Customer Reviews

Math Evolver - Virus Origin

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I am definitely *far* from being a kid, but I did want to try this game out before passing it on to my 10 year old son (and my 4-year old girl wants to give it a whirl too).

**Mac Note**
I have successfully installed and run this game on both a PPC and Intel-based Mac running Leopard. It plays just fine.

Pros:
1) Game fully loads! No need to install the game disc every time you wish to play (why do they do this with kid's games? Do they hate us???)
2) Players are able to customize their own character with backstory and save their own information (e.g. good for multi-player household)
3) First level includes a tutorial on how to play and control the game (which is good, because the controls were not exactly intuitive)
4) Instructions are clearly spoken, mission notes can be read, and there are plenty of ways to get help - thus reducing frustration
5) Has a very video-game like feel - definitely appealing. I wouldn't even bring up the fact this is a math game, just hide the box (sort of like hiding eggplant in brownies I guess).
6) Several missions and levels to complete keep this game interesting - there are clear objectives and a clear trajectory

Cons:
1) This is a video game - the math is really secondary to the game, so don't purchase this thinking it will solve your struggling 7th grader's math woes, but it may give him/her a leg up and build confidence
2) The math covers a pretty wide range, so expect a tad bit of frustration at first
3) Math does take a back-seat to the game, but I don't actually know that this is a con (if you know the Leapster/Didj systems then this is more similar to Didj - better graphics with the learning slipped in but not forefront)
4) The controls do not appear to be customizable, but I discovered you can use the direction pad to control movement, even though it says to use letter keys (hard for a leftie)

Bottom line: Entertainment over edutainment - a tad light on the instruction but good compromise between interest, excitement, and math (blah!). A bit difficult to master may lead to some frustration for say a struggling 6th grader. Otherwise, woohoo!

I am 8 years old. I got math evolver for my birthday. this game is fun for learning math. I get to shoot the guardians with my EMP blaster. In mission number three called "The Valley" I go up to the top of really tall towers with green lights at the top and I get into these turrets, and I over load guardian's shields. its kind of scary because in the fifth mission, the building's so dark. I especially like missions 1 & 3 "Xeno Island " and "The Valley" You need an Intel Processer to run this on a mac, so make sure you have one. Also in the valley there are guardian sentinels and they don't have shields so you can just kill them, but the ones that do have shields are forming something my visor calls a guardian phalanx. its fun because throughout the game you can find out about different types of guardians. I recommend this game because it's exciting and teaches math while you have fun!

I'm 12 years old and got Math Evolver missions 1-5. It's pretty fun and very Education! I'm learning stuff way over my head like "communitive property of multiplication" and uderstanding it. My school doesn't teach much about primes and this game kept me sharp with them. The best part, for me, is that I can play this and sometimes forget this game has math in it! so over all I loved this game and would reccomend this game to any kid.

Exactly what I was looking for. Wanted my 13 year old to review pre-algebra concepts this summer and be ready for algebra this fall. Enough of a video game that it doesn't feel like doing homework over summer vacation. Helpful page where she look up forgetten concepts and get clear explanations

Pros:
*Generally fun action
*Shooting and moving works well
*Nice graphics

Cons:
*Not all that educational
*Gets too scary to move on at parts because of monsters
*Very tricky controls and mechanics

nice price, but bored my 10 year old. Hung up on our computer and he is not interested in playing because 'its boring'