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App Review: Road Hog for iPhone
Nick Mahar
I’ll be frank, I’ve never really liked racing games that much on the iPhone/iPod touch. But since I was sent this app to review I thought I’d give it a try. It’s not really a racing game per se, but an arcade style game where the objective is simple: to have fun. Sadly, the game is quite repetitive and you boredom sets in fast, yet somehow it manages to still worth checking out.
Road Hog is a 3rd person overhead racer, where the player drives around obstacles while trying to pick up stars and power-up cubes. There are several different power-up’s; a heath cube that gives you one heart, an invincibility cube, a weapon cube that allows you to shoot an incoming obstacle, and a freeze cube that slows things down allowing you to move around obstacles much easier. There is also a jump command that springs your car into the air. It doesn’t jump very high or far but it still helps in tight situations. If you try to jump over everything you will just damage your vehicle and you’ll eventually lose the race.
The controls are pretty easy to figure out, and all you have to do is touch the screen and move your finger around to move your car around obstacles. The button to activate the cube abilities is on the top left, meaning that if you’re holding your iPhone in your left hand, the button is a perfect fit for your thumb.
The social aspect of the game is really quite nice, being able to compare scores with other people, posting to Facebook, and comparing your own scores to people all over the world. Overall the game is nice and polished and looks great on the iPhone 4 Retina Display. The only problem I have with it is how quickly the initial wow factor slips away. You can check out the lite version for free and upgrade to the full version for only $0.99.
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