Ending a week loaded with Monkey Island price drops comes The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition [$ 4.99 / Free] for the iPad. All of the other games are on sale per yesterday's post, but much like Monkey Island 2 for the iPad, the original Monkey Island looks just as awesome.
The premise of the game along with other details are explained in our review:
The game features Guybrush Threepwood, who washes up on the island of Mêlée™ and has high hopes of becoming a pirate. After meeting the pirate leaders in the SCUMM tavern, you're faced with a set of three challenges that involve swordfighting, thievery, and treasure hunting. These goals serve as your initial quests as your adventure begins.
Monkey Island for the iPad comes with the same direct tapping control input method as Monkey Island 2 and really is just a joy to play on the device. The art looks great on the iPad screen, and while the rest of the game is identical to the iPhone version, Monkey Island is a game I can play through over and over again. If you're tired of playing the iPhone game pixel doubled, or have just been waiting for an iPad native version, now is your chance.
The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition, for iPad, $ 4.99 (iPad Only)
The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition for iPad LITE, Free (iPad Only)
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Just a little more than a year ago, indie developer Krabl released a quirky puzzle platforming game with interesting mechanics titled Ynth [$ 2.99]. You controlled a tiny bug who rotated boxes from the inside in order to traverse a hazardous marshland. In our review of Ynth, we noted that the game was clever with cute graphics and plenty of content, but the trial and error factor of completing levels could be really frustrating. Now, Krabl and FDG Entertainment have collaborated to bring a sequel to the original game called Beyond Ynth [$ 3.99/HD]. It still retains some of the frustration factors of the first game but also expands on it in every way and ends up being a fun puzzler with a tremendous amount of content.
Well as Hector you have to know all those things. In Hector: Badge of Carnage Ep1 you get one of the most fun point and click adventures ever written. With classic point and er… click controls you get to combine stuff, click stuff and insult the crippled. An inventory at the bottom of the screen lets you combine items.
The story is brilliantly written, and all characters come with their own seedy personalities. The only character with a brainy clever disposition is the terrorist that Hector’s superiors try to negotiate with. The town of Clappers Wreake is as rundown as Hector’s mattress. The terrorist is all about changing things for the better. Because of such mad ideas Hector has got to do stuff the right way.
There is however a weak spot in the game, and that is the rather short play time. Most players can finish the game with in two hours if not completely stuck somewhere along the way. On my second time through it took about thirty minutes. I can’t wait for the second instalment to get more Hector. I will probably play through it at least a third time because it is so darn enjoyable.
Customisable formations, custom team AI and a sprint button added. When defending, switching players by tapping is not as random as it used to be, there’s nothing worse then tapping the screen and having the player you didn’t want to use, selected. You now have direct control by tapping the exact player you want to use. This feature in particular is interesting as it gets one up on console football games. You will be able to upload replays to your youtube account to show off your skills. Multiplayer wifi and bluetooth and Gameloft Live.
