Customer Reviews

Zenses: Ocean Edition

5 star:		(6)
4 star:		(4)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(4)
1 star:		(4)

 

 

I love puzzle games - Tetris, Planet Puzzle League, Meteos, you name it. I also LOVE tropical settings, so when I saw these Zenses games I was pretty excited! They're even more fun than I had hoped for. The backgrounds are beautiful: for this game, Ocean, you'll see lots of water, sand, and seashells. Music is pretty and unobtrusive. Usually I play games with the sound turned off while listening to TV shows, but this music is very ambient and relaxing. You even get happy little chimes when you lose, it softens the blow!

Zenses: Ocean includes 6 different games. Zen Stones is a matching game, very similar to one of the casino minigames in Super Mario DS. Pearl Diver requires you to draw lines from one matching pearl to another in order to get them to disappear. Turtle Turn asks you to change the shell colors to make them match the pattern on the top screen. Hot Spot asks you to assemble floating crustacean parts to make a fancy creature to match the one on the top screen. Shell Twirl has you match shells to a rotating pattern in the center. Wave Breaker is a little bit like Concentration - that might be the most relaxing one, I get so hypnotized watching waves wash over seashells that I kind of forget to pay attention.

My hands-down favorite is Shell Twirl, I literally could barely put it down long enough to write this review! Zen Stones and Pearl Diver are a close second/third; very tough to put down. All the games have varying levels of difficulty so nothing is "too easy" or boring. And, all these games are different from the games on Zenses: Rainforest so if you like this sort of thing, it's definitely worth it to get both!

I bought this with the Rainforest edition. The type of games and the theme is different between the two, so don't think you're buying the same game with a different name... This game met my expectations as far as being addictive and relaxing. You can set the level of intensity for each game, thus controlling the level of game difficulty.

Worth the money. As well as its counterpart.....

Whether you like this game or not depends upon what kinds of games you like and don't like and generally what kind of person you are.

First things first, if you're primarily a shoot-em-up kind of gamer or someone who likes fast-paced games, you're probably not going to be satisfied with this game. If, however, you like strategy or puzzle games, you'll probably like this game. I myself love puzzles and strategy games and I think this game as well as the rainforest version are fantastically fun. Both the rainforest and the ocean zenses are about the same caliber but with differing settings.

Second, different people have different thinking skills and preferences. If you prefer to think things through thoroughly, if you understand and are in sync with the zen mentality and if you like carefully-thought-through logic and strategy, you'll love these games. Some may seem a little perturbing at first but if you just keep playing, you will determine the correct strategy and you'll be addicted! For the first 1 or 2 plays of some of the mini-games, I was a little lost, but I kept trying and figured out the best strategy by the third play. If you give up and get discouraged quite easily, I can see how it might be frustrating. If you prefer finding answers quickly and often skim over details and subtleties, you might want to try another game.

I love this game. I think it's awesome. I especially love "Wave Breaker". It's very calming and peaceful but can become challenging at the same time.

I bought this game after reading several reviews and thought it would be a game I'd enjoy. I was not disappointed. It is very addictive. I even had to go out and buy Zenses: Rainforest, which has different games than Zenses: Ocean.

Even my children, a boy age 5 and a girl age 7, enjoy playing some of the games. The nice thing about the game is that there are different levels from which to choose. I would suggest this game to anybody.

This game has six games in it:
*Zen-Stones- You have to remove all of the stones from the screen by matching them.
*Pearl Diver- You clear the screen by connecting three pearls of the same color.
*Turtle Diver- You have to match the pattern of turtle shells on the top screen with the bottom screen by turning them over in a specific pattern.
*Hot Spot- (one of my favorites) It is like a puzzle where you have to piece together a glow fish by touching the different parts with the stylus and dragging them to where they go and you tap the pieces to rotate them.
*Shell Twirl- You pick up and drop different shells into the correct area. Try not to drop them.
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*Wave Breaker- (another favorite)A wave washes across both screens and leaves certain shells on the bottom screen. You need to remember what shells it leaves and where because another wave washes across covers the shells with sand and you have to remember where certain shells were.

Each game increases in difficulty as you pass each round. It also has soft music playing in the back ground.
I really enjoy this game, it is relaxing and fun at the same time.

I love this game! I only give it 4 stars because one of the games in this "game", is a little difficult because the directions are not well explained in the mini game where you peach together sea creatures (anyone has a comment on how to please post for me xD ). But if it's to much you an just skip it like me :p. BUT! I LOVE! All the other parts of this game! The music is so calm an relaxing it helps me to just chill out when I need a minute. And the game is distracting an just the sounds an everything, it re leaves my brain when I'm a little stressed. Like take a minute take a breath. Then go on your way. I highly recommend this game it's great. If nothing else just the music an sounds make it worth the while. Plus it's reasonably priced now that it's an older game. Pick it up wherever. Just remember when you play it's not for like high energy or RPG fighter action so it's gonna be simple an calm so it can help you relax :).
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In my opinion, the only thing zen-like in this game is the music and graphics. The games themselves ramp up the intensity each level you beat, and by the end of playing this game, I am sure my blood pressure has raised twenty points. Overall, most of the games are at least moderately entertaining. I could get lost playing Shell Twirl (spining shape matching game) for hours. One feature I do not like about this game is that if you lose, you start back at the beginning. That is definitely not zen! Overall, it's not a bad game, but I don't recommend paying more than $15 for it. Otherwise, you'll be disappointed.

I liked this game because it is relaxing. You can chose how fast you want to play which makes it less stressful. It isn't as challenging as some games but I didn't buy it for that purpose. It helps relieve stress, which is what I was looking for. I do think it is over priced for what you get but if you shop around you can get it at a much lower price. A few months ago it was $5.00 at Kmart.

This game is fun to play. Most of the games were easy to understand how to play. The only one that I had difficulty understanding was turtle one. There are different levels of difficulty and several challenges for each game which keeps me playing for hours. I just order the rainforest edition and can't wait to get it. I will probably also order zen garden at the end of the month. Great puzzle game.

I am a fan of games like 7 Wonders, Luxor, Puzzle Quest, which all have matching tiles and marbles, but also have other objectives within the games.. I have found most of the games in this set to be very simple and frustrating.. It may be because i like action and movement more than brain benders, but the othello-ish game is especially annoying. the only one i like is the gem drop which is a nice puzzle. I am fortunate to have gotten this on a trade in because i would have been irritated at dropping thirty clams for this. Go for the others i mentioned if you like a cheap good time. they're all selling for less than $20 used.