Comments on: $0.99 Madness: Flick Bowling, Monkey Puzzle Lab, Virus, Imangi, Golden Skull

By: Joel Young

Joel Young — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:27:13 +0000

I downloaded Virus — what a waste of a buck. It's well polished, but the gameplay is uninspired. I don't really know how to describe it: the little bouncing viruses push the white blood cells that you create away when they bounce into them. Your only task is to find an empty space on the screen and start filling it up. There is very little strategy or reflex skill, and it's easy to get to a point where you simply can't add more cells. I recommend people stay away from this one.

Imangi, on the other hand, is interesting! I have yet to decide whether it has staying power on my iPhone, but it's fun so far.

By: dunkee

dunkee — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 02:13:13 +0000

naaah… 300 bowl is the worst bowling game ever. It's just plain stupid and rip off. I bought it at full price and fully regret it.

Flick bowling is much better!

By: SteveJ

SteveJ — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 01:18:23 +0000

Imagini, on the other hand, really is great. Definitely pick this one up!

By: SteveJ

SteveJ — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 01:17:24 +0000

I'm quit disappointed in Flick Bowling too. It's all graphics and no gameplay. I'm no bowling expert, but I know that when you hit between the 6 and 10 pins you shouldn't consistently knock down 9 pins. The physics in the game are so wrong it's comical and, as a result, the game is just silly. And there's more wrong with it, such as the perspective you are given is pretty but makes it difficult to aim. Not that it matters much since the physics are so bad, but even if they ever fix the physics it will still be hampered by the view. I recommend 300 Bowl over Flick Bowling by a fairly wide margin. 300 Bowl isn't pretty, but it's a much more fun game.

By: Rick

Rick — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:45:54 +0000

I picked up a copy of Imangi. What a deal, it's a lot of fun. I'm currently top 10 in the world on the Daily Challenge!

By: Hippieman

Hippieman — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:50:34 +0000

There's a pretty hefty Update for Flick Bowling that's sitting on Apple's side waiting to be released.

By: Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:12:06 +0000

I just twittered yesterday for Freeverse to make a Flick Bowling Lite, but now I'll just grab it for $1.

By: Oliver

Oliver — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:02:29 +0000

Ok, now I finally bought Flick Bowling, and I'm really disappointing. The graphics are nice, but the gameplay is nearly non existing . It's like iBowl or WiiSports: Move your player to the left or right, then swipe. Except that here you swipe with your finger, while in iBowl or WiiSports you use your complete arm, which is the fun on that. Flick Bowling makes fun for a few minutes. Then you realize the missing gameplay, that the game 3D models don't match their manga style drawn figures, that it's very repetive and it doesn't save the game state when using the home button – so you loose everything, when you switch to another app. That's the biggest no-no for an app on the iPhone.

By: Sky Blue

Sky Blue — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:56:40 +0000

Picked up Burning Monkey and Imangi today.