Thoughts from a Bafta nominated Podcaster, Blogger, Writer and Commentator.
Diamond Islands 2. Nice, but it’s no Lost. There lies one of the only problems I’ve found in Diamond Islands 2. The game world is made up of lots of small islands (you can’t roll into the water) but in an isometric layout. I’ve yet to find a smartphone that handles isometric action smoothly – they are always a forced into the “up down left right” model. Digital Chocolate have gone with two control options – slide on the screen, and tilting the device.
With a summery look and feel, Link Link 2 has been released at the perfect time (at least for the northern hemisphere), throwing in the seasonal summery look with some Japanese inspiration gives a good feeling when you start the game. The "how to play" help screen is just as good with animations and a clear explanation of how to link tiles and play the game. Unfortunately, it all goes downhill after that.
It might have a lot of graphics and story panels behind it, but pull away the armour, and Fragger is another “throw things to kill things” game. It’s done extremely well, it’s challenging and has longevity built in. And one more important thing to remember as I review it. This is not Angry Birds.
You might recall my utter disappointment that Flight Control did not make a successful conversion from iOS to Symbian and I was still looking for a good strategy/action game. I think I’ve found it in Now Boarding.
The simple conclusion from my review on AAS? Buy a real one, they’re much easier to use and solve.
[audio:http://mediafiles.allaboutsymbian.com/aas_podcast_20110704_237.mp3] [The show opens] by talking about the news that many S60 3rd Edition (Feature Pack 2) and S60 5th Edition devices will be receiving browser and maps updates over the next month or so. We then move on to mention updates to Opera Mobile and Opera Mini. In the second half of the podcast we look at the recently released Nokia X7 in detail and consider its chances for success, before we move on to the Nokia E6.
