Lettermon Review!
“meet lettermon! the monster-catching… word game?
you’re familiar with word shuffle games, where you rearrange letters to make as many words as you can. enter lettermon – you’ll have 26 cool new friends, each representing a letter from a-z. your lettermon will be an extra letter you can bring into any word shuffle level, so you can make even more words!
lettermon are your pals. all 26 can be unlocked by collecting stars. train and evolve them to reach your highest scores ;)”
iOS Link: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/lettermon/id1637190981
Android Link: Currently unavailable
Company: Ethan Barbieri
Rated: 4+
Gameplay
Lettermon is simple. You’re given a word and need to make as many words out of it as possible. Through the gameplay, you collect monsters and by guessing new words, you level them up. The first word I was given was ‘Melon’ and out of that I made:
- Lemon
- No
- Mel
- Men
- Gone
- On
- Elm
- Meg
- Leg
- Gel
- Nog
…Which scored me 49 points and leveled up my ghost. As you score points you can collect more monsters. The idea is to collect as many as possible!
I enjoyed the gameplay as it was simple yet trained my brain in the best way possible. There were no overwhelming pop-ups or random buttons. Just simply the words.
Graphics
I found the graphics super adorable – it was all mainly pink with the monsters looking far too cute to pass as monsters. Not only that but you get to pick your own character who is also (yes, you guessed it) adorable.
Music & Sounds
For the most part, Lettermon is a quiet game with the odd sound when you tap something. Usually, I’m not a fan of mute games, but I actually liked this. As I had to use my brain quite a bit to figure out the words, I barely even noticed there wasn’t any background music.
Controls
To guess the words, simply drag the letters to the boxes and then press ‘Play Word’. Depending on which letters you use, you’re rewarded points for every word you play. I liked the controls, they were very easy to use – but I can’t recall a word game that doesn’t have easy controls.
In-app Purchases
Lettermon doesn’t actually offer in-app purchases, which is quite unusual for a free game – especially one made by an indie developer. Although this definitely makes the experience enjoyable, I can’t help but feel like the developer missed out on offering boosters for a price.
The Verdict
I found Lettermon a fun little game to play, however, I can see it getting boring pretty quickly. There isn’t a lot of development throughout the game and I feel like I’d have fun playing more developed word games like Word Cookies instead. But don’t let that put you off because it was still a delight to play!
If you decide to download Lettermon, let us know what you think and if you agree or disagree with the things we said. Happy gaming and stay casual!
Lettermon Overall Rating: 4/5
iOS Link: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/lettermon/id1637190981
Android Link: Currently unavailable
Company: Ethan Barbieri
Rated: 4+
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