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Parents' Guide to

Cut the Rope: Time Travel

By Chris Morris, Common Sense Media Reviewer

age 7+

Charming Om Nom returns, better than ever.

App iPhone , iPod Touch , iPad , Android , Kindle Fire Puzzle Games
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What’s It About?

Players swipe the screen with their finger to cut dangling ropes that hold candy so that it falls into the mouth of Om Nom, the cute monster that stars in the app -- as well as his historical Doppelganger. Gameplay requires precision and occasionally quick reflexes -- especially since new challenges like balloons, blowers, spikes, trampolines and time stoppers are quickly added to the basic rope-cutting formula. Challenges become harder as the levels progress, but are not too demanding for people who have played before.

Is It Any Good?

Our review:
Parents say: Not yet rated
Kids say: Not yet rated

CUT THE ROPE came out of nowhere to charm and entertain app gamers. Cut the Rope: Time Travel is less of a surprise, but no less charming. The game is basically the same, with a few new mechanics added in, but even though several other apps have copied its gameplay formula, Time Travel feels fresh and is eminently enjoyable. Om Nom travels to the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, Ancient Egypt, and more to feed his ancestors.

It's not as challenging as the first, which could be by design and could simply be familiarity with the gameplay, but that's not a bad thing for newcomers -- and the developer's vow to continue to release new levels means veterans will have plenty to keep them busy in the months to come.

Talk to Your Kids About ...

  • Use real-world physics objects -- like a cat's cradle -- to show kinetic energy and how objects affect each other.

  • Connect gameplay to the physics of daily life, such as floating objects vs. heavy ones in water.

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