Silly Bandz: Play The Craze

Silly Bandz: Play The Craze (also known as Bandz Mania in Europe) is an action game developed by Artefacts Studio and published by Zoo Games in 2010.

Why It's Silly

 * 1) The controls are very stiff for a game based off the successful Silly Bandz toyline.
 * 2) Generic plot: Apparently, you have to rescue the Silly Bandz from a cage that looks like a bunch of rocks just slapped together.
 * 3) The music in this game is just stock music that loops endlessly (which could've been excused if the developers couldn't find any good music to insert into this game to begin with), but again, there is no excuse for how lazily bad the music is in general.
 * 4) The levels themselves are repetitive, where you just fling 4 rubber bands at the "cages", and in return, you are basically freeing the Silly Bandz in the process. Also, this game requires you to collect coins, which you don't even need at all in order to beat this game.
 * 5) This game is an obvious reskin of mh:awesomegames:Angry Birds, except with the Silly Bandz license slapped over it.
 * 6) * Speaking of the levels, they are basically carbon copies of the levels that are in Angry Birds.
 * 7) During its release, it was basically possible to buy this game at around $15.00, which seems odd because Nintendo DS games at the time that was still being made costed around $25.00 to $40.00 at launch.
 * 8) All the modes don't change at all, or change the gameplay in terms of how many levels you beat.
 * 9) * And on top of all that, there's nothing interesting about them anyways, as they come off as bland and uninteresting.
 * 10) The game can be beaten in about 15 minutes or less, depending on how fast you are getting through the levels.
 * 11) The overall premise of this game is terrible.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) The toy-line, while out of date, was a massive success, but the video game adaptation was poorly timed and badly executed.
 * 2) If the game was bought when it was brand new, it came with a packet of Silly Bands.

Reception
The game received generally unfavorable reviews at launch. On Influenster, the game received a rating of 1.8.

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