Breaking Eggz App Review – Casual Gaming for the Freemium Fan

A successful business model for some developers these days on the App Store has been that of Freemium: let someone download your game for free, allow them to play competitively for some time and then hammer them with in-app purchases that usually must be bought for players to better compete against the rest of the world. My opinion on the market may be a bit biased because of my hate for it, but it was nice to see Breaking Eggz give me an option when I first downloaded it and really got into it.

A freemium title, Breaking Eggz does just the opposite of what’s explained above. Though it doesn’t really have any competitive aspects to its gameplay mechanics, it doesn’t force in-app purchases on you but rather simply leaves them there for you to decide whether or not you want them. That said, it doesn’t constantly remind you to check out the additional content or buy expansion packs like other games so annoyingly do.

When I say that Breaking Eggz is casual, I definitely mean it. You’re just posed with breaking a bunch of eggs and hoping to discover things inside of them. When you start, a screen of five eggs will pop up. You can break three of the five by only tapping on them. Each tap will use one of your initial 100 hammers and when you’re out of hammers, you can purchase more or can wait the 4 hour period in which your hammers will regenerate. While the hammers would run out quickly on their own, you have the chance of discovering more within broken eggs. You’ll also have the chance of discovering multipliers, which can be attributed to certain eggs before broken to give you the hop of immensely multiplying the amount of hammers you receive, and can also find pieces of broken stars – these come together when five pieces are found to form one star, which can be used to break all five eggs.

To keep the game fresh, the developer has also included a variety of rare eggs which will show up occasionally. They may sometimes hold great fortunes or many other times nothing at all. Still, the difference in the appearance comparing the rare eggs to the normal striped/bold eggs is interesting to see; they may have spikes, weird textures and more. The vibrant color combinations and polished artwork go hand in hand here. I’m still finding new eggs now after playing for more than a week.

There are a total of five stages that need to be completed. By finding random, very, very rare objects in some of the eggs, you’ll move onto the next stage. The first has only one object that needs to be found, the second has two, the third has three, and so on.

Like I said, the artwork is one good aspect of the game. Another that deserves a mention is the game’s artwork. As soon as I heard the sound was composed by the same genius behind that of Scribblenaut’s, I knew I’d like them.

The whole game is kind of like the lottery: you pay a small amount to be entered (hammers) and have chance of returning with a big turnout. It’s all chance, which makes the game extremely casual. However, the incentive of beating all of the stages is slight, but certainly enough to keep you coming back every four hours or purchasing additional hammers, alternatively.

For a subtle game like so, being free was probably the best way to go for the developer; even though it was an exception this time, my view towards freemium really hasn’t shifted; I still dislike the model. Regardless, Breaking Eggz was a nice break from the titles that I normally play, and it’s rightfully cemented its place within my other to-stay applications. See our recommendation.

Our Score
Graphics
The graphics were simplistic but bright and polished.
Sound
The skill that was used in creating the soundtrack is absolutely evident.
Gameplay
The gameplay doesn't quite live up to the aforementioned graphics and sound, but it's casual and can be enjoyable.