Since there has been a lack of reviews lately I thought I'd put this up. I will be reviewing the game
Colors! 3D on the 3DS system made by the studio Collecting Smiles (CS). In this article I will cover a number of subjects but will focus on two main elements of the game: The controls of the system, and how an online community is built with its skill levels and gallery format. Without further adieu, here is the review.
To start off we should look at what makes any good art program, its controls. With the necessity for artists to have a light touch rather than heavy handed strokes art apps need to be able to read precisely how the artist controls the system. Colors responds quite well to the controls offered by the touch screen and stylus combo, as it should.
The ability to have infinite colors combinations at your fingertips is great as well. With numerous tools at the artist's disposal you can create many great works of art. The Golurk and Geth are examples of what I have achieved in my week with this program, so you don't need to be a Da Vinci to make great looking art - just time and an understanding of the features. The tiger is by a pro artist though, and if you
check out the drawing in real time you can see how much work was put into this 3.5 hour drawing.
Next we should discuss the community of this title. Since being on the 3DS platform you will come into contact with numerous children but you also have some mature adults as well. Players can upload their work to the Colors! 3D galleries for others to view, comment and like. There are some options that would be great if implemented correctly. An option to tag content as 18+ as soon as you post, since there is no restrictions of subject matter. Right now other viewers must flag it thus showing this to small kids, something I think we can agree is bad. Also, a simple search function would be nice.
Something that irks me is how some people on the service are utterly ridiculous right now in behavior. By ridiculous I mean having people look at hentai paintings and comment on how "pervy" it is or children playing priest by placing poorly draw pictures of Jesus on the crucifix. Hopefully there can be a way to weed out these types of behavior, like a dislike option or temporary bans.
That is it for this review, so I'll conclude shortly. The controls and options available to the user are great as they give players so many options as to how they can make art. The gallery system could use some work with moderating and how players show off their art to people. So to give this game a score I would give it a 72/100 for it good features but room for improvement. If you like to see more of my work then go here to
my gallery. More reviews are to come so expect some more great content!
To start off we should look at what makes any good art program, its controls. With the necessity for artists to have a light touch rather than heavy handed strokes art apps need to be able to read precisely how the artist controls the system. Colors responds quite well to the controls offered by the touch screen and stylus combo, as it should. 
