STORYLINE
Maxwell, the protagonist of the Scribblenauts series finally gets a story as to why he would need Starites anyway. In this game, he's collecting Starites to help his sister from a curse that'll turn her to stone.
PLOT
There isn't really much of a plot here. Just you going around the world doing random charity to find Starites to cure your sister. The game's backstory which is revealed in the introduction is far more ridiculous...and kinky.
GAMEPLAY
Maxwell owns a magical notebook which turns anything written in the notebook into reality. The game's core mechanics are that you can use this notebook to write anything you want to solve puzzles (mostly charity work). Take note *ba dum tss*, that you can write practically any object AND add adjectives to both preexisting and summoned objects. For instance...look below. This increases the game's flexibility on ways to solve puzzles and also allows people to go bonkers on what they can write.
The fun in this game is getting to solve puzzles and there are plenty of solutions to them. Some may be practical but you can always go for the ridiculous and funny solutions. The downside is if your hands are itchy, you might end up summoning a bunch of things and accidentally solve puzzles which you never even started which might annoy and confuse some people. Another downside is that some solutions are absolutely nonsensical but they'll at least give you a good laugh about them. Pewdiepie's Let's Play video demonstrate these 2 issues nicely.
Levels are now presented as areas which you can travel around and find people in need or lazy bums rather than typical "puzzle boxes". Like it's predecessors, Scribblenauts Unlimited is a 2D sidescroller (left-right only). Level progression is similar to typical puzzle games. Solve puzzles, get access to new areas, solve more puzzles. Interesting note, there are so many puzzles that you could probably unlock all areas by completing only half of them.
Scribblenauts Unlimited also offers customization such as customizing Maxwell's look and adding custom objects (3DS versions have no object editor though) to the game. There might be support for adding custom levels in the future.
GRAPHICS
Not important here, but who doesn't like cartoony graphics? Also, despite that Scribblenauts Unlimited was made for handhelds (3DS and WiiU), it looks absolutely gorgeous on PC monitors.
AUDIO
Adequate sound effects and music. Music is mostly calming. Not much voice acting, except for the intro and ending.
CONTROLS
Controls are smooth and it's likely no one would have issues with them. However, there are might be some jumbled up controls. Say you have a fire extinguisher in hand and you want to put out a fire on this burning oven, you might end up trying to push buttons on the oven and burn your fingers.
OTHER
Apparently this game is region-locked so I couldn't get it on Steam. Imagine all the custom objects, avatars and maybe even custom levels!
SUMMARY
Regardless of whether you're new or familiar with Scribblenauts, I highly recommend you to play Scribblenauts Unlimited for the fun of solving puzzles! After all, who doesn't want an invincible ridable aggresive Trex? However, if you're in the mood for something more serious then stay away from this.
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