Brave Piglet 1.0

Brave Piglet is a shoot’em up action game for Windows (should work on just about any version of the Microsoft-developed operating system) published by Alawar Entertainment. It is a take on the classic tale of the three pigs that build houses then the wolf comes and huffs and puffs and blows the house down.

In the game the wolves and their malicious leader attack the pigs, bent on tacking over their houses and eating them. The pigs decide to call their superhero, Brave Piglet who will fight off the wolves with his trusty sling - that's the first weapon; there are 5 different weapons to try out in the game.

The game is pretty simple to play. You control the brave piglet who sits in an elevator; you control the elevator up and down. You have to shoot the incoming wolves and prevent them from climbing up to the pig’s house. If a wolf manages to climb up to the house, it will cut the ropes holding up the elevator and the brave piglet will lose a life.

To complete the game you will have to go through 40 levels of wolf-shooting fun. You will get to fight against 5 types of enemies and try out 5 types of weapons.

You can play the game free of charge for half an hour after you download and install the game on your Windows-powered computer. During the installation process you will be asked to change your default search provider to Ask.com, you will be asked if you want to change your homepage to Ask.com, and you will be asked if you want to install Game Box (contains Alawar Entertainment’s catalog of games). If you don’t want to change your homepage or search engine, or if you don’t want to install the Game Box, make sure to opt out.

Pros

• Nice graphics
• 40 levels
• 5 different weapons
• 5 types of enemies
• Play in full screen or in a window
• Play free of charge for 30 minutes

Cons

• Offers to set Ask as your default homepage
• Offers to set Ask as your default search provider
• Cannot select the directory where the game will be installed
• Creates an Alawar Games shortcut on your desktop without asking; the shortcut is not removed when you uninstall the game.

About Alawar Entertainment
Founded in Russia back in 1999, Alawar Entertainment is a company that specializes in the development, publication and distribution of casual games. To date the company has published more than 200 PC games that reached users in more than 60 countries. Alawar Entertainment’s games can be played on various platforms, including the Windows operating system, Mac OS X, Nintendo DS, Playstation and the iPhone. You may already be familiar with some of the company’s best known titles, such as Farm Frenzy, Craze and The Treasures of Montezuma.

Additional information on Alawar Entertainment and the casual games it has to offer is available here.

Brave Piglet has been reviewed by George Norman on 01 Feb 2011. Based on the user interface, features and complexity, Findmysoft has rated Brave Piglet 4 out of 5 stars, naming it Excellent