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Thursday, October 27, 2011

Top 3 App Deals for 10/27/11

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More deals! More apps! Three, to be specific! We scoured the price drop lists for y’all, and found the following, fresh and ready for your frugal downloading pleasure.


Mickey’s Spooky Night Puzzle Book – Was $0.99, now FREE
One for the kids, and the young at heart. Watch Mickey, Goofy, Donald and friends in this interactive puzzle book from Disney Publishing. It’s a universal app with real character voices and tons of colorful pages of holiday themed fun.


Magic Lens Pro – Was $2.99, now FREE
Celebrate Halloween with this wacky camera app, creating monsters, ghouls, and wacky characters from photos of friends and animals. There are 10 different lenses in all, including mirror, spin, and stretch options.


Zombie Bumper Cars – Was $0.99, now FREE
Can you see a theme, yet? This one has Tim in a bumper car, bumping into zombies until their heads fall off. Then? Scoring extra points if he squishes them! Win! Plus, it’s free now.




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MetalStorm: Wingman Review

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MetalStorm: Wingman Review

By on October 27th, 2011
Our Rating: ★★★★☆ :: TOP GUN
Universal App - Designed for iPhone and iPad

A top flight combat simulator that does just about everything right, and it’s free.

 

Developer: Z2Live
Price: FREE
Version Reviewed: 4.0.0
Device Reviewed On: iPhone 3GSGraphics / Sound Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Gameplay Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Playtime Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Replay Value Rating: 4.25 out of 5 stars
Overall Rating: 4.19 out of 5 stars

Flight Simulators seem to be a perfect fit for iOS. The accelerometer can offer one of the best control methods around for control over a flying machine when done correctly. But how about in a game that’s recently become free-to-play? MetalStorm: Wingman attempts to do just this with a recent update that sees it lose its price tag.

Essentially what we have here is a combat flight simulator. Three game modes deliver some very different ways to play. First up is the campaign, with a series of set missions and objectives that come along with a brief narrative. Survival mode pits players against waves of enemies, either in single-player on co-operative online play. Then, there’s the online multiplayer versus battles.

An unusual point here, though, is that even while playing single-player an online connection is required. Likely due to the way the game serves up advertisments at random points to allow for the game to remain free. But it’s a little frustrating when waiting around to connect if the signal’s not optimal.

Once connected, however, MetalStorm: Wingman offers some of the best combat flying I’ve seen on the platform. The controls feel great – using the accelerometer to steer, on-screen buttons to fire weapons and touch gestures to perform barrel-rolls and other evading manoeuvres – each is highly responsive and a joy to use. It also looks real nice. 3D graphics and explosions are all very pretty, and the best-looking part is the rather beautiful and varied skies that fill the background.

The gameplay itself is great also. The campaign offers up varying objectives from dogfights to engaging ground targets, accompanied by introductory scenes with full dialogue. While the persistent levelling mechanic means that as one progresses through any of the game’s modes, XP is earned toward character levels and coins toward unlocking new upgrades and aircraft. These coins can also be bought via in-game purchases, for those that would rather take the easy option. But from what I can see, everything can be unlocked by just playing, even if its a rather slow process.

If this was a paid-for game, I’d recommend that any aspiring virtual pilots went out and bought it. It’s almost like a fully featured, mobile version of the HAWX games we see on consoles. The fact that its free, however, means it should certainly be trialled. Even if the always-online requirement can be a bit of a pain when not connected via WiFi.




Apps mentioned in this post: MetalStorm: Wingman


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Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies is Back on the App Store… and It’s Hungry

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I was working in a now-defunct bookstore when Pride and Prejudice and Zombies was released on an unsuspecting public. I don’t have precise figures but I can say with certainty that the book sold like mad. It was a combination of a small publisher doing a somewhat limited run, and a level of consumer interest that not many predicted. People love Victorian zombies, apparently. Who knew?

A year after the novel’s release, a side-scrolling game based on the twisted tale made its way on to the App Store. But Quirk Books isn’t done with the iOS platform yet. Oh no. Not by a long shot. Now the literary “classic” has been given new life (*rimshot*) in the form of an illustrated, interactive eBook.

