Assassin’s Creed for the consoles was one of the best looking games in the current generation of consoles. Making a mobile version of the acclaimed game is no mean task, since it carries the expectations of the gamers who want the game to be as good on the small screen as it did on their consoles.
The challenge was tough, but Gameloft, the makers of wonderful games like Asphalt, have made sure that mobile gamers can get a peice of Altair as well, without much compromise to the graphics and gameplay.
Assassin’s Creed HD is the best port of a console super hit game to mobile that I have seen in a long time. The game puts you in the shoes of Altair and gives you no less the experience than the console version. In fact, I found the mobile game to be more fun and enjoyable (am a mobile gamer first, after all!) than the big brother, mainly due to its simple and intuitive gameplay, designed perfectly for playing on the mobile. What I loved most about the game was that the actions of Altair- the jumping, creeping up the walls, etc. - have been retained and since these are the most awe inspiring aspects of the game, it is good to see them in the mobile version too.
The game shows how capable mobile games can really be and was a huge treat for Assassin’s Creed fans and mobile gamers. This is no doubt, the Symbian game of 2008!
Gameloft, the developer of many wonderful mobile games ( and now across various platforms including the Xbox), have created another racing game that is sure to keep your racing adrenaline on a high.
If any mobile gamer was asked the question of the best racing game on mobile, the answer would be Asphalt, another game from Gameloft. Asphalt has always been my personal number one when it comes to mobile games. Now, Gameloft has introduced competition to its own game in the form of Ferrari Evolution GT HD.
The game makes it possible for those of us out there wishing to own and ride a Ferrari . This reason alone is enough to make you play this game. But this is a Gameloft game after all and it offers you the amazing graphics, detail and ease of play that Gameloft is known for.
The game moves across various locations ( including Italy, of course) and recreates the vibrancy present in each of those locations as true to the real world as possible. The tracks are wonderfully designed and seeing “your” Ferrari make the turns and drift its way to the finish line is priceless! The various racing modes like Career, Arcade are well designed to keep the enthusiasts entertained. The game itself is easy to learn, but hard to master, as the old gaming adage goes. The controls are very responsive, as in Asphalt.
The competition for Asphalt has arrived (at last!) in the form of a sibling!
One of the leading mobile game developers, Gameloft, is offering a try before buy scheme for mobile gamers at its site, GameloftLive.com.
At GameloftLive.com, one can register and try the great games from Gameloft in their computer browsers before actually buying them. People signing up also get a free copy of the popular Blockbreaker deluxe game. That’s a sweet offer indeed! The games are presented in a JAVA/Flash interface for trying them.
GameloftLive is basically promoted as a way for gamers to connect with each other. A social networking site of sorts. The site is slowly emerging as THE place to be for Gameloft fans and the gamers at large. Of course, the site is not for mobile games alone and is for every platform that the game developer is involved in, including XBOX and the iPhone.
The site is pretty decent when it comes to providing the social networking features. Am happy that Gameloft has taken the initiative to provide gamers the platform to mingle with link minded people. And adding the browser based trying concept just clinches a winner for Gameloft. I was satisfied with my experience at the site and recommend it for any kind of gamer - novice or expert.
When it comes to mobile games, be it the high-end N-gage games or the pixelated JAVA games (sorry, am always biased against JAVA games), two game developers standout from the rest of the crowd- Gameloft and Electronic Arts (EA).
But which is better? Which game developer manages to create games that have your thumb, sorry, heart, aching for more. Both the game developers churn out wonderful games and we would like to have games from both of them in our mobiles. But who is the leader of the mobile gaming industry? The choice is difficult, but my vote goes to Gameloft.
Gameloft wins over EA because of the sheer variety of games it has released. Just when you thought Gameloft has come up with the best game ever, they go on to outdo themselves by bringing in an even better game. When Asphalt 2 was release for the older N-gage QD, I spent hours before the little screen pushing my car with help of tons of nitro and drifting my way to the finish line. I can still remember going stealthily through buildings with night vision on in Splinter Cell Chaos theory for the QD.
Asphalt 2 and Chaos Theory were gems. But Gameloft had made sure that more such gems were released from its stables. With the onset of the new N-gage and even the Apple iPhone, Gameloft has managed to keep giving us those games we love to play. They are in a lofty position indeed when it comes to mobile games!