Our rating: By: Lefty Games Version #: 1.1.1 Date Released: 2011-07-14 Developer: Price: 0.99 User Rating: Loading... Loading... Download App

When it’s comes to iDevice games, it’s tough to have an original idea anymore. There are first-person-shooters, defending-the-castle and puzzles, among others. Lost Monsters is an example of a puzzle game that is good for all ages and makes up for its lack of originality by having fun designs and music to go with the game.

The concept is that all the cute, pet monsters in the city have gone missing. The good news is that apparently they’re all hiding in the same building. You have to get them back by matching four or more monsters in adjacent windows. It’s a bit like Bejeweled but with monsters instead of gems.

The character designs are the best part of the game with the monsters looking cute and original. I think the designers took a page from Disney in that regard. They are very cartoonish and not really scary, which is good. As you progress in the game, new monster designs are added for you to match up.

The music and sound design also enhance the game without getting annoying. If you do find them annoying, there are settings in the game to turn either or both off.

If I had any complaints it would be that this is a perfect game to be able to play one’s iPod music library in the background. That would be a nice feature to add in future releases.