 The ambitious gameplay of "Chulip" has been almost universally criticized.Ray Barnholt of 1UP.com, Ryan Davis of GameSpot, Micah Seff of IGN, and Gus Mastrapa of "X-Play" all labeled the often-unclear progression presented to the player as "frustrating" and "tedious", requiring an excessive amount of patience.Mastrapa summarized, "Since the game is on 24-hour clock a missed opportunity means having to wait until the next day to take another crack.