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Any good brief reviews of these games? Which ones are worth playing? Also, I tend to have the most time for gaming while on the bus or the like, playing on my

by lambda 14y ago

Any good brief reviews of these games? Which ones are worth playing? Also, I tend to have the most time for gaming while on the bus or the like, playing on my phone. Any of these particularly good or particularly bad in a mobile form factor?

Daiz 14y ago
Super Hexagon is certainly super. I've bought it like 5 times myself already (once for PC, thrice as a gift, once for my Galaxy Nexus) and have easily spent 10+ hours on it. It's incredibly well designed, works extremely well on mobile (a single game generally only lasts seconds) and it's very addicting.
- cocoflunchy 14y ago
  This game looks impossible... the video presentation is scaring me.
  - baby 14y ago
    it seems like it's impossible at first. But you still have fun in the normal levels. Then you get better, and before your realize it you're beating the last level.
  - Daiz 14y ago
    Oh, it's hard for sure, but a very fair kind of hard. I actually finally beat the game myself about a week ago - I've now managed to do it a couple more times. Relevant plug - I recorded some gameplay footage from the PC version a while back, in case you're interested: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uq36XXqg9iI&list=PLpDx3aCHawJmgrvQVZZ1vgO05DJB6gdZY&index=1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uq36XXqg9iI&list=PLpDx3aC...
  - Jare 14y ago
    Progress in Super Hexagon comes in small but incredibly "I can't believe I did THAT!" satisfying doses, while defeat does not taste sour at all. It's the best very hard game I've ever played.
hugoc 14y ago
I used to play Dungeon Defenders on my phone until it was retired and liked it. Beat Hazard: http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/12/03/game-review-shoot-em-up-rave-beat-hazard-ultra/ http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/12/03/game-review-shoot-em... Super Hexagon: http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/01/19/new-game-terry-cavanaghs-super-hexagon-brings-its-rhythmic-addictive-gameplay-to-android/ http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/01/19/new-game-terry-cavan... The other games are debuting their android versions but the iOS originals have positive reviews.
juriga 14y ago
I have spent many hour-long train commutes entranced by Super Hexagon. The game is really really hard, but the fast-paced sessions and minimalistic controls are very well suited for the mobile form factor.
jontunn 14y ago
Here are a couple reviews Super Hexagon: http://gamewoof.com/game-reviews/super-hexagon-pure-gaming/ http://gamewoof.com/game-reviews/super-hexagon-pure-gaming/ Beat Hazard: http://gamewoof.com/game-reviews/review-beat-hazard-ultra/ http://gamewoof.com/game-reviews/review-beat-hazard-ultra/
polymatter 14y ago
Am I the only one that bought it for Solar 2? Completely awesome game - fantastic for when you only have a few minutes. You start as an asteroid cruising the galaxy, smash into more asteroids and you grow into a planet, star, black hole. Along the way you have life spawning on your planet(s) fighting off other life forms, completing challenging and sometimes bizarre side quests. Death is no biggie, and its all about exploration. I love it.
- yohui 14y ago
  I didn't buy HBA5 for Solar 2, but I can already tell it's going to be one of my favorites from this bundle, along with Beat Hazard Ultra (the PC version of which I had already played and enjoyed). Simply flying around as an asteroid is alright, but the real fun starts once you've smashed into enough rocks to become a planet. Then you can collect a whole swarm of asteroid, orbiting around you. Colliding with asteroids now reduces your mass instead of growing you; you have to swallow the rocks in orbit to do so. Once you become a star, collecting whole planets (with their own orbiting asteroids) is even neater. Along the way, the inhabitants of planets will build little ships and planetary shields to defend themselves against rival systems... until you swallow their homeworld, anyways. I've yet to build a multi-stellar system before becoming a black hole and gobbling up my orbitals, but that's my next goal. If nothing else, I'm glad HBA5 introduced me to this game I'd somehow overlooked.

by lambda 14y ago

Daiz 14y ago

Super Hexagon is certainly super. I've bought it like 5 times myself already (once for PC, thrice as a gift, once for my Galaxy Nexus) and have easily spent 10+ hours on it. It's incredibly well designed, works extremely well on mobile (a single game generally only lasts seconds) and it's very addicting.

cocoflunchy 14y ago
This game looks impossible... the video presentation is scaring me.
- baby 14y ago
  it seems like it's impossible at first. But you still have fun in the normal levels. Then you get better, and before your realize it you're beating the last level.
- Daiz 14y ago
  Oh, it's hard for sure, but a very fair kind of hard. I actually finally beat the game myself about a week ago - I've now managed to do it a couple more times. Relevant plug - I recorded some gameplay footage from the PC version a while back, in case you're interested: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uq36XXqg9iI&list=PLpDx3aCHawJmgrvQVZZ1vgO05DJB6gdZY&index=1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uq36XXqg9iI&list=PLpDx3aC...
- Jare 14y ago
  Progress in Super Hexagon comes in small but incredibly "I can't believe I did THAT!" satisfying doses, while defeat does not taste sour at all. It's the best very hard game I've ever played.

hugoc 14y ago

I used to play Dungeon Defenders on my phone until it was retired and liked it. Beat Hazard: http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/12/03/game-review-shoot-em-up-rave-beat-hazard-ultra/ http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/12/03/game-review-shoot-em... Super Hexagon: http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/01/19/new-game-terry-cavanaghs-super-hexagon-brings-its-rhythmic-addictive-gameplay-to-android/ http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/01/19/new-game-terry-cavan... The other games are debuting their android versions but the iOS originals have positive reviews.

juriga 14y ago

I have spent many hour-long train commutes entranced by Super Hexagon. The game is really really hard, but the fast-paced sessions and minimalistic controls are very well suited for the mobile form factor.

jontunn 14y ago

Here are a couple reviews Super Hexagon: http://gamewoof.com/game-reviews/super-hexagon-pure-gaming/ http://gamewoof.com/game-reviews/super-hexagon-pure-gaming/ Beat Hazard: http://gamewoof.com/game-reviews/review-beat-hazard-ultra/ http://gamewoof.com/game-reviews/review-beat-hazard-ultra/

polymatter 14y ago

Am I the only one that bought it for Solar 2? Completely awesome game - fantastic for when you only have a few minutes. You start as an asteroid cruising the galaxy, smash into more asteroids and you grow into a planet, star, black hole. Along the way you have life spawning on your planet(s) fighting off other life forms, completing challenging and sometimes bizarre side quests. Death is no biggie, and its all about exploration. I love it.

yohui 14y ago
I didn't buy HBA5 for Solar 2, but I can already tell it's going to be one of my favorites from this bundle, along with Beat Hazard Ultra (the PC version of which I had already played and enjoyed). Simply flying around as an asteroid is alright, but the real fun starts once you've smashed into enough rocks to become a planet. Then you can collect a whole swarm of asteroid, orbiting around you. Colliding with asteroids now reduces your mass instead of growing you; you have to swallow the rocks in orbit to do so. Once you become a star, collecting whole planets (with their own orbiting asteroids) is even neater. Along the way, the inhabitants of planets will build little ships and planetary shields to defend themselves against rival systems... until you swallow their homeworld, anyways. I've yet to build a multi-stellar system before becoming a black hole and gobbling up my orbitals, but that's my next goal. If nothing else, I'm glad HBA5 introduced me to this game I'd somehow overlooked.