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Erika: 7
Who would have known that a puzzle game involving dice, ice and blocks could be so much fun? Ziro is, indeed, an interesting puzzle game in which players must direct sets of dice in order to match like-numbered pairs. The casual gameplay makes Ziro easy to pick up and play, but its difficulty level quickly ramps up to excruciating. Even so, this difficulty does not take away from the experience. My one gripe would be the lack of direction in the game. Gameplay instructions are limited and only appear before the first level. This is frustrating if you’re like me and want to have a second look while playing. Ziro may be fun and easy to pick up, but at $9.99, you’re better suited at playing the demo.

Sam: 7
Ziro is a unique puzzle game with lots of polish. You match blocks with the same value by sliding them together and combining them, removing them from the board. More points are rewarded for removing all the blocks in fewer moves or less time. The puzzles in the demo were straightforward, with only a few taking more than one attempt on Medium difficulty. The blocks have heft and weight, making satisfying clinks as they move about the board. The music is upbeat and the graphics are bright and cheery. The puzzles got somewhat repetitive, but they were entertaining the first time.

Peter: 8
I’m not sure that I really want to learn about global warming while playing a game, but at least the gameplay in Ziro is pretty solid. The point of the game is to clear a board of dice. Equal dice cancel each other out, while nonequivalent dice combine to become larger or smaller. That would be challenging enough, but the dice slide in one direction until they hit a wall, so you have to work pretty hard just to get the dice close enough together just to combine them. It’s challenging, but not too frustrating, and it’s worth a try.

Mike: 7
The graphics and presentation are solid in Ziro. It has a pretty slick 3-D engine that allows you to rotate the world and shows off the game’s polish. The great attention to detail and production extends to the game’s music and sound, but ultimately the sliding dice thing just wasn’t for me. Ziro is a unique puzzle game for the casual market with a decent core mechanic and excellent production quality.

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