To-Fu: The Trials of Chi

While a stretchy cube of tofu isn't the most traditional hero, if playing with our food was normally this much fun, our kitchen would be a disaster area.

Despite the simple idea, To-Fu: The Trials of Chi is an amusing and enjoyable platformer, with well-made controls and a cut and funny protagonist. Collecting medals adds more value and depth to the 100+ levels, but only the most tolerant and tenacious players will find the strength to complete them all.

In practice, it's a sticky platform-puzzler, tenuously reminiscent of System 3's ancient Amiga classic, Putty. The big difference with To-Fu is your inability to walk around. You can stretch yourself in any direction, but all you're really doing is setting yourself up to be launched onto another surface.

Without an "endless" mode or some other such business that we've all grown accustomed to in our iOS games, I worry that some players will simply expect to beat To-Fu: The Trials of Chi in a matter of days (or several consecutive hours) and move on to the next title. While this is certainly a possiblity, as it is with most popular App Store offerings, it's still bound to be an enjoyable experience.

A well thought out and fun game that'll keep you busy for hours.

The touch screen controls really do work remarkably well and To-Fu: The Trials of Chi does a great job of working with the touch screen, not against it. The depth of challenges here works well, but it would be nice to have some type of meta-game or leaderboards so you could track your progress against others.

In a market filled with repetitive titles, To-Fu: The Trials of Chi provides a refreshingly fun approach to puzzle platforming that looks and sounds great.