Written by AndrewH

Companion toys aren’t actually new anymore when it comes to mobile gaming. Nintendo has their Amiibo toys, Skylanders have theirs, as well as Rovio has toys that you simply place near your Android device of preference in order to unlock a character in the game for you to use. Spin Masters have taken this concept and expanded onto it by making the toys your scan into the game their very own stats, abilities, and so forth but letting them be customizable by swapping out parts and adding new ones.

Sick Bricks has an ever expanding world with new zones slated to be added over the next while. Each zone includes a different kind of theme into it, whether it be much more of an arcade shooter versus more of a puzzle-style maze. Each character has three different piece to them, a torso/top half, legs / lower half, and a hat. The 3 could be taken apart and put into new body parts to create a totally new character which combines the stats and abilities from the pieces it is comprised of. For instance, for three characters, one that is super fast, one that jumps super high, and something that shoots lasers, take piece from each one, and mix it to form a new character which has the 3 attributes. Sometimes you may also stack characters, almost like a totem pole, to create super characters.

There are also vehicle add-ons that you could match your character for even more customization. Many of these fit together like Lego pieces. Once you’ve built what you would like to use as your character, you scan it into the game via your Android device’s camera. It takes approximately another to complete and that new custom character is instantly hanging around and becomes playable. Eventually Sick Bricks will expand to include the opportunity to build structures and scan those who work in as well. Additionally structures in the game will soon contain content as well for example mini-games, use of secret zones, and so on.

Sick Bricks also contains lots of humor, some of it could be a bit crude as well. One character we played with happens to have an ability where his attack is actually projectile vomiting. These guys named Major Blazin and has absolutely nothing to use smoking weed… promise. The overall object from the game would be to eventually rebuild Sick City to its former glory. Since the city is split into different zones, achieving this goal varies on each zone because there are different objectives to complete.

Controls are based from taps and gestures and since there are a lot (like thousands and thousands) of combinations already, there’s quick access to your character’s moves at any time in the event you forget which move does what using whatever gesture it’s developed to. You may also swap in a new character anytime by scanning it in to the game. So if you need assistance, you can include a second character. If your guy is almost dead, you are able to swap him by helping cover their a replacement.

The game is liberated to download and also the packs for characters, monsters, vehicles and so forth vary in price. Unlike other similar games such as this though, pricing is actually pretty reasonable with a single character costing $2.49, a double pack being $3.99, and a team pack which comes with 5 characters retails for $8.99. Vehicle and themed packs remain the $6.99 price.

The entire game was pretty enjoyable to play. There is lots of humor, lots of that are sly takes on other game titles. Visually, Sick Bricks actually looked really good. It had been created using Spin Masters’ own in-house game engine and it does an excellent job rendering everything. This could easily get expanded into a really big sandbox game as well. In fact how a game is set up, there really is not a good deal that can’t be put into the game sooner or later.

Right now Sick Bricks is within a soft launch in some locations such as Canada. However the global launch will be coming this March 12th, 2015 including the toys becoming available too. You can check out more gameplay videos of Sick Bricks over on our YouTube channel too. We Sick Bricks arrives at Google Play, we’ll post an update.

Sick Bricks (Playboard) | Sick Bricks (Play Store)