This isn’t any regular old eBook, mind. It’s full of interactive (and incredibly gory) illustrations and features an original score and sound effects. Sounds awesome, yes? Well there’s more. Not only can users enjoy all manner of zombie-centric animated illustrations as they read this unexpectedly popular story, they can also read the entire original Austin text by flipping their device upside-down. Even more interesting (and excessive), tilting the device on its side will simultaneously display both the interactive zombie-infested re-imagining and the literary classic at the same time.

Anyone who might have held off on reading this most interesting interpretation, but still wants to, should definitely have a look-see at Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: The Interactive eBook. It’s absolutely stuffed with content and at $4.99 (for a limited time) it’s currently almost half of the physical tome’s price.





Apps mentioned in this post: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: The Interactive eBook


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Hands On With Pocket God: Decapithon

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Ordinarily, it would sound pretty arrogant to suggest that a mere update to a game could quite easily be sold as a full title. When the update in question is for Pocket God however, then it becomes distinctly more plausible.

Since its release over 2 years ago, Pocket God has turned into a hugely successful phenomenon and one that has consistently evolved thanks to its many updates over the years. This time round is arguably the biggest update yet with a game within a game added to the Universal version of the title. That game? It’s called Decapithon and it’s very much like arcade platformers of old.

Much like everything else in Pocket God, Decapithon is easy to access with players simply moving over to the graveyard island and dropping a pygmy into the teleporter. In that teleporter, Pocket God turns into a whole new game but with all the fun and splendour that we’ve come to expect.

Players tilt their iPad to move from left to right along the islands and platforms of each level. It’s not that simple, though, otherwise that’d be dull. A plentiful supply of the undead get in the way of progressing and players must throw axes at them to chop their heads off. In typical Pocket God fashion, it’s still endearingly sweet. Controls are simple to use with tilting left to right moving the pgymy and tapping one of the two buttons to jump. Firing axes is done by tapping in the relevant direction, adding some flexibility to where can be fired at. It’s as simple as that meaning that anyone can join in.

Different enemy types emerge to keep things interesting and there’s even the prospect of boss battles too. While the humble Pygmy Zombie is pretty easy to defeat with a few tosses of the axe, the Moon Witch can throw acid ‘loogies’ and the Big Booga is as fearsome as it sounds. It’s a satisfying experience and excellent fun. The only annoyance I could really pinpoint is that of the tilt controls. I’m no big fan of them admittedly and with the size of the iPad, it would have been convenient to be able to switch to something button based, especially when playing on the move.

Despite that quibble though, Decapithon is just the kind of game that would easily work as a $0.99 title so as a free update for owners of Pocket God, it’s an exceptional addition. It’s been touted as one of the most ambitious updates for the game yet and quite rightly so. Fortunately it’s paid off with style.

Pocket God: Decapithon is available now as a free update for iPad owners of Pocket God or it’s priced at $0.99 for new owners.



Apps mentioned in this post: Pocket God: Journey To Uranus


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Jennifer Allen 27 Oct, 2011


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Space Based Graphic Novel Exodus169 Comes To iPhone

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Graphic novels appear to be going through a bit of a renaissance period in recent times with increasing numbers of people intrigued by the very notion. So it’s pretty cool to see a cumulative effort between a BAFTA (the equivalent of the Emmys in the UK) nominated screenwriter, a BAFTA winning executive producer and an award-winning graphic artist come together in the form of a new iPhone based graphic novel.

The novel entitled Exodus169 is all about an epic journey through space to the Planet Lumina, where humans hope to establish their first colony beyond Earth. Obviously things are bound to not quite go according to plan and it all makes for a gripping novel.

The novel is accompanied by stunning artwork and an original and fully-voiced soundtrack which all add a touch of class to proceedings. Depth is provided through a number of extras such as videos, character profiles, character blogs and even an on-board newspaper with new content uploaded weekly.

It’s interesting stuff and at a decent price too. The app along with Episode 1 and the regularly updated extras are free while Episode 2 and future instalments are only $0.99. Well worth a look for any graphic novel fan.



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