Polar Games
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Video Game Reviews of Polar Games
Customer Review: POLAR BOWLER
Summary: 5 Stars
POLAR BOWLER - THIS IS A FUN GAME - GIVES MY WIFE, GRANDDAUGHTER, AND MYSELF HOURS OF FUN
Customer Review: excellent
Summary: 5 Stars
this was for my mother in law who is 80 years old, she plays it day & night.she first saw a free preom of this game & loved it.Customer Review: Polar Games are the best
Summary: 5 Stars
Polar Bowling is fun and entertaining for any age. My kids ages 9 and 6 love to get the needed score to open new lanes and characters. the bowlers are easy to navigate. Polar Golf is a bit harder for the little ones, but still fun to keep trying. If you love humor with your game this is a keeper.Customer Review: polar bowling
Summary: 1 Stars
I can't get it to work yet on my computer!!! It's a black box that appears in the center of my screen!!! :-(Customer Review: Good value games that are fun to play
Summary: 4 Stars
For the price, probably two of the best PC games currently available. They are a bit challenging but not difficult to learn and play. They will entertain for hours and you will keep coming back to try and do better each play session. Both games allow you to post your highest scores online, or you can just keep track of high scores locally with or withhout Internet access.
In real bowling a score of "300" is considered a perfect game. In Polar Bowler, a score of at least 300 is well within reach even if you have never bowled before. However, you'll be amazed at how many other people have reached higher scores than you. Nothing like a little competition to hold your interest.
Overall, these games are really meant for children, but adults can enjoy them as well. Even better, they can be played by the whole family, each member taking a turn, while competing against one another. Polar Golfer provides more variety during the game, from hole to hole. Polar Bowling has variety too; there are several differently themed bowling lanes and bowler player characters, but you will have to unlock them by scoring at least 250 points per game.
The concept of "unlocking" additional game features is common to both of these games, and adds to the challenge. However, you won't have to play each game for more than a few hours to unlock all added features.
Like most casual games there are a few obvious flaws that detract from your complete enjoyment of Polar Games. The worst is unique to the bowling game. You must reenter your player's name, at the beginning of each game. There is no way to "save" your name for later recall, and it gets really monotonous enter your name over and over again. BUMMER!
There is a sequel to Polar Golfer called Polar Golf Pineapple Cup. This version is somewhat more challenging, and also has an 18 hole course but in a tropical Hawaiian Island setting. The course has a lot of changing elevations, volcanoes and lava flows. Just like Polar Golfer, you can steer the ball in mid flight and aim for colorful rings on each fairway each worth bonus points, free shots or a big boost in travel distance.
In either of these golfing games, if you hit the ball out of bounds, there is a two stroke penalty. High scores in the Pineapple Cup are generally much harder to achieve, but with practice a hole in one on certain holes can be achieved.
These games will become addicting, even for adults, and that is the true hallmark of any really good PC game.