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Soldier Ants iPhone Game App Review

Posted on 06. Aug, 2009 by iPhone App Reviewer in $1, 7 Star Ratings, iPhone Game App Reviews

Soldier Ants: A classic game turned mobile for your soon-to-be addicted mind.

Our Rating: 7.2/10 [Screenshots]

Version Reviewed: 1.2
Developer: Tiger Shark Games
Price as of Review: $0.99
Current iTunes Rating: 3.5/5

Soldier Ants is a concept that’s been done numerous times on Internet flash games; the concept will live on throughout gaming forever, probably.  Soldier Ants is a 2D game where you face off against computer or human ant army opponents.  Armed with several cartoon ants and a large variety of weapons you’ll go around the poorly rendered maps battling it out.  Game modes are customizable allowing for probably about a week of gameplay before getting completely bored out of your mind.

The gameplay of Soldier Ants is what makes it outstanding as a game, and really, about the only thing that makes it worth buying.  With tons of weapons ranging from close range to long range and explosive to subtle there is fun to be around here.  Although the graphics aren’t much on the eyes, nothing beats torching your opponent to the ground with acid or a flamethrower.  Gameplay is on a turn by turn basis – [here is when I'd normally say "Soldier Ants has a just-one-more-turn addiction to it" but I'm afraid it doesn't make the cut].  Between the weapon drops and explosions the map will dynamically change, similar to the sort of deteriorating map effect found in iShoot [iTunes Link].

Although the gameplay sounds nice, it’s bogged down by poor graphics, horribly inaccurate controls, and a deplorable amount of stability.  One of your ants may be able to jetpack across the map but I’m afraid you won’t be able to.  If you’re a fan of 2D platform team vs. team style games, you should check out Soldier Ants at a relatively fair price of $0.99.  There’s a lite version available for free here [iTunes Link].  All in all, if you can get past the immense amount of severe annoyances, Soldier Ants does well for a quick pick up and play game.  Otherwise, stay away.

Final Ratings:

Gameplay: 8.7/10 – Lots to the gameplay, variety of weapons.

Enjoyment: 6.5/10 – Needs a lot of improvements before I can seriously enjoy this game.

Graphics: 6.5/10 – Very colourful but the graphics look like they were done very lazily and on a much lower resolution then the iPhone’s 320×480

Sound: 8/10 – Nothing to complain about here.

Technology: 6/10 – No use of the accelerometer, touch controls are hella buggy.

Replay Value: 7/10 – Because of the many gameplay modes and customization per game this can be fun to come back to, but not for very long.

Overall Rating: 7.2/10 -

Further Improvements: (Note to the developer)

• Fix unresponsive touch controls
• Fix misc. glitches
• Wi-fi multiplayer mode
• Bring graphics up to the capability of the iPhone
• What about some accelerometer madness?

More screenshots here.

Other Reviews on Soldier Ants for iPhone and iPod Touch:

• Soldier Ants Review by iPhoneApps-Review

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