Fieldrunners for iPhone Provides an Endless Amount of Possibilties
Often, I get bored of the FPS or racing games that I frequently play on my iPhone. I decided to try a new genre of games, Tower Defense. This genre is known to be quite addictive, and so I had a go at it. I heard some great things about Fieldrunners for iPhone, and hence, gave it a shot. Keep reading to see my full thoughts on this $2.99 game.
As you’ve probably noticed by now, Fieldrunners for iPhone is a tower defense game. It’ll run you about $3, which is a steep for a game as such. I’ll be touching on this later in the article.
The objective of the game is to keep little men, called Fieldrunners, from reaching the other side of the map. This may sound like an easy task, but I assure you – it is definitely not! The men come in different shapes and sizes. Some are skinny, some are bulky. The larger they are, the more health they have, making it harder to kill them.
The enemy can come in various machinery as well, such as helicopters, tanks, and motorcycles. These obviously have much more health than the other forms they come in. One tactic you can use it to block their way – this makes it so they have to walk around your turrets. An example of this is seen in the screenshot above. This will delay the time taken for them to reach the end, giving you an opportunity to take them out before they do so.
One of the other maps available in Fieldrunners
You are given several lives, and a set amount of money when you first start the game. There are three total maps that come included in the $2.99 price tag, but there are an additional two that you can buy if you wish through in-app purchase.
During the game, you are free to pause whenever you wish, giving you sufficient time to lay your turrets where ever you want them. Also, you can upgrade your turrets, giving it more power, or sell it. There are four different weapons you can use. There’s one that fires normally, there’s one that slows them down, there’s a rocket launcher, and the last one is an immensely powerful thunderbolt.
An additional way to have fun, or make the game easier for you, is if you install a patch for this game. This is currently only available for jailbroken iPhone/iPod users, and lets you start the game off with $15,000, as well as 99 lives. This is cheating, and, in my opinion, takes away from some of the fun of the game. Anyways, it’s up to the player, as to how they think of it. If you don’t want it, simply don’t install the patch from cydia.
In a nutshell, Fieldrunners for iPhone is a solid game, however, a bit pricey if you take the price ($2.99) and genre into consideration. At 99 cents, it’s a great buy, but at the current price, we feel that is not the best for your money. However, if you have some spare iTunes cash, definitely go for this game, it’s incredibly fun and addictive. There’s even an iPad version at $7.99.
Our Rating: 3.5/5
