Com2uS are known for their popular arcade/RPG titles in the App Store, with big hits like ‘Inotia’ and ‘Homerun Battle 3D’. They kept releasing games of that genre however, now they have decided to create their own Puzzle game and it’s called ‘Slice It!’

I was lucky enough to get my hands on the beta of this new pickup-and-play game and I have to say it was a lot of fun. In ‘Slice It!’ the aim of the game is to, well; slice shapes in even symmetrical halves, although this may sound like a simple task, it’s not! The game is divided into 5 chapters each with 20 mind-boggling stages. Only 3 chapters are playable to begin with while the rest will be added via future updates.

The first few stages are kept quite simple so you can get acquainted with the controls of the game and easily complete your task at hand. To slice a shape you just draw a line across the shape making sure you’re cutting through the center so you can slice the shape evenly, the game even makes use of the multi-touch mechanism allowing for greater ‘slicing’ accuracy. Failure to slice the shapes in even halves will result in you losing the stage or getting a low amount of ‘stars’. If you’re slices are almost even then you’ll get five stars which will get you ‘hint points’, which you can use to help you if you get stuck in further levels. As you progress, the game will get harder, you will be asked to slice a square or any other shape in 8 different slices instead of just 2 and while doing so you still have to keep your slices almost the same size as each other as well as making sure you don’t have more/less than 8 slices.

The graphics of the game are great, they are done in a ‘doodle’ style way to give a notebook like effect, your shape is drawn on a grid which can make it easier for you to plan and precisely slice your shape.

Although this may sound like a slightly repetitive sort of game where you constantly slice shapes; it’s not, in each chapter the game adds a new twist making it even harder to get a great score or finishing a stage at all. In Chapter 2 of the game ‘obstacles’ are introduced which prevent you from cutting in that area, in Chapter 3 your lines are reflected. So you can constantly keep playing this game trying to achieve an awesome score. The only thing this game is missing right now is a leaderboard which I think would urge players to try and get a full 5 stars in all their stages.

Overall I highly recommend ‘Slice It!’ for anyone looking for a new pickup-and-play game or puzzler, it is a definitely a great new, unique puzzler from Com2uS – and this was just the beta.

No release date has been announced for the game yet.