Lightwood Games previously did Word Search by POWGI for Wii U and 3DS and then Epic Word Search for 3DS. Now, they are entering the genre of Party games with their newest game: Word Party.
Word Party is a collection of several mini-games all focusing on words. Is it a good party game? Read on to find out!
My dad and I teamed up to play this game. You can play Word Party by yourself, but its not that fun by yourself and you can’t unlock any new mini-games that way. Instead, you should play this game with two or more people. However, you can’t pick which mini-games you’ll play in multiplayer, whereas you can when you play alone.
It’s a shame that its so random which mini-games you’ll play. There were some mini-games I liked, while others I didn’t like at all and wished that I could avoid them. It would have been nice if Word Party had some options to pick which mini-games you’ll play and adjust the mini-games difficulty too. The game does have one option that I like a lot though! Word Party lets you use your Mii as your avatar to show whos turn it is and this is a feature that fits this game so well. The Mii's feel right at home with this party game. And while not all the mini-games are good, thankfully the game’s controls are never the reason why.
One player uses the gamepad to play Word Party, while the rest play with Wii remotes. The gamepad shows the same thing as the TV screen, so its very easy for the gamepad user to just look at the gamepad and use the touch screen to solve the puzzles. The Wii Remote works very well too. And the words on the TV screen are big enough that the Wii remote players will have no trouble seeing what they’re solving. That said, I wish Word Party was a little more fun.
As I mentioned earlier, not all of the mini-games are good. Some of this comes from the repetitiveness of certain puzzles being like other puzzles and some of it will just come down to personal preference. I also think that Word Party will only be for a certain group of people (English majors? Crossword fans?) and that it’ll be more fun with the more people you have. Just two people really doesn’t cut it. Still, Word Party is a good game if you have a lot of people who love word puzzles.
Word Party has very simple, yet charming graphics. The look of all the mini-games feel like something you’d find in Word game booklets. The game is very well put together visually.
As for the game's music, its good and never gets annoying. The sound effects are not bad.
I didn’t care for Word Party as much as Word Search by POWGI or Epic Word Search. That doesn’t mean it’s a bad game though. Word Party’s controls work really well and there are a few top notch mini-games in the collection. I do wish there were options to create your multiplayer fun and that the puzzles weren’t so repetitive. Still, if you have a bunch of people who love word puzzles in your family and/or among your friends, you’ll have a lot of fun with this game. Word Party isn’t for everyone, but there is an audience for it and they’ll have fun with it.
My Score: 7/10
Thank you to Lightwood Games for providing a copy of Word Party for review. The game is out now on the Wii U eshop. All of the above pictures were provided by the developer via a press kit on their website.
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