Battle Blasters
By Little Guy Games Inc
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Description
Coming Soon: ONLINE MULTIPLAYER!
It’s the year 3042 and the ultimate form of entertainment is the Battle Blasters tournament which pits the world’s best fighters against each other in gun-blasting death matches. Take control of a roster of futuristic combatants trained in the art of armed conflict. To succeed you will need to determine your opponent’s fighting style, avoid their attacks and unleash your own devastating specials and combos.
Built with original artwork, unique character designs, and live recorded audio, Battle Blasters includes several gameplay modes and features:
• Campaign Mode - Battle your way through fearsome opponents across three difficulty levels. Unlock Supreme difficulty to compete against the elite Battle Blasters fighters.
• Multiplayer – Engage your friends in intense 1-on-1 battles on the same device!
• Bluetooth Local Multiplayer - play against your friends on different devices!
• Quickplay – Hone your skills against any fighter in the Battle Blaster tournament
• Facebook Leaderboards - Post your high scores to Facebook Leaderboards to compete against your friends and other Battle Blasters fighters across the world!
PRESS REVIEWS
"...as I played and eventually conquered Battle Blasters, I began to finally understand what those fighting game fanatics were raving on about...Battle Blasters contains a hidden level of strategic depth that, once discovered, really changes the nature of the game."
-Touch Arcade
"The addictive nature of the gameplay ensures Battle Blasters quite literally packs a punch... The single player potion of the game is a real challenge. While completing the game on the default Easy setting won't take you long, finishing it on Hard is no mean feat."
-Pocket Gamer
"The controls are easy and completely gesture-based... I had no control problems whatsoever, and the gestures were intuitive and easy to use."
-no dpad
"For a game as simple as it looks, Battle Blasters is a technical fighters dream. This is not just a game for the casual gamer... If you like fighting games, then Battle Blasters should be at the top of your list. Download this game now!"
-SFX360
"Battle Blasters is a very consistent effort that looks and plays equally well. While pretty satisfying when played for short bursts, those looking to master the game will be rewarded by the game’s subtle nuances... It offers a unique thrill that is easy to pick-up, but may be hard to put down."
-148apps
Battle Blasters is an intense shooting/fighting experience for your iPhone or iPod Touch. It features six characters, each with their own unique fighting style, abilities, and special weapons. Whether human, robot, alien, or something in between, in Battle Blasters the only language is gunshots and the only currency is plasma and lasers.
What's New in Version 1.1
LOCAL BLUETOOTH MULTIPLAYER NOW AVAILABLE!
Play against your friends over bluetooth
+ same-device multiplayer control adjustments
Customer Reviews
Battle Blasters is INCREDIBLE
Battle Blasters is quite possibly one of the first iPhone games that I've checked out and instantly got that same retro feeling back from the 80's when games were cool.
This game is simply a work of art in my eyes.
The game plays much like a simplified street fighter, top down perspective, with gorgeous canadian made pixels ( I know several canadian pixel artists and they all share this similar romantic looking style ). You have 3 modes of attack and one mode of defense per character and each character has it's own specialty. Weather it be a power shot that takes the enemy down about 1/3 life, globs of energy that first protect the player, then fire away at the enmy or 2 powerful shots at a time the characters are so varied that you simply want to play and master them all.
This leads me to the simplified street fighter approach to the game mechanics. The developers really pulled this off quite well. They simplified the moves down to a power shot, fast shot, special attack and block/reflect. These are controlled by gesturing with your finger on the screen. You are also in charge of moving your character left and right.
Overwhelming at first, once you get down moving left and right and firing your quick and power shots you're ready to go.
The gameplay plays much like a combination of street fighter and tennis and is extremely satisfying since you're busting combinations of shots, special attacks and blocking while moving left and right deflecting the enemy.
This game is absolutely intense, I wanted to give it a quick 10 minute go and sat there playing for 2 hours. Many times I waved my fists in the air saying "ALMOST!!!! DAMN YOU MAYA!!".
That night I went to a birthday party for a friend and I kept whipping Battle Blasters out and challenging people to play me. By this point I'm on supreme difficulty but I showed them how to play and took it easy on them, I noticed everyone learned the game by me repeating the instructions from the beginning of the game. It was too much fun and by doing this I got a feel for what Multiplayer is going to be like.
By the end of the night I was finishing up supreme using Jerett and I distinctly remember screaming "YEAH, F*** YOU ANIMUS!!". By this point I am hopelessly addicted to this game even though I wasn't a huge fan of street fighter or mortal kombat, even though I did play them.
I think the developers have a hit here with this seamless combination of the tennis mechanic with the fighting game mechanic. There's no stats to worry about, no powerups, nothing to buy, etc.. This game is all about learning the characters, figuring out how to do combos with them and practicing which is extremely fun.
The game is about as fast paced as a pinball game, pinball fantasies/dreams speed.
And if these impressions haven't swayed you enough yet, you should get this game simply to practice for the future online multiplayer that the developers are working on.
I'd talk about the UI, sound, etc.. But I think I've written enough, lets just say they're equally as awesome as the gameplay and that's what makes this title perfectly polished and 5 stars in my opinion, even without the multiplayer.
GO get it, and I will meet you in battle!
- Dogmeat
Good stuff.
I'm a big fighting game fan and this is the closest thing to that versus experience on the iPhone. I heard online was coming, if that's true this game will be even more of a "must have". I'd even pay a buck or two for some DLC characters.
More depth that it seems at first glance
This is definitely a fun game; the combat system makes good use of the iPhone interface (no d-pads or fire buttons), and there's enough variety in the moves and attacks to keep things interesting -- it's a bit like a ranged-attack version of a Tekken or Soul Calibur. The presentation is very polished, with some of the better pixel art I've seen on the platform. Very much recommended.
BTW, anybody who asks for a "d-pad" for this game should just quit gaming on this platform. Get a PSP or a DS. D-pads have their place on some games, but the controls on Battle Blasters are spot on perfect.
- Category: Games
- Updated Feb 18, 2010
- Current Version: 1.1
- 34.5 MB
- Languages: English
- Seller: Little Guy Games Inc
- © Little Guy Games 2009
Requirements: Compatible with iPhone and iPod touch. Requires iPhone OS 3.0 or later.
