Review: Phoenix HD
Great space shooting arcade game that's fast action, high definition and a lot of furious fun for older kids (and adults!)
Features of Phoenix HD:
- Enhances reaction times, get out of the way...fast!
- Problem solving abilities are given a great work out
- Power ups, coin collecting, weapons and enhancing your ships gives a goal to achieve
- Fabulous graphics that are bright and colourful and engage the player
- Determination to succeed against the odds
I went into this game with a lot of expectation, as the original
Phoenix from my teenage days was my absolute favourite game, although it's not the same I was still impressed!
You have your own spaceship, which is free, and you can pay to
upgrade your ship (so make sure your child's IN-APP purchases are
switched OFF in the settings menu if you don't want them to buy extra ships.)
There
is a range of colourful and creative enemy ships coming towards you
firing all different types of bullets, lasers and other weapons. Your job is to dodge
their bullets whilst firing your own. This gets harder and harder as the game progresses.
You
can move your ship all around the screen in this fast action game with
no let up until your life goes. Collect power ups along the way such as
weapon upgrade, health, and alpha strike and gather coins as your
rewards in-game.
You can spend your coins in a
variety of ways before your next game such as purchasing drones, extra
lives, double coins and jumping forward by 20 waves. You
can see your life in the form of a green stripe at the top of the
screen, when it gets all the way to the left then your game is over.
Fabulous graphics that are bright and colourful and engage the player. I said to my nine year old son "This looks like it's too easy... " He assured me it gets harder, and he was right! I scored 150,000 and he scored 1,500,000! (I think I spend too much time cooking dinner and cleaning up and not enough time playing games on my iPad!)