Killing monsters on my iPhone
By Asavin Wattanajantra in Editorial
Posted in geek, Gaming, iPhone, Apple on
OK, I’ve finally gone and done it. I got the iPhone. After a lot of debate about getting the thing. And I’m happy with it.
It’s what I expected. Less of a phone and more of a little computer in my pocket - it’s pretty awesome actually.
But I knew that anyway. I’m going to talk about the apps.
OK - one of the first apps I got was Gym Babes. It’s exactly what it sounds like. I was just looking through the top 25 free apps and for some reason it managed to pull my attention. I’m not sure what I was expecting, but I got this..
It’s basically films of two women of probably Eastern European origin and fairly large proportions on a treadmill. And you only see the top half. And you can do it in slow motion.
That’s it.
OK, I have had a bit of stick for downloading this app, but I wasn’t the only one to do it. I’m was quite surprised - after all the stories I heard about Apple banning apps I thought this could be a candidate.
But then again nothing rude is actually happening. It’s just a bit pointless really. Kinda like a moving version of Page Three but with no nudity. But of course that’s no reason to ban an app!
Anyway I then proceeded to download some games. I got a Poker one and the Civilization game and was impressed, but they weren’t anything special.
It was Zenonia that really showed me what an iPhone (or iPod Touch) app could do.
I’ve was a bit of a gaming geek in my youth. I used to play the Final Fantasy games on my SNES and even managed to download some emulators for my PC to download games like Chrono Trigger. I loved the Playstation Final Fantasy VII and was highly addicted to the World of Warcraft.
Thing is though, I thought I was over it. I have no games machine or TV, and my PC is completely useless for gaming now. Until I downloaded Zenonia for about a pound.
It’s like my SNES games revisited. Probably most similar to the old Zelda games, it’s a proper old fashioned Japanese RPG - trying to get your kid with spiky blonde hair to avenge the death of his father by killing monsters, gaining experience and completing quests.
It’s brilliant, but what really surprised me was the fact its supposed to have 40 hours of gameplay. On a mobile app??
OK, I am beginning to tire of sounding like an Apple fanboy but for me personally, if I knew about it, this would be the killer app.
Screw Spotify - yeah that’s cool, but actual old school SNES-style roleplay gameplaying on the move? I will never be bored on the train or on a plane ever again!
Although that’s if the battery holds out.
Oh yeah - the iPhone battery does really suck. Sort that out Apple!
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