games are a bit simplistic
I am a fan of games like 7 Wonders, Luxor, Puzzle Quest, which all have matching tiles and marbles, but also have other objectives within the games.. I have found most of the games in this set to be very simple and frustrating.. It may be because i like action and movement more than brain benders, but the othello-ish game is especially annoying. the only one i like is the gem drop which is a nice puzzle. I am fortunate to have gotten this on a trade in because i would have been irritated at dropping thirty clams for this. Go for the others i mentioned if you like a cheap good time. they're all selling for less than $20 used.

Do not waste $30 for this game
This game sucks! They are OLD types of games that you could play on the computer years ago, but now they are with shells. I cannot believe I paid $[...] for this. Boring, boring, boring. If you like to play repeatative games that do the same thing over and over again, then this is for you. If you get bored easily and want action and variety, then don't waste your money. How many times can you choose two objects that look alike and still have fun?

Hard to put down!!
I love puzzle games - Tetris, Planet Puzzle League, Meteos, you name it. I also LOVE tropical settings, so when I saw these Zenses games I was pretty excited! They're even more fun than I had hoped for. The backgrounds are beautiful: for this game, Ocean, you'll see lots of water, sand, and seashells. Music is pretty and unobtrusive. Usually I play games with the sound turned off while listening to TV shows, but this music is very ambient and relaxing. You even get happy little chimes when you lose, it softens the blow!

Zenses: Ocean includes 6 different games. Zen Stones is a matching game, very similar to one of the casino minigames in Super Mario DS. Pearl Diver requires you to draw lines from one matching pearl to another in order to get them to disappear. Turtle Turn asks you to change the shell colors to make them match the pattern on the top screen. Hot Spot asks you to assemble floating crustacean parts to make a fancy creature to match the one on the top screen. Shell Twirl has you match shells to a rotating pattern in the center. Wave Breaker is a little bit like Concentration - that might be the most relaxing one, I get so hypnotized watching waves wash over seashells that I kind of forget to pay attention.

My hands-down favorite is Shell Twirl, I literally could barely put it down long enough to write this review! Zen Stones and Pearl Diver are a close second/third; very tough to put down. All the games have varying levels of difficulty so nothing is "too easy" or boring. And, all these games are different from the games on Zenses: Rainforest so if you like this sort of thing, it's definitely worth it to get both!

Relaxing fun
I bought this with the Rainforest edition. The type of games and the theme is different between the two, so don't think you're buying the same game with a different name... This game met my expectations as far as being addictive and relaxing. You can set the level of intensity for each game, thus controlling the level of game difficulty.

Worth the money. As well as its counterpart.....