The Slowdown have posted their review of Ratloop Asia's three-category IGF 2010 finalist, "Rocketbirds: Revolution!"
The review builds a strong parallel to the themes and gameplay style found in Flashback, also comparing it rather favourably to other games in the action-platformer genre.
The cinematic-anthropomorphic indie game, though developed on Flash, also manages to avoid common pitfalls of the platform by utilizing hand-drawn backgrounds and detailed animations as well as stopping to take much-needed breathers in the form of puzzles.
The review ends on a high note, stating that "Rocketbirds: Revolution!" is the next-best thing you'll have to Flashback right now.
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Diving straight into modern day dilemma, Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken delivers an exciting, full- of- adventure Stereoscopic 2- D/ 3-D adventure that is not only riddled with morale and political undertones, its deep plot and comical pulp style dialogue offers more than just several hours of gameplay; it serves the uncanny– canned and ready to ingest– so be ready!
Android Rundown: Some games thrive on backstory, detailed plots, and compelling characters to draw you in. Other games are inherently interesting enough not to need any trappings, and Rocket Bird is one of them. In fact, with no story and no tutorial, you find yourself playing the moment you start the game. But luckily the learning curve is short and you’ll be on your way in no time.
is it me or since the Vita launched are we getting far more reviews of phone games and higher scores...? i'm seriously not sure but i can't remember getting this many.
