The Week That Was: 17/10/09 – 23/10/09

Posted on October 24th, 2009. Written by Damon.

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This week has been quiet, with a few BIG releases to separate the small releases we have been getting. Once again this segment is going to feature our old friends Gameloft and Electronic Arts, standing out from the crowd yet again.

Rock Band – $9.99

Rock Band is the world renowned music game that is the main competitor of Guitar Hero on the main consoles. This time Electronic Arts has brought the complete experience to our beloved iPhone, in ways that are new to our music tapping category. Instead of just tapping to the beat of the song you can play each song in 4 different ways, tapping to the Bass, Guitar, Drums and Vocals. This is a great idea and provides for heaps of replayability of all songs. 22 songs and a career mode, is this better than TTR3? In SOME ways it is.

This game comes action packed with a career mode, not as in depth as Guitar Rock Tour but still fun to complete. I found the game easier enough to handle, but the controls aren’t as responsive when trying to hit lots of notes quickly, something Tap Tap Revenge is very good at. The graphics are quite good, simple yet effective and provide for rocking time with no lag at all. With DLC tracks and just all round Electronic Arts quality, this is certainly a game to consider if you love the music gaming genre on the iPhone.

Earthworm Jim – $6.99

Earthworm Jim is the world famous game that has recently had the rights to it bought by Gameloft. They didn’t hesitate to bring it onto their no.1 platform the iPhone. I have actually never played this game (I’m wasn’t a retro gamer) but I still jumped on board to try out this game. Earthworm Jim is basically a platformer game that involves many challenges, enemies and puzzles to solve. Sadly however I didn’t find this game as good as Gameloft’s other platformer, Castle of Magic due to a few glaring problems.

First of all I don’t like the controls for this game, when Gameloft generally have good controls. I found them sometimes unresponsive and the old fashioned D-Pad could probably be improved. Apart from that the game is alright, with sweet looking graphics and a fast paced gameplay. If I had to buy this game or Castle of Magic I would choose the later everytime, but fans of this game probably won’t pass up the oppurtunity to get this. I’m a bit decided on this game so I can only recommend it if you like the genre or the previous EW Jim games.

5 Minutes to Kill (Yourself) – $2.99

Adult Swim are known for making hilarious (and sometimes quite gruesome) flash games for the PC. After the success of Amateur Surgeon they have put some other flash games onto the App Store. This latest game involves you frantically running around the office trying to kill yourself in 5 minutes. While the game doesn’t look all that special it just sounds hilarious and I had to buy it to try myself. The game basically ends with the concept however.

The graphics are quite good, 3D instead of 2D. You try to run around killing yourself with staples, printers, pinyatas and many more. It’s quite funny and the blood splatters are a nice effect on this generally ‘bloodless’ platform. After a few tries this game will probably get a bit dry and won’t get much use. For $2.99 I think its a bit high, maybe a $0.99 game. If you want something from Adult Swim that’s long lasting get Amateur Surgeon, but this is good for a laugh.

Other Notable Releases this week Include:

3D Rollercoaster Rush Bundle Pack by Digital Chocolate

Sniper vs Sniper Online by Com2Us

Crush the Zombies by CDE

Guardian Soul by Nate Games

Stay tuned next week for the ninth installment of ‘The Week That Was’. If you have any suggestions to improve the segment please either email me at damon@razorianfly.com or submit a comment below. Thanks!