Halloween pinball ios game review - Ghoulie get your game on!

Take away the bells and whistles of any tables theme and ultimately the success of said table depends on how the table plays, and with Halloween pinball we have a table that offers an easy to play yet hard to master game of pinball with a clear bonus structure and challenges of accuracy that both excite and entice.

Halloween pinball is lovingly themed and is a very pretty table indeed!
If you can imagine a fairground ghost train then this game is that ride in pinball table form!
All the colours of halloween are here, presented with a bright neon glow. The graphics are a combination of moving 3D objects such as a witches cauldron and haunted house, with the flat surfaces of the table decorated beautifully ghoulishly with ghosts and pumpkins galore.

The main soundtrack is a devilish delight, mixing some occasional subtle drum and bass with eerie piano and haunting violins. In game phonics help to further set the tone, with a creepy male voice issuing warnings of impending danger and either praising or mocking your efforts. An old hag also chimes in with some witchy rhymes and gruesome details of her cauldrons contents!

To get some really high scores out of the table you need to complete one or all of the five main challenges that the table offers which are the “witches cauldron”, “walk of death”, “the spider web”, “haunted manor” and the “grave yard”. Access to the “spider web” challenge is only available once the “Grave yard” task is complete and the “walk of death” becomes accessible once the “haunted manor” mission is accomplished. Invariably each challenge means being accurate enough to repeatedly hit the ball into the appropriate target areas or to hit pop up targets as they appear. Ball mechanics are spot on and your success or failure will depend entirely on your own skill.

Camera options allow the player to view the game from a top down angle or for a more tilted
view where the camera also follows the movement of the ball. Both play great
but the tilted view offers a better view of the graphics.

Its true to say that there are a lot more complicated tables out there that may appeal more to the hardcore pinball aficionado but even members of those lofty ranks would have to be pretty cynical not to enjoy this atmospheric and ultimately a joy to play game. Halloween pinball is fast, furious and frightful fun that i heartily recommend to casual gamers, dedicated pinballers’, halloween homies and fright fans alike!

More on upcoming ios horror game - Chucky "Slash and dash" from slimstown studios

No word of a release date yet for upcoming ios game Chucky "slash and dash" but regular tribune of terror readers will know we are super stoked about this game!!! Here is one of the character models produced for the title. Do do do do do....im loving it! More news as we torture it out of the developer!

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Chucky iOS game "Slash and Dash" coming soon from Slimstown studios

To coincide with the release of the new Chucky film “Curse of Chucky”, developer Slimstown studios have very recently announced a new iOS and android game featuring everybody's favorite erstwhile serial killing demonic doll! Little is known about the game thus far but with the current title of “slash and dash” i think we should be expecting an endless runner. Whilst the app store has more endless runners than AMC's Walking dead has zombie extra! as this title features “Chucky” i think there is definitely room for at least one more! I dont have a solid release date yet with the title currently slated as “coming soon”. More news as we have it.

Up coming vampire game - Shadow Vamp! - Looking monstermendously awesome!!! - Ghoulie get yer game on!!!

Now this looks very interesting indeed!!!

Shadow vamp, listed as “coming very soon” from developer games mould, employs a rather unique game mechanic, whereby you the vampire must make your way home during the daylight hours using shadows to protect your delicate undead skin from the sun!
From what i can tell from the trailer you are able to rotate and manipulate the world around you to create shadowy paths to travel down. Of course the proof is in the pudding but so far this title is looking monstermendously awesome!!! Incidentally games mould is the publisher of one of my favourite ios games "spooky hooves" which gives me even more reason to have high hopes for this.

Check out the screenshot and gameplay trailer below! Review from the Ghoulie as soon as this launches!

Knightmare Tower! IOS Game review - Ghoulie get yer game on!

Whilst the iTunes app store continues to see a rise in more complex proper console type gaming (x-com, grand theft auto, final fantasy), it remains for now overwhelmingly the spiritual home of casual gaming! Many of the most successful and highest grossing games on the App Store are played with controls that require little more physical input than repeatedly tapping the screen with a single finger at the appropriate moment! Knightmare tower the latest offering from developers Juicy Beast is certainly of this ilk.

With such simple game mechanics, ultimately these type of games live and die by the quality of their presentation and addictiveness! That elusive “just one more go factor!”. Well i can tell you ghoulfiends and gentlecreeps that Knightmare tower has both in abundance with big shiny cherries on top!

You are the titular Knight of Knightmare tower! Your job is to reach the top of a treacherous and terrifying tower rescuing princesses and generally being a medieval bad ass along the way! You begin the game free falling down through the tower after launching into the air atop an iron rocket and must attempt to rise back up by slamming down on a myriad of flying beasties, monsters and demons! Every monster you hit in succession results in an increase of speed of ascendancy and takes you further away from a fiery lava that is also climbing the tower literally “hot” on your tail! Movement of your Knight is achieved by tilting your device left or right and touching the screen to perform a downward attack on your monstrous legion of enemies! Every so often you will reach and smash through a ceiling, freeing the princess of that part of the tower. As with all the best examples of casual games, there is a hidden tactical depth to the gameplay of Knightmare tower and as the game progresses quick thinking and good hand eye coordination will certainly be needed to see you through! As you reach greater heights within the tower you are confronted by an ever widening array of beasties to slay and not all of them are simple sword fodder! Many will take multiple hits to destroy, wizard types will attempt to bring you down with magic orbs, dragons will fill the screen with fireballs and other creatures are only temporarily vulnerable displaying for the rest of their time on screen large sharp spikes eager to take one of your lives if you slam down on them at the wrong moment! The higher you rise the more the action intensifies and soon you will find yourself with every type of monster to deal with on screen at once and the deeper tactics of monster time management come into play!

 Having just one go on Knightmare tower would be the equivalent of helping yourself to just a single pringle from a newly opened tube...it just aint gonna happen! This game is stickier than bubble gum dipped in honey! The action is fast and furious with each play lasting an average of just 2 or 3 minutes. The rate of progression is paced perfectly and you find yourself constantly wanting to inch closer to different achievements and goals or collecting enough money to level up your character! The game contains a shop, where gold you have collected during gameplay can be spent on more lives, potions, stronger attacks etc.

Monster fans will love Knightmare tower! It features a lovingly crafted menagerie of creatures, all depicted in a detailed and colourful art style that to me was almost reminiscent of eighties british comics such as whizzer and chips and the likes of OINK!. The game doesn't credit the artist but i believe its a person referred to as “J-P” on the developers website. The games soundtrack supplied by “HyperDuck soundworks” also deserves special mention, its an absolute perfect fit for the game. Heroic and jaunty with medieval overtones conveyed by an occasional choir of maidens.

As with all these casual type games Knightmare tower does of course have a limited shelf life. Such simple game mechanics can only afford a game so much longevity before actions start to feel repetitive. However for a period of a good few days i literally played nothing else and for the paltry sum of just £1.99 the level of enjoyment you will get from the game represents brilliant value.

So there you have it! Dag nabbit! Knightmare tower is a great example of casual gameplay executed with style and aplomb! Ghoulie recommends you get your game on!

Click here for Iphone version of "Knightmare tower" on the app store

Click here for the Ipad version of "Knightmare tower" on the app store