Fragger - Game Review

Remember the game worms? Remember howof your screen. When you complete each setting
annoying it was to use the grenades? Well hereyou receive a nice firework display, and an
you can relive your past. Fragger is an extremelyadditional reward for the next stage.
straightforward grenade throwing game, but isThe controls are some of the most basic you will
there anything more to it? Let's take a look andcome across, direct your target with your mouse,
find out.and hold down the mouse button to generate
Fragger launches us straight in at the deep end,power. Also some particularly handy controls,
there is no story, no hello, no nothing. Haroldespecially if you are as bad as me, are the R and
Brenes (the creator) wanted to get straight downspace buttons. The R button resets the current
to some gaming, and who can blame him. Thelevel you are on, and the space bar just scraps
whole concept of Fragger is to throw grenadesthat stray grenade you just threw.
next to your enemies to blow them up; theAs you progress through levels, each one is
challenge comes in with the map designs. Somesupposed to become harder than the last. For
enemies may be behind obstacles, while othersexample, the first level is just one man in a big
may be in crevasses.hole, and the last level comprises of several
There are 30 levels to be played across 3people in a barricaded house.
difficulty settings, normal, hard and elite. Each oneOn most levels you can instantly work out your
can only be unlocked by finishing the previous one.tactics, but on some later levels, you should
The difference between the difficulty settings arealways devise a strategy before throwing your
the amount of grenades you are allowed togrenades. You will often find that one target
throw, for example, normal may give you 8needs to be taken out before you can progress.
grenades, hard 6 and elite 3, this means you areHowever, while you may find some levels a pain,
required to be much more accurate on the higherFragger does not need to be anything more than
difficulty settings. You can view the amount ofa simple game, because of its addictive game
grenades you have left in the top left hand cornerplay, and this is why it is such a popular game.