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:: SURGINGEarn points, challenge your friends and get addicted to this customizable rapid tapper.
Graphics / Sound Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Game Controls Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
Gameplay Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Replay Value Rating: 4.25 out of 5 stars
Overall Rating: 3.94 out of 5 stars
The player’s goal is to tap all the blocks that appear onscreen. Points are earned for each tapped block. If the player taps all the blocks in a wave (a round), the player will be given the the option to “surge” (more blocks and faster!) the next wave. In order to collect all the points in a surged wave, the player must complete that surged wave perfectly. If not, then all of the points acquired during the surge will be lost.
Sounds simple enough, right? But with the all-new game mode system, the player can adjust the challenges for practically never ending game play. Combine game modes for a personalized experience! With universal app play, new multiple game modes with options like 3 speeds, a permanent surge mode plus 96 patterned waves, 12 unique levels with slick Tron-like graphics, Game Center support, and achievements, Surge has become the tapper underdog to beat.
Surge is a funky tapper that has converted this non-believer. I am happy to throw my original thoughts out the door and replace them with slick futuristic-retro graphics (this is what Ender’s Game now looks like in my head), explosive tapping, fresh robo-symphonies, exciting challenges and personally the best thing that any game can offer: customization. Hats off to Surge.
:: SURGING
Danyel Rios 19 Oct, 2011
Another week means another game developer jumping on board the AirPlay support bandwagon. Previously, Firemint and The Binary Mill announced AirPlay functionality, now it’s the turn of Pangea Software’s line up.
As well as that, Cro-Mag Rally and Nanosaur 2 have had a new ‘Spectator-Cam’ mode added to make the most of AirPlay support. This means an unique view of the game is sent to an HDTV, making it much more entertaining and sociable for others to watch.
All of the titles have also received a graphical overhaul with new higher resolution artwork implemented to ensure they all look great on HDTVs.
All of Pangea’s updated apps are available now.
Apps mentioned in this post: Bugdom 2, Cro-Mag Rally, Enigmo 2, Nanosaur 2, Otto Matic, Quarters!!
Danyel Rios 19 Oct, 2011
:: STURDYDanger Alliance: Battles offers all the foundations of a quality turn based strategy game. It just needs a little reinforcement.
Graphics / Sound Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Game Controls Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Gameplay Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
Replay Value Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
Overall Rating: 3.75 out of 5 stars
Having really enjoyed my time with a preview build of Danger Alliance: Battles, I was pretty keen to check out the full release of it. I’m pleased to say I’m not disappointed although I am eager to see the introduction of a single player campaign.
It’s all pretty smooth sailing for Danger Alliance: Battles. Three difficulty levels offer appropriate levels of challenge, plus there’s a Hotseat Multiplayer mode for those wanting to play against friends. While there’s no Game Center support, it’s not really going to be missed as the general single player experience is strong enough.
Offering cartoon like graphics, Danger Alliance: Battles is an attractive title to look at. It’s intelligent too with the enemy AI making some shrewd plans to keep players on their toes. It might take a few moments for the AI to plot its next move but it’s worth the brief wait. A series of different classes can be chosen, such as sniper, incinerator, grenadier, rocket launcher and commando, thus giving players the chance to adjust to whatever playing style works for them. Controls are easy to master and everything that could be expected from a strategy game is there, such as the hefty importance of line of sight and height advantage.
Danger Alliance: Battles is a solid title although one that would benefit from future updates. Speedier enemy AI would be welcome as well as the much promised single player campaign. Despite such niggles, currently on sale at $1.99, it’s a good time to jump onboard the Danger Alliance: Battles ship.
:: STURDY
Danyel Rios 17 Oct, 2011
:: RESOURCE-FULLTrade Nations follows the proven formula of freemium sim games fairly closely. Which is to say, it’s just as hard to stop playing.
Overall Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
All kidding aside, this is indeed what Trade Nations offers. It’s a classic freemium model, complete with special “magic beans” to speed up real-time actions (i.e. construction, harvesting, etc…) or to buy special items and building outright. And in-app purchases for said magic beans if one can’t wait to earn more the natural way. A tap-tap here and a tap-tap there will result in a fairly busy little village in short order. Once the tutorial is over, however, things adjust to a more realistic (and much slower) pace.
The beautiful thing about games such as Trade Nations is that I can be played for a few minutes at a time once or twice a day and progress will still be made. Villagers continue to harvest wheat and chop wood (among other land-reaping tasks) while the game is turned off, but each building has a pre-set production limit and will completely cease functioning if it’s full. Thankfully, villagers can be assigned both production and hauling roles at each station, so while one cuts wood another can carry it to the stockpile and prevent the backlog from ever happening. Until the stockpile fills up, anyway.
The downside to adhering to this fairly common but robust model is that Trade Nations can get incredibly dull when played for extended periods. I can’t think of any real incentive to sit there and wait for those villagers to chop down trees, and I doubt others can either. Using the beans to expedite the process helps, but they’re rather limited. Fortunately there’s a work-around: get everything set up, then go play something else and check back in a couple of hours.
The real question in all of this is, would I recommend Trade Nations? Absolutely. It’s free, fairly addicting and is a great way to kill those occasional 3 minutes of nothing to do.
:: RESOURCE-FULL
Danyel Rios 17 Oct, 2011
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