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Puzzle of the Dead: Riddles in the cemeteries – the review of AppsQueen

bizzysizzyf — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 08:59:15 +0000

Imagine being a kid extraordinarily unlucky and you want to impress the beautiful country. You have no chance, none at all, because you’re sad and gloomy little guys: how? Simple: from the local witch helps you to collect the souls of the dead to make a love potion. Or at least this is the solution that sudden Pip, the protagonist of the Puzzle of the Dead: Is this not the first solution that comes to mind, but also the rest of this puzzle is quite outside the box, and offers several delicious headaches, as well as setting a bit ‘unusual.

Ah, blessed youth: who has spent his adolescence traveling around cemeteries and tombstones, searching for the souls of the dead? Pip is a sad little chap who seems made to wander the Campo Santo, and is also very unlucky, because he only touched cemeteries haunted by the worst things: vampires, ghosts, zombies, laser-eyed statues and so on and on and so us.

The player must try to keep it alive, and let him collect the scattered Anime level: to do that Pip must avoid obstacles, move blocks, to create bridges over water courses and try to build safe routes. Once you’ve gathered all the souls in the diagram appears a key, which is in turn collected before winning the release.

Puzzle of the Dead is a classic puzzle, which means you need to check the view from the character of Pip in the schema. Need to drag your finger to move it in the appropriate direction, and if it is true that this system is not really fast, still allows a degree of accuracy needed for a game of this type. Unfortunately, the speed is also important, because at the end of the layer is evaluated based on how much time remains: this is indicated by a skeleton at the top, starting from gold and empties slowly, to become the first d ‘silver and then bronze. In short, there are no time limits, but if you’re completists who want to get the most points in each pattern you try to hurry … and it commands there will help.

Apart from this minor flaw, the gameplay is definitely at a good level: the levels are unlocked in a linear fashion, one at a time, and the difficulty progression is gradual, and never boring. Certain levels will end up on the first try, while others take several attempts, but it is difficult to be totally blocked. Continuing in the game are also added new enemies, new mechanics and new difficulties, which keep the player constantly involved.

Also with regard to the graphics Puzzle of the Dead has nothing to envy to other titles: old school is a very interesting puzzle. His aesthetic is a blast from the past, pizellosa and retro, very well done. Combined with some gameplay reminds, at times, the sequences of the first puzzle Zelda: and great memories. The music, gloomy weather and are very well done.

Ultimately Puzzle of the Dead is a classic game in its approach, and its graphics, but very enjoyable. If you love the puzzles in Sokoban style but want something a little ‘different than usual and with an old school look, you found the game for you!

Puzzle of the Dead is available on the App Store for $0.99, or lite version, free

Bird Zapper: a review of AppsQueen

bizzysizzyf — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 14:27:13 +0000

Bird zapper is nice. “Cute” is one of those adjectives that are all the rage among teenagers because they want to say everything and nothing: a positive adjective, but a little ‘neutral, with no great depth, easily used to create something interesting … for a few minutes. And Bird Zapper is a real gem of “cuteness. ”
At the base, it is a Match3 a category of games in the App Store so widespread that it has become the nemesis of any player … Personally, when I realized what it was, I did not try it out, but something made me change idea. No denying it: the tender uccellotti Zapper Bird perched on the cables are freely inspired by the actors in a brilliant short film made at Pixar For the Birds. They are soft and plump little creatures that make a sad end, just like the animation: the game just in case their sadistic torturer is a squirrel who decides to fry, because their very existence on the wires disturb the radio.
The Hawks enter the scene, initially, on three different wires and move slowly to the right. To fry the chickens in question, the player must drag your finger on a trio of the same species, before it slipping away: obviously more volatile as ever and creates higher scores in games of this kind items that disappear are the others slip By inserting chains of combos in a row. So far nothing new. Yet Bird Zapper attempts to insert a bit of the variants’ than the usual.
Some have become classics-wild birds, for example. Others are very new. E ‘can enter a bonus mode where you do the shooting on certain birds, blindfolded and marked with an x. Or there are birds in the ice, which enable the drive lanes to create combos of various sizes. By creating a trio of jokers you get into tilt mode, where you can adjust the speed lane with the inclination of the device. Eggs rain down from the sky that are affected at the right time to open them, and hit it again to “dry” on the fly chick.
This is, of course, small things but sometimes it takes little to make the game feel fresh even more trivial. And if Bird does little Zapper must admit that it does damn well. The gameplay is quite varied and compelling as to be in the game are also three different modes: Survival, Blitz and Zen. Zen mode there are no limits of any kind: it goes on to play forever, and the lanes of birds continue to increase and the scores are more and more stars. Excellent for learning the rudiments of game, it does not offer special challenges. The Blitz mode instead is the classic game of time: there are 60 seconds to score the maximum possible score.
The most interesting mode is undoubtedly Survival: Here the player can go on and play until it has enough electricity. This energy is partially restored when you do combos very high … or by using the appropriate battery. Batteries are an interesting system created by the developer to increase the income of the game: to go on to play in Survival Mode and Blitz takes the batteries, which are available by purchase in the app-not exactly modest sum of $0.99 for the pack of 50. There is more money to spend? No problem, luckily you can easily get in the game, simply “digging” Hawks.

