Title: League of Evil
Format: iOS
Release Date: February 15th, 2012
Publisher: Ravenous Games
Developer: Ravenous Games
Price: $1.99/ Free (Lite Version)
ESRB Rating: 9+
“The world needs your help! Evil scientists worldwide have joined forces, forming a ‘League of Evil.’ The only super agent who can stop them is YOU!”
STORY
In
League of Evil, you play as a badass cyborg secret agent sent on a mission to
stop the cleverly named “League of Evil.” Complete with double jumping and wall
crawling abilities, you have the pleasure of punching a near infinite amount of
baddies in half in a beautifully nostalgic 16-bit environment. Sounds great
right? Well it is!
CONTROLS
League
of Evil’s control scheme is very simple control system, just as all platformers
should be. Located in the bottom left of the screen is a pair of left and right
facing arrows that controls your characters horizontal movement. On the bottom right
of the screen, there are “A” and “B” buttons, used for punching and jumping. Developer
Ravenous Games deserves massive praise for create such a fluid and responsive
control system, which all iOS platformers should be compared to.
CORE GAMEPLAY AND PRESENTATION
League
of Evil is presented as an amazingly challenging platformer akin to the SNES
and Genesis Era. The game contains 160 levels of pure unbridled, pixel-smashing
fun with 5 varying world locations. In each beautifully designed level, you are
tasked with guiding your character around lasers, over spikes, and through
waves of evil, gun toting henchmen until you reach the level’s evil scientist
to whom you deliver and well earned pixel punch in the face! Also, as an extra
challenge each level contains a secret briefcase, generally located in a very
inconvenient location. League of Evil also offers a ranking system based off
the amount of time it took to complete each specific level. Bolstered with a
great, retro chiptune soundtrack, League of Evil easily stands with the best of
the platforming genre.
FINAL THOUGHTS
League of Evil is an amazingly challenging retro game with an beautiful art style and intuitive control scheme. The only problem, I encountered in the time with the game was a fairly irritating load time when restarting a level (which occurs very frequently.) Nonetheless, League of Evil is a great addition to the AppStore and one of my favorite mobile platformers!
S&S Rating: 9.8/10
@DrMrPHD
