Clash 1.2

To my mind, there are some things you are going to like about the Clash game and some things that you are not going to like about this Alawar Entertainment-published breakout game. Let’s take a look at your Clash experience and see what you are going to like and what you are not going to like.

Starting in a logical progression, the first step you must take should you try the game, is to get it off the web and onto your computer. The download weighs in at 10MB. It will not take long for the download to complete if you are on a high-speed internet connection. Not having to wait a long time for a download to complete is always nice. If you are on a less than spectacular internet connection, it may take a while for the download to complete. I’m guessing you’re not going to like having to wait around.

Moving on, the next step you must take is to install the game on your Windows-powered computer. You will like that installing the game is a straightforward process; it goes along smoothly and rapidly. You will not like that you cannot select where to install the game, that you are offered to change your default search provider and homepage to Ask.com, and that you are offered to install Game Box (a catalog of all the games Alawar Entertainment has to offer). You will also not like that an Alawar Games shortcut is created on the desktop without your permission and that an Alawar Games folder is placed in the Start menu – again, without your permission.

Once the game is up and running, you will like that it is a fun breakout game that offers tons of brick-busting fun. You will also like that you can play in full screen or in a window. You will like the green bonuses that give you various useful bits and pieces; you will not like the red bonuses which are bad news.

You will like that you can play the game free of charge for a trial period of 1 hour, which is a more than enough for you to figure out if the game is worth your hard earned money. You will not like that you’ll have to get a license once the trial period is over if you want to keep playing the game. You will like that the license is fairly inexpensive.

Pros

• 6 episodes to play
• Choose between 2 paddle types
• Nice graphics
• Nice music
• Bonuses
• Play free of charge for 1 hour

Cons

• Offers to set Ask as your default homepage
• Offers to set Ask as your default search provider
• Cannot select the directory where the game will be installed
• Creates an Alawar Games shortcut on your desktop without asking; the shortcut is not removed when you uninstall the game.

About Alawar Entertainment
Founded in Russia back in 1999, Alawar Entertainment is a company that specializes in the development, publication and distribution of casual games. To date the company has published more than 200 PC games that reached users in more than 60 countries. Alawar Entertainment’s games can be played on various platforms, including the Windows operating system, Mac OS X, Nintendo DS, Playstation and the iPhone. You may already be familiar with some of the company’s best known titles, such as Farm Frenzy, Craze and The Treasures of Montezuma.

Additional information on Alawar Entertainment and the casual games it has to offer is available here.

Clash has been reviewed by George Norman on 02 Feb 2011. Based on the user interface, features and complexity, Findmysoft has rated Clash 4 out of 5 stars, naming it Excellent