Lock's Quest manages to cross strategy and deliberation at the speed of pencil and paper with live combat, then add an involving story where every single character has a secret or surprise. To do all this and make it appealing and fun for a broad audience across genre-preferences and age is no small feat. Lock's Quest is 2008's best reason to buy a DS.
Pros:
* Good for both extended and quick play
* Story is unique and well-told
* Lots of opportunity for creativity
* Very well-balanced challenge that engages both young and old, newbie and expert
Cons:
* Lock's pathing is sometimes off
* Placement is awkward
* Seems like there are only six music tracks, and they get old quickly
* Sprites hardly have faces
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.
