Draw Something for Android Review

Every couple of months, a fun little app comes along and takes the world by storm. Downloads skyrocket, all your friends are playing it and talking about how addictive it is. The latest game to hit pay dirt is Draw Something, from OMGPOP.

It is a social drawing and guessing game. You need another person, an iOS or Android user, to play it against. When you log in to the game, you can either ask the game to choose a random opponent for you or you can log in with Facebook and find one of your friends to play with you.  You can choose from three words marked Easy, Medium and Hard. Draw something on the screen to represent the chosen word so that your opponent guesses the word, just like Dumb Charades or Pictionary. To make it easier to guess the word, a group of letters will be displayed on the screen. The word can be formed using some, but not all of those letters. Take turns with your opponent to draw and guess.

Guessing the words earns you coins and bombs. The more difficult the word, the more coins you earn. Coins can help you unlock more words and colors for your drawing. You first start with just four colors – black, blue, red and yellow.  Faced with a difficult word, you can use the bomb to blast away some of the extraneous letters, which makes it easier to guess the word formed using the letters that remain.

It is not a competitive game, but a cooperative game where you and your opponent help each other to guess words and earn coins and bombs. On the way, you have fun drawing and enjoy some laugh out loud moments. It is a fun, engaging albeit simple game.  I think the best part which sets it apart from other puzzles or adventure games, is that it uses and expands on your own creativity. As the game progresses and you get more colors, you’ll find yourself drawing more elaborate stories to represent the words.

The free version called Draw Something Free is ad-supported. The paid version, Draw Something, does not have ads, has 2000 more words and gives you 400 free coins. The game is stable and does not lag or crash. Drawing on your screen takes some getting used to, but as you play, you will find your skills improving. This is a good, clean fun and it is all the rage right now, so do try it once – you might find yourself joining the fans!