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Vista Golf (Free) by Shallot Games is an elegant mini golf game that’s sure to appeal to everyone. If you enjoy games like Super Stickman Golf 3 and OK Golf, then you will love Vista Golf.
While golf may be relaxing to some, it’s pretty boring for me, at least in real life. Personally, I much prefer mini golf because it’s more fun and easier for me to enjoy, especially with friends and family. However, I don’t go too often for mini golf, so it’s only an occasional thing I do. Fortunately, there are video games that simulate mini golf so I can enjoy it at my leisure. While my favorite golf games continue to be the Super Stickman Golf series from Noodlecake, I still enjoy finding new offerings on the App Store. Vista Golf is the latest one to catch my eye lately.
App Feels Like
Super Stickman Golf 3
Noodlecake Studios Inc
OK Golf
Okidokico Entertainment Inc.
Vista Golf features a minimalist aesthetic with low-poly graphics that is sure to delight most people. In a way, the visuals remind me slightly of Horizon Chase, which I don’t think is a bad thing as it’s a modernized retro style. The courses appear simple and clean, with beautiful and serene landscapes that are lush and relaxing to gaze upon. The colors are bright and vivid, but shift to more muted tones as you putt in different locales. Animations are smooth and fluid with seamless transitioning and no lag. There’s a soothing, ambient soundtrack that immerses you into the world of virtual mini golf.
There are three difficulty levels in Vista Golf that players can select from the main screen. You can choose your difficulty level by dragging your finger left or right, or just use the arrow buttons. Each week, Vista Golf showcases one course for each difficulty level, so there’s three courses each week. These courses represent different locations from all over the globe, so you can experience lush tropics or snowy mountains while playing mini golf.
There’s also an infinite mode that lets you play as far as you want on a larger-than-life course that never ends. Regardless of how you want to play, both fun and frustration await you in Vista Golf. Plus, with new courses refreshed every week, there’s always new content to look forward to.
Controls in Vista Golf are super simple and incredibly intuitive. When the ball is still, there’s a circle that surrounds it. Just drag from within the circle to line up your shot and adjust the power of the hit. This is clearly indicated with the number (from zero to 100) that shows up under the arrow. To hit the ball, just release your finger. If you want to cancel, just get the number down to zero and then remove your finger from the screen.
Sometimes you will need to move the camera around to get a better view. This is done by dragging anywhere outside of the circle. You can also pinch to zoom in or out for a better look at the whole course.
If you ever need to undo a stroke, you’ll have to “rewind” and watch an ad to do so. But to make sure players don’t abuse this feature, you’re limited to two per course, so use them wisely.
Unless you’re playing the infinite mode, each course has a total of 18 holes for you to play through. Each hole has a par number, which is the number of strokes required to complete, usually, though you can always get less (better) or more (worse). By the 18th hole, your pars get tallied up and your score’s determined. The game features global leaderboards so you can keep trying to get a better rank. There’s also plenty of achievements to obtain.
Vista Golf is a fantastic mini golf experience on iOS. The low-poly design of the graphics is cute and quirky, while providing enough detail to create realistic courses. Vista Golf’s music is tranquil and calming, helping players focus on the courses and getting (hopefully) the fewest pars as possible. Having new courses each week means more reason to keep coming back to the game, and the controls are intuitive and responsive. And for those who truly want to relax, the infinite mode is excellent for doing just that.
While Vista Golf is an excellent free mini golf game, it is annoying that you have to watch an ad to use an undo. Also, I did notice while shooting the ball that the power levels may not always be accurate, so the physics in the game seem a bit off. For example, sometimes even a power of 20-30 causes me to overshoot, and something less ends up in an undershoot. It’s hard to predict where the ball ends up when hazards and obstacles are factored in, so hopefully that’s fixed in an update.
Vista Golf, despite the flaws in physics, is still enjoyable and downright fun entertainment. I love the minimal graphics because they still feel elegant and look great, the music is a delight, and the controls are simple to learn. Having new courses to look forward to each week means more reason to keep playing, plus infinite mode is a great way to relax. I just hope that the physics gets refined in an update to be more accurate and predictable.
I recommend giving Vista Golf a try if you’re looking for mini golf games. Vista Golf is available on the App Store as a universal download on your iPhone and iPad for free. There does not seem to be any in-app purchases, but ads are shown if you want to undo a shot.
8.4
OVERALL
Graphics 9
Sound/Music 9
Replayability 8
Game Controls 8
Gameplay 8
Vista Golf
Shallot Games, LLC.
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Galaxy of Pen & Paper ($4.99) by Behold Studios is a meta turn-based RPG about a group of people playing tabletop board games (think Dungeons & Dragons). If you enjoy RPGs or D&D, but wished for a touch of sci-fi fantasy, then Galaxy of Pen & Paper is for you. It’s the third installment of the Knights of Pen & Paper games.
