The Wizard’s Cat’ – TouchArcade

I’m a easy man. Give me an old-school first-person dungeon crawler and I’m a fairly completely satisfied man. Make one centered round rescuing a cat and, oh boy, now you’re actually talking my language. Throw in a very distinctive touchscreen management scheme that I’ve by no means seen in a recreation of this sort earlier than and we’ve acquired 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 detrimental issues to notice, however by and enormous 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 turn into a full-blown wizard hinges on you finishing this mission. Simply whenever you suppose you’ve cornered the lovable 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 tougher as you attempt to make your approach by way of 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 kit, however there’s no celebration system or any in depth character development. It jogs my memory plenty of Questlord in that it’s a fairly easy affair mechanically however the story, the visuals, and the character of the sport compel you to maintain shifting ahead. Additionally, simply because this recreation is vivid and colourful and has a reasonably easy design don’t suppose it’s some pushover. The sport really will get quite troublesome quite shortly, however fortunately it can save you anytime and wherever, which is one thing you need to observe doing typically.

The actually neat function right here is the management scheme. You may select between digital arrows or swipe gestures for directional motion, which is fairly par for the course. However in case you lay a second thumb down on the display screen you may free look in any course. It takes slightly 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 nearly feels such as you’re enjoying a first-person shooter at occasions, when you get comfy and begin zipping round backward and forward, however you’re really nonetheless enjoying 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 quick, quick swipes versus longer ones, and earlier than I figured that out I used to be having a very irritating time considering the sport wasn’t detecting my inputs. In all probability one thing that may be smoothed out in an replace. Total although, regardless of being a bit primary general 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.