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Cut the Buttons – Casual Game Review
Cut the Buttons is a Casual/Family game from Open Name OOO, first launched in 15th December 2011.
It’s rated 4+ and currently has 72+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Cut the Buttons Stand Out
– Over 8.000.000 downloads
– TOP-1 in 48 countries
– TOP-5 in 82 countries
A snip here, a cut there: avoid the bolts and please beware! Now make a trim, its time to start, make sure to keep your scissors sharp!
Hundreds of copies of Cut the Buttons have been downloaded for educational purposes, as the game has been acknowledged by specialists as a unique fine motor skills trainer for gamers of all ages.
“Beautiful . . . the innovative gameplay of Cut the Buttons raises games for iOS to a completely new level.” – iphone4c.com, China
“I dare to say that in App Store there wasn’t anything like this before.” – appgefahren.de, Germany
“An exciting hit in the App Store that successfully uses the full potential of multi-touch screens. This application can be put together with such “titans of casual games” as Cut the Rope and Fruit Ninja.” – mobi.ru, Russia
“Who said you can no longer make anything new? Surely it wasn’t the producer of the Cut the Buttons game.” – iphonesoft.fr, France
- unique gameplay concept
- unique graphics
- unique sound effects
- Retina display support
HOW TO PLAY
Pick up the scissors with two fingers. Be careful. Don’t cut yourself. Cut off the game launch button by moving the scissor blades just like you would with real scissors. If you happen to be a left-handed player, you can configure the direction of the scissors within the settings menu.
The scissors are highly maneuverable. You can use them to control the direction at which the buttons fall after being cut. You can also move the cup with the hand that is not controlling the scissors.
CLASSIC. The game lasts until you miss three scraps of material with buttons left on them. Upon catching 100 buttons in the cup, you can either receive additional points or recover a previously lost button.
ARCADE. Cut off as many buttons as you can in the allotted time and do your best to drop them in the cup.
ATTENTION! Don’t cut buttons held down by bolts. Only cut buttons tied down with thread.
ATTENTION! Don’t press on the display. Your hand can become tired because of excessive pressure. The fingers have to slide on the display.
TIPS & TRICKS
- You can hit the buttons in the main menu with a finger.
- Aim to cut off more than three buttons in a single cutting movement to maximize the amount of points you gain.
- Reduce the quantity of hand movements. Try to cut more than one button in a single cutting movement.
Enjoy!
Cut, cut, cut.
This Casual game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Cut the Buttons is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 26th October 2015
Recent improvements include:
This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.
Improved perfomance.
Some bugs fixed.
Download & Availability
Cut the Buttons is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Get Cut the Buttons on App Store
Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
Im Saria and Im 10 years old.we played this game from since we were young, and we loved it soooo much!! Its really awesome and you guys really worked hard on this games and we always stare at the details and we liked the sound a lot its very satisfying. This must be the best game ever, its so unique and different from other games. We really hope that everyone would like this game.
We think that yo should be able not to have bolts but only If you go to settings and clic no bolts.
Not fun at all, and really janky to use a scissors with two of your fingers.
We are literally do addicted to this game we're pretty sure we played it for an hour straight. Not Kidding. We played past 12:00 am once and got in trouble. Not we have glasses.
We love this game sooooo much it does freeze up like once or twice not a lot of bugs and just a really really awesome game.
Really hard to get aligned and perform well in this game… There is no tutorial and just really weird.
Worst "easy" game ever. 30 seconds in your hand is exhausted and your frustrated because it's too hard at the start. These stupid app games are supposed to easy first to get you hooked so you'll buy the upgrades. Not this one.
The. Best. Game. Ever. We. Love. It. Like. Wow.
Love the game can play for hours.
We're 62 and our grandchildren love it! It is so funny.
Gostei. Timo para jogar sentado na privada. :).
You have good time when play this game.
We love it keeps us entertain…its so much fun for the whole family.
We like this game very mush !! .. Control of the game is a little hard … But love it thanks.
So innovative and the games sound effects are so immersing. The snipping sound and the sound of the buttons falling in the cup is somehow addicting to the ear.
This game is so fun. Worth the money.
Quite amusing game that's pretty addicting. It's also very satisfying. The sound design is awesome.
Kind of hard but super fun and addicting. Reminds us of fruit ninja a little.
It is a new game that nobody created.
This game look boring but the effects look very realistic the sound the scissor make also sounds realistic. We love how we can use the scissor so select we think that's very cool. If we could we would give it a 100 out of 99!!! We play it when we're bored or when we're not. You should download its very fun.
We love this app but its hard to pinch.
Great great and great idea and design.
It's pretty cool! The controls are a little awkward, since one hand has to hold the scissors and the other hand has to hold a bucket, but it is fun to play anyways. It's a one of a kind, fun little mini game.
Its awesome fun! Keeps you busy when bored for sure. Hands get a little sore after HOURS of playing though.
Really entertaining game, sometimes get frustrated with the scissors but we're addicted to the game.
But could use a zen mode with no screws just 30 seconds.
It is so much fun. But it is hard to use the sizers. :).
It may be a good game, but hard to play on small screen.
Now we do not know if it is just us, but almost every time we have played this game the scissors have to freak out and do not do what we want them to do. This makes playing the game rather hard. Now if you fix this problem we would really appreciate it and we would change our rating to 5 out of 5 stars. By the way the game is a really great when the scissors work right.
Really fun concept but you had better be super coordinated. Perhaps this might be better played on an iPad vs an iPhone because even the scissors seem a tad small to keep control. Like we said though, the game really has a fun concept and we would recommend for anyone to at least try it. Who knows, maybe it's just us and never realized we had such fat fingers! LoL.
Es muy divertido y entretenido pero la tcnica de pinzas al agarrar la tijera es muy dolorosa a los 5 minutos de juego, deberan buscar otra forma que no canse la mano al tomar la tijera por eso le doy 2 estrellas. De lo contrario le dara 5.
This game requires 3 fingers to use so unless your 10 or are Chinese it's very difficult to see what your doing while you have 3 fingers on the screen. We're sure it would be way more fun on the iPad.
Scissors barely work right great premise poor execution.
Really awkward controls but fun game overall to play! We like it.
Hard to understand, and once you do it seems hard and pointless.
These games are making the ap store stuiped make cut the buttons get off the app store the dumb game everyone rate this game 0stars.
This game is totally oriented for righties. It's near impossible for lefties.
We cut the buttons but it doesn't cut. Stupid game.
This game is pointless and very awkward to play. Games like this are the reason the App Store is getting worse and worse.
Good not great you should be able to pick your cup and buttons.
We like the simplicity of the game. It does get quite challenging after awhile and makes you want to keep playing. It's one of our go to games when we have time to kill :).
It is virtually cute, and fine designed.
Great fun hard to get all buttons.
Great game! Good time killer. And there is a lefty option for people who need to use the scissors on the other side.
Being the left handed person that we are this game is incredibly difficult and not really interesting because we cannot play the way we need.
It is a horrible hard game that makes no sense and shouldn't have been made.
We think this app is hard and we think that this app SHOULD be free.
If you need fingers for anything like typing, digging, using chopsticks, then avoid this game. If not them knock your socks off with this app. We rate it meh.
It is a really great app even though our hand gets really tired we play a few games.
Very hard to holding but awesome.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 2.4
- Size: 46.43 MB
- iOS: 7.0 or later
- Languages: EN, FR, DE, IT, JA, RU, ZH
- Content Advisory:
- Developer: Open Name OOO
Last updated: 26th October 2015 | Genre: Casual, Family | Developer: Open Name OOO