Perhaps the only thing we can say against this type of use of GPU compute is that it hasn't gone further, and unburdened the CPU enough to make the game run smoothly on system with even less power than the current minimum specs.
There are countless games where you are asked to travel through a landscape with limited control, and many of them are little more than engines for in-app purchases While Going Nuts does have the in-app system for power-ups, the game is well balanced enough that you can succeed through skill alone.
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