Jeremiah Slaczka is the Creative Director of developer 5th Cell, and also the creator of the quirky yet fairly innovative Drawn to Life, which achieved a modest amount of critical acclaim. His latest creation is Construction Combat: Lock's Quest, a game that could incorporate the intricate design philosophy (that may not ultimately have been fully realized) of Drawn to Life while adding a frantic real-time strategy component as well. Indeed, the curious mixture of intuitive castle-building and speedy touch-to-attack battles seemed uniquely compelling and especially suited to the DS' control scheme. But what really sold the game was the fact that it includes a zoomed-out tactical map similar to the one found in Supreme Commander, except that instead of Xs and Os, you get cute little anime-style icons of the units.
The Playasia New Year’s Sale is running until January 4, 2021 with deals on games like The Last of Us Part II Collector’s Edition and Persona 5 Royal Phantom Thieves Edition. Plus, several games are on sale as part of the site’s Weekly Special including Lock’s Quest and Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes Complete Edition.
It’s not often that a port of a game is regarded with comparable praise to its original version. Usually, ports are clunky games, where sacrifices the developers made to squeeze the title into a compact package are plainly visible. Of course, there are strong examples like Old School RuneScape and some of the Final Fantasy games (such as FFIX), titles that are true to their original versions and outright playable. At $7.99 on Android and $6.99 on iOS, Lock’s Quest sits among these stronger ports, largely due to its inherent mechanics.
HandyGames and THQ Nordic are today very happy to announce that their Tower Defense/RTS/RPG s "Lock's Quest" is now available for iOS and Android devices.
