Sudoku – Simply Sudoku.

Sudoku at BugleGames is a very basic, uncomplicated game. I wish I could roll out better adjectives, but it is what it is. ^_^

Bare bones doesn’t mean that it’s bad!

There are no difficulty levels to choose from, and to me it looks like the default is set to easy. (I play a lot of Sudoku.) The red numbers are your guides, and you can’t change them.

To fill in the gaps, click on a blank square and keep clicking until you see the right number. If it’s a 9, you’ll have to click nine times. Your numbers show up in black!

 Vivid contrast!

If you need some help, there are two tools available to you.

1. Hint

Click HINT and then click on an empty square. The correct number for that square will appear in red. You can use hint as many times as you want, but each time it will add 60 seconds to your score. (That’s not a good thing.)

2. Mini-grid

Look in the lower right corner in the above pics. See that small grid? It mirrors what you’ve done so far. Whenever you have 1-9 in a row/column, the corresponding boxes in the mini-grid will turn light green. Now when you have 1-9 in one of the small sections, those boxes in the mini-grid turn blue. When the blue and light green combine it becomes a dusky green.

When I was playing around I found a slight problem with the mini-grid. As long as you have the numbers 1-9 in the section, the grid will light up. This doesn’t mean the numbers are in the right order. So you’ll need to pay attention!

 

That’s pretty much everything. *^_^* Score is based on how long it takes you to finish the puzzle, so try to be quick!

 

Final Rating

As far as Sudoku games go, this one is right in the middle. There’s nothing fancy about it, but it works.

I generally prefer harder Sudoku puzzles, but much to my surprise I found that I was making several errors! (Does that sound arrogant? It does, doesn’t it. >_< Blast.)

It took me a while but I finally figured what was tripping me up. The red and black numbers are great contrasts, but they’re so good that my brain focuses on the colors individually. I’d see all of the black numbers, or all of the red numbers. I had to really concentrate if I wanted to see both at the same time!

Many Sudoku games do this, and it always bugs me. Feh.

Anyway, I rate BugleGames’ Sudoku a 2.5 out of 5 stars. What would you rate it? Do you even like Sudoku? ^_^

 

Similar Games

If you like Sudoku or puzzle games, you should try some of these games too!

• Sudoku Puzzle Blast at Pogo – Fantastic mashup of jigsaw puzzles and Sudoku!
• Drip Drop Sudoku at IWON – Wait.. this is a terrible game! How did it get in here??
• Jigsaw Puzzle at Spigo – Flat out the best online Jigsaw Puzzle game that I’ve ever seen.