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4×4 Jam (iPhone)

That Rev Chap — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 10:13:00 +0000

Just played this after Squareball sessions when I needed to wind down and relax.

Not that losing a race after bouncing off the road just before the finish line felt particularly relaxing at the time, mind you.

4×4 Jam (iPhone)

That Rev Chap — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:45:00 +0000

This is great in small bursts.

A race here, a race there, just start it up, have three minutes of fun, then put it down for a while.

Played like that it’s actually pretty brilliant and I still love the extreme bounciness of it.

I am so glad I bought this game. It was good before the update, now it’s just great.

4×4 Jam (iPhone)

That Rev Chap — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 10:40:00 +0000

One of the great things about the App Store and iPhone gaming is that so many games get updated for free. There’s even an expectation now that many games will continue evolving after they’ve been released and certain games – Pocket God and Minigore, for example – are sold on the basis that they’ll be updated frequently with lots of new features.

Every day I seem to find iTunes tells me that games I own have new features and bug fixes. Sometimes these updates are small, but sometimes they’re huge.

Which brings us to 4×4 Jam, which last night got a major update. The original version was already great and featured two environments and two vehicles.

Well, now it features six environments and six vehicles, including the wonderfully-named Willy Top.

Some of the new environments aren’t even brown!

Oh, I’ve just checked and there’s a new game mode that I didn’t even notice when I played it this morning in bed. And there’s some new songs. And… well, you get the idea.

It’s a huge update, giving you a lot more ways to hare about and enjoy the gloriously bouncy physics, all for free.

I heartily approve.

4×4 Jam (iPhone)

That Rev Chap — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 12:02:00 +0000

I just download 4×4 Jam as it’s on sale for £1.19 right now and it’s the closest thing to Fuel on the iPhone.

First impressions: It is impressively bouncy. Also, I think I like it.

There doesn’t seem to be any sort of career mode or progression or unlocking or anything of that sort. You just choose environment, vehicle, game type and difficulty and go play.

There are two environments.

One is green and brown.

One is just brown.

There are at least two vehicles, but I didn’t bother checking for any more. (This is why my blog description specifically mentions that this is not a review site.)

I’ve only tried the Jam mode so far, which places a checkpoint gate somewhere on the map, which you have to drive through before your rivals. As soon as someone goes through a gate it disappears and another one appears. First to get through five gates wins. It’s good fun

Controls work well and the physics and handling are a bit odd, but not unappealing.

Overall, yeah, a nice little game, I think, based on about ten minutes of play.