Showing posts with label 64bit. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 64bit. Show all posts

Saturday, 18 August 2012

Organ Trail: Here comes retro for iOS!



To my delight this evening as I opened up the Applications icon on my phone, I was greeted in the Featured section with a brand new game titled Organ Trail. The picture had what looked like a zombie on it, so immediately it caught my interest.

After much reading of the game and it's reviews (tip: on the app store, always read the reviews!) I found myself needing to buy the game immediately! Organ trail is a remake of the classic 70's retro game where you and 5 friends must reach other cities to survive a zombocalypse. It's a 64-bit, pixelated world of creatures, navigation issues and insane executions, all riddles into the price of $2.99!


The Good:
- A choose-your-own-adventure style game. 

Our team tried to ram through a horde. We failed...
- Every action you make has consequences. (I chose to stop off in a city teeming with rodents because I needed food, and now two party members have diseases)
- The pixel art is fantastic

- The music is fantastic
- Your taken back to the 'retro' days, which I love!

The Bad:
-It crashes a lot (Please note that the developers are working on this)
- There is no multiplayer
- There is no female protagonist


One of the game-modes, where you move around and shoot stuff!
The game-play itself has many different styles: a birds eye view side scroller as you shoot down undead, a side-scrolling road-trip where you experience many mishaps. The difference is really good, it shows originality.  
Although it is limited to a 2D world, Organ Trail shows promise of bringing back Retro to iOS. So many elements in this game have been well thought out, and it was my pleasure to have experienced a game still loved even years after it's first release.

ZED  

Wednesday, 8 August 2012

CLOP

Latest Indie Flash game proves humourous and ultimate time-waster!
"I would try to review it, but Im still trying to get off my unicorn's back"- IGN

It was only yesterday that I was introduced to CLOP, the insanely hilarious flash game from Foddy.com, and I can say that I loved it.
Fans of CLOP will know that the developers of the whimsical game see you in the shoes (or hooves) of a Unicorn, whose only goal is to find a 'Virgin' on the other side of the hill, egged on by the naughty and nonsensical comments of your human friend. Putting it mildly, you have no idea how much pain this game causes you.

The controls are 'HJ KL' and each letter controls a leg. Simple right? No.
H controls front left leg, J Contols back right. Vice versa, K controls front right leg, and L controls back left. Completley confusing, as it puts you in a wierd, jangly dance to the finish line. Falling on your back ends the game and brings forth a spurt of egg-on comments from your male friend, which further aggravates you to press the damn space-bar and try again.
On another note, why do thy call it 'High and Pleasant Hill' when it's clearly the opposite!?

'CLOP' screenshot
The protagonist, 'CLOP', engages with lust filled commentary of a fair maiden...
We can all see where this is going.

Needless to say, I spent hours on this game. I would write a more in-depth review, but I'm still trying to get over the first damn hill. It will happen, I can feel it in my hooves...

Have a good day!

ZED


If you wish to try this game, google CLOP or click the link here: http://www.foddy.net/CLOP.html
For other games by Foddy, you can check out QWOP:
http://www.foddy.net/Athletics.html