Customer Reviews

Mega Brain Boost

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This is a combination of 3 separate cognitive functions: Memory, Concentration and Judgement. Each area has 5 different mini-games. It is my first 'brain' game, so I do not have a frame of reference for comparison.

With each task, the top screen keeps a tally of the number of questions and how many you got correct. As you get right answers, your level of difficulty increases and as you get them wrong, your level of difficulty is maintained; however, miss more and your level goes down. The premise of each game is the similar, flash cards or objects are shown and you try to recall or match that item. This game probably helps develop people cognitive pathways after frequent play.

The game uses the touch screen and stylus for all games.

Various games are listed below:
Remember colors - Select a pattern of colors after they are displayed for a short time.

Remember numbers - Multiple choice format of selecting a number after it is flashed.

Remember circumstances - Select image that didn't appear on the 1st run.

Remember faces - A face is displayed and you choose which of the 4 is correct.

Remember images - Images are displayed and you choose what did not appear initially.

Finding a match - Match a pair of items that are displayed on a grid.

Shape recognition - Select a picture that matches the sample.

Match the Kanji Characters - Match the character from a list of characters (similar to shape recognition).

Remember sequence - Which picture appeared in the sequence?

Moving dots - Select the number of moving dots.

Dots - Select the number of stationary dots.

Colors - Select the color most often represented.

Find the goal - Select the goal where the spaceship will end.

Total amount of money - Total up the amount of money against time.

Addition - Add up the numbers from the listed flash cards.

Conceptually, the games are easy in theory, but racing against time with higher levels of difficulty, I started to realize the challenges. It is a great game for helping you concentrate, stay focused and think analytically in a quick manner.

This is more for an adolescent to an adult. Younger players would probably find this game boring or frustrating. Given the repetitive nature, it may not be for everyone. There is a head to head function that allows players to compete with each other.

This is a nice series of minigames that will keep your mind sharp and help you think quickly.

Graphics are not sophisticated and music is redundant. However, the picture quality of the puzzles is good.

I really like this game for its challenges.

First off, I am a big loyal fan of Brain Age and Big Brain Academy.

If i had bought the Red and Blue version of this Brain boost series only then would i have felt ripped off. However, 15 games total (both red and blue included in this one + 5 new games) to test your concentration, memory and judgement feels like a warm welcome addition to the other popular brain game library. Some of the games are obviously inspired from Big Brain Academy but i didnt have a problem with that. Because they had a different method to complete a "popular" exercise. I'm also glad i didn't have to scribble in numbers for counting exercises where sometimes I'm trying to write "6" and it would give me a "0" only to be punished for something I knew the answer .

This isny really a con but there isn't much animation in the game. However, I cant remember a point where it needed spectacular animation in the training exercises it offered. The only gripe i have is that the timer to complete the puzzles seemed like it was 10 seconds to long and i scored 100% quite often on a few games. There was only about 5 games where i was glad to have that extra amount of time.

The Game wasnt inspiring nor that hard, but it also wasnt mind numbing for me. It was a cool relax get the brain warmed kind of game. The game is worth it in my opinion if you're not looking to replace another brain game.


Not a 5 star to say it's something new, because it is isnt.
Not a 3 star to say its only worth 1 play. It does have replay value.

So, I think it deserves 4 star for being able to replay Mega Brain Boost when youre sick of another popular title.