Icarus-X
1,000 - 5,000 downloads
Pros
- Great graphics and sound.
- Entertaining.
Cons
- tap 'back' and you 'quit'
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Expert's Review
Icarus-X is a simple game about a flying a single spaceship blasting everyone of the million enemies you'll meet. Controls are as intuitive as they can be since you just need to slide your fingertip around to move your ship and fire at the same time. Background 3D graphics are great and sound is what we may expect, in other words, a retro midi music sprinkled with pewpews and booms and so on. Boss fights are really old-school boss fights, filling the screen with so many shots that the game nearly slows down.
Icarus-X has a few draws, though. Of course, we don't mean that it's a unworthy game, but it's true that you have to take care about some little things when you make a conversion from iOs to Android. To pause the game you must tap a tiny button next to the ad instead of just tapping 'menu'. Also, Android users are used to 'back' meaning 'back', not 'quit'. This little things prevent the gain of the fifth star.
This complete version has several game modes, two campaigns and it's ad-free. If you want to test it out first, check out the ad supported version.
"Graphics are top notch, controls are plainly intuitive" - gizmodo.com (featured in Best Apps of the Week)
"Highly recommended" - shmup.com
"A polished little gem of a game" - allaboutthegames.co.uk (4/5)
"It will make you feal like a 'pro' in no time" - appspy.com (4/5)
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Features include:
* Full 3D environments and ships
* Fast paced action
* Simple and intuitive controls
* Slow-motion practice mode
* Epic boss battles
* 2 Campaigns
* 4 Challenging modes
* Achievements and Unlockables
* Upbeat soundtrack
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If you have a bug/crash please let us know what device and OS you are using at info@thequadsphere.com . Thanks in advance!
Recently changed in this version:
Added ingame support for volume control keys
Music now resumes properly after unpausing
Control mode is now set to Relative by default
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Comments and ratings for Icarus-X
(66)
Beautiful, breathtaking graphics and gameplay. Practice modes, lives, levels, bosses- best raiden style shooter...
(66)
Great engine and gfx. Very poor ballancing - can be fixed... Am waiting for devs to play a shooter and wise up in next ver I mean FFS you die instantly when something hits you... Add a shield/life for crying out loud I would so like my money back :'(
(66)
Decent shmup but the hitbox is too big. Since it is a one hit death, that's a pretty big deal.
You are unable to dodge between a lot of the bullets as a result. Also, the ship can't go all the way to the bottom or right of the screen.(66)
Xperia PLAY
Great game If you're looking for a great bullet hell game for Android then here's your game! Control can be a bit messy via touch but it's a really po(66)
One of the best shmup games on the market. Runs smoothly and flawlessly on my HTC EVO 3D's dual core processor. d[-_-]b
(66)
Runs well on EVO 4g, can't wait to try this badboy out on the EVO 3D.
(66)
The game's design and graphic is good.
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