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Our review

Nowadays is not easy to find something original in the App Store due to the large ammount of applications and games containing. But this is the case of "Rapids Rider", DAGASU brings us some of fresh air in a saturated room.
The concept is very original, basically, we have an aerial view kayaking game, but the locations, gameplay and additional content makes  it unique.
We get the role of Nick Trouble, an adventurer, with an appearance far from the typical one, he has an humorous orientation. We have to pass a set of stages using all the full device capabilities, using the tilt sensors to move, tap on the screen to accelerate and slide over the screen for braking. It is appreciated a real iPhone control.
The graphics are cool, pictures are really nice and we like much the game graphics that are more classical style instead the typical flash-style graphics so used today in 2D games. The music is beatiful and adapts well to the situation. The sound effects are good and have a curious effect if you play with earphones.
We can play in 2 modes, in Story Mode we play while viewing some funny pictures and animations, we get a rating based stars (from 0 to 3) and unlock the stages and content. In Score Mode we play for obtaining the highest score and send them to Game Center leaderboards. In the way we find bonus items, collecting them we obtain better ratings or scores, depending of the selected game mode.
Additionally, when we play and obtain stars, we can use them to unlock all the game contents, like pictures and animations, which are available as extras. Each item has a cost, and unlocking all of them can take you a long time. It has enabled Game Center achievements, and some of them are not an easy task. With this, we can say that Rapids Rider has a high replayable value.
With its original concept, excellent gameplay, complete set of 24 stages, and all the additional content included, we can only strongly recommend to buy Rapids Rider. For its low price, $1.99, it's really worthy.

Pros.

+ Original concept.
+ Cool graphics, with nice pictures and fresh style.
+ Game Center enabled.
+ Great gameplay with real iPhone controls.
+ Complete pack.

Cons.

- Difficulty can be high in last levels.

Our review

Breakdowns Studios is the responsible company for Mad O Ball 3D, a great game that will fill your spare time with rolling fun! Interested enough, keep reading!

On Mad O Ball 3D you get the role of a rolling ball which will need to move around using tilt sensors trying to keep it on the way without falling. In your way you will find some obstacles as holes which you will need to jump it by pressing the "jump" button, which are convenient placed on both sides of the device, which is a great idea cause left and right handed will play without problem.

At the beginning of the stage, a entire view will be presented so you can see the entire path to roll; if you prefer to explore by yourself, you can skip this little intro tapping with 2 fingers at once.

On your way to roll you will find some checkpoints which it will be extremely useful, so if you lose your ball, you will start from them. During all your rolling experience, you will got a timer, which once you have completed a stage will estimate "how good you have rolled" which include "congratulations" or "too slow".

Stages will be presented under 4 main ways which includes "east", "west", "north" and "south", being "east" way unlocked at the beginning, each of it will have his own stages inside(i.e. east way will be presented with 8 different stages), and you will be free to choose any of them to play, in the order you desired, which is definitely a good point if you got stuck in some of the previous ones.

With a stunning 3D graphics comic style which is a really pleasure for the eye, a music that immerse you on the game, and a extreme playability, Mad O Ball 3D is really a must buy.

Mad O Ball 3D is available via iTunes and is compatible with iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. Requires iOS 3.1.3 or later and its cost 3.99$.

Pros.

+ Highly addictive, fun and easy gameplay.

+ Great 3D graphics.

+ OpenFeint enabled.

+ Great playability.

+ Long game.

Cons.

- Cost 3.99$ for iPhone and iPad.

Our review

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Our review

They say that in space nobody can hear you scream and that would probably be a good thing if you were one of the passengers that are on one of the many space shuttles that are in your control as you attempt to doc your passengers in one of the seven space stations that make up the seven levels of this Flight Control in space clone.

Exodus is a line drawing game where your task is to help ferry passengers to their space stations without causing a catastrophic crash. You start the game with only one level available and each subsequent one will become available only when the previous level has been completed. Triad is the first level and things start pretty sedately with three docking statins located on a space station in the middle of the screen.

The space ships and their passengers appear from all four sides of the screen and are announced with an icon so you are warned of their impending arrival. As soon as they appear on the screen you drag your path from the ship to the dock of your choice. Depending on how many passengers the space ship has the time taken for the passengers to unload will vary as does the speed of the space ship itself.

As soon as all the passengers have made their way off of the ship you can then direct the ship back away from it’s dock and off of the screen. The graphics aren’t as good looking as some of the line drawing games out there and the lines themselves aren’t as smooth as they could be but it plays well enough.

The difficulty level is a little flat too with a lot of ships having to be docked before things start even getting a little bit tricky and even then it’s still relatively easy to juggle the multiple ships as they appear on the screen. The little space ships don’t even crash if they hit the space station rather that a specific dock, however it is game over should two or more space ships collide with each other.

As you progress through the levels extra difficulties are thrown into the mix including black holes and asteroids which as you would expect causes the game to end should a ship be sucked into it’s darkness. The space stations themselves also offer variety of challenges as you progress through the levels.

The game is OpenFeint enabled which offers extra value for your $.99 including 14 different achievements which aren’t just based on the progression through the levels but also based on individual successes in the game such as traveling 100,000 miles and avoiding an alien. OpenFeint also includes global leader boards so you can compare your scores with other players from all over the world.

If you like line drawing games then you’ll probably like this too although it has to be said that it doesn’t add anything specifically new to the genre which already has some quality games in it.

Pros.

• Line drawing in space
• 7 unique locations
• OpenFeint enabled

Cons.

• Shallow difficulty curve
• Too easy
• No crashing into space stations!