iOS – Medal Of Gunner – Review
Re-live a good old-fashioned World War II Dog Fight on the safety of your iOS device…
Stats
Developer: PictoSoft
Price: $0.99
Version: 1.0.4
Released/Updated: April 05, 2012
Size: 20.2 MB
Rated: 4+
Our Ratings
Graphics/Sound: 3/5
User Interface: 3.5/5
Gameplay: 4/5
Re-use/re-play value: 3.5/5
Overall Rating: 3.5/5
What Is It?
It’s a Second World War dog fight shooter game, with you as the fighter pilot.
Is It Easy To Use?
It does take a little getting used to as you need to literally move your device around in order to navigate. It doesn’t take long to master this though.
When you first fire up Medal of Gunner you can view the tutorial to help you learn more about the gameplay. There’s also a book icon at the bottom right of the screen and if you click on that, it will explain the types of awards the user can achieve when completing specific missions.
There are various ‘positions’ you can select to fire from and it’s a good idea to have several practices with this. One thing we found really useful was the handy hints, during the game play. These say things like ‘fighters at 5 o’clock -15’, from the screen you can then move your plane in position and put your sight on the enemy and start firing like crazy.
As you successfully complete the missions, you get rewarded with medals and promotions to the next grade/ranking. You also get ‘paid’ in points and you can use this ‘money’ to upgrade your bullets and defenses.
Is It Fun?
Yes, once you’ve got the hang of it, this is a lot of fun.
Is It Pretty?
It does look good but it looks better on the iPhone than on the latest and greatest iPad. If this game could be optimized for the new iPad’s retina screen it would be awesome.
Should You Download It?
It’s a good app and it’s only $0.99/£0.69. If you are the type of person that enjoys flight simulation, World War II era shooters then this is definitely for you. To be honest there’s not enough of this style of game in the app store, so all the more reason to download this one right now. The link is at the top of the page.
Joanne Carter
Joanne Carter, creator of the world’s most popular mobile photography and art website— TheAppWhisperer.com— TheAppWhisperer platform has been a pivotal cyberspace for mobile artists of all abilities to learn about, to explore, to celebrate and to share mobile artworks. Joanne’s compassion, inclusivity, and humility are hallmarks in all that she does, and is particularly evident in the platform she has built. In her words, “We all have the potential to remove ourselves from the centre of any circle and to expand a sphere of compassion outward; to include everyone interested in mobile art, ensuring every artist is within reach”, she has said. Promotion of mobile artists and the art form as a primary medium in today’s art world, has become her life’s focus. She has presented lectures bolstering mobile artists and their art from as far away as the Museum of Art in Seoul, South Korea to closer to her home in the UK at Focus on Imaging. Her experience as a jurist for mobile art competitions includes: Portugal, Canada, US, S Korea, UK and Italy. And her travels pioneering the breadth of mobile art includes key events in: Frankfurt, Naples, Amalfi Coast, Paris, Brazil, London. Pioneering the world’s first mobile art online gallery - TheAppWhispererPrintSales.com has extended her reach even further, shipping from London, UK to clients in the US, Europe and The Far East to a global group of collectors looking for exclusive art to hang in their homes and offices. The online gallery specialises in prints for discerning collectors of unique, previously unseen signed limited edition art. Her journey towards becoming The App Whisperer, includes (but is not limited to) working for a paparazzi photo agency for several years and as a deputy editor for a photo print magazine. Her own freelance photographic journalistic work is also widely acclaimed. She has been published extensively both within the UK and the US in national and international titles. These include The Times, The Sunday Times, The Guardian, Popular Photography & Imaging, dpreview, NikonPro, Which? and more recently with the BBC as a Contributor, Columnist at Vogue Italia and Contributing Editor at LensCulture. Her professional photography has also been widely exhibited throughout Europe, including Italy, Portugal and the UK. She is currently writing several books, all related to mobile art and is always open to requests for new commissions for either writing or photography projects or a combination of both. Please contact her at: [email protected]
