Terra Incognita – RPG goes Retro style with this upcoming Game.

Terra Incognita is a forthcoming RPG that is heavily inspired by Retro games, an epic journey drawing concepts and ideas from games like Suikoden 2 and final fantasy. As is with many aspiring Indie projects, Terra Incognita began with kick-starter, asking but a meek €500. But typical kindness, generosity and delight to see a new indie project pop up accumulated to a total of €3,650, meaning Dan will be adding loads of extra content to the game. Drawing concepts and ideas from games like Suikoden 2 and Final Fantasy, Terra Incognita is set to release December this year for PC, with later dates for Ouya, Android and Wii U.

1 - The combat system in early development.

Terra Incognita will consist of many different elements, with quests, dungeons and main and secondary storylines.

 Dan hinted in his kick-starter page that the game will include:

·         A gripping storyline 

·         A Vast World Map with lots of towns/cities/dungeons and more!

·         Tons of side-quests!

·         Items/ weapons/ equipment, Magic, Potions, Spells and more!

·         Lots of recruitable characters that are not story critical but can be used as battle party members!

·         Every character has their own special technique learning section. As well as learning Magic spells and other abilities.

·         Each party member’s statistics vary, depending on their class.  

·         Lots and lots of dungeon crawling, looting and monster hunting away from the main story, IF you're into that sort of thing (Of course you are!)

Character Sprites.

For a two man team a lot of effort has been and will be put into this game, I truly hope that Dan can meet his standards and produce for us an amazing Retro Inspired game which will take us back to the days of final fantasy and those other classic RPGs. If you’re feeling charitable donate or pre purchase the game from www.terraincognitarpg.net, and help this Indie Project be the best it can be. All the best to Dan with Terra Incognita, It’s great to see lots of interest in his game and with a bit of luck it will continue to grow into an epic game.

The Walking Dead Review: An Emotional Thriller From The Apocalypse

The Walking Dead, a popular comic and television series, got its game adaptation back in April 2012. Released in stages as episodes throughout the year, it finished up in November last year with its retail hard copy soon following.

The Walking Dead has its exciting, fast action moments as well as in depth dialogue where you get the constant feeling of anticipation, waiting for the moment when you’re going to have to make your move. You take the role of lee, a convicted murderer who is caught in the chaotic world of zombies, survivors and guns, lots of guns.

For those that have not entered The Walking Dead universe before, I will set the scene. The world has been struck by a deadly virus, spread through scratch or bite. First the victim contacts a malevolent fever, from which they quickly die, but soon after they begin to walk, searching for food and people to strip of their scrumptious body parts. This leaves the survivors to survive by any means possible, morals are out of the question for some.

Bandits, walkers, the sane and the insane, survivors and the dead, The Walking Dead makes for a thrilling and emotionally intense game. The detail into not only the comic like graphics, but also the story continues to amaze and that is why it is a smash hit throughout the industry. This point and click adventure truly expands the boundaries of the genre, more of an interactive movie in itself. If you haven’t tried it out yet, head over to the app store and try out the first episode for free, the Walking Dead is something that you must experience.

Robot Unicorn Attack! - A fiery death awaits you!

Attack Of The Robot Unicorns

In a quirky, intense yet somewhat relaxing take on an insane childhood dream, Adult Swim creates one of the strangest games out there. Jumping and smashing your way through a rainbow pixie land you accumulate score as you try to avoid the inevitable fiery death, certainly worth the typical app store fee.

Although glitchy with its random generation which allows many exploits and awkward moments, the game in essence is great. Two simple controls, relaxing and comedic music make this an entertaining and insane game. 

Also included is leader board features for you hardcore arcaders out there, lets make this game a classic eh?!

Help!

The two play styles I use playing Robot Unicorn Attack are 'high flyer' mode, in which I jump and sprint as high as possible to stay away from the dangers of the ground, and 'low flyer' when I stay on the ground as much as possible and use my reflexes. Some tips for getting extra points is simultaneously collecting pixies, smashing as many stars as possible and staying alive of course!

Rating- 9999999999999999999/30

Graphics-999999

Enjoyment-9999999

Controls-9999999

Adult Swim Website - Game can be found for free (PC only) here.

