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AbleGamers' Web Game of the Week: Ragdoll Cannon 4

Written by Steve Spohn

Published on 22 May 2011

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{sidebar id=1}There are not a lot of really good web games to choose from for this week’s AbleGamers web game of the week. But the one game I found, at least somewhat interesting, is the next sequel in the series of Ragdoll Cannon.

For those of you unfamiliar with this series, Ragdoll Cannon is a physics puzzle game where you control a cannon that shoots ragdolls. The object of the game is to get your dolls to touch an object marked “here” - sometimes the object is a circle and sometimes it’s a door, depending on the map.

You have an unlimited amount of ammunition, but the goal of the game is to use as little as possible. Personally, I've never cared about the score; it's just interesting to me to complete the game. But you can certainly turn this into one of those games that you work very hard at to use the minimum shots possible.

With over 50 levels to complete, you'll be working on this game for quite some time. You can also play using your iPhone through the App store. This review, however, focuses on the PC version.

ragdoll_cannon_4_splash The game accessibility for this web game is pretty standard for a physics game. There are no important audio cues for deaf gamers to worry about. There are no colors to worry about, whatsoever, everything is done in white and blue as if you're looking at a blueprint. Music and sound effects for this game can be called atrocious at best. And you can easily play with only one hand on the mouse.

You will need to be able to use the mouse. If you are a keyboard gamer, you are out of luck for this game.

Overall, a relatively fun advancement in an extremely popular series. Truth be told, I really don't know why this game is fun. The premise is simple and the mechanics are even more so. But numerous people love this game, and I myself keep coming back to complete the next in the series.