Angry Bomber is a side scrolling blow’em
up, putting you in charge of a bomber aircraft to, er, blow everything up. You
see, in the year 2025 a global company called Happy Corp takes over the world.
While their intentions were good, the world of Happy Corp is actually quite the
opposite, and they took the world for all it had to offer. That’s not a happy
thought, Happy Corp! Not happy at all.
As the last group holding out, you take to
the skies to bomb absolutely everything with a happy face or shoot their
smiting faces right out of the air in something reminiscent of the classic
Choplifter. Destroying the enemy earns you points that can then be spent on
upgrading your aircraft’s engine or armor. Medals can be earned for fulfilling
various objectives such as destroying every enemy building.
As an endless runner style game this would
be pretty straightforward, but the player actually has some control over the
aircraft. Originally a player was required to touch the plane and drag it to
the required spot. Luckily in a recent update the developer introduced a new
analogue flight stick that allowed players to move freely and concentrate on
blowing everything up.
Firing guns and dropping bombs is easy too,
you just tap to fire guns or bomb everything on the ground. It’s a good thing
the new movement controls were introduced as previous versions were clumsy and
frustrating. You might find that you accidentally press the wrong icon or end
up taking your plane straight down into the dirt.
Doing away with those clunky touch controls
has saved this game from being a dud. But, while it has a strong back story,
some colorful presentation and a decent amount of addictiveness about it, it’s
not really a genre defining game. The pace is a little slow and when there are
30+ levels this can drag but Angry Bomber isn’t a bad game. It’s just not as
entertaining as one might expect.
Going in, I was anticipating something
little more absurd given the premise, like bombing lovable, happy faces for
making the world too happy. Instead it’s quite a morbid storyline that although
strong, is a bit of a downer in a world of fun and ridiculous apps designed to
entertain until the very last bonus level has been released.
Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and
iPad.
Requires 105 4.0 or later
Price: $0.99
Category: Games
Updated: Feb 25, 2012
Version: 1.2
Size: 19.3 MB
Languages: English
Seller: Michael Landon
