Asteroids

iPhone Game Review – the VOID

Marzo 31st, 2009

I’ve spent a fair amount of time playing dead simple iPhone games that you can pick up and learn in a second. I generally gravitate towards these types of games because well, I don’t have much time to play mobile games. So if you’re going to get my attention, it has got to be easy to play (see Doodle Jump review).

So I was a little concerned when I downloaded The VOID from Beautiful Pixel. First of all, the game is large (52MB) so it was taking awhile to download which usually isn’t the case. Secondly, there is a fair amount of rich graphics and things to figure out before you even get started. You have to choose your ship, weapons, and equipment and you only have a certain amount of money to start, so you have to figure out how much things cost, etc.

The game is marketed as a “space based role playing game” and by looking at the screenshots and video, my initial reaction was that VOID looked like a suped-up version of Asteroids. (Note: I was never very good at Asteroids and these types of games in general are not my favorite.)

Well, after struggling a bit at the start to learn the controls and objectives, I found myself getting sucked in to a very fun and sophisticated game.

Per the developer’s blog, these guys spent over 6 months developing this game, and it shows. Tons of levels, and options that would provide a hardcare iPhone gamer with literally hours of entertainment. Personally, I made it through a few levels and had to put it down but I’m sure I’ll be back at it later. The game is selling on iTunes for $4.99 which is on the higher end of pricing in the AppStore but there is way more than $5 worth of value here.

If you like these types of games, go buy it.