Rocket ROBO Review
Price: $0.99
Version Reviewed: 1.01
Device Reviewed On: iPad Air
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Making a console quality game for mobile isn’t as easy as just porting over some PS2 game with snazzier graphics and bolted-on touch controls. It means making a game with the same level of care given to the gameplay and presentation as a big, AAA release that still makes sense being on mobile. Need an example of what that means? Just check out the fantastic Rocket ROBO.
Beyond just looking pretty though, the 50 or so levels have great depth and lighting that contribute to some of the game’s coolest mechanics. Players help Robo collect stars by tapping the screen to activate his thrusters and tilting their device to carefully steer him through the physics-based worlds. However, with a fluid swiping motion Robo can travel between the background and foreground to discover hidden pathways and treasures. Also, later levels are pitch black; encouraging players to nudge light bulbs around for vision.
Rocket ROBO soars and succeeds because it achieves basically everything it sets out to do and then some. The art style is superb, the controls are smooth and intuitive, and the gameplay is varied and imaginative. Lovers of quality mobile games definitely shouldn’t let this get lost in space.
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