Kingdom Rush - Finally, A Tower Defence Game Worth Playing.

Kingdom rush is a flashy cartoon tower defence game by some awesome developers at Ironhide Game Studios, and published by Armour Games, a much loved gaming website.

 These two great studios have brought forth this amazing game, Kingdom Rush.

This game is simple but intriguing, the cushy graphics and voice acting mixed with enjoyable game play allow hours and hours of tower defence fun.

Game play consists of four basic towers, which can be than upgraded to create more powerful and specialized structures as you defend you kingdom against evil baddies. Whilst being orientated towards strategy, the game still appeals to the average gamer with its easy learning curve. 

 Here's a quick run-down of the towers and their specific uses.

Its effortless and intuitive controls allow easy playing that will keep you hooked much longer than you could anticipate. Challenging, great looking and fun filled this could quiet possibly be the best flash game ever.

Its about 99c on the app store, so get it now and start saving the kingdom!

Rating: 39/40

Graphics-10
Enjoyment-9
Content-10
Controls-10

Link Dump -

Guides to individual levels - http://www.kingdomrush.com/strategy.php

Community forum (Help, Guides, ect.) - http://www.ironhidegames.com/forums/

Plenty of guides on this youtube channel - http://www.youtube.com/user/WyvStudios/videos?view=0

Osmos - Absorb Or Be Absorbed

//Needs to be fine tuned but formatting was annoying so another time perhaps.

“For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction” – Welcome to the world of Osmos, absorb, or be absorbed in the world of motes as you embark on an enthralling odyssey. Offering 8 styles of game play, an ‘adventure’ like mode and multiplayer, Osmos is your first stop when looking to fill up the day and relax yourself.

Categorizing Osmos is a difficult job, it has some fast action moments, but there is a component of strategy and you simply can’t leave out the overwhelming sense of discovery and adventure. Osmos is all of these things, which is why it fetched Ipad Game Of The Year 2010. 

The game mechanics of Osmos open up a whole new style of gameplay, after grasping the concept of energy and physics you can fine tune your play style to match your personality. Are you an agressive player, absorbing at a fast pace, or are you patient, always calculating the angle of attack? Each play style has its own advantages and disadvantages, aggressively absorbing what you can will shrink you fast but you will absorb much faster. But playing carefully will test the patience of even the most tolerant players.


Style Of Game play -
Osmos includes various individual style in which the game can be played, here is a list of them and brief description.



Ambient -
In ambient, all other particles are simply floating around, making easy targets to absorb.





Antimatter -
Antimatter levels have special types of 'antimatter' particles, if you try to absorb these you shrink. Literal anti particles.








Impasse -

Impasse involves all other particles tightly packed and static; until you start moving them of course.

Repulsor -
Repulsor levels have a particle(s) that repel you and everything else, these particles can be tricky to absorb.






Sentient -
Sentient levels include another, special particle. This particle is like you, sentient and moving. Kind of like an osmos version of a 1 v 1 face off.





Solar -
These levels involve a new force, gravitational pull. You and all the other particles are being pushed around in a big circle around the large object in the middle. This can make movement tricky.





Warped chaos -
These levels are chaotic. Multiple particles with gravitational pull are in the game, and they mess with everything you had been taught about Osmos up to this point




Epicycles -
 This is yet another strange mission, the pull of the various objects causes bizarre loops in your course and sends you in all directions. It took a long time for me to master this one.

The Final Judgement

Rating:37 /40
Graphics-10
Enjoyment-9
Content-8
Controls-10

Ski Safari, Jump, Flip and Ride away from the avalanche!

  Ski Safari, a great, popular game available on the app store for 99c. Like many other popular games it is extremely addicting and is a good game to twiddle your thumbs on. Defiant Development's amazing graphics and enjoyable playstyle create a great  experience that allows you to compete with your friends for bragging rights. There are many options to choose from to personalize your experience with different clothes and gadgets. The basics of the game is like any other downhill skier, touch the screen to jump and hold to backflip, points are awarded for completing backflips and interacting with the various parts of the Ski Safari environment. The further you go the faster the avalanche gets and eventually the game becomes very tedious.

