AstroWings3 – ICARUS – iOS App Review
An awesome sci-fi shoot ’em up with style and grace…
Stats
Category: Games
Updated: June 28, 2012
Version: 1.0.1
Size: 53.2 MB
Developer: M2M Entertainment
Rated: 4+
Our Ratings
Graphics/Sound: 5/5
User Interface: 4/5
Gameplay: 4/5
Re-use/play value: 4/5
Overall Rating: 4/5
Price: Currently Free for limited time, includes free ship, weapon and items upgrades/download
What Is It?
AstroWings3 – ICARUS is the third installment of the very popular AstroWings series of gaming apps. It is a very fast paced sci-fi shoot ’em up.
Is It Easy To Use?
Yes, the interface is very simple to use, you play the part of Hera, the warrior goddess of AstroWings3, piloting the ship eliminating all who try to attack you, and there’s plenty to do. Your enemies will stop at nothing and are constantly attacking from all angles. You need to move your ship around to stay safe and at the same time shoot to kill. It is a very fast paced game and you will feel your heart rate racing as you move through the levels. The excitement is intense.
There are various options and upgrades in the game, including three aircraft upgrades in each game. You need to use your finger to move the ship around and the firing is automatic. There are fire combos, power upgrades and a very powerful laser beam to call on for back up.
Is It Fun?
Oh yeah mama, it is great fun, if you like shoot em ups. It really doesn’t get better than this. The graphics, sounds, upgrades are all great, put that with the pace of the game and it is definitely all out fun.
Is It Pretty?
Absolutely, the graphics are excellent and pleasure to see.
Should You Download It?
Are you crazy? Of course you should download it. It is currently free and you get a free ship, weapons and items upgrades. Even if you had to pay for it you should download it but as it’s free it’s a no brainer.
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]
