148apps - Wispin is the sort of game that tries to trick you with its cutey-pie graphics and doe-eyed main character into thinking it’s some sort of simple children’s game.
The tilt controls are a cool idea and fun to fiddle around with, however, the virtual joystick controls offer a greater level of precision – a necessity when fighting off a screen full of larger brutes and small buggers alike. Zany power-ups lets you pinball around the screen, tap enemies to snuff them out, and launch arrows at your adversaries, among other things. You’ll need these goodies, because Wispin isn’t a pushover in the challenge department. Though it doesn’t take long to get yourself killed, the gameplay is interesting enough to make you want to dive in for another go.
Being a giant, beloved video game site has its downsides. For example, Joystiq sometimes neglect to give independent developers their coverage love (or loverage, if you will) as they get caught up in AAA, AAAA or the rare quintuple-A titles. To remedy that, they're giving indies the chance to create their own loverage and sell you, the fans, on their studios and products. This week they talk with Chris Graham of Grumpy Face Studios about his iPhone action puzzler Wispin.
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