Comments on: App Review: The Void — Where No iPhone Has Gone Before http://gigaom.com/2009/04/07/app-review-the-void-where-no-iphone-has-gone-before/ Sun, 19 May 2013 21:57:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: jeremyclarke http://gigaom.com/2009/04/07/app-review-the-void-where-no-iphone-has-gone-before/#comment-343434 Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:00:57 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=21025#comment-343434 I agree that there is a real lack of plot in this game. You have to read the site to know your goal is space piracy for example. That said I think the gameplay is how you describe it but a lot more fun. It’s slow and clunky but that’s the goal, it makes the game challenging in a thoughtful way rather than twitchy like most games these days. You need to think about what you are going to do before you do it.

I think it’s also very important to note the historical precedence for this type of game set by Escape Velocity, the Ambrosia classic from the world of MacOS (<10). It had very similar controls and combat and was very popular. That said it also had a space trader element that took up most of your time, so VOID is a much simpler option. I would love if the VOID guy got together with one of the other space trader games and made a hybrid.

]]> By: App Review: Hysteria Project — iPhone Owner Stalked By Maniac http://gigaom.com/2009/04/07/app-review-the-void-where-no-iphone-has-gone-before/#comment-343433 Thu, 16 Apr 2009 21:02:54 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=21025#comment-343433 [...] Asteroids-esque shooter The Void last week, I mentioned that some iPhone games are ditching the cute and getting darker. With their [...]

]]> By: Weekly App Store Picks: April 11, 2009 | linkfeedr http://gigaom.com/2009/04/07/app-review-the-void-where-no-iphone-has-gone-before/#comment-343432 Sun, 12 Apr 2009 20:31:00 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=21025#comment-343432 [...] the week, I reviewed two new iPhone apps: novelty sound tool Amplitude and The Void, an Asteroids-esque space shooter. Note that next week, I’ll be stamping my big boot of [...]

]]> By: Weekly App Store Picks: April 11, 2009 http://gigaom.com/2009/04/07/app-review-the-void-where-no-iphone-has-gone-before/#comment-343431 Sat, 11 Apr 2009 23:36:04 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=21025#comment-343431 [...] the week, I reviewed two new iPhone apps: novelty sound tool Amplitude and The Void, an Asteroids-esque space shooter. Note that next week, I’ll be stamping my big boot of [...]

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