Big Roll in Paradise is thrown under the review microscope
Published by Ewan Spence at 10:42 BST, July 5th 2010
"It's a cross between an adventure game and carpet bowls..." From such a startling mix comes 'The Big Roll in Paradise', created by Symbian legends Infinite Dreams and reviewed here by Ewan Spence. The core engine is a physics-perfect implementation of Bocce, in which you throw a jack and then vie with another player to throw your bocce/boules to roll closest to it. Accessible to casual players but with long term goals for more serious gamers - and with mini-games and side-quests to enjoy along the way, The Big Roll in Paradise comes highly recommended, it seems. The introductory 'free' offer may be over, but it's still a steal at £1.50.
Ewan writes:
Wrapped up in that simple game are a huge amount of tactics and strategies you can use – for example, you might want to throw one of your bocces “long” to stop your opponent knocking the jack away to the back of the playing field should you be the closest; you'll need to avoid having your bocces clustered together because they could be smashed away; if you get super close to the jack you might want to roll a bocce “short” so that the jack can't be pushed away... lots to do and decide at each move.
Each round is therefore quite short (it doesn't take long to throw four bocces each), and each game is normally to five or eight points in The Big Roll, so they don't take long to play, but still have a huge amount of tactical depth to them. I like that in a mobile game.
You can read the full review here.
Categories: Software
Platforms: N-Gage, S60 5th Edition
News Discussion
Right steve? ;)
And good on the battery life too - played for over 2hrs, left it running in the background for several more and my battery was still full of life.
Only criticism is that it's a tad easy I would say - although that's what 2player mode is for, right?
Shame it has taken A WHOLE YEAR for Nokia to get someone to develop something as good as this for their flagship phone. In comparison, the N95 had a ton of great games... Many of them made by Infinite Dreams so kudos to them for coming up with this and not jumping ship.
Just wish there was a 5th Edition K-Rally - the much-maligned directional pad on the N97 was made for games like that!
Davescot:This is a great game, I agree with the last point, as I'd really love to see Creatures of the deep for 5th edition.
So would I - especially as this game name-checks it when you win the N8 from one of the players!
Even more than that: Reset Generation. Simply the best game I've ever played on a mobile. Ah well,