iDracula ($0.99,
iTunes link) is a sign that gaming on the iPhone platform is maturing. It’s an intense survival game where you play a vampire hunter besieged by hordes of werewolves, vampires, and other nasty creatures. The game is pure monster-killing fun. With spectacular graphics, cool weapons, interesting magical powers, and uptempo game play, it’s one of the better iPhone games out there, and the first non-puzzle game that I feel really utilizes the iPhone platform correctly. Due to its small size, it’s still not on par with something you’d find on a PSP or DS, but maybe this is what the iPhone and iPod Touch is all about: quick, fun, casual games. We are rating
iDracula 8.5 out of 10, highly recommended.
iDracula isn’t merely a shoot’em up, although there is plenty of shooting (you pretty much spend the entire game firing your guns). The key to surviving is how you spend character upgrades. After a certain amount of experience points are gained, a green icon appears that you tap to access a random list of upgrades. Some of the upgrades are throwaways, like “kills all monsters but you die in 10 seconds.” The beneficial upgrades can increase your total health or cool powers. My favorite is
telekinesis, which causes items like healing potions and new weapons to slowly slide across the ground toward you and makes them easier to collect.
iDracula ($0.99, iTunes link) is a sign that gaming on the iPhone platform is maturing. It’s an intense survival game where you play a vampire hunter besieged by hordes of werewolves, vampires, and other nasty creatures. The game is pure monster-killing fun. With spectacular graphics, cool weapons, interesting magical powers, and uptempo game play, it’s one of the better iPhone games out there, and the first non-puzzle game that I feel really utilizes the iPhone platform correctly. Due to its small size, it’s still not on par with something you’d find on a PSP or DS, but maybe this is what the iPhone and iPod Touch is all about: quick, fun, casual games. We are rating iDracula 8.5 out of 10, highly recommended.
iDracula isn’t merely a shoot’em up, although there is plenty of shooting (you pretty much spend the entire game firing your guns). The key to surviving is how you spend character upgrades. After a certain amount of experience points are gained, a green icon appears that you tap to access a random list of upgrades. Some of the upgrades are throwaways, like “kills all monsters but you die in 10 seconds.” The beneficial upgrades can increase your total health or cool powers. My favorite is telekinesis, which causes items like healing potions and new weapons to slowly slide across the ground toward you and makes them easier to collect.