X2 Soccer 2010
Soccers games can be found all over the place in the App Store with games like FIFA and X2 Soccer leader the way. Exient has recently release the newest edition of their X2 Soccer games X2 Soccer 2010. This game is next advancement in their series and includes a well-needed roster update as well as some new controls. The game offers all the features you would expect with a game like this.
You can play through a tournament mode, start an exhibition match or hop online to play against someone else. Perhaps the largest two things you are going to notices in this addition is the updated graphics and the new feel of the game.
The graphics are a welcome change as weather effects have been added and other small tweaks have been made making this the best looking soccer game for the iPhone. The feel has changed a bit too although I would argue it isn't for the better. The game feels much slower this time around with players easily being outrun by the computer player. Many times I would get into a battle for the ball against another player and end up losing control of my character. It just didn't feel right. All the controls are still available from the through ball to a lob pass, but it is much different this time around.
Overall, the game is still fun and definitely worth the purchase, but it would be nice to see an update to the game speed and feel.
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A Preview of ‘Rally Master Pro’ from FishLabs
Back in August we reported that FishLabs would be bringing the highly rated mobile title Rally Master Pro, which Pocket Gamer determined to be the best mobile game of 2008, to the iPhone and iPod touch.
The original mobile title has some of the best 3D graphics ever seen on a typical handset. The iPhone version, as FishLabs indicates, takes things to a whole new level with 4x the poly count of the original and enhanced particle effects and dynamic lighting.
Depending on the track surface and weather, a variety of dust, spray, and even dirt particles will be generated for each individual tire. The various kinds of particles act quite differently. On dry, dusty tracks the car leaves a massive cloud of dust while racing through a forest on a rainy day you can literrally see the mud flying.
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Thanks to the high-powered 3D chips (OpenGL graphics acceleration) in the iPhone, we can light the vehicle in a variety of ways, depending on the weather: with lots of light and shadows when it’s sunny, diffuse when the sky is overcast, and correspondingly dim in rain and storm.
The iPhone release will include 27 courses and weather effects for sun, rain, and snow as well as options for tilt or touch (analog or digital) controls.
FishLabs was kind enough to provide us with a pre-release build of the iPhone version of Rally Master Pro to play around with and share a glimpse with our readers.
See our brief gameplay video that shows early play across several different tracks.
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The developers emphasis that what you see above is indeed a pre-release with unfinalized controls, physics, and sound. As such, I'll refrain from critiquing the gameplay, but I can say that I've had a rather enjoyable time putting the game through its paces. Some parts of the various courses really take me back to days of spending hours in front of Sega Rally on the Saturn (which, in case you've not personally had the pleasure, is a very good thing).
What I've seen so far puts a rather optimistic light on the likelihood that the iPhone version will indeed go well beyond the mobile title.
FishLabs indicates that Rally Master Pro will hit the App Store sometime this autumn.
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A Preview of 'Rally Master Pro' from FishLabs
