The Wizard’s Cat’ – TouchArcade

I’m a easy man. Give me an old-school first-person dungeon crawler and I’m a reasonably comfortable man. Make one centered round rescuing a cat and, oh boy, now you’re actually talking my language. Throw in a extremely distinctive touchscreen management scheme that I’ve by no means seen in a recreation of this sort earlier than and we’ve received a winner winner chicken-that-you-found-in-a-barrel dinner. That precisely describes Labyrinth: The Wizard’s Cat from developer ZombiSoft, who seems to be only a single individual named Anders Gustavsson. There are some tough edges right here, and a few adverse issues to notice, however by and huge I’m simply having a brilliant good time with Labyrinth: The Wizard’s Cat and I’m excited to see the place it takes me.

In order the story goes, you’re an apprentice wizard who’s tasked with discovering the runaway cat of your mentor wizard, and also you graduating to change into a full-blown wizard hinges on you finishing this mission. Simply if you assume you’ve cornered the cute little feline you end up transported to a dungeon labyrinth full of traps and enemies. You additionally spot the kitty roaming round and so your mission now turns into harder as you attempt to make your method by this dungeon alive in addition to rescue your boss’s pesky little cat.

Now, Labyrinth: The Wizard’s Cat isn’t a extremely advanced recreation by any means. There’s some mild RPG components within the type of leveling up and discovering cool new weapons and equipment, however there’s no social gathering system or any intensive character development. It jogs my memory numerous Questlord in that it’s a reasonably easy affair mechanically however the story, the visuals, and the character of the sport compel you to maintain transferring ahead. Additionally, simply because this recreation is brilliant and colourful and has a reasonably easy design don’t assume it’s some pushover. The sport truly will get quite troublesome quite shortly, however fortunately it can save you anytime and anyplace, which is one thing you need to apply doing typically.

The actually neat characteristic right here is the management scheme. You’ll be able to select between digital arrows or swipe gestures for directional motion, which is fairly par for the course. However when you lay a second thumb down on the display screen you may free look in any route. It takes a bit getting used to however the swipe gesture motion coupled with the free look gesture combines to make for a really satisfying touchscreen management scheme. It virtually feels such as you’re taking part in a first-person shooter at instances, when you get comfy and begin zipping round from side to side, however you’re truly nonetheless taking part in a recreation with grid-based motion.

My small nitpicks are that I actually want this recreation had an choice to play in portrait, and the swipe detection for motion is a bit finicky. It acknowledges brief, quick swipes versus longer ones, and earlier than I figured that out I used to be having a extremely irritating time pondering the sport wasn’t detecting my inputs. Most likely one thing that may be smoothed out in an replace. Total although, regardless of being a bit fundamental total and having some tough edges, Labyrinth: The Wizard’s Cat is a really pleasant retro dungeon crawler, which is one thing we don’t get too lots of these days. If that’s not price a few bucks then I’m undecided what’s.