To stand out in the iTunes App Store, especially in the gaming category, is far from easy. To get almost perfect reviews from every user is even more difficult, but Space Miner: Space Ore Bust has achieved both quite easily. John Moore emailed me and asked if I had tried it to which I replied that I hadn’t even heard of it. I get lots of recommendations for iPhone games and so had a quick look on the App Store and was surprised at all of the rave reviews so £1.19 later it was installed on my iPhone, took a while, and I ready to play.
Needless to say that 4 days later my son and I are both completely and utterly hooked on Space Miner. It is a cut scene adventure game which marries action and strategy well to form a deep and long experience which builds up at the perfect pace. There is a sense of achievement throughout and the humour keeps things sane when you have been staring at the screen for far too long. I would love to go into every detail of the game, but that would serve little purpose. What I can say is that this is not one to miss and that it is worth every last penny.
I have not played an iPhone game so far that has kept me going for so long to reach one goal and I am struggling to find fault anywhere. The only slight annoyance is that the ship is not always easy to control, but the frantic pace on some levels could be responsible for this rather than a design issue.
What I can do is thoroughly recommend this game as one of the very best in the App Store and would say to buy this if you have a spare pound or a couple of dollars. The first ten minutes feel a little slow, but after that it is fun all the way. Simply superb!
Check out the trailer below to start to understand what it is all about.
Looks like a truckload of fun. Will be downloading it soon – too busy to play today.
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