You know it’s a bad sign when your game looks like a rip-off
Being Contributing Editor, Games for Tap!, I have to keep an eye on all the new iOS games coming out. I’ve therefore got an AppShopper RSS feed that spits all new iOS games into Google Reader. This morning, I discovered uninspiring word game Letter Labyrinth. It looks OK, if a bit rough, and I was thinking “not another Pac-Man IP rip”.
Turns out it isn’t another Pac-Man IP rip, because the game is by Namco. And if the game’s description doesn’t get you thrilled and excited, well, you’re in agreement with me:
As only he can, PAC-MAN has gobbled up your old and tired iPhone anagram games to create Letter Labyrinth: a new, addictive puzzle game chock full of words, phrases, proverbs, and even calculations!
Translation: “We’ve gobbled up all the old and tired iPhone anagram games and crapped out an old and tired iPhone anagram game, STARRING PAC-MAN”.
Don’t all rush at once.
nice article, but just a question, why you’re putting this, and e.g. the “ten top tips for ipod developer” you wrote earlier on here and not as a feature on podgamer?
A version of this article is on Podgamer as Lack (of gameplay) Man. One of the dev hints articles was one of the first Podgamer articles too.