Tremendous Samurai Rampage ($1.99) by Brackish Video games is an epic excessive rating chaser hack-n-slash arcade recreation. For those who’re within the temper for some senseless sword-slashing motion, then Tremendous Samurai Rampage is simply the sport for you. If video games like Flipping Legend and Penarium, then Tremendous Samurai Rampage is value trying out.
Once I was in highschool, my buddies obtained me into Japanese tradition via anime and manga. Evidently, tales of ninjas and samurais had been pretty common again then. I even collected a number of reproduction swords myself. Whereas evidently ninjas and samurais have fallen on the back-burner recently, I’ve by no means misplaced curiosity, particularly in relation to action-packed cellular video games. Once I noticed Tremendous Samurai Rampage on the App Retailer, I knew that this was one thing I would like so as to add to my recreation assortment.
App Feels Like
App Feels Like
App Feels Like
Free
Flipping Legend
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$1.99
Penarium
Team17 Software program, Restricted
The visible model in Tremendous Samurai Rampage is a superb homage to the basic 16-bit video games of yesteryear. Whereas all the things’s dressed up in a pixel artwork model, the sport’s nonetheless extremely detailed in relation to the environments, backgrounds, and character sprites. The colour palettes vary from tender pastels (like in cherry blossom bushes) to muted earth tones to gloomy darkish hues and vibrant, vibrant shades to point highly effective particular assaults. Animations are clean and fluid, with no lag on my iPhone 7. To prime all of it off, there’s a becoming Japanese war-style soundtrack that performs within the background to get gamers into the temper of samurai hack-n-slash motion. The sound results as you swing and slice up your foes is a pleasant contact too.
Since Tremendous Samurai Rampage is an arcade excessive rating chaser, there’s just one recreation mode, however three completely different levels. The opposite levels get unlocked by reaching a sure level threshold within the first space. Actually, although, that’s all you want, and it’s excellent for these occasions whenever you simply need to relieve some stress. The purpose? Simply kill as many enemies as you may earlier than they get successful in on you. Whereas this sounds straightforward sufficient, it’s value noting that you’ll want to watch out when enjoying, as a result of even the smallest mistake can price your samurai his life.
Controls in Tremendous Samurai Rampage are easy sufficient and moderately intuitive. To assault (and transfer), simply swipe horizontally on the display screen. An upward swipe lets your samurai leap, after which you may swipe within the path that you just need to carry out a midair assault. For those who do a swipe-and-hold, that lets the samurai go into Focus Mode, the place you may goal foes higher and the assault sprint finally ends up protecting barely extra floor. To get nice scores on this recreation, you’ll should be fast in your toes with assaults, rack up combos, and dodge enemy assaults.
Every spherical begins off straightforward with fundamental enemies that don’t pose a lot of a risk. Nonetheless, as you make progress, harder foes start to look, and their assaults can be stronger and extra lethal, corresponding to ranged lightning. It’s essential that you just study the varied enemy varieties and their strikes, in an effort to dodge them in time and get revenge.
The purpose values for enemies will fluctuate, relying on the kind. Much less threatening ones internet you a degree every, whereas stronger ones can get you way more. You’ll additionally earn extra factors for multi-kills (a number of kills with one assault). For those who’re quick sufficient to get a number of kills shortly in a row, then you definitely’ll get the multiplier for much more factors. As soon as the multiplier gauge is full within the prime proper nook, you’ll enter Lightning Mode, the place you may really devastate many foes directly. Nonetheless, reaching this final kind is less complicated mentioned than achieved in spite of everything issues thought of.
Slice up waves of enemies for so long as you may.
The Good
The Good
Tremendous Samurai Rampage is a wonderful recreation to assist one do away with some stress. The graphics are an ideal homage and tribute to the basic video games on SNES and Genesis. The music is true-to-theme, and the sound results are moderately sensible. Controls work properly and are clearly designed for contact screens, so anybody can choose this up and get the grasp of issues after a number of moments. And since that is an arcade excessive rating chaser, the replay worth is excessive, particularly when there are a number of levels to unlock with completely different enemy varieties to grasp.
The Dangerous
The Dangerous
Whereas the controls work properly sufficient, there are occasions when my swipes didn’t appear to register appropriately, leading to an premature demise. It may very well be that I didn’t swipe appropriately, however I feel that the controls may very well be much more optimized to forestall such mishaps.
The decision
The decision
I’ve solely simply began with Tremendous Samurai Rampage, however I can inform that it is a title I’ll be returning to for fairly a while. I get stressed simply, so the fast-paced hack-n-slash motion of Tremendous Samurai Rampage is simply what I would like more often than not. As a baby who grew up with pixelated video games, I really like the detailed artwork model and music. Controls are easy however take a little bit of observe to grasp, and the gameplay mechanic is downright enjoyable. And with the unlock technique for the opposite levels, there’s loads of purpose for me to maintain coming again to this recreation.
I extremely suggest giving Tremendous Samurai Rampage a strive for those who’re within the temper for a enjoyable and action-packed samurai slasher. Tremendous Samurai Rampage is offered on the App Retailer as a common obtain to your iPhone and iPad for simply $1.99. There are not any in-app purchases.
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