Spooky Hoofs Review

Spooky Hoofs is yet another racing platformer available on the iOS marketplace.  This time around the player takes control of a run away carriage being pulled by horses.  There are two buttons jump and whiplash, which charges through obstacles in your path.

Overall the game is what you would expect, you jump or smash through the obstacles in your path, whilst trying to get as far as possible.   However Spooky Hoofs innovates with arcade style boss fights and three different power ups.

Despite this innovation the game is unnecessarily hard on the processor usage, which was a bad move on the developers part.  Meaning that the game is unplayable by anyone who has an ipod older than a 3GS.  When I played it the game lagged out, often causing jumping to become a much larger issue than it should have to be.

Graphically the game is okay and better than most of its genre.  It looks like the developers were intending for it to look like Castlevania but lacked the ability to pull it off fully.  The game looks nice but it is let down by a rather plain and ugly looking menu.

If you like the racing platformer genre and possess an up to date iphone/ ipod, then you may want to give this a go.  otherwise I would pass on it.

Spooky Hoofs is a creepy looking race game with some innovation, let down by extreme processor usage. 3/5

Super Drill Panic Review

Super Drill panic is the second iOS game to be released by the development team Orangepixel.  In making Super Drill Panic Orangepixel have taken a step away from Meganoid, their well received platformer, and moved into the racing platformer genre.

The game is level based and you must direct your character using the accelerometer, to the bottom of the level before they lose all of their lives.  Each area on the map consists of 5 levels and on each level there is three different objectives to be met, these are level completion, chest collection and coin collecting.  Once all three of these targets have been met, the level is 100% complete.  The initial map with the Indiana Jones character is 3 areas long and once completed, there is an arcade mode in which you go on infinitely until you die.

Once all of that little chaps levels are complete the thief is unlocked.  The thief's levels are harder and more complex in their design, keeping the player held back for much longer than the first characters.

Both characters have a total of 15 levels and an arcade mode each, along with personal item upgrades for each one.

Super Drill Panic is as addictive as it is charming.  This game will keep you occupied for a long time and is a must buy for anyone with an ipod, especially since at the moment it is free.

If Meganoid is anything to go by, expect there to be further content added in good time.

Super Drill Panic is a superb race game with a lot of charm 5/5