Okay, I’ve had more time with this game now and am prepared to offer my verdict. Are you ready? My verdict is this: 33rd Division is an excellent little game and for 59p it’s an absolute bargain. It’s fast, frantic and heart-stoppingly tense at times – far more so than Sniper Vs Sniper, which isn’t any sort of slouch in the tension department itself.


This is especially true of Time mode. In Life mode, you have a set number of lives, in Time mode a set amount of time, which gets topped up every time a soldier reaches home. This may not sound like much of a difference, but the difference in the way the game plays is astonishing. In Life mode, you can deal with one soldier at a time, but in Time mode there’s no such luxury. Unless you constantly bring extra soldiers into play you will run out of time very, very quickly. This means that lying down to wait for enemies to look away becomes a necessity you can ill afford and you’re constantly dealing with two or three soldiers at once. It’s a much better way to play the game and I can’t see myself going back to Life mode – unless I’m feeling very lazy or I need to play it to unlock maps.


Also, I’ve got quite a good position on the scoreboard right now, which is nice.