Tower defence games have been done many times before on the iPhone. But how many of those games let you defend against Snowtroopers and AT-ATs? Only this one.
Here’s the deal: If you like tower defence games and love Star Wars, Star Wars: Battle for Hoth at $3.99 is a great buy. There’s 15 levels, two different game modes and gameplay just lasts forever. Plus you get to play as part of the Rebel Alliance and see clips of The Empire Strikes Back.
There’s also a few fresh control options that make Battle for Hoth feel a little different than other tower defence games, like being able to dictate which defence units can attack what and having to manually collect points.
My only problem is that the icons, text, and graphics just don’t display well on the iPhone 4′s screen. It’s not a complete deal breaker, just a sorta underwhelming visual experience. Other than that, the gameplay and controls are fine (once you get used to them).
So in the end, if you’re a huge Star Wars fan and love your tower defence games, it’s an easy purchase. For the rest of us, I’d still lean towards buying but wouldn’t blame you for waiting for an update. [iTunes]
Art Nau
Friday, July 16, 2010 at 10:42 AMdevelopers who make apps for iPhone only missing out on good portion of the Android market … which is growing on a daily bases
matt
Friday, July 16, 2010 at 1:43 PMcouldn’t agree more, and if you do it right, porting from iphone to android should only take literally a few days.
tho there is the little issue of Aus devs not being able to sell anything on the marketplace :(
Simon Reidy
Friday, July 16, 2010 at 2:46 PMQuality of games is one of the reasons I’m sticking with Apple. The range and quality of games SUCKS in the Android market. And yes the fact that Aussie developers can’t get paid to create apps is absurd.
I know this will all change. The introduction of the Samsung Galaxy S and it’s lovely hummingbird processor should hopefully raise the bar. Hopefully developers start to utilise it’s power as after seeing it run Quake 2 I’m very impressed.
As it stand now though if portable gaming on your phone matters to you, the only choice is iOS4.
No need to tell me how much you hate Apple matt. I’ve read all your other posts :)
Simon Reidy
Friday, July 16, 2010 at 2:49 PMI’ve just downloaded this and it’s tons of fun! Star Wars and tower defence is a match made in heaven.
Beau Dacious
Friday, July 16, 2010 at 4:05 PMany word on the amount of towers?