Several years ago, I had a D&D group with some friends. We would get together every so often, about once a month, and hang out and play D&D or other tabletop RPGs together. I went through high school as a big RPG video game fan, so when I had the opportunity to play D&D, I was ecstatic. Unfortunately, our group disbanded due to location issues, and I haven’t played tabletop RPGs since. It’s a bit depressing, but that’s why I fell in love with the Knights of Pen & Paper games. They’re bite-size RPGs that mimic the experience of a D&D group, and are a perfect fit when I am lacking a real crew. When I saw Galaxy of Pen & Paper finally hit the App Store, I knew I had to check it out.
App Feels Like
Knights of Pen & Paper 2
Paradox Interactive AB
Knights of Pen & Paper
Paradox North AB
Visually, Galaxy of Pen & Paper carries a retro pixelated art style, so it’s a nice homage to the classic games of yesteryear. Despite the pixel art, the game is pretty detailed when it comes to the various intergalactic environments, as well as the character appearances. Galaxy of Pen & Paper also makes use of bright and bold colors for almost everything, so it’s definitely eye catching. Animations are smooth and fluid, with no lag on my iPhone 7. The different customizations you can make for your Game Master and two characters are wide and varied, with enough options to satisfy most. There’s also a rocking sci-fi chiptune soundtrack to go along with everything, and it’s an absolute delight to hear. Like the other two games, Galaxy just fits like a glove in terms of visual and audio.
When you first start the game, you have the option to create a custom Game Master, who’s in charge of the narrative and combat scenes in the game. You can choose from different heads, body outfits, accessories, and chairs, all with a sci-fi motif (some are very recognizable).
Then you create two characters that will be role-playing, but the customization is a bit lackluster here. With these two characters, you can pick their class, race, and expertise area, but there are only about three options for each. If you were looking to create characters that look like your friends (as you could kind of do in the other games), then you’re out of luck. I wish that there was more customization options for the characters, as there seemed to be plenty for the Game Master.
Once your characters are made, the Game Master will kick off with the story. The plot unfolds through player choices, which determine the enemies you make and allies you gain. Whenever a point in the story has a decision, you get two options: one is usually a brute force kind of answer, and the other is more negotiable. Missions come up depending on the choices you make, and these have different goals, such as defeating a number of enemies or even going head-to-head in spaceship battles. There’s also a lot of exploration to do, so the variety is there.
Depending on what you chose during character customizations, each one has their own strengths and weaknesses in stats. The active and passive abilities are also dependent on the race, class, and expertise chosen. When you defeat enemies in battle, you gain some gold and experience points. As your party members level up, their stats grow and they’ll gain skill points. The skill points can be spent on stronger skills and abilities that will aid you in battle.
The cool thing about Galaxy of Pen & Paper is the fact that you mostly control the game through the Game Master. This means you decide when battles happen, or you can advance the story. When you must defeat a certain number of enemies, you can break it up into multiple fights so it’s not too overwhelming. You can also take a break every now and then to restock on items with the shop.
Much of Galaxy of Pen & Paper’s controls are through taps in menus. During combat, you’ll see a bar at the top that shows the turn order. When it’s your team’s turn, you’ll see the character highlighted and selected, along with a bar that shows their available actions. You can always perform a basic attack, but you need SP for special abilities. If you are low on health or SP, use an item on yourself or a teammate to restore their resources. To attack or support, just tap on the skill or item you want to use, and then tap on your target. The controls are easy enough and intuitive so anyone can pick it up quickly.
There’s a lot of content to go through in Galaxy of Pen & Paper, so this is a title that will provide you with hours of good and fun entertainment.
Galaxy of Pen & Paper is humorous with the characters and story, which will provide players with a ton of content for hours on end. The game’s graphics are also a great tribute to vintage games thanks to the pixel art style, and the chiptune soundtrack is fun to hear as you play. It’s awesome being able to control the flow of the game, since you can choose when to enter combat, proceed with the plot, make tough or humorous choices, or take a break and stock up on items with your spoils from battle.
While there is some customization in terms of character appearances, there isn’t as much as I would have liked to see. I would have preferred to fully create my own custom Game Master as well as role players, so that they could at least look a bit like my friends and family. I would have also preferred to do manual dice rolls, just so the game could feel more authentic.
Also, according to iTunes reviews, the game seems to be somewhat buggy, so hopefully the developers work on fixing those up. And unlike the previous two games, there is no way to play Galaxy of Pen & Paper in portrait orientation.
While Galaxy of Pen & Paper does have some flaws in terms of customization options, it’s still an enjoyable game. I love the pixel art style and the chiptunes are fantastic. There is plenty of content in the game to go through, so this is a title I’ll be playing for a while. The dialogue is humorous, the battle system is fairly streamlined, and it’s overall quite challenging.
I’d recommend giving Galaxy of Pen & Paper a try if you’re into D&D or role-playing games in general. You can find Galaxy of Pen & Paper on the App Store as a universal download for your iPhone and iPad for $4.99. The developers have promised no-in app purchases and the game will be premium forever.
9.0
OVERALL
Graphics 10
Replayability 9
Game Controls 9
Sound/Music 9
Gameplay 8
Galaxy of Pen & Paper
Behold Studios Jogos Eletronicos LTDA ME
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