Games worth discovering

MINI METRO | REVIEW

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Mini Metro is a mobile game that has you building a transport network for many major cities around the world. Inspired by things like the London Underground map, the development team at Dinosaur Polo Club has successfully made a great puzzle game out of something as mundane as a train network map. Based on cities around the globe from Paris to Guangzhou, you are tasked with connecting stations and passengers with train lines. It’s simple in concept and easy to pick up but there’s some depth here in terms of maintaining your efficiency as more and more capacity is needed to keep your network from getting overwhelmed. Mini Metro is somewhat short-lived but it’s creative and works well for both a sit-down session and a quick game on the go

The main strength that Mini Metro has to offer is that it creates a desire to play again to improve your score, but without being too frustrating when you lose. As such it’s a perfect mobile game because you can quickly open it and play for a few minutes a few times throughout the day, even if you don’t have the chance to sit down with it. I would recommend playing it on mobile anyway as the touchscreen controls are so intuitive. There are few better on-the-go puzzlers than Mini Metro.