Fruit Ninja is one of the most popular games in the Windows Phone 7 Xbox Live Line up with some cutting edge graphics and different types of levels. The only thing which would distract some users from the game is the Price Tag, since the same game is available for 0.99$ over Android Market.
Well if you are not willing to pay that extra buck for the Original Fruit Ninja for Windows Phone 7, Slice and Throw is just what you need to replenish your hunger for the game.
Slice and Throw looks and works deceptively similar to Fruit Ninja. Talking about the gameplay which is quite an easy one so that even a newbie in these kinds of games can get acclimatized to this game ,the gameplay is a cross between Fruit Ninja and those Whack-a-Monty type games. So here you get to swipe your fingers to slice the Scrolls and whack the Fans, darts and other obstacles with the Ninja Stars and yes there are Bombs and red scrolls which should be avoided (hitting or slicing it would eventually lose a life).The background music is pretty good ,but at times sounds a bit louder(i personally prefer to reduce the volume to play the game).
The updated version of the game now allows a new game mode, now it supports the Arcade Mode. The classic mode has the 10 levels with difficulty increasing as the game progresses. Arcade Mode adds spice to the classic version, with 90 seconds time limit to slice the combo’s of Scrolls and hit the darts and Fans, activating the Ninja Mode which allows us to utilize the Multi touch inputs, so you can whack the obstacles with multiple Stars simultaneously.
Be it any mode the gameplay itself is a fast paced one ,so it doesn’t matter if you play Classic or the Arcade mode, but yes the Arcade mode does feel a bit more faster and funny courtesy the Multi Touch
gameplay and the time limit.
The game’s graphics cannot be compared to Fruit Ninja by any means, but then again you just can’t expect much from a Free Game(that too non Xbox Live title). It has a good replay value, you can challenge your friends worldwide with the worldwide leaderboard which is updated regularly. With some more levels to watch out for in the upcoming updates, this surely is a must have game for all the Windows Phone 7 users out there.
Our Verdict : 4/5 (I would’ve given it a 3,but +1 for the Worldwide leaderboard and the added multi touch support in the updated version).
