Astro Shark
SCORE: 75
Does the Family Friendly Gaming Nation
remember Electric Tentacle? If not you should check it out. The FFG
review encouraged the developer, and they have created Astro Shark. This
game is based on a shark that is in love with a dog. A bit on the odd
side, but okay. The dog gets kidnapped and we are off into space - for a
rescue.
Astro Shark is an orbit game. We orbit planets with the Astro Shark and
let go to send him careening off into space. Hopefully we are going
towards the planet we want to reach. We can tap other planets to
partially orbit to change our direction. It is all extremely intuitive
and easy to pick up.
Make sure you have an iPhone 4 or newer to play Astro Shark. It failed
on a generation three iPod Touch, and an original iPad for us here at
Family Friendly Gaming. There are a nice slate of colors used in this
space flying game. We meet different animals along the way.
Astro Shark would be such an easy and simple game if there were no
rockets chasing us. They come flying out of planets and whack us. That
is a really bad thing, and it is level over. How can we avoid these heat
seeking devices that are faster than us? We can maneuver them into
planets or orbit special planets that will take them out. An ice planet
will send out liquid that will immobilize them for a few seconds. Mines
around special planets will blow them up, and so on.
Astro Shark can be a difficult game in some levels. I liked being able
to crash through planets and lose my flame. Especially if I was going
the right direction. The rockets lost track of me, and I could put some
distance between us before my guy would flame back up.
I think it would have been great if Astro Shark had power ups like
sending a decoy off another direction to get the rockets off my trail
long enough to make it to the end planet. But I did not run across
anything like that. Maybe a future update will include power ups that
can be earned with in game coins and in app purchases.
- Luke
Graphics: 74%
Sound: 84%
Replay/Extras: 75%
Gameplay: 69%
Family Friendly Factor: 72%
System: iPhone/iPod Touch
Publisher: Unit 9
Rating: ‘4+' - 4+
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