A man riding a penguin chasing a yeti. Totally normal.

Our deep sleeping hero has to stay ahead of a relentless avalanche that threatens the local mountainsides. Sven, as we like to call him, can use animals to aid his escape from an icey end. Each of the hillside animals have different attributes to make a speedier escape. Penguins glide further, Yetis are tougher, Eagles soar to great heights, each of these can provide useful advantage for Sven. Sometimes on the slopes Sven can find fast Snowmobiles which can ferry multiple animals a maintain a very high top speed.

As stated, each different animal has different attributes which are crucial to gameplay, but in the end snowmobiles are the only thing that can maintain a speed faster than the avalanche and must be used.
Wolves can also be taken advantage of on the slope howling hills, they are replacements for the snowmobile in an attempt to add more content. The ability to ride animals and vehicles has created something new and a little different from you average downhill skier.

Tri - Penguin force!

Another feature of the game is the achievement system, it involves many different missions that actually have half-decent awards. These missions might involve completing several backflips on a yeti or smashing through a cabin. These missions add up to unlock new slopes, allow for bigger combos (and bigger boosts), new starting animals and some extra cash. The coins you collect can be put towards purchasing gadgets and clothing. Like many other games there is the option to connect and compare scores with others using the game.

It's really not that hard.

There are several costumes and upgrades within the game, here's a rundown of them and how to use them -
Second Chance Jetpack-
Helps to get you back on your feet if you fall victim to the avalanche.
Coin magnet-
Useful to get those few extra coins to buy a new item, but be careful as it removes coin boosts.
Rockets-
Upgrades launchpads with rockets that can propel you far down the slope. (Only use this on howling hills!)
Cabins Boosters-
Gives a general pick me up and boost when you pass through a glowing cabin.



Costumes are only really useful for some extra missions to help you level up, but the 3 different costumes can give you some variety to the game.

Thanks Defiant Dev!

Ski Safari is readily available on the app store for only 99c,
make sure to check it out =D

Rating: 36/40
Graphics-9
Enjoyment-9
Content-8
Controls-10

Save The Titanic, can you escape the iceberg in time?

(Sorry that everything is white highlighted, bit of a glitch)

 Save The Titanic, a game createdby Dustin Adair and voiced by Ed Mace, (Who work under the name Scary Robot Productions) is a simple but challenging game on the app store that shows many great qualitys of these sorts of simulation games. Its play dough like graphics and fitting sound and voice effects all add to the great nature of the game. Be warned, don't expect a fully fledged action game with sfx and amazing features. This is a simple game and nothing more. 

Previously, it was almost impossible to "save the titanic" as it was exceedingly hard, after a recent update it is now possible to win the game and get your score on the leader boards. (Through game centre.)

Much of the game is explained through its official description so I'll paste it here -

If you could go back in time to that fateful night and change history, would you? Well, here's your chance to "Save the Titanic!" Take command and rewrite history. Climb aboard! Step onto the bridge and take destiny by the... wheel. This is your moment to become the hero that saves them all. Or maybe you just feel like aiming for that overgrown ice cube. Go ahead!

The creator obviously has a great sense of humour and sarcasm that adds to the feeling of the game. It would be great if the game had more of these side pieces as shown here-

Shown: The game at its greatest.

Seriously, sharks with freakin' laser beams.

Only a few of these are found within the game which is saddening as things like this can bring the game to its full potential. 

The game is also connected with game centres achievement system (More info on Apples game centre.) and allows for 14 fun achievements like aiming directly for the centre of the iceberg, saving all but one person and waiting before turning the wheel and succeeding. These add more content and was a smart move on the creators behalf.

Thanks lots.

The few reviews for the game have been half decent, but popular view is that the game bores people fast, but is fine for the occasional bit of fun.

"For some reason I quickly fell in love with this game I beat easy medium and hard and I still love it!"

"At first I was kinda fun but after the fourth time it got really boring."

Being a small game there is little else to talk about, but Save The Titanic is a must try game. ( Especially as its free on the app store!)

Rating: 24/40
Graphics-8

Enjoyment-5

Content-3

Controls-8