iphoneunlock zone review

if you stop to think about your favorite games,i bet that most of you will love these titles partially for their music, and this is anexample of how important sound design can be in a game. now this intro is a little misleading.crumble zone has decent music, but that's not why it made such an impact upon playing.instead we need to have a look at music's brother, the sound effect, in which this gamedelivers up in such a satisfyingly crunchy

iphoneunlock zone review, way, that the joy of the gameplay is inextricablytied into it. the game is about protecting your little centralplanetoid from the incoming bombardment of asteroids of varying sizes. the large onesbreak into small ones, and all can do irrevocable damage to your home. you protect this floatingorb by firing projectiles at the incoming

masses, breaking them down till either theyare obliterated, or you make it over a threshold to a new level, clearing the surroundingsof debris. movement around the planet is accomplished with the left and right arrows down on thebottom left of the screen, while shooting is taken care of by tapping the target button.rather then fire in a straight line, your character randomly lobs his weapon in an arcto the right or left, sometimes leaving the decision between a close call and a game overto the hands of fate. after breaking part enough large asteroids, you gain a specialfire attack that zooms around the planet, and can pick off all the little pieces thatare left, and it's this constant cycle as the incoming attacks get more and more frequentthat keeps you replaying over and over again.

now seeing that the introduction was gushingover the sound effects, let's take a closer look. each successful attack of an asteroidtriggers a meaty, crunchy sound that can perhaps best be described as someone with pop rocksin their mouth stepping on gravel. it's a joyous sound, and is usually followed by thetrickle of gems as they rain down on your planet, ripe for collection (which are ofcourse used to unlock new items at certain collection milestones). all of this takesplace on a background of moody blues or threatening greens, and does its best to elevate the simplegameplay mechanics to a more addictive and immersive experience. of course it's not perfect. the placementof the buttons are odd, and the buttons themselves

are a little small, and it does take morethan a few plays for the game to click. still, we also should mention that there is a multiplayermode (available on the same device no less), and as high score arcade games go, a lot ofeffort has gone into the idea and the presentation. definitely a recommend for high score chasersand those that like their games crunchy.