a tile-flipping exercise in cartoonish hacking simliar to Pipe Dream, but with a Jetsons-like futuristic twist. As the single-player campaign ramps up in difficulty, it becomes a challenging, stressful and exhilarating test of dexterity and logic – but A Virus Named Tom is better as a multiplayer game, if only so you don’t feel so idiotic for failing to solve yet another grid-based puzzle on the first try.
After all, failing with a friend is always better than failing alone. Take those suckers down with you.Continue reading Snapshot: A Virus Named TomSnapshot: A Virus Named Tom originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 30 Aug 2012 18:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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