Back in early March, developer Kimmo Lahtinen aka Gimblll announced a new hack ‘n slash game called Barbearian, and it looked awesome. It features a bear who is also a barbarian (hence the game’s title) who is transported to a strange world, and his only chance for returning home is to master the art of combat and absolutely destroy everything in his path. Barbearian features an isometric perspective and enemies who attack in droves, creating an almost overwhelming amount of mayhem. Oh, and did I mention you play as a BEAR who is a BARBARIAN and that the game is called BARBEARIAN? That is a major selling point to me. Anyway, over the weekend Gimblll announced that Barbearian is all set to launch on August 15th, and recently created a new trailer showing all that mayhem in action.
As the developer notes in our forums, Barbearian will be a premium game priced at $8.99 and for those who aren’t big fans of touchscreen controls it’ll support MFi controllers. In case you were not aware, Gimblll’s previous mobile gaming efforts have been highly enjoyable affairs, including the excellent dual-stick shooter Trigonarium ($0.99) and the blissfully chaotic top-down racer Drift’n’Drive ($2.99), so we’ve been especially excited for Barbearian based on that. If you’re as excited for us and you’re into the whole pre-ordering thing, then you can click this link on an iOS 11 device to be taken to the App Store where you can pre-order Barbearian, and it’ll just magically download to your device when it releases. For all the non-pre-orderers out there, look for the game to arrive in just over two weeks.
i've tested it, is fun but 9$ is much money for a phone game.
$9 is like a sandwich. So the question is if you enjoy this more or less than a sandwich. For some, the answer may be less. But it's hardly big bucks if it has an adequate number of hours of gameplay.
it is repetitive, trust me 9$ is much for this game.
Thank you, this comment is much more substantive! If it's repetitive and doesn't hold interest, $9 is too much for *this* game. You just saved me a sandwich!!!
American sandwiches are $9?!
You’d be looking at £3-4 for a top end supermarket sarnie in the U.K., and £1-1.25 for the bargain basement fish sandwiches beloved of our toddler.
I admit to living in an expensive city (Washington, D.C.). I've had decent sandwiches for more like $5, which is more like the price you're giving. It's funny when I go to sporting events in other cities, the overpriced stadium beer is basically the price I'm used to paying for a beer anyway.
Unfortunately this type mentality is what is holding back the mobile gaming industry from becoming even greater than it already is.
So now we can't give our opinion about a game? if i dont want to buy a game for 9$ thats my problem, the game is repetitive, you do the same thing in different escenary nothing more, if you want buy it, buy it, thats your problem.
"i've tested it, is fun but 9$ is much money for a phone game."
Does imply that "phone games as a general term" isint worth nine dollars, not this specific game. Proofread to ensure your statement is universally understood??? You could have said....
I have been able to test this game, it is very fun, but quickly became repetitive for me, I would likely buy it on sale though. But as it stands, nine dollars is a little steep asking price for "this game".
I tested as well and think $8.99 is a fair ask given the amount of time I have already enjoyed playing. There is a TON of content and upgrades.
If you like Hack n Slash games, this is for you.