Circuit Panic: Game Review

Circuit Panic is a game developed by the Ontario based, Vinyl Games Studio Inc.

Word of warning, this game is not for casual gamers. You need to be nimble fingered and sharp to help the birds.

And don’t get the wrong idea after reading the word “birds”, this game has nothing in common with Angry Birds. Except both have birds, but that’s it.

Oh, and let me introduce them, meet Rob, Larry and Gus.

Controls and power-ups:

Like I said, you are gonna have to be quick or the birds will go poof!

Tap on a bird to make it hop over a surge, or swipe left or right to jump across the surge. You can also swipe up or down to move the birds across the power lines.

A bird can survive one surge and it’ll lose it’s feathers, a second surge will fry it. There are a few powerups which will help you revive a dead bird or heal injured ones. You have to survive each level until the power bar reaches zero.

Gameplay:

There are two gameplay modes: Story mode and a survival mode:

Story mode: The birds want to fly south and you have to save them from the electric surges. .

There are 5 levels each spread across 6 locations and you have 3 missions to accomplish in each level. You earn a star for completing a mission and you can only unlock the other locations by meeting the star requirement. You have to keep 2 birds alive to pass a level.

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You can also try to unlock 40 achievements and various hats which you can collect by playing though the game.

Survival mode lets you play through the various levels while trying to get a high score. And you can try and survive even with just one bird left.

The game also supports Google Play Services for leaderboards.

Pros:

1. Neat graphics
2. Story and Survival modes
3. Original gameplay
4. Good soundtrack
5. No IAPs

Cons:

Nothing really to mention here, except that the gameplay may be a little too challenging for causal gamers.

Try the free version before you buy the full version:

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Or buy the full version for $1.99 from

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The full version of the game includes 3 exclusive hats (Android Helmet, Party Hat, and Bunny Ears) and 1 extra world that combines all environment hazards.