Cut the Rope for Android Review

What is it about charming little critters with personality disorders that gets us every time?  Cut the Rope is a physics-based game with a little monster, Om Nom who has an insatiable greed for candy.

Like the other popular physics based critter game Angry Birds, Cut the Rope also made its debut on iOS. It was released in October 2010 and quickly went viral, with 1 million paid downloads in just 10 days and #1 spot on iOS App Store. Android users however, had to wait for a long time to play the game on their mobile. The Android version finally released in June 2011. By January 2012, the game had been downloaded over 60 million times, in all formats!

The game revolves around feeding candy to a little green monster called Om Nom. The candy is hung up on ropes, so you have to cut the ropes in such a way that the candy reaches the mouth of the waiting Om Nom. On the way, there are bubbles to burst and stars to collect, which adds up to your point tally. The stars also unlock new levels. There are also enemies and obstacles to avoid at higher levels like spikes and spiders, which do bad things to your candy. The levels are organized into boxes like Cardboard Box, Fabric Box, Gift Box etc, with each box containing 25 levels. In the sequel, Cut the Rope: Experiments, the levels are organized into 5 experiments or settings named Getting Started, Shooting the Candy, Sticky Steps, Rocket Science and Bath Time.

The game is absolutely addictive, as 60 million downloads can attest. Om Nom is adorable, whether bobbing away in the corner waiting for his candy, or hungrily munching on it at the end of a level. The physics puzzle part is figuring out how to cut the ropes to get the most points. All in all, it is a very challenging and engrossing game. Cut the Rope uses Scoreloop to share achievements and score leaderboard.

The different versions of the game available in the Android App Store are Cut the Rope, Cut the Rope Free, Cut the Rope HD, Cut the Rope Experiments and Cut the Rope Experiments HD. Cut the Rope Free is the free ad-supported version. Cut the Rope Experiments is a sequel to the game with new settings, gameplay elements and characters.  There is also social integration in Experiments in the form of a hidden element which you can discover and post on Facebook.