Quake on a mobile phone is a
rubbish idea. Phones might be technically capable of running that kind of first-person shooter, but their keypads simply aren't up to it.
There. We've said it.
However, thinking laterally can pay dividends, as shown when EA Mobile turned
Doom into a turn-based mobile game called
Doom RPG. And now Vivendi Games Mobile is having its own stab at making an FPS that works on phones.
It's called
Urban Attack, and it's one of the most innovative mobile games we've seen in a while. Set in the year 2046, you play Yuri, a freedom-fighter battling against a totalitarian regime.
In truth, it's closer to shooter games like
Time Crisis than traditional FPS titles, since for much of the game you don't control Yuri's movement, but instead focus on shooting enemies by pressing the '1' to '9' keys, which correspond to different parts of the screen.
However, there are 'run-aroundy' elements, as well as a sniper mode, and puzzle mini-games similar to those seen in I-play's
24.
Check the screenshots, though: much of
Urban Attack takes place in a stark monochrome world, where the enemies are stickmen (and superbly-animated stickmen at that, which you can't tell from the screens). It reminds us of the ace
Xiao Xiao stickman karate animations online.
The game is due out by Christmas and we'll be running a longer preview between now and our review, so click 'Track It!' to stay alerted when we next cover
Urban Attack.
Trust us: this is one to watch.
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Hi ewu. Thanks for your feedback, but, er, the game isn't out until November, so I'm wondering how you've played a finished version!
