I bought Lifeline because of the hype surrounding it. You’re supposed to help a stranded astronaut via text messages and it is akin to the text-based adventures of past generations. I had it on my phone for a long time and I actually was saving it to play on a trip, but just started playing it instead of waiting for my next trip. I ended up killing my character (kind of on purpose) but in the couple of interactions I had with the game, I decided that I didn’t enjoy this type of game. The gameplay is too binary (Should I do A or B?) and for whatever reason it didn’t appeal to me like a Choose-Your-Own-Adventure book. Maybe because the dialog was too dramatic – too many text messages/rambling about something simple that I just don’t have patience for. I never built up an emotional connection to the story and/or it wasn’t outlandish enough. I uninstalled it.

Horizon Chase is a throwback to games like Outrun which I enjoyed playing as a kid. It’s an arcade racer so the driving is pretty easy. I haven’t played a racing game like this in awhile so I enjoyed it – although probably not enough to put down real money to unlock the full game. Like most racing games, your opponents, while “real cars” are really just time trials. So you can win a race if you avoid obstacles and finish within a given amount of time.

Posted by Kevin in Blogs Tags: android, games