Quick Look: A Quest Of Knights Onrush for iPhone
Chillingo has done a pretty good job of publishing quality games to the App Store, and Knights Onrush was no exception to the rule (read my review here). It seems a no-brainer then that another game set in the Knights Onrush universe would be really cool, and to an extent A Quest Of Knights Onrush is. Unfortunately, it doesn’t take long to show the fact that it’s nothing more than a mini-game to help promote Knights Onrush, especially given that part of the game’s install is the lite version of Knights Onrush. There’s no question that if they ever make a full version of A Quest that I’ll snap it up in a heartbeat, though.
Lots Of Pointy Things
In A Quest you play a lone knight who just keeps going and going until he gets killed. Along the way you’ll combat many of the villains you (as the castle defender) fought in Knights Onrush. You’ll also have to contend with various objects like spiked rollers, billows of flame and falling rocks. As you slay the bad guys with your trusty sword you’ll absorb a little of their life force to help heal you, and your experience meter goes up. When the meter gets full you level up, though I’m not really sure what that does. You also have the ability to jump over things, though don’t expect to dodge enemies this way. Apparently the game adheres to the “no bad guys left behind” policy, so make sure you slay everything. The controls are simply a virtual joystick to move and buttons to jump and swing your sword.
Graphically the game looks and sounds as good as Knights Onrush, which is of course because a majority of the assets came from that game. There’s nothing wrong with that, mind you, because Knights Onrush was a great looking and sounding game, and they were nice enough to throw in a few original touches like the cool looking statue for iDracula. Overall you won’t be disappointed in the aesthetics, but don’t expect anything you haven’t already seen in Knights Onrush.
The game is simple and it’s a promo, and it does both well. I just really hope that enough people are adamant about a full version that Moregames Entertainment listens, because I think it could rank right up there with iDracula and Knights Onrush if it were fully fleshed out. Please, Moregames?
Final Verdict: Recommended
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