Squarix is a game that is kind of like the old Quix game where you slide tiles that are the same in color together to get rid of them. But this game has one more twist. There are certain tiles on the board that you must get rid of to beat each level and there are special multicolor tiles and mines that you can use to help you. The levels do get harder as time progresses and there is more than one way to get a high score so you can think a bit on the strategies.

Basically there are two strategies in this game. The first, and the one I like to use, is to get rid of the tiles and the necessary spaces as soon as possible. That means forming groups of four as quick as possible. This is pretty easy to do as you can just move same-colored tiles together. Be sure to move clumped tiles in the center of the board to the sides and group same colors together in the center to make them vanish so other tiles have a path to cross. You should be able to get pretty far just doing this. The other method(with a video demonstration below) is to form long T’s with your tiles to maximize score. In this method, instead of grouping four together, you are group six tiles together, thereby greatly increasing your score. Its not the best strategy for beating the game, but it will get you a higher score.

Overall this game is not that different from a lot of other games. Its fun to play for a few levels, but there isn’t anything new or exciting to keep me playing after a while.

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