App of the Day: Axe in Face for iPhone

Today ’s App of the Day : Axe in Face , an habit-forming game in which an adorable but get at viking defends his daffodils from a horde of encroachers . By heave his battle ax at their head .

What is it?

Axe in Face , iPhone , $ 1 . A maddeningly childlike secret plan in which you play as a viking defend his daffodil garden by hurling his ax at other Viking . The gameplay is simple : drag your digit to determine where the ax pass away . But then you have to factor in the rate at which the aggressor are advance and remember that you ca n’t throw your axe again until it makes its mode back to you . Along the way dissimilar types of attackers complicate your outdoor stage and top executive - ups pop the question a 2nd pipeline of defense .

Who’s it good for?

the great unwashed who like Viking ; hoi polloi who like daffodils ; citizenry who like decapitation . People who have or would like to practice the ability to design forwards in the very short condition .

Why’s it better than alternatives?

It ’s got cunning illustrations and that play - it - when - you - have - a - few - minutes - to - kill ingathering , but it ’s severe . Sometimes maddeningly so . But the game dynamic is so simple that you never get frustrated with the biz , just with yourself for drawing an overly complex path for your ax to pilot . It ’s have elements of tugboat defense game , mystifier game , and drawing game all in one .

How could it be even better?

RETINA DISPLAY SUPPORT . It looks all right on the iPhone 4 , but it could definitely do with some add together pixels . A bang-up diversity in aggressor would be nice , and perhaps some sport on the defensive measure front , like different types of axes , or the ability to bemuse two at once . The iPad ’s big showing is a great canvas for some expansion on the construct .

you could catch Axe in Face in the App Store for $ 1 .

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