Ever since Geometry Wars on the Xbox 360 (or as my friend Tony calls it: Math Attack!), the dual stick shooter has been a mainstay in casual gaming. The genre lends itself particularly well to the Iphone as the lack of hardware buttons is easily forgiven by games where you only need to drag your fat thumbs along the screen. Today I’m looking at 3 dual stick shooters that I’ve recently discovered and enjoyed.
Who it’s for: Fans of isometric hack’n’slash games who want loot to flow like water.
Who it’s not for: Anyone looking for a deep RPG in the style of Diablo.
Dungeon Hunter is a game that I really wanted to love. It has a few things really going for it. Better than average graphics, tons of items with varying properties to wear and/or wield, and a fairly responsive “left analog stick” control.
Soosiz is a 2D Platformer defined by its creators as a “Gravity-Defying Platformer.” That’s actually a pretty good one-line explanation for what has to be one of the best platformers currently available for the Ipod Touch/Iphone.