GEO Play - rediscover the beauty of geography!
By Dana Anderson,
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Multiplayer game will engage geography buffs.
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What’s It About?
First choose Practice (solo) or Play Online (turn-based game with friends or a randomly chosen opponent via Game Center). Then select Map (find world capitals on the map), Flags (find matching flags for world countries), or Capitals (find matching capitals for world countries). For each mode, you can choose "World" or one of five regions: America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Oceania. For online play, you can also choose to mix three rounds of different types.
Is It Any Good?
GEO PLAY PRO - REDISCOVER THE BEAUTY OF GEOGRAPHY! is a simple way to introduce kids to the names and locations of capital cities of the world's nations, the national flags, and a few interesting facts. This game is geared toward kids who are old enough to have at least some world geography knowledge and who know how to play against opponents via online gaming. Still, younger kids who aren't familiar with Game Center and who don't know much about geography can play, too, if they play in practice ode and know general locations of some countries.
It would be nice if this game had a multiplayer account feature to keep track of a number of players' progress without the use of an online social gaming network. For parents who don't want their kids to play against randomly matched players via Game Center, kids can play in practice mode for points without playing against an opponent.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Discuss your family's online gaming guidelines with your kid, if he or she plans to play against opponents via GameCenter.
If your kid is interested in a certain country or region, encourage him to seek out more about its music, cuisine, culture, political system, and more.
App Details
- Devices: iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad
- Subjects: Social Studies: geography, global awareness
- Skills: Thinking & Reasoning: memorization
- Pricing structure: Paid, Free
- Release date: January 31, 2013
- Category: Educational Games
- Publisher: Christoph Knittel
- Version: 1.2
- Minimum software requirements: iOS 6.0 or later
- Last updated: August 18, 2016
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