Sticky: The Week That Was: 31/10/09 – 6/11/09

Posted on November 7th, 2009. Written by Damon.

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This hasn’t happened before but all the talk from this week is one game. Eliminate. For the first time we have found a free game good enough to get featured in this section. The only DLC money burning shoot out has graced our iDevices for only a number of days but already its a hit. What else came out though? Of course some smashing games by our common causes Electronic Arts and Gameloft. Check it out soldiers!

Eliminate – Free

Quite possibly the most anticipated free game of the year is the fast paced death match of Eliminate. Not only is this just another free game by Ngmoco, but it comes coupled with the smoothest online experience yet and some sweet as graphics to boot. This game is all about versing people around the world to earn credits to level up and buy cool weapons and armor. Being a free game Ngmoco have to make their money somehow, and what better way than making us pay via DLC for extra power cells that allow us to earn credits online.

This game is absolute fun and is so addictive, with it hard to resist paying for more power cells constantly. You get a single energy recharge every 4 hours, which leaves you incredibly hungry to play. I feel that Ngmoco have seriously undermined us and I would happily pay for more DLC packs if I at least was given a constant flow of energy to go along with it. Apart from that you can play online and earn no credits. This is such a sweet game however, and being free should be tried time and time again by everyone!

Asphalt 5 – $6.99

In the first few months of the App Store I had one favourite game that I played time after time, Asphalt 4 Elite Racing. I thought this game had insane graphics for a device like this and was totally worth the $9.99 I paid. I soon learnt that the controls were clunky and the graphics weren’t all that flash. This time we have received the next in line for the Asphalt series, with a better looking, better driving and cheaper version of the car game we all loved and play at the end of 2008.

Asphalt 5 has over 30 of the fastest and most well known cars in the world, which can be customized all the way down to a custom paint job. These can be raced on 12 different locations, each featuring 4 events to race in. These are different with 8 different race modes to compete in, all being quite fun except the cop chase (which is so hard it’s not even funny). Apart from that this is a sweet game that gives us an adrenalin packed ride. I suggest picking this up while you wait for Need for Speed: Shift to come out.

Command & Conquer: Red Alert – $9.99

Command & Conquer: Red Alert has been announced as coming to the App Store for a long time. Finally this game has been launched at what I believe is a hefty price for the amount of content. While the graphics look great I feel that there aren’t enough levels to satisfy the $9.99 pricetag, and including the DLC content in the original game would have been better off. Saying that the DLC content is a very generous price for the extra levels you get and if you buy this game you have to buy the DLC to get your money’s worth.

Having only previously played Robocalypse before, this is a fairly new category to me on the iDevice. I found the game to be fun to play, with it seeming more like a PC game like Age of Empires or the old Command & Conquer games. The main selling point of this game is obviously the insanely good graphics, as I am frequently blown away with how good it looks. There are many hours of levels to play in this game, but for the moment I would only suggest you buy this game if you love the Command & Conquer due to the high price.

Other Notable Releases this week Include:

iSniper 3D by Triniti Interactive

GeoGeo Wars by adot studio

Virtual Villagers 3 by Last Day of Work

Cliffed by IUGO Entertainment

Ground Effect by Glenn Corpes

Jules Verne’s Secrets of Mysterious Island by Chillingo Ltd.

Jelly Car 2 by Walt Disney

The Settlers by Gameloft

Stay tuned next week for the tenth 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!