Zac Elawar from Capsule Computers wrote:
Time Surfer is the latest game from Melbourne studio Kumobius; the creators of the award-winning platformer title Bean’s Quest. The game is reminiscent of the 2011 smash-hit Tiny Wings with a very specific visual/audio style that screams retro 80s. The ‘End of the Universe’ is coming to consume you, a “trans-dimensional cosmic time God” who is surfing through time in order to escape. Time Surfer may be an endless runner but everything ends. Does the game do enough to stand-out, or is it itself unable to out-run an early demise?…
"The latest update from the App Store highlights a number of iPad games that are currently available at the 99c price point. We’ve provided the list below and links to our picks of the bunch:"
I think majority of those are normally only $1.99 and I consider them overpriced at that. None of them are worth $0.99.
Mobile gaming is being held back by titles like these.
Hardcore Droid:
"Time manipulation in videogames is nothing new. From Chrono Trigger to Majora’s Mask to Braid, developers have been obsessed with unlocking the possibilities of time in gameplay. Still, using time travel in an endless runner is something that hasn’t been explored. On its face it seems counter-intuitive. After all, the whole conceit of endless runners is that they are one-directional—always forward, never back. In spite of this, Time Surfer makes a good case for why this idea might be just what the doctor ordered to rejuvenate the genre. I think we all know what Doctor I’m talking about."
John Bedford (Modojo): Regular Modojo readers will know that we like to bring you a round-up of all the new iPhone and iPad games that hit the App Store when the clock strikes midnight each Thursday. What about you Android gamers out there though? To which new games should you turn when you're next killing time?
Not a bad looking game i might pick this one up!
I think the reviewer spends too much time sucking up to local developers. It makes the score seem a little bit unnaturally high. Should have kept the review towards the game.
I want to try it on my tablet, can it?
Wow, a great score. Might have to keep an eye on this.