Minesweeper Flash: It's harder than you think
Look, I've been using Windows computers since the early 90s. So naturally I consider myself to halfway decent at Minesweeper. Not great, but halfway decent. But I have to say, Minesweeper Flash is throwing me for a loop.
This online game is inspired by the simple logic game that you know and love/hate so well. But in addition to changing the background rather dramatically, Minesweeper Flash shows the board at an angle. I wouldn't exactly call this a 3D version of Minesweeper, because the board is still on a single plane (you don't move vertically, just horizontally).
But somehow adding a little tilt to the board makes game play a lot more challenging. Don't believe me? Give it a try. It's a bit like learnign to play the game all over again. You know, for the few minutes until you get the hang of it anyway.
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This online game is inspired by the simple logic game that you know and love/hate so well. But in addition to changing the background rather dramatically, Minesweeper Flash shows the board at an angle. I wouldn't exactly call this a 3D version of Minesweeper, because the board is still on a single plane (you don't move vertically, just horizontally).
But somehow adding a little tilt to the board makes game play a lot more challenging. Don't believe me? Give it a try. It's a bit like learnign to play the game all over again. You know, for the few minutes until you get the hang of it anyway.
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Subscribe to commentsmichael.shiOct 23rd 2008 7:47PM
I still like the original minesweeper on Windows better. You can use the combination of left and right click to detect or clear a area.
It is a way faster pace game than this flash game.
jfjbOct 23rd 2008 4:46PM
So, Brad, you never learned how to fly, even a plane?
You never stood upside-down on your head or hands?
Remember the Dead Poet Society?
It's only a matter of perspective, a DIFFERENT perspective from the homo sapiens upright (mental?) position we were taught at school.
Give it a try, you'll never go back.
My two cents, of course... :-))
RocketboyOct 24th 2008 10:44AM
It's only harder because the 3d numbers combined with the skewed perspective makes things cluttered.
MunkyOct 25th 2008 2:17PM
Yeah, really didn't have any trouble with it. I actually cleared it faster than I normally would. That or it was easier than Windows' Minesweeper. I wish the Flash version had the flags though.