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Posts tagged guerrilla bob
Guerrilla Bob (iPhone)
Feb 23rd
I’m aware that I damned Guerrilla Bob with faint praise yesterday, but I may have been a little harsh. I finished it yesterday on Easy mode and it grew on me a lot in the process. I’ve now unlocked Survival mode, which may start a little slowly for my tastes but is nevertheless welcome, and I’m going to try to get through the game on Hard. Unlike most modern games you actually have meaningful lives in this game, though, so success isn’t guaranteed. I do like that, you know. It’s nice when things matter.
Ease on down the road.
I did find a problem with the game yesterday, though. After finishing it, my save file wouldn’t load. Going to the Load Game screen locked up the app. Not a major problem, as I could just start a new game and still have survival mode unlocked, but it’s an odd bug to find in such a polished game.
Guerrilla Bob (iPhone)
Feb 22nd
Guerilla Bob is a decent, level-based twin-stick shooter. You run from one end of the level to the other, killing everyone in your way.
There are three weapons to choose from, with associated strengths and weakness. The rocket launcher is powerful and has splash damage, but has a slow rate of fire, for example. As you might expect, there are also power-ups to pick up, often just slightly off the main route through the level.
Sometimes it's day, sometimes it's night - just like real life!
The controls are decent, the graphics are nice and it’s certainly not a bad game at all. It isn’t one of the very best iPhone games, but at the sale price of 59p you’re definitely not going to regret buying it. Think of it as Commando without grenades, or something.
Also, though, it gets extra points for using a cigar as your health bar. I like that a lot. Mind you, in the current climate, I’m surprised Apple let that through, the big nannyish idiots.
