When I sat down to play Doodle God: Evolution, I was sure I’d already played it before. And I had, almost a decade ago on my smartphone. Doodle God started out on the smaller screens, and now it’s here on consoles. But, does the evolution from handheld to bum-on-couch make any sense? Is it a gift from the gaming heavens, or should it be cast out to gaming hell?
Doodle God: Evolution is a very, very simple game. Perhaps the simplest I’ve played in a long, long time, and I’ve played a jigsaw game on PS4.
There’s a world, but there’s nothing on it. You’re God with a recipe book, and your job is to bring life – and death – to the world by mixing and matching different elements to create new stuff. That’s it. That’s…