The original Enigmo has long struck us as one of the most overhyped early iPhone games, a puzzler with fairly drab graphics and nichey gameplay. It’s one of the best games we’ve played on the platform in a while. But by iPhone OS standards, Meteor Blitz hits all the other marks-it’s aggressively priced, fun to play, and very compelling visually. If there’s anything less than ideal in this title, it’s the music, which is good but far too repetitive, and the absence of a true “X-factor” something special to make it truly memorable. Even on the first planet, this is a challenge, as simple but effective “boss” ships appear with increasingly powerful defenses, and need to be taken down before you can clear any stage. Rather than making its stages too easy, Alley Labs starts by flashing a set of 6 planets-5 unlockable-and then has you beat five stages in a row on each planet in order to move on. Meteor Blitz makes an immediately positive impression with its planets, which are gently spherical, multi-layered 3-D objects with more realistic textures than most iPhone and iPod touch gamers would be expecting to see enemies zoom in from off the screen, typically trying to land right on top of you and destroy your shield or your ship, and the balance of fire, ice, and energy colors from level to level is spot on. The planets and enemy characters are also beautifully drawn. The package of game elements and controls might not be wholly original, but they’re tight, and work perfectly together here to incentivize you to keep playing. Shaking the iPhone or iPod touch releases a screen-clearing smart bomb. Your ship can occasionally hurtle itself forwards to get out of bad jams, using a charging technique on the left joystick, and use a point-increasing gravity weapon by tapping on the right stick to snag an enemy and throw it at something else. You glide over the planets, unleashing continuous bullets that are either plain energy, fire, or ice, each upgradeable by collecting little rings that are scattered when you destroy objects. To start with what the developer has done very, very right here, Meteor Blitz has a gameplay system that just works properly. You use two virtual joysticks at the bottom corners of the screen to move and shoot in separate directions. Alley Labs places you in control of a spaceship that floats in 2-D (left, down, up, right) over the surfaces of planets, and gives you several types of weapons to use against hordes of spaceships and asteroids that appear. Today? Just go to the main page and click Create Account to get started.Thanks to deft uses of twin-joystick controls and 3-D graphics, Asteroids clones have in recent years been taken to new heights through games such as Super Stardust HD and Geometry Wars, so it’s no shock that the App Store now has its own alternative in Meteor Blitz ($2) from Alley Labs-the only surprise is how good the game actually is. To give credit where credit is due, so why not register a free account You can enter those details to share with other registered users.Īnd your information is not used for commercial purposes. When registering a free account, we don't force you toĮnter details you don't want anyone to know. Show other users of the system just how helpful you've been. It also lets you amassĬontribution Points (also displayed next to your contributions), which Giving you proper credit for your work and information. Your user information linked to them and displayed next to your contributions, Registering a user account is free and benefits you directly.īy getting a free user account, all additions you make to the system will have Your password and email address will NOT be retransmitted. Once you have successfully logged on, you will be redirected back to where youĬame from. If you received an error message when you tried to use our secure server, sign in using our standard server. MobyGames secure server will encrypt your logon and password for your security.
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