App-lesauce iPhone App Reviews

By: Pick Up and Play
Site: http://www.pickupandplay.com/
Release Date: April 20, 2009
Price: Free for a limited time
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iFPS Online is yet another foray into the genre of first person shooter on the iPhone. Gameplay is fast and furious as you and up to five other players compete in multiplayer deathmatch. Gameplay modes include going for a certain score either with or without a time limit. The level design is on par with the first popular FPS games like Unreal. Maps include Sector D which consists of vast open spaces filled with twisting catwalks, Quarters looks more suited for Capture the Flag, and The Commons, a corridor themed level.

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iFPS takes a lot of getting used to, and a lot of tweaking of the controls to get everything right. The control option interface lets you tweak every detail. Do you want the fire button on the left or the right? How fast do you want the x-axis to move versus the y-axis? Do you want to use two sticks or the accelerometer? If you can't find some level of useable controls, it is not the app's fault.
With iFPS it is usually easy to find a game. The feel of a good FPS is definitely here, but the graphics would have been more appropriate in 1998. Given that, iFPS Online earns itself a 7 out of 10.

By: Eurocenter
Site: http://www.ifonkit.com/dinosmash
Release Date: May 29, 2009

Dinosmash is the ultimate multiplayer shooter for the iPhone/iPod Touch. The graphics are beautiful. The gameplay is lightning quick. And the best part? Sixteen player mayhem!
That's right! You will square off against up to 15 other players online in classic modes such as:

Deathmatch: kill as many other dinos as possible within the time limit.
Team Deathmatch: same as deathmatch, but you only kill Dinos on the other team.
Capture the Flag: You and your team must defend your flag from enemy Dinos while trying to capture their flag and return it to your base.

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Controls are very intuitive. You move your Dino and aim by rubbing your thumb on the green D-Pad area. The green button jumps(tap twice for a double jump). The red button fires your weapon. The blue button deploys the grappling hook(for covering distances too long for a jump).

I will give Dinosmash Lite a 9 out of 10.