If you’re somewhat new to the world of iOS gaming, it’s possible you haven’t heard about Chris Neveu’s adorable little platformer Miss Claire Garden ($2.99), which launched way back in January of 2011. However, last week the game received a massive, long-overdue update, and if you somehow have missed out on the game before, now is the time to introduce yourself to Miss Claire. The game is largely built around the mechanic of picking up items and enemies that will be instantly familiar to fans of Super Mario Bros. 2, or at least the non-Japanese version of it (which is actually a game called Doki Doki Panic that was reskinned with Mario characters and released as Super Mario Bros. 2 outside of Japan). Miss Claire Garden takes the item-picking-up idea and runs with it, and the original 2011 release is considered by many to be one of the top platforming games on iOS.
Last week, more than three years after launching, Neveu has given Miss Claire Garden a modern refresh adding in all the types of bells and whistles that have become commonplace in iOS gaming over the past few years. This includes 4-inch widescreen support, Universal support for iPads, iOS 7 controller support, and Game Center achievements. In addition to that, there’s a ton of new enhancements to the game itself, like fully redone HD graphics, 60fps smoothness, a new checkpoint system, eight brand new levels, more “feathers" to collect for completionists, and various other new items and gameplay mechanics. It truly feels like a brand new game now, and with that tere’s a brand spanking new trailer showing off the newly-updated Miss Claire Garden.
Miss Claire Garden, as I mentioned already, is considered by many to be one of iOS’s best platformers, and it has quite a dedicated following in our forums. And they’re right, it’s a great platformer. Beyond that, it’s refreshing to see a one-man developer pour so much time and effort into an update like this so many years after the fact, when it almost certainly wasn’t a financially lucrative choice to do so. Rather, you could tell when Miss Claire Garden released that it was a labor of love, and you can feel that same love resulted in this latest update. It also means that hopefully a whole new generation of iOS gamers will be able to check it out for the first time, so if you like platforming games and have a spare dollar lying around, give Miss Claire Garden a shot.
Screw Gameloft. It's gonna be a fremium piece of trash, or knowing gameloft it'll be $7 and still push IAP's on you.
Seen it, it's been done before! Justice League did it, it's average at best!
Kinda like Lord of Zombies but all-out on freemium goodness
This game looks like it plays like flaccid penis.
So in other words, it's on your watch list?
Comment of the year.
Flaccid Penis is one of my faves. I heard they will be making a sequel. Flaccid Penis: The Hardening. INSTABUY!
Don't know, but thanks for your experienced insight.
Gamloft? Are you kidding me? This game is going to be terrible.
Did you expect anything else?
I think the upcoming spiderman game will be better than this game. NO A MUST HAVE GAME!!!!
I wasn't sure if I was going to download this, but after seeing that it will play in portrait mode I'm definitely going to be downloading it now! I just wish Thor and Iron Man would've played in portrait mode as well. Would've played them more.
Looks freakin terrible. It seems like all these free to play games are being geared towards 5 year olds who will spam that in-game purchase button until their parents are bankrupt and they're all living on the streets. I would have expected more from a Captain America game, but then again, Gameloft doesn't care what those who don't spend hundreds of dollars in IAP think. Same with every mobile game company these days I guess.
Actually what you are saying cannot be closer to the truth, used to work there, had a shitload of complaints of parents wanting their money back, ranging from 300$ to 2000$ , most of the time on google play.
It..... it doesn't look very good.... Sluggish and slow pace. I would expect high action to match the movies and brawler feel. Probably a pass.
"Play a game for the graphic is like watch a p**n video for the story".
Freemium is bad