MadCap
SCORE: 72
MadCap is one of the strangest apps I have
ever played on the iPhone/iPod Touch. Players control chipmunks who
worked hard to collect food. The other farm animals were lazy. So what
do the chipmunks do? They throw tomatoes at the lazy farm animals. When
I heard about MadCap, I thought it was making some political statement
about the millions upon millions on welfare. I
thought it was telling those of who work for them to get revenge.
The graphics in MadCap are bright and colorful. Throwing tomatoes at
these animals and having them explode seemed really odd. I must be
missing something because I did not see the point of throwing food at
lazy animals that stood there and took it. I guess my sense of fair play
comes in. I can understand the irritation at being enslaved to work for
others to sit around and enjoy Oprah.
The music in MadCap is okay. The explosion sounds from the tomatoes got
a little irritating, especially on difficult levels. The chipmunks look
angry to me, which is part of this game. I am probably reading into it
in terms of political statements.
MadCap includes fifty-four levels. Some of the levels are simple and
others irritated me to no end. I should note that MadCap only works on
the more current generations. I originally tried MadCap on an older one
and it did not work. I am not clear as to why, but I did verify that.
Family Friendly Gaming was given a reviewable copy of this ninety-nine
cent app.
The game play is the main reason I am not that fond of MadCap. The
swinging of the chipmunks is annoying. Timing is the main aspect of this
game, but it can be difficult to get it just right in some levels. I
also found that certain levels had to be restarted. No matter what I did
I could not completed them if I made one little mistake. This goes to
level design. Other levels were intelligently designed. So there is some
good, and some not so good.
The main lesson in MadCap is to get revenge. I can not condone not, nor
does it make the world a better place. I am not saying sit there
silently when others are doing evil. Attacking them with tomatoes does
not feel right to me. I think that is the biggest reason I found myself
unhappy with MadCap. If I were feeding starving animals it would be a
completely different story.
- Sam
Graphics: 71%
Sound: 77%
Replay/Extras: 72%
Gameplay: 69%
Family Friendly Factor: 71%
System: iPhone/iPod Touch
Publisher: iCon
ESRB Rating: '4+'
for 4+
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