Some people believe that mobile phones and the iPhone in particular, are not suitable for hardcore games on the similarity of shooters. Refute the prevailing opinion of the game will try to Archetype. Creation MunkyFun Inc developer is an online first-person shooter supporting battle team battle mode for 10 players at a time, regardless of whether they use Wi-Fi or 3G compound.
As such, the company history or Archetype not, but still a small plot complication is presented in a small intro. The planet suddenly invaded by enemies, perebeli all who caught the eye. But this resistance has not ended but merely shifted to the territory of the various bases and facilities.
It should be noted adapting the latest versions of the game for the iPhone 4 screen. This is probably influenced perception Archetype for old sample devices. However, it is possible that the more it is the psychological effect. One way or another, and video game itself looks very well even in a resolution of 320 by 480 pixels.
Telling a brief history of the conflict, the game will be asked to have your own account and select the capacious and threatening opponents name. Unlike most applications, your data is not stored on the game server, which means that all the achievements will only be available from the phone, which was created account.
The idea of the game in the first place imbued with the console Halo, but followers of Quake and Unreal Tournament does not feel like strangers in this celebration of life and death. The battle in the Archetype pass between two teams of five people. If the number of playing no more than 3-4 people, the program introduces a time limit of 2-3 minutes. THE WHOLE OF THE allowed to fight a long time, as long as one of the teams nabot 30 frags. There is a "challenge" mode designed for the battle with your friends, it suffices to find through search and add the name on the card.
Management in the Archetype is implemented by a virtual joystick. Left is responsible for the movement, the right to exercise aiming and shooting. In addition to a large number of weapons (ax, shotgun, rocket launcher, sniper and automatic rifle) are used in the game grenades (frag and cluster), which gives players ample opportunity for tactical maneuvers during the retreat or attack. And yet, in spite of the easy control, the newcomer in the first 10-20 fights will be very not easy, so just have to bite the bullet and get used to.
Archetype in maps are quite large and have been developed under the battle of 10 × 10, one on one battle does not look epic and quite boring. Design of cards is quite diverse, although their number is not large. On some levels deployed teleports, which introduces its own specifics in the battle. As in any other online shooter, knowledge of cards and it features one of the biggest components of success.
You complete a level, the player is given the statistics on which they can be awarded the title or a medal issued to achieve a certain task. There are no additional bonuses or unlock-s new weapons, depending on the gained experience, which somewhat reduces the joy of victories and is a definite minus Archetype.
As is the case with any shooter, we are interested in the game performance on a particular device. Archetype not disappoint the owners of the iPhone 4 and 3GS, which is expected. On iPhone 3G game it is not so quickly, but playing and winning is possible and necessary. Problems with the connection via Wi-Fi has not been noticed, the game server is running smartly and found accomplices within the allotted 30 seconds on two complete composition.
Archetype quality shooter, which could become active for fans of online battles of the main game for quite a long time. Nice graphics, live opponents and a large number of weapons will help you quickly forget about the Archetype spent on three dollars.
game page in the AppStore (2.99 $)