But once you’ve unlocked a third leader, playing on the big map may be a bit more engaging. It’s hard to play like his early on, as you’re holding up your offensive team’s resource-gathering. If the campaign and city-building aspects aren’t your cup of tea, then you can play on the big map, a grid with resources and other players’ cities. The zombie apocalypse has a pretty cool sci-fi vibe here. It’s a bit less dynamic than what you’ll find in something like Clash of Clans, but that allows for a really unique design. You’ll also build your city, managing resources and buildings along the way. Each side has a leader that influences the outcome of the battle, and you can increase your leader’s special skill to boost your troops’ performance. So rather than sending your units scattering towards bases, you march around a grid, pitting your troops against groups of zombies. The Last War is another social strategy game, though rather than focusing on real-time gameplay, it takes cues from turn-based games. What’s Good: Oddworld is still fun, multiple approaches to the game.īuy it? If you missed out on this game the first time, or are nostalgic for PS2/Xbox era platformers, checkout Oddworld: Stranger’s Wrath. It may be a contemporary of those titles, but it would have been nice to see the developers actually remake the game with a more modern take on the same concept. The touch controls are pretty easy to pick up, but you can use a MiFi controller if you like (unfortunately, I don’t have a controller, so I couldn’t test this aspect of the game.) Stranger’s Wrath does feel a bit dated in that it’s an action platformer in the vein of Jax and Daxter, or Ratchet and Clank. You can brute-force your way through the game, of course, but that isn’t nearly as engaging. If you’re more of a stealth player, you can use these (and other) specialized ammo types to take out enemies before they even see you.
One ammo type binds the enemy until you can bounty them, for instance, while another knocks them out completely. Rather than a six-shooter, you’ve got a crossbow with bugs for ammo, and each ammo type has its own unique effects. You play the Stranger, a bounty hunter who cleans up outlaws that threaten a small town.
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The Oddworld series has always had a unique design aesthetic, and Stranger’s Wrath applies its unique feel to a wild west setting. Oddworld: Stranger’s Wrath – iOS (Universal)Ĭonsole remakes are hit and miss on iOS, but I wonder how many people actually played Oddworld: Stranger’s Wrath when it originally came out on the Xbox. Heck, even if you play a lot of shooters you’re going to die a lot.īuy it? If you’re a classic arcade fan or like arcade shooters check out Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions. What Sucks: This game isn’t easy-if you are new to shooters you’re going to die a lot. What’s Good: Plenty of new content as well as classic modes. Throw in local and online multiplayer, and you’ve got a great game for shooter fans. Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions expands the game, but keeps the traditional Arcade modes intact for those who want the classic flavor. The most basic options are the life and time attacks, but you can also play no-weapon modes and try other interesting gameplay tweaks as well.Įxpanding the scope of an existing franchise often ends up muddying everything that made the games great. In addition to this classic approach to gameplay, Dimensions has some other modes for you to try. The stages have a variety of 3D shapes that change your approach to the battle-you even get to play boss battles. You have an entire campaign of missions to complete. Some require you to reach a certain score within a time limit, while others will require you to keep a timer going by killing enemies to keep adding time. Now, the franchise is on its third installment, Dimensions.ĭimensions has a ton of content beyond the original’s black box arcade game.
It began life as a retro game within a game for Project Gotham Racing 2, then evolved into a full-fledged game that kicked off the first boom of downloadable games on the Xbox 360. Geometry Wars is series of a wireframe shooter games that are evocative of classic vector arcade games. Then we close out with a game that looks at the survivors of war. We’ve also got an Endless Runner take on an arcade classic. First up is the newest installment of the franchise that resurrected vector graphics. Okay, now that we’ve got the evangelization out of the way, let’s get to the games. If you’re an adult interested in learning to code, you can take a virtual class over at Kahn Academy or via the Codecademy app. Who knows? You might find that you have a knack for it, and maybe your game will end up in this column.
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Before we hop into the games this week, I wanted to remind you that the Hour of Code is this week, and Apple is holding special events at retail stores for kids.
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