OK haven't done a proper post for couple weeks, guess I've been too involved in getting my podcast set up, I think its starting to take shape after 2 episodes. Put it out there for many people to listen, dunno if anyone will give it a chance.
I can see myself doing podcasts much more consistently than I am doing these blog posts since its way easier to talk than it is to type.
Well anyway, back to topic of this blog, an android app review.
Today, I shall choooooooooseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee...........
N.O.V.A. or Near Orbit Vanguard Alliance, a stupid name for a pretty sweet game, so this easily the best fps on a touchscreen device, a shameless Halo ripoff for mobiles that works surprisingly well
It has been out for about a year now on iPhone, but its awesome to see it on android devices now. Before I get into the game play I gotta say that one of the best things about this release is that another area where the iPhone once dominated is falling to android, high quality games, you see although android has had some cool gimmicky games from the start, it still lacks the top end 3D games which the iPhone possesses. Now that the gameloft suite has been released for android (most of the devices released in the last yr), we can see this hole being filled in on the android platform.
Day by day the list of features/apps (or whatever you'd like to call them) that are exclusive to the iPhone is diminishly, the landscape is looking more and more like that of the early 90s when Windows 3.0 popped up and stole all of Apples market share and pushed them in a niche market because Apple couldn't keep up with Microsoft. Of course, Microsoft is still the Dark Horse in this game, could it possibly come back and pwn up both Apple and Android, Great times to be a nerd.
Well onto the actual game play, its pretty weird controls at first, you use a joystick to go forward, back and to strafe, and swipe across to the screen to look around. Doesn't take long to get the hang of it. Then its onto the killing, the game plays basically like a shooter from the 64 or PSone era, pretty straight forward. Its less complex than say Goldeneye was, but the controls are the limiting factor here, they do a pretty good job for a touchscreen but can't be compared to a controller.
But this a mobile game, and hence is at its best when your out and about, i.e. on the train or bored on a lunch break with nothing to do and no one to talk to cos everyone in the place thinks your a loser who plays with phones and Google products all day and has to resort to blogs for any actual human contact and deep down inside you just wanna take out your anger upon everyone by ripping their hearts out with a gravity gun but Alas, such a device only exists in the world where you feel normal, so instead you ascend back to that place, if only for awhile.
Anyway, I strongly recommend this game, totally worth the 6USD.
New podcast coming Tuesday night starring Luke and I
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