Freeverse Releases 'Flick Bowling'
posted September 24th, 2008 9:54 AM CDT by arn in $4.99, Sports, iPhone games, iPod touch games
Freeverse released the first installment of their Flick Sports series: Flick Bowling [App Store].
Six characters, ten pins and beautiful 3D graphics combine for the best bowling experience ever seen on a mobile device!Fun for a quick play or a longer session, Flick Bowling offers a variety of awesome balls, a range of difficulty levels, and the ability to bowl alone or against one of the computer characters.
The $4.99 title offers an impressive looking bowling game for the iPhone which we previously previewed.
Freeverse expects more sports titles in the future including fishing, baseball, basketball, golf, and soccer.
App Store Link: Flick Bowling
September 24th, 2008 at 10:17 am
I would love to see a really good arcade baseball game.
September 24th, 2008 at 12:01 pm
link to youtube video of actual gameplay:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Akvij_rJhv4
September 24th, 2008 at 12:22 pm
Alternate title: "Flick it dude, let's go bowling."
September 24th, 2008 at 12:24 pm
seems kinda relaxing and almost boring, no offense..
i do like bowling, but after playing it on the wii, its never been the same
plus the relaxing tone of voice, "Spare" , i wonder if you can change it to, "ZOMG SPARE!!!111oneoneone"
September 24th, 2008 at 1:09 pm
@Galley You are in luck. Flick Baseball is part of the Flick Sports games we are developing. Blowing was just the first out the gate.
@mek Well Bowling is a rather chill sport. We wanted it to be like a friendly game with a buddy, not "SUPER SLAM PRO BOWLING 3000 XXXXTREME"
September 24th, 2008 at 1:26 pm
I think we need a licensed "Big Lebowski" bowling game, with special taunt moves like Walter's handgun or Donny's heart attack. The German Nihilists would be an awesome team as well.
September 24th, 2008 at 3:02 pm
Would love to see WiFi support so you can play with other iPhone/Touch users locally.
September 24th, 2008 at 3:25 pm
@Hippieman
nah man i was kidding about the craziness…lol
the game looks good, i will probably pick it up
September 24th, 2008 at 4:32 pm
yeah ok
when will they release bean flicking.
that would be good
September 24th, 2008 at 4:38 pm
Points awarded to ReformatPlanet for coming up with adding characters from the greatest movie ever made.
Points deducted from ReformatPlanet for not mentioning the greatest bowling character in that movie, Jesus Quintana! I can see him in all his purple jump-suit glory on that tiny iphone screen. And, when he bowls a strike, he turns to look at you and says:
"Let me tell you something, pendejo. You pull any of your crazy s**t with us, you flash a piece out on the lanes, I'll take it away from you, stick it up your a** and pull the f***ing trigger 'til it goes 'click'."
September 24th, 2008 at 6:26 pm
@Jamey: Gimme The Stranger (Sam Elliot) sitting at the bar giving you instructions on how to play the game, and I'm in!
Now… Big ups to Freeverse. I have yet to see something from them that didn't impress me. Keep it up!
September 24th, 2008 at 7:00 pm
Why oh why don't these guys hire an art director. Or, at a minimum, bring in some good talent. I don't mean to be offensive (and I might be too late), but come on. The water line is rising quickly in this segment folks.
The character models not only look bad, but the movements are terrible. A qualified animator and modeler/rigger could have made these look awesome for little more, and it would have gone a long way in perception. These characters are front and center, bad place to skimp.
Also, audio…audio is half the experience of a game. what's with the prince Valium voice???? these announcements are celebrations and rejections, not bed time stories.
Raise the bar folks.
Oh, game mechanic seems good.
September 25th, 2008 at 4:49 am
To Hippieman:
I am VERY interested in the fishing game mentioned. There is a fishing app available but it is extremely limited.
I would like to be able to select either various lakes or various places around a lake to fish, with varying fish for each part. I would like to be able to select from different rods and bait too, as well as keep a book of which fish I have caught with the largest sizes recorded.
Will your fishing game be anything like that?
September 25th, 2008 at 5:13 am
does anybody know when the basketball version is coming out?