My review is on the french Store (I bought the game on my country store) under the name of Philsquirrel Stars : 5 Title : Excellent ! Text : Ce petit jeu n'a l'air de rien, mais en réalité c'est de la bombe !!! Massacrez, étripez, brûlez allégrement tout ce qui bouge avec l'aide des Dieux ! Les graphismes sont très bons, le gameplay est remarquable : n'hésitez pas, à ce prix ce serait criminel de s'en passer.
I have the game already and didn't get it by promo codes a few hours ago but left a review on itunes. Itunes username - jjjfackkkkkkk, or something like that. My i point out fack not f***.
Review of 9,000 BC Can you survive? 9,000 BC is a game that takes you back in time to the period where life was a constant struggle for dominance and survival. I must say, this game mirrors that desperation and level of franticness perfectly. With its great mix of action, fighting, upgrades, strategy, and survival, I believe that the developer of 9,000 BC may have made an unbelievably great game. The objective of 9,000 BC is to defend your tribe from the ferocious natives that are, for some reason, bent on the destroying your village. Your character is a little boy, but don't let that fool you. This boy can throw spears, conjure up magical trees, cast spells, control the elements, summon godly spirits and allies, and even use dead bodies to his advantage. The fabulous artwork, original concept, and creative combat system would all have been for nothing if there weren't good controls. However, 9,000 BC pulls off a very good control scheme. Through a series of finger interactions, you will be able to do a vast variety of things in order to kill your enemy (i.e. the only way to kill firedevils is to blast them with water, so what your do is swipe your finger from the ocean at the firedevil, and they will die), and throwing spears is a cinch; all you have to do is tap on the screen and your hero will throw the spear will all his might. The objective in 9,000 BC is to kill all the enemies and last as long as you can, a la Knights Onrush, StickWars, and all the other "endless" games out there. So what sets this game apart from all the others? This game has a very intricate upgrade system, lots of things to do, and many ways to kill your enemies, which are also numerous in numbers, size, and category. As I have already said, in 9,000 BC you can upgrade and buy a wide variety of things: -bigger health bar so the character can last longer and receive more damage from enemies -bigger hunger bar so the character gets hungry more slowly -higher volcano damage -higher lighting damage -higher fire bush damage -three spirits that help you fight the enemies -three different spells that make your arrows more powerful, shrink the enemy, and shock them so they stay in place All of the upgrades, with the exception of the spirits and "magical fruit" spells, can be upgraded to a maximum of 10 times, but the spirits and spells are one time use only; once you use them , you'll have to buy them again. To simplify this concept, basically the spirits and spells are "active" skills (you can use and see them take effect, but you'll have to buy them again), and the long term upgrades are "passive" skills (you don't actually see the lightning or volcano change, but they do more damage). The gameplay of 9,000 BC will give your fingers a chance to prove their dexterity; theres three difficulty levels, and you'll be swiping fish to your hero to keep him well fed, throwing water at firedevils, shaking clouds to produce thunder, tapping the sun to drop a fire bush, giving your hero magical fruits, sending out your spirits, and dragging dead bodies to the volcano so it can launch a huge bomb of lava. Does it sound hectic? You bet. Surprisingly, none of this detracts from 9,000 BC's gameplay; it just makes it better and better, and you'll soon be wondering, "Why don't other developers follow this one's example and make their game more intricate and fun?" In 9,000 BC, there is a wide variety of creatures you have to kill. There are: the Native Brothers, Fat Spear Man, Bearded Man, Giant, Tree Monster, Fire Devil, Evil Birds, etc. A good number of these creatures can be defeated by your trusty spear, but some of them need to be hit a lot more than others, and a good amount of creatures will also need a specific action to kill them (i.e. you must kill Tree Monsters by burning them with some type of fire, and Evil Birds can only be kill by throwing them off screen). In addition, the developer listens to his players, and will have you guys vote on what should be in the next version. The voting is done on his website, and I must say, it is a very efficient way to make his audience happy. This game also supports OpenFeint, so you can keep playing and uploading your high scores while you try to climb to the top of the leaderboards. As a result of this great artwork, fun gameplay, and original ideas, I believe that this mixed-genre game will become one of the App Store's next rising stars. 9,000 BC is one of the best games you can get on the App Store for 99 cents. If you do not have 9,000 BC yet, get it now. Gameplay: 5/5 (very creative and original, will leave you in awe and coming back for more) Replayability: 5/5 (endless, lots of upgrades, large variety of monsters) Graphics: 5/5 (nothing revolutional, but the art style is very appealing and eye-catching, not to mention that it fits with the theme very well) Features: 4/5 (lots of things to do and upgrade, but only one gameplay mode) Overall: 5/5 (bottom line: if you do not have this game, you should get it now, or youll miss out on one of the best experiences you can get for 99 cents)
Well, I did spend a long time on the review... But I may not win, some people can write better reviews than me (i.e. BA )
9,000 BC just saw a massive influx of reviews on iTunes, it's now rated 4 and 1/2 stars guys! Nice! Anyways, I hope my review was descriptive and fleshed out enough for you guys... I really hope I win! Grats to mrkennychen for such a nice review too!
Yeah, thanks! Lol, I submitted my review to the "User Reviews" section too, since I thought some people might like to see how the quality of my reviews are progressing. Anyways, one suggestion: next time put some spaces in between the paragraphs; the overall review was pretty good, but it was really hard for my eyes to read... my face was like on the computer screen the entire time... lol.
I did on Microsoft Word. I guess when I copy pasted, it didn't copy the spaces thanks for the tip though!
No problem. It feels weird that it's just the two of us talking on this thread, and I really want to know who won. Hope 9000bcgame is online today so he can announce it!
