In the vastness of the new AppStore lighted asterisk - Ace Ferrara and the Dino Menace. Designed by one man alone, she gathered a general all that can be kosmoarkadah: and funny story, and a bouncy combat system, and futuristic vehicles of varying degrees of quirkiness. But the main thing - here are stunningly beautiful views and excellent, even for an amateur, humor.
How to play?
Background is as follows: a small but close-knit small group of militant dinosaurs suddenly decides to subdue the earth. To avoid reptilian oppression, our soplanetnikov quickly create a special unit, which must fight the bad guys. Detachment complicated: instructions here distributes talking cat (appearing in public is strictly on headphones), and the personnel of the squadron, it seems dialed only from the nearest mental hospital.
Scenario, of course, humorous and obviously aiming to succeed "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" - here, too kitsch, grotesque, slight insanity and quite a natural space outside. The story itself is served in the form of animated inserts and accompanied by funny remarks (knowledge of English, by the way, welcome) - they are fun to read, but no one will complain if you at some point, these best replica start rewinding, to quickly get to the main - gameplay.
Ace Ferrara is one hundred percent Arcade - here just a hint of realism sacrificed fun. This approach is shared by the management, the most simple and clear. Left stikom move aircraft on the vertical axis. If you flew in especially large enemy salvo - strike sharply finger across the screen, and the ship spectacular barrel metnёtsya aside. Weapons, in turn, includes a cliché machine guns and rockets. The first can be used continuously at least - Know yourself keep your finger on the trigger. But the latter will advise save for particularly hard fights.
Unfortunately, offering us such splendor, the author nothing special out of him but could not. Quests are quite simple and are usually reduced to the total destruction of all the dinosaurs in the area. Sometimes there are more or less meaningful quests - for example, to hold a defenseless ship through a minefield - but mostly on the screen is created solid grinder.
Missions themselves are short, which is good: after all, do not forget the specifics of mobile devices - especially in the metro have not played enough. Couples races (Zaletov?) Enough to pass a few dozen boring minutes.
How it looks?
With the appearance in Ace Ferrara there is no problem. As befits a space game, 99% of the time you will contemplate the fantastic beautiful views. Particularly impressive looks mission, taking place in the immediate vicinity of the Sun: yellow giant (call it a dwarf, as it is necessary for science, language does not turn!) Bubbling, seething and angry, and his fiery bowels, it seems, is about to gobble up the ship; feel the natural heat from the image. With more conservative cold tones, however, all too well: blue-black space here mysterious and infinite, it would be desirable to peer ever, considering the stars.
But you have such an opportunity, alas, will not give - just gape like fucking dinosaurs Hole trim. Fights, by the way, are very dynamic, and furnished to match: the rocket shot dissecting quiet starry expanse, and ships very effectively go to a better world, leaving a large cloud of radioactive dust.
Results of
Of Ace Ferrara, of course, came out good arcade space. That is, "in the format": simple enough to not push too high complexity, but at the same time very exciting. Shoot fun, beautiful graphics, missions are short but intense. The plot is probably someone alienate excessive simplicity and unusual sense of humor, but also strange to expect from a mobile project history level of Douglas Adams, is not it?
Pluses:
- fun gameplay;
- low complexity - even a child can handle;
- great design: some landscapes zaskrinit want and put on a headband;
- no internal purchases.
Disadvantages:
- monotonous mission;
- the script is written with humor, but very specific, not everyone will like;
- the high price of $ 3.99
