Magnificent Gizmos & Gadgets from Publisher X and The Method is hands down the best game made for the iPhone to date. Now if you know me you know for a fact that I hate statements like that. But I can’t describe the game in any less glowing terms.
The game will test your logic as well as your construction skills and will make you laugh out loud when you see some of the results. At times I often found myself "WOWing" at the awesomeness of it.
In MGG you are tasked with building gizmos that resemble stylized tanks, catapults and more in order to get the Goalon into the goal. It sounds easy and many of the levels are just that. But sitting down, looking at the level and then building, tinkering and experimentting is most of the fun. The rest comes from the sometimes unexpected results and the satisfaction of having figured it out. Another cool facet is that everyone will solve the levels differently and you can save and email your gizmos to friends.
As far as controls go it’s a simple touch screen interface and the game has ample tutorials and hints. It can even help you by placing some pieces if you need it to. I’m proud to say that I finished all 44 levels in the game in about 6 hours and without using any hints. The control interface and idea of the game are so easy that I was able to show some casual and non-gamers and they were off and running with it making this a very accessible game indeed.