The Wizard’s Cat’ – TouchArcade

I’m a easy man. Give me an old-school first-person dungeon crawler and I’m a fairly completely satisfied man. Make one centered round rescuing a cat and, oh boy, now you’re actually talking my language. Throw in a very distinctive touchscreen management scheme that I’ve by no means seen in a recreation of this kind earlier than and we’ve received a winner winner chicken-that-you-found-in-a-barrel dinner. That precisely describes Labyrinth: The Wizard’s Cat from developer ZombiSoft, who seems to be only a single particular person named Anders Gustavsson. There are some tough edges right here, and a few unfavourable issues to notice, however by and enormous I’m simply having a brilliant good time with Labyrinth: The Wizard’s Cat and I’m excited to see the place it takes me.

In order the story goes, you’re an apprentice wizard who’s tasked with discovering the runaway cat of your mentor wizard, and also you graduating to grow to be a full-blown wizard hinges on you finishing this mission. Simply once you suppose you’ve cornered the cute little feline you end up transported to a dungeon labyrinth crammed with traps and enemies. You additionally spot the kitty roaming round and so your mission now turns into harder as you attempt to make your approach by means of this dungeon alive in addition to rescue your boss’s pesky little cat.

Now, Labyrinth: The Wizard’s Cat isn’t a extremely advanced recreation by any means. There’s some gentle RPG components within the type of leveling up and discovering cool new weapons and equipment, however there’s no celebration system or any intensive character development. It jogs my memory loads of Questlord in that it’s a fairly easy affair mechanically however the story, the visuals, and the character of the sport compel you to maintain transferring ahead. Additionally, simply because this recreation is shiny and colourful and has a reasonably simple design don’t suppose it’s some pushover. The sport truly will get relatively troublesome relatively rapidly, however fortunately it can save you anytime and anyplace, which is one thing you must apply doing usually.

The actually neat characteristic right here is the management scheme. You’ll be able to select between digital arrows or swipe gestures for directional motion, which is fairly par for the course. However when you lay a second thumb down on the display screen you’ll be able to free look in any course. It takes just a little getting used to however the swipe gesture motion coupled with the free look gesture combines to make for a really satisfying touchscreen management scheme. It virtually feels such as you’re enjoying a first-person shooter at instances, when you get comfy and begin zipping round from side to side, however you’re truly nonetheless enjoying a recreation with grid-based motion.

My small nitpicks are that I actually want this recreation had an choice to play in portrait, and the swipe detection for motion is a bit finicky. It acknowledges quick, quick swipes versus longer ones, and earlier than I figured that out I used to be having a very irritating time considering the sport wasn’t detecting my inputs. In all probability one thing that may be smoothed out in an replace. General although, regardless of being a bit primary total and having some tough edges, Labyrinth: The Wizard’s Cat is a really pleasing retro dungeon crawler, which is one thing we don’t get too a lot of these days. If that’s not value a few bucks then I’m unsure what’s.