First off, I am brand new to the Hungry Shark series of games so this review is from the perspective of someone who has never played the game's predecessor versions. This game was purchased and installed on the Amazon Fire TV Gaming Edition.

Any game in which you role-play a hungry shark intent on devouring anything and everything in your path will start off preliminarily with high marks in my book. That being said, concept is one thing, execution and delivery is another. Future Games of London has succeeded in delivering a totally excellent, fun game to Amazon Fire users that will keep you playing for hours. Imagine a 'third person shooter' style of game where instead of a gunman chasing after targets, you are a shark trying to stay alive as long as you can by eating fish, people, other sea creatures, and avoiding bigger fish/creatures, poisonous jellyfish and man-o-wars, harpooning fishermen, and underwater mines.

You start the game as a reef shark and spawn in a relatively docile area of the game map populated by tropical fish, sea turtles, and beach-goers. The shark loses health with time, and the only way to replenish it is to eat more and more of the sea creatures. By eating, your shark will level up and grow stronger. Two forms of currency can be collected in the game (or purchased within the app): coins and gems. Use coins and gems to unlock gear for your shark (weapons or defensive equipment, or enhancement items) or upgrade your shark's bite, speed, and "boost." Once your reef shark reaches full size ("level 10+") the next shark becomes available for purchase using in-game currency. Each successive shark has different attributes (generally speaking, is stronger in significant ways but may also have comparative weaknesses) and spawns in a different location on the map. The longer you stay alive, the harder it is to stay alive.

Using each shark, you can complete missions/quests that range from easy to challenging. There are also unique relics littered throughout the world map (a total of fifteen), and there are 'boss' creatures to seek out and engage in battle. As you progress through the game, you go from role-playing a reef shark to a mako shark, hammerhead, tiger shark, and great white shark. Beyond the great white shark, there are special sharks to unlock such as the legendary megalodon (a very large extinct prehistoric shark), dunkleosteus, and mosasaurus (the latter two being code-named Big Daddy and Mr. Snappy).

You could play the entire game from beginning to end content without investing real world money into purchasing in-game currency. However, it would take hours upon hours upon hours of 'grinding' to achieve enough coins and gems to unlock content that most users would find desirable. In the end, if you value your time and you find the game to be enjoyable enough to play in your spare time, it would likely be in your interest to speed your progression by purchasing certain necessary upgrades (such as unlocking sharks or helpful items) and avoid needless grinding. The replayability of the game will not be hurt by doing this.

Lastly but not least is the points system. You score points by eating things, with the opportunity to score combo points (up to 96x with Mr. Snappy) when you consume things in rapid succession. You can also enter 'gold rush' mode which greatly enhances both your collection of currency in the game and also the opportunity to accumulate points and trigger additional subsequent combos. Your ability to make and beat high scores is largely determined by how effective you are at triggering combos and using 'gold rush' mode to maximize your point accumulation in-game. Of course, the longer you stay alive, the bigger a 'survival' bonus you get -- did I mention it gets harder and harder to stay alive the more time passes?

Overall, this is an excellent game, truly one of the best games released on the Amazon Fire platform. If you enjoy arcade style shoot-em-up (or eat-em-up) games, that are challenging, fun, have some degree of depth (ha ha) to them, and enable you to post stats, then this is a great game for you. This game is also cross-platform, as it is available on the web and through iOS, Google Play, and Amazon Underground on Android devices. The game also allows you to connect a Facebook account and compete against Facebook friends who are also playing. However, I do not know if this is available on the Fire TV version of the game as I have not figured out how to do this yet.

Bottom line: A great buy! It definitely rivals or surpasses many full priced console games for Xbox or PlayStation.

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