'Super Mega Worm' Review - The Battle of the Giant Worm Hath Begun!
27/08/2010 |
Just a couple of days ago we revealed DeceasedPixel's latest project, Super Mega Worm [$2.99], a game based on the original Death Worm concept by JTR, later made famous by the popular Flash game, Effing Worms. Super Mega Worm is a pixel-art take on the giant worm theme, and is now available.
Super Mega Worm opens with an 8-bit retro cutscene explaining how humans have consumed the earth, and how mother nature now has a bone to pick with us. She tasks her favorite pest exterminator, Wojira...
'NyxQuest' Review - Explore a Gorgeous Greek Universe
While NyxQuest [99/Lite/HD/HD Lite] may be new to iOS platforms, it is not a new game. Chillingo's greek-themed platformer has already been praised in its WiiWare incarnation, and it's also been available for PC and Mac via Steam since late last year. The question we have been mulling a...
'AaAaAA! (Force = Mass x Acceleration)' Review - No Broken Bones, No Bragging
Ever been BASE jumping? Yeah, me neither. The closest I've come is with AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!! (Force = Mass x Acceleration) [$2.99] by Dejobaan Games and Owlchemy Labs (the folks behind Snuggle Truck [Free]). This is the latest in a series of extreme BASE-jumping titles from Dejobaan, but ...
'Prince of Persia Classic' Review - Not Quite the Perfect Remake
If you're anything like me, the idea of a remake of a game you dearly loved when it was originally released comes as very good news. As much as I adore new games, there's just something about playing something tried and true. Add HD graphics into that mix, and you're really tempting me... which r...
iOS Gets a Port of ReadySoft's "BrainDead 13" Interactive Movie Game
Fans of cinematic interactive movie titles in the style of the Don Bluth classics Dragon's Lair and Space Ace might just sit up and smile at Digital Leisure's recent iPhone release, a port of ReadySoft's 1995 action adventure BrainDead 13 [App Store].Stylistically extremely similar...
'FlyBoy' Review - A Quick Trip but Worth a Dive
It's not very often that I manage to play a game that not only offers an enjoyable and compelling gameplay experience, but also manages to make me laugh at the same time. FlyBoy [$0.99 / Lite / HD / HD Lite], a whimsical skydiving simulator, manages to do just that.Gameplay in FlyBoy is relativel...
'Jaws' Review - "They caught A shark, not THE shark. Big difference."
The dreaded curse of the movie game has been in existence since the 1982 release of E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial for the Atari 2600. Similar to many other famous curses, such as the curse of the Bambino or the curse of the Billy Goat, the curse of movie video games is just something you could almos...
'Knights Rush' Review - Mow Down a Legion of Baddies in this Epic, Castle Crashers-esque Beat 'em Up
Quest of Knights Onrush [Free] was originally thrown together by developer MoreGames and Chillingo to spearhead a marketing campaign for their then primary focus, Knights Onrush [$0.99], a castle defense game. It turns out that their promotional app, a side-scrolling arcade beat 'em-up, was ...
'Superman' Review - Metropolis's No Good, Very Bad Day
Today I saved the citizens of Metropolis from a missile launched from an unknown location. I flew into the sky and intercepted it in midair, then beat it to pieces. It exploded harmlessly over the city. But no time to wait for thanks -- a car full of criminals was escaping down the stretch of roa...
'Max Payne Mobile' Review - Beautiful Bullet Time, Aged Like a Fine Wine
Do you remember the Bullet Time Wars of the early '00s? Every game had to have it, and not one of them got it right. We lost a lot of good games during that time; lost to the unnecessary addition of a dumb movie gimmick.But then Max Payne [ $2.99 ] was released, and overnight the war ended. There...
