John Bedford (Modojo): Don't be fooled by the cute and colorful look of Fright Heights, Chillingo's new Halloween-themed puzzler that hit the App Store on Thursday. Beneath the bright and breezy surface lies a brutally tricky game, one that blends number manipulation, match-three, and block placement strategies to create something quite unusual. And yes, it really is as difficult as that makes it sound.
Your job is to scare away the residents of a haunted hotel, using a randomize, consecutive list of haunted blocks and resident blocks. The side of each haunted block has a power rating, and your job is to make sure the adjacent hotel blocks have a high enough rating to scare off the resident blocks nestled in the gaps. Confusing? You bet, but a glance at the trailer should make things a little clearer.
By David: Halloween is just around the corner, and what better way to celebrate the season than to scare the wits out of a few unsuspecting people? In Fright Heights, you can do just that by summoning ghosts that will scare away guests in a spooky hotel. This title is very enjoyable yet quite challenging, and this is definitely not your usual puzzle game. Get ready for some prime spills and chills as the guests arrive, and reading through this guide will be a tremendous help in making sure that this will be the scariest Halloween for your guests yet.
GZ - "A lot of justifiable complaints are leveled against modern games’ obsession with tutorials. Those of us that grew up plugging a cartridge into an NES and then praying for clarity tend to get impatient with hand-holding and long-winded instructions."
Joe Morgan of Capsule Computers writes,
"There comes a time each year when packing in the ghosts and goblins actually seems seasonal. Some of the braver folks venture to the theater or their local movie collection and subject themselves to the most horrific, heart-pounding media they can. Luckily, Chillingo and REDspace are aiming to put you in the roll of scare commander just in time for Halloween. How is Fright Heights? Is it scary good or should it be locked in the monster closet forever? Let’s find out."