Gas Tycoon 2: time for a little … The review of AppsQueen

bizzysizzyf — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 10:09:45 +0000

Gas Tycoon 2 should be a warning to any developer. Not because that it is a masterpiece. It ‘s just a funny game. What makes it truly remarkable thing is that, in its utter simplicity, makes available a large amount of content, with constant updates and free, and a remarkable smoothness in the gameplay.
The idea is trivial: a kind of puzzle style Pipe Mania where you must “close” to bring the gas pipes to individual homes. Unlike Pipe Mania games and the like, in Gas Tycoon ducts are all already on the screen, and to complete the ducts should only turn the tubes with a touch of the finger. Obviously less and less time touching you use, the higher the final score of the game, but if you want you can complete a level still going ahead with attempts.
What really makes a difference with a game so simple, is the outline. Gas Tycoon is really nice up substantially in nearly all respects. The game currently has nine different skins, each with its own little piece of music for his intro and custom sound background. They range from skin “seasonal” Christmas or Halloween themes in Japanese, fantasy, or on railways. Obviously the structure of the game is always the same, nothing changes, but they are small side dishes that make the difference between a simple game and a game simply banal. In addition, the updates keep coming, making a play Tycoon 2 Gas still attractive in its simplicity.
The available levels are very many, and provide a remarkable longevity … Fortunately, because the same replay levels to try to achieve a better score is not as much incentive. Another demerit is known from the controls: touch a tuble the wheel, and even if it is an immediate and responds well, the tube rotates in one direction. To change this you must use a button on the somewhat ‘uncomfortable that you end up early to ignore the existence … The sound effects are very well made but the music could be cured, and you can not listen to their music: another lack rather serious in a game of this type.
Moreover, as the game has several lite version, all personalized with a different skin: un’ttima idea to try to even the players the “cosmetic “in the title.
Gas Well Tycoon is really a classic example of a game from $0.99, free of large claims and without any major revolution, but is a fine example of its kind. When the accused Nintendo these games to be “returnable bottles for the players, things that end up forgotten in a few minutes … would be nice to quickly reply with examples such as Gas Tycoon. A perfectly normal game but with $0.99 provides a good level of production, and a considerable amount of levels, in addition to constant updates that are committed to make it even again. As far as possible.

Hysteria Project 2 – Now available in App Store!

bizzysizzyf — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 09:10:58 +0000

Hysteria Project 2, the sequel to the successful first chapter and one of the most anticipated games of the moment has finally been released in the App Store and can be purchased at a price of $1.99. Let’s discover the features together.

Hysteria Project 2, the sequel to the award-winning Milthon Hysteria Project 2009 for great originality, incorporates ingredients that have marked the success of its predecessor and push the experience even further. The player must become the hero of the adventure. An exception will allow the audio to feel the fear of the protagonist by the rhythm of the breath and beat of his heart.

This is an adventure-style horror with diverse and complex puzzles that our characters will have to overcome. Hysteria Project 2 offers 360-degree 3D environments in which we must try to survive the dangerous traps and try to get a lot of secret documents during the adventure.

The game is compatible with high resolution display of the Retina and supports the achievements of the Game Center.

Riven – The Sequel to Myst

bizzysizzyf — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 11:13:20 +0000

Cyan Worlds has released its latest game for iPhone and iPod Touch: Riven, an adventure game originally launched in 1997. Sequel to the popular Myst, players will be engaged in the exploration of the Age of Riven solving puzzles in order to free Atrus’s wife Catherine. The game contains all the images, videos and animations of the original game.

Although it has been scaled to the size of IOS, the game is one of the largest available in the entire App Store with a size of no less than 1.01 GB. Cyan points out that the game also needs to 2GB of additional space during the installation process, and that the timing of synchronization may be extremely long, with long pauses potentially up to 10-15 minutes (for older devices). Users are advised to download the game directly from your mobile device, because it is suggested to buy it through iTunes and then transfer it.

Compared to the original game, the improvements include the presence of more tips, compatibility with Game Center and of course the multi-touch controls for zooming and navigation scenarios. Multitasking is supported in iOS 4 and players can opt for an auto-save or manually save your progress.