Developed by Miniclip.com, 8 Ball pool is the most popular pool game on the Play Store.

Design

Use of bright and even fiery (at some places) colors attract you to the table and create a competitive aura around you once you enter the game ambiance. The game uses distinctive colors for different types of games. Also, an accurate choice of icons makes it easy for the user to choose where to go even without reading their name tag. 

User Experience

The experience on the app is simple. Toggling between destinations and the type of game is easy since the layout and the interface have been designed well. To make things simple, hassle-free, and to attract more people to the app who want to just open the app and simply start playing, the first-timers get the different login options. You can also spend money in-game and buy cues and game money. 

Games

A large number of different table colors, designs, and selection of cues constantly keep you engaged with different destinations on offer to play. Of course, the higher ones are locked which can be unlocked using the coins that you win during the game. It allows you to play 1 v 1 against players from across the world, challenge your friends, partake pool tournaments, and practice offline. The use of realistic physics in the game offers authentic gameplay and the action on the table keeps you going for a long time. There are however some cues and destinations that can be unlocked by paying a ridiculous amount of coins that can go all the way up to 1.5B coins. Imagine the number of hours you’ll have to play to achieve that. That’s bonkers!

Gratification

Even though the game doesn’t involve real money, it has enough gratification to keep you playing. The game constantly has served you with a lot of lovely prizes like pro pool rings, cues, and the opportunity to play with the elite in the game. This offers a great experience and constantly makes you come back to the game for more gratification. I think the game his the nail on the head. It also has a lot of freebies in the game that you receive once per day. Furthermore, it has some of the mystery boxes where you can find some rare stuff that can upgrade your level and pool playing company as well.

AppHuke’s Verdict

The game is engaging with a good in-game gratification. Graphics and physics of the game give it a real feel and makes the user want to achieve more. However, some of the cues and destinations are insanely expensive and can drive the user away after some time since collecting the coins would require a few more hundred hours!.