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Reviews Home  »  Adventure Games  »  Psychoban
Psychoban

Released: 26 Jun, 2010

Reviewer: Andrew Nesvadba

Version: 1.1.0   Size: 41.5 MB

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Save: 80% Was: $1.99Adventure Games1.1.0Dedalord S.R.L.

PROS

  • Interesting isometric 3D Sokoban-style puzzler.
  • Fun dialogue and designs.
  • More updates planned by the developers.

CONS

  • No camera options implemented yet. Fairly silent in-game other than grunts.

VERDICT

Psychoban is worth taking for a spin (or a slide) and while most of the game will be a breeze for puzzle veterans, you'll still get a serious challenge from the last few levels and more are planned, so stay tuned.

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Those familiar with Sokoban need little introduction to a title like Psychoban by Dedalord. For anyone that's lost in translation, you'll need to push blocks over the available switches in order to pass the levels in this devious puzzle title. It's a familiar style that has been explored before, but Psychoban adds an isometric 3D twist to make things a little more interesting.

Moving your poor lobotomized patient is intuitive and only requires tapping on a valid spot. Selecting and moving blocks is just as easy and the available positions are highlighted to make things even easier. Movement can be a bit slow, but a toggle in the options allows you to speed things up, making areas with multiple levels much easier to tolerate. There are 50 levels to play through, though the 'Buddy Box' challenges will require some serious noodling to complete.

As you progress you'll traverse through a series of 'laboratories', from a broken down psychiatric ward to a spooky mansion and even a high-tech facility that some gamers may find a bit familiar. There are a few rough edges to the game's 3D isometric world, including texture gaps and the inability to change your view, but these are minor gripes and the design is strangely fun despite the macabre atmosphere.

Fans of puzzle titles might find Psychoban to be a fast title to blast through, but for most this is a fun and relatively challenging title. 

App Store Info

Psychoban brings you a deeper concept in puzzle gaming, drawing from proven classics such as Sokoban to create an unique and immersive experience!

-Brain-scrambling puzzles:
Psychoban takes you through an entirely new dimension of puzzle-adventure experience, as you must make your way through actual 3D challenges. A non-stop concatenation of challenges, hilarious situations and gorgeous visuals will squeeze you out of any remnants of sanity.

- Insanely seamless interface:
No virtual key-pads! An unique character control system, absolutely natural to the Iphone interface, allows for an easy and hands-on playability. You tell Mental Dude what you want him to do, and he does it!

-Deranged settings and environments:
Make your way through five of the world´s creepiest mental asylums, and become a part of their gruesome, gore-stained history.

- Mad quantities of levels
Fifty levels of concentrated challenge-packed puzzles will keep you hooked-in to the last second!

- Alienating, comedy-driven story
Join the adventure of Mental Dude, his quest for freedom, survival… and a grip to reality.

- Lunacy guaranteed!

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Updates

  • Huge Update:* Retina display support!* Temple Challenge (a whole new setting with 10 new rooms with a special game mechanics)* Game Center support (leaderboards and achievements)* New timed game mode* New level selection screen totally in 3D* New decorations in all the levels of the game* New illumination system* Top view camera as an option (wiping with two fingers)* Improved textures quality* New unlockeable extras

Languages

  • English

Rated 9+ for the following:

  • Infrequent/Mild Horror/Fear Themes

Requirements

  • Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.
    Requires iOS 3.1.2 or later

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