Oy China
SCORE: 75
There are all kinds of different products
on the iPad market for children. Oy China is one of those games. It
tries to teach children about Chinese culture, geography, addition,
subtraction, and lucky dragons. There are no words in Oy China so it is
language neutral. Which presents a problem we will get to in a minute.
We tested Oy China on children here at Family Friendly Gaming. What
surprised us was how quickly they were done with Oy China. And the
lessons did not sink in. I think that has to do with the language
neutral concept. Kids who played Oy China did not understand what they
were supposed to do. They made their dragons, flew them, and then asked:
"is that it?"
The core of Oy China is to pick a dragon head, body, tail, horns, and
spikes (on the back). That dragon will then fly. Players then collect
tokens which add body sections to the dragon. There are fireworks in the
levels and boxes that can be destroyed by touching them. Some of them
contain a fire breath power up.
At the end of the level the dragon goes across the start menu screen and
children can count how many body parts their dragon has. That is
something that was not spelled out either. I went into the help to learn
that. That did not go over so well with the children either. Oy China
costs ninety-nine cents, and compared to other kids apps I find it a
little light on content.
The graphics have a soft coloring book feel to them with a definite
Chinese flavor. The music also makes me think of China. We also had some
confusion about controlling the dragon at first. There is a little bit
of lag between trying to get it to do something and it doing it. Then it
may really drop or rise. This can lead to some frustration. My biggest
disappointment with Oy China is there is not enough learning about the
culture in my opinion.
- Shirley
Graphics: 79%
Sound: 80%
Replay/Extras: 70%
Gameplay: 72%
Family Friendly Factor: 76%
System: iPad
Publisher: Oy Ahoy
Rating: ‘4+’ - 4+
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