Of Interest: 'Fore', 'Rope Raider', and 'Virtual Villagers 3'
posted November 6th, 2009 5:39 PM EST by arn in iPhone games, iPod touch gamesHere are a few recent releases that may be of interest to some of our readers.
Fore by Cobra Mobile
A top-down iPhone golfing game that comes with 54 holes across 3 different courses. The game was designed for touch/swipe controls. Driving the ball simply requires you to slide back and flick forward in the direction of the shot. Putting is also very simple by tapping and sliding in the direction of the hole. A video of the game in action is shown above.
Further impressions and reactions can be found in the discussion thread
App Store Link: Fore by Cobra Mobile, $3.99
Rope Raider
While Rope'n'Fly [99¢ / Free] and Rope'n'Fly 2 [99¢ / Free] were definitely around first, Rope Raider brings a substantial amount of style and atmosphere with a much more detailed cityscape, sound effects, as well as the plump and barefoot Rope Raider character himself. Three different game modes are included: A free play mode where you see how far you can get, as well as two timed modes where you aim for either coins collected or overall distance before the time runs out. Rope Raider feels like a substantial improvement over Rope'n'Fly and is recommended for fans of swinging games. Further impressions and reactions can be found in the discussion thread.
App Store Link: Rope Raider, $0.99
Virtual Villagers 3
Last Day of Work has brought the 3rd installment of Virtual Villagers to the iPhone. The previous installments have been well received by fans of these sort of "sim" games. The game carries forward the basics of gameplay in which you can manipulate the villager's activities by moving them around with your finger to perform specific tasks and aid in their advancement. Villagers can be tasked to do a number of chores, including gathering food, building shelter, performing research and more.
Further impressions and reactions can be found in the discussion thread
App Store Link: Virtual Villagers 3: The Secret City, $1.99
Thanks for mentioning Fore! I feel that's a really under-rated game, it's swipe mechanics work amazingly well. Cobra Mobile made another gem.
I'm just curious as to how the hell fore ended up being over 200 MB. The graphics are like great and from what I've heard the music breaks up and loops again.
200MB for that? damn! never would have guessed from that video. I think that will be go on the no-buy for now.
I put Fore! by Cobra Mobile on my Ipod touch 1g, but whenever I click on the icon, it goes to the first screen and then crashes back to the icons. I have deleted it, reinstalled it, resrpang my ipod and still doesn't work. Any help please?
What firmware version do you have?
OS v3.0