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A rating from an adult user - I'm surprised at all the low ratings this got. Maybe my expectations were low to begin with because of the price, and because it's an educational title ;) Also, I expected this to be not so fun, it was more something I bought for self improvement, so I was braced for forcing myself to play in order to better myself. I mean, it's Geography, and I got D's in it in school. It's rote memorization, so I'm not sure how fun it can really be.

My big complaint is that on the most useful minigame to me, TouchFast, my copy would lock up about 20% of the time. In Touchfast they list a country and you must use the stylus to touch that country, state, or continent. So it is a memory game.

However even with that one minigame locking up, I've played the game about 3 hours today with interest and I would say, I've actually learned something. I really don't doubt that within a week or two of playing this, my Geography skills will have soared. I bought this with the intention it would teach me where countries are in relation to each other and I do think it will succeed in that. But I also think that I will learn the different flags of the countries.

I'm a big reader, and I enjoyed this method of learning way more than memorizing in a book or a workbook. At least it's interactive.

But it's not perfect. I've played both Touchfast, and the Geography puzzle one several times today and I haven't seen ONE puzzle yet on all the countries of Africa or of Asia. I don't think the software is sophisticated enough to be holding back those continents for later study. Yet for someone like me who was starting at such a low bar anyway, I'm still going to learn something.

Graphics: Yeah, don't go comparing this to any Nintendo flagship titles. Again for $15 bucks and an educational title I didn't expect much.

Music: Repetitive, but not annoying or anything.

Reading Level: Yes, reading well required for several of the games.

Writing this review has got me thinking. It's a little sad I didn't expect much. Maybe this means there's an market for a really kick ass developer to fill that niche of awesome learning games. But in the end, I will learn something I've been trying to learn for YEARS and it hasn't been painful. I've enjoyed my time with this game and it was worth what I paid for it to finally learn country locations.Get more detail about Learn Geography.