Bubble Zoo 2

In Brief

Bubble Zoo 2 is a challenging cartoon like bubble shooter suitable for both adults and children (aged 8/9 onwards).

It was originally given away on the 21st Oct 2017 HERE where it received a positive 88% rating from 24 votes with 7 comments

Introduction

One of the most challenging marble-popping games, combining puzzle and arcade elements, Bubble Zoo 2 will keep you hooked. Match the moving bubbles in groups to clear the path before they reach the end and unlock exciting new levels!
As you progress, you’ll encounter a variety of challenges. These include fast-paced game play, levels that require careful logic and others that require specific strategies like making different combos or obtaining a minimum point total. To make the game even more dynamic, various power-ups like color powders and water hoses await you down the road.

Features:

70+ Unique levels
Classic, Time Limit and Limited shots modes
7 power ups for the most challenging levels
Stunning graphics and HQ sounds
Daily rewards and Gifts

Edited reference accessed HERE 1st Feb 2020

The Game

Bubble Zoo 2 is a classic marble-popping game combined with chain reaction elements. The main objective is to clear strings of moving bubbles represented by various farm animals trapped within the bubbles. If they reach the end of the path to the cage, the player loses. You have to rescue the farm animals from falling into the cage!

Bubble Zoo 2 is very cartoon like and although there is the evil protagonist, I would say this is not only suitable for adults (the limited shots mode is very difficult) but for your children as well game mainly to the charming graphic.

There are three modes of play Classic that involves clearing away all the bubbles before they reach the end of the cage. Limited Time mode where you have to complete all goals before you run out of time and Limited Shot mode that is similar to the limited time mode except instead of time being the limiter the number of shots is your limiter.

The game has some similarities to one of my favorite bubble shooting games Zuma in that the bubble shooter can be located in various positions in the arena, not just at the bottom of the arena like in most bubble poppers; plus, in some levels you'll find you can swap the bubble shooter between 2 or 3 different positions.

You can see several in-game videos of game play HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE.

Conclusion

Initially when I booted up this game I thought it was more for a child due to the cartoon like graphic; however, I was wrong. Overall I really enjoyed playing Bubble Zoo 2. The three modes add variety to the game though I would have liked to have seen the modes separated instead of swapping between the modes via the level map of which there are over 70 levels to work through. I liked the additional feature that allows you to spend some of your in game earnings on recovering a level if the animals are about to enter the cage. You can spend a certain amount (usually 300) and it will reverse the animal chain at least a third of the way back from the cage and this is repeatable until you complete the level, or you can fail and restart the level over again. You cannot proceed to the next level until you have completed all the requirements of the preceding level. What I found frustrating was that you couldn't exchange your shot for a back up shot, which to my knowledge is usually available in all of the bubble shooters such as Zuma, Luxor, Sparkle and many others that I've played over the years I've been coming to the game giveawayoftheday site, however this absence does add another level of difficulty to the game as you will often be faced with a ball that doesn't match with any that are in your sights.

My previous conclusion from the 21st Oct 2017 read as follows: Initially I thought Bubble Zoo 2 was really just for the kids. The graphic was very child like in it's presentation from the characters to the representations of the bubbles; however, after playing only a few levels I realised this was quite a gem of a game, with some innovative twists that I've not seen in a bubble/marble popper before. Don't let the graphic put you off, this is an excellent but hard game to beat. I usually sail through games lke Luxor and Zuma; rarely losing a level. Whereas with Bubble Zoo 2, within several levels I'd already lost two levels, something I wasn't expecting, especially so early in the game. I'd score this an 8 out of 10 for game play.

Useful Information not related to today's game giveaway:

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