Rage HD

IOS App Store may have its fair share of compelling and addictive games on offer, but when John Carmack has just called with his last megatextured shoot-em-up, you have to sit down and be careful . Rage HD: Mutant Bash TV is not so much a game full of its own as it is a teaser for the upcoming Rage FPS for the PC, yet even in its rather limited duration, it has managed to seduce and thrill us with his visual and visceral gameplay to stop. It is easily the best game we've yet seen on a mobile device and offers a beautiful demonstration of how far Apple hardware - the 4 iPhone, iPhone and iPod touch fourth generation - can be pushed when some of suitablydexterous hands are the graphics commands. But, of course, games are supposed to be fun to play, not only to look, so why not join us after the break to see how HD Rage manages office mutant-bashing?Rage HD screenshots
The first thing to say about HD Rage is that it's a shooter on rails, meaning that you do not get to personally control the movements of your character, who - like a basket on a park rides - swings to and comes in its own mysterious will. Given the relative lack of sophistication on the supply of touch screen controls, we feel like this was probably the wisest choice. It helps to make the game instantly accessible and minimizes congestion control to a degree where there is no learning curve frustrating. It is possible to improve your aim and agility in combat, but you can get by without it on easy mode.
Looking around is done either by browsing the screen with your finger or tilting and turning the phone itself, including the accelerometer and a gyroscope to come into good use and react quickly impressive. The only thing that kept niggling irking us was that the automatic movement drive also includes a camera control, often so that you threw away your vision bonus points or targets that you might have preferred to take before deliver a merciful death to the nearest mutants. This is clearly part of the game mechanics to make you turn and torque around you to reach every goal, but it is something of a bore.

The control buttons are just cleverly conceived and designed to screen or obscure the action or themselves which makes it particularly difficult to find, use or understand. We also liked the little more sophistication thrown in to differentiate the weapons - you can interrupt the reloading your gun to shoot a shot, you can not do with the assault rifle or handgun, which both require the exchange of an entire clip. In addition, some of the bad guys can throw projectiles at you, you're free to either dodge or shoot into the air, depending on the amount of a badass you.
Overall, id earns high marks from us for their control system (which, admittedly, not much has changed since the days of Doom Resurrection) on a game that does not really work as well on business a relatively small screen of 3.5 inches. It is only enhanced by the score of professional and deeply atmospheric music and, let us once again, butter smooth performance and stunningly beautiful graphics. If there is something wrong with the appearance of Rage HD is the bland pastel color palette - but then we heard that it is fashionable in the dystopian visions of our future post-apocalyptic, then we'll let that slide.

Another positive aspect to note that the game is released suddenly will not lose your progress and you will be released in the same place when you're ready to return it and get back Gunning. If you decide to close it completely, Rage HD will always remember your last checkpoint, and from automatic backups seem to be fairly distributed generously, you are almost guaranteed to have always your path of chaos registration. Who could be something really useful to have ... Rage only if HD has not been so incredibly short. Three miserable levels are offered, each taking no more than 15 minutes to complete (unless you raise the difficulty, then they might take your days), and there is no real-world scenario side of the topic Running Man, no character development, and no grand final hope. As they say, it's more a teaser of a game in itself.
The short solo and multiplayer nonexistent in this game - seriously, why not keep some relevant statistics and we try at least the digital competition - limiting the long-term attractiveness of Rage HD, but if you're looking forbest way to kill, murder, and erase 30 minutes of your life, Gorefest $ 1.99 would be high on our list of recommendations.
NB - There is also an SD version of the game available on the App Store, which costs $ 0.99, which extends downward compatibility for the iPhone 3G and iPod Touch second and third generations

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