With the success of brain training games over the last few years, it comes as no surprise that Mensa have released their very own computer game; Mensa Academy, available on Nintendo® Wii™ and 3DS™, Windows PC platforms, and in the near future for mobile and tablets.
I was lucky enough to try it out on an iPad at the Britmums 2012 event in London. It's great fun on the iPad. Click the correct picture to complete the pattern as fast as you can, click the right shape, numerical answer.. etc....There are 100+ mini-games, puzzles and challenges with play, test and coach modes. It was very easy to use and I immediately saw how much fun it would be for the whole family.
But it's not available for mobile and tablet yet, so when I was offered the chance to try out the PC version, I jumped at it.
Unfortunately I was a little disappointed by the PC version. The games are the same, but have been designed with touchscreens in mind so using a cursor slows down your response times considerably. Not only that, but the cursor doesn't seem to function well on the game. It bunny hops across the screen despite our cursor usually working fine.
My 6 year old daughter was excited about playing the games, but got more and more frustrated with the lack of decent cursor control until eventually, after about 6 separate game session across a couple of months, she gave up and hasn't asked to play it since.
I've had more of a play, but am similarly frustrated with the PC version.
So our advice: get this for a touchscreen, be it a tablet or phone. It really is a great game, but is spoilt by it's clunkiness (I don't care if that's a proper word or not; it works) on the PC.
A copy of the Mensa Academy computer game for PC was provided free for the purpose of this honest review.
Mensa Academy is developed by Silverball Studios and Barnstorm Games and published by Square Enix Europe
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