TUAW's Daily App: Helsing's Fire

While it doesn't start out very tough, more gameplay features slowly get added (eventually you have to match color attacks with certain colored monsters, and you only get a set number of attacks per stage, so you have to plan things out pretty carefully). And while the backstory is really just a frame for the gameplay, it's got a fun edge to it; it's a nice satirical spin on the old "fighting Dracula" theme, and there are a few fun celebratory fist bumps in between stages with Helsing and his assistant.
For 99 cents, Helsing's Fire offers up a good bit of original gameplay that spans 90 different levels. A survival mode and full Crystal integration add some extra fun as well, so the game is well worth the buck.
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Helsing's Fire is an interesting little title with a pretty original gameplay premise. The idea is that you place torches in an area full...
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August 25 2010 at 3:41 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyIt's a great game... too bad it's a bit short and it's a tad too easy for hardcore gamers. I think I finished it in a couple of days. To me it's well worth the .99 but buyers must be wary of the brevity of the game.
July 29 2010 at 1:48 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI first learned of this game when a preview was posted on TouchArcade.com and have been waiting for it to be released ever since. I purchased it on Monday and have been playing it every day - it's a great game! The reviewer is right - the game play starts off a little too easy, but the complexity of the game does increase as you progress through each level. Additional monsters with counterattacks and defenses really ramp up the difficulty...it just takes a little while to get there.
It's not quite accurate to call it original however, check out waldschattenspiel, a board game from 1985: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/1070/waldschattenspiel
I love this game..been playing it all week and can't put it down..
July 15 2010 at 8:48 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplySo... it's original? ;)
What's not is using original in the first line of every paragraph of the post.
So...is it a bad game that the only nice thing you could come up with to say about it is that it's original, or is it a good game and you wrote your review at 4am?
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