You keep your fingers on each end of a circle creating a line across, you then collect dots using the line, avoiding traps that crawl across the circle the longer it takes you to collect them. It has a thumping techno soundtrack, but quickly the game develops into an arcade puzzler. Dropchord for iOS at first glance feels like a music game. The thing that defines Double Fine as a studio is its ability to mix genres to make something entirely new. What Sucks: The AI can be a bit stupid, making the campaign a pretty easy play through.īuy it?: Fans and neophytes alike can find a lot to like in this sequel, grab it for $4.99 on the App Store. What’s Good: Mixture of humor and strategy makes this a game for both hardcore and casuals. The game includes a local and online multiplayer, or for the forever alone types you can play the campaign against the AI. The cards can increase the amount of health you get from pick-ups, keep your enemy from collecting new weapons, or even raise the water level to drown your opponents on lower levels. This game introduces a card system that gives you the opportunity to play up to three cards that have an effect on the game. They do add a smattering of new weapons, but that isn’t the most significant change. That depth may be why the game has spawned so many sequels, with Worms 3 coming to iOS. That irreverence may make the game feel a lot simpler than it really is, as Worms is a real strategy game. It also makes sitting around passing the game around for a few hours a really fun experience.
With weapons like exploding sheep, holy hand grenades, and old ladies, it doesn’t take itself too seriously. Worms plus weaponry and violence equals fun. (That doesn’t really suck, but you should know if you’re going to like this game.)īuy it?: Fans of clicky keyboards and nostalgic gamers will find something to love about this game. What Sucks: If you don’t like typing, you’re going to hate this game.
What’s Good: Unique spoof of edutainment games that’s downright hilarious. This game should only take you about 30–60 minutes to play through entirely, which is about perfect for it’s simple premise.
You can’t really tell the limited scope, as the game feels really polished. Icarus Proudbottom was made in just 30 days this July as part of the Something Awful GameDev Competition VIII. It takes those typing games of the 1990s and turns them on their head making you type fake EULA’s, feeding eggs with your typing points, and a healthy dose of irreverence to make a game that both lampoons and celebrates the genre. Icarus Proudbottom Teaches typing makes fun of edutainment games in the same way that Look Around You sent up educational TV.
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