Chip Chain by AppAbove Games (Universal)

[cameron331]

Holy cow this game is awesome! I'm been playing this for two days straight. Very polished and addictive. Not as deep as Triple Town, but that's a good thing for me because I was never that great at Triple Town. The freemium aspect is very reasonable; I've been getting enough gems to unlock upgrades. The IAP seems reasonable as well, two bucks gives you enough to unlock all four of the game modes with 80,000 gems left over.

Best free game I've played in a long time.

[aaronisaksen]

I'm glad you like it, cameron331! We tried really hard to make a game that people wanted to share with their friends, and got a good value out of making an IAP purchase.

[LordGek]

Clearly the NEW king of the "Triple Town" like gameplay!

While no real fan of Tap Joy, if you're willing to download and run a few free games you can easily get enough gems to unlock all of the big stuff in this game!

I really love the weird twists of cards (basically power-ups) in this game! Anytime you get a combo going (merge a grouping of chips into a one point higher chip and then IMMEDIATELY use this upgraded chip in a grouping) you gain a card. At the beginning you only have 3 card slots and access to the 3 most basic cards (Add 1, Subtract 1, Relocate a Chip) but with a few well spent gems you can do stuff like Erase, Copy, Match, and other fun gameplay tweaks to the chips on field.

Unlike Triple Town there is only the one continuous chain of chips (not Triple Town's 2-3 separate upgrade paths), you can have as many elements in a group as you want before you decide to merge them, and you can choose exactly which of the old chips this new one will replace. But don't thinks this will be a cakewalk as, once you have the game fully upgraded, these chips can range from 1-15! Even if playing the untimed/unlimited moves of the Long Game, once you have even 10 different chips popping up on screen, it can be a logistical nightmare!

5/5

[SkyMuffin]

This is absurdly fun, and I've already decided to spend $4 on it to support you guys. Thanks for making a great game.

[jonnycache]

The presentation of this game is exceptional. I actually like the idea of the rotating game mode, a neat creative way around the IAP model.

[krautboy]

Clearly the NEW king of the "Triple Town" like gameplay!

I couldn't agree with you more LordGek. It just keeps getting better and better the more you play. It's easier to learn as triple town but i don't know if it's less deep. I haven't played enough yet and will only be able to tell when i unlocked more stuff. I'm trying all kind of strategies to see what works best for improving my high scores and only in that it already beats triple town ,it's more flexible. The poker-esque way of having chips in your hand and being dealt and put randomly on the table gives a very good balance of betting and strategy. Wait too long to match something can ruin your set up if a chip is being dealt on a space you really wanted that chip that was 2 turns for you to play.
File size,presentation,gameplay and even the IAP are spot on.
Fantastc work guys! I'm thoroughly impressed.

[aaronisaksen]

Hi Everyone,

We just released a new update for Chip Chain, version 1.1 on iTunes.

It has the highly requested UNDO feature, as well as Sale Items, where there will always be one item on sale in the Shop.

To celebrate the launch, we are doing a huge sale this weekend Jan 25 to Jan 27th 2013, where Unlimited Gems are only $2.99 (70% off!) Go grab them now while they are on huge discount!

Thanks, hope everyone is enjoying the game!