Tinker

Title: Tinker
Platform Played On: Windows
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Date Played: January 2010
Time Played: 2 hours
Completed (Y/N): No
Score: 3/5


Opinion:
Tinker is a simple puzzle game released with Games for Windows Live as a carrot on a stick for people to grab and install a copy of GFWL service.

You control a little robot who has to overcome obstacles in order to reach the end of this environmental puzzler.  In addition to the obstacles you also have only a limited number of moves before you fail the stage.

Tinker is an alright puzzler (maybe even great, considering its free). But the missions do not change up enough and the animations/stages look very generic (although sharp and clean). So I found myself bored of Tinker pretty quickly.

This is not a type of game you play for hours straight, Tinker is definitely better approached in small bite size sessions. It does have achievements that apply to your GFWL and Xbox profiles, and if someone wants a quick puzzler they can jump into once in a while Tinker is not a bad choice. Just don't expect to be WOWed by anything.