Don’t Run With a Plasma Sword from XperimentalZ Games is not your average run and jump game, although it does fall into the genre of side-scrolling platformer on rails. There is a comic book style look and story to the game, and a comical side brought about by the game not taking itself too seriously. If you’ve ever wished that Mario could be some kind of Olympic sprinter Jedi, then don’t miss this game (even if you haven’t had that perfectly normal fantasy, Don’t Run With a Plasma Sword is worth checking out).
Canadian indie developer XperimentalZ Games has done the Droid community a solid by developing an ad-free premium port of their massive iOS hit Don’t Run With a Plasma Sword. Cursory inspection reveals that the young company has used a sure-fire success formula: it is essentially a frankengame pieced together from spare pop culture parts with evergreen appeal. From its aesthetics and characters to its diverse genre elements, Don’t Run includes a seemingly endless catalogue of familiar tropes and tricks from vetted game classics, vintage TV, and (obviously) famous movie franchises. This seems like a smart approach in today’s nostalgia-saturated nerd market, but can DRWAPS deliver action fresh enough to save it from simply
GodisaGeek: "I honestly can’t believe how quickly this year is going, it’s another Monday already! It’ll soon be Christmas all over again. Shocking! Well, this week we’ve got four more games for your gaming pleasure. The first is Diggin’ Dogs, a strange little game the gives the player the task of digging through the earth to get some golden boots for the three dogs. Yeah, odd.
Secondly there’s Time of Heroes, an RTS game with RPG elements from the guys at Smuttlewerk Interactive. Certainly something to check out if you’re a fan of the genres. Next up is Mad Coaster, one of those crazy, addictive “run-left-to-right” games that will keep you up at night. Last up is Don’t Run With A Plasma Sword, which is another “run-left-to-right” game that…”borrows” from a lot of familiar concepts. Play it, you’ll see what I mean."
Chris Buffa (Modojo): We've heard a small number of success stories within smart phone gaming, rags to riches tales where inexperienced designers receive a windfall of cash, prompting hundreds (more like thousands) of aspiring developers to set off on some bizarre too good to be true gold rush.
It's time to come back to reality.
