What I notice right off the bat is that the graphics really do harken back to Space Invaders.
Mobile Invaders (Full) is hence a great clone for the legendary arcade game. Even the way the alien crafts move is true to Space Invaders form. Shoot lasers or hide behind rocks, just like back in the day.
Optically the game is very well made (if you dig that old skool, nostalgic kind of style)—and yet, I couldn’t quite get into the game. We had a few little bones of contention with this game:
There is a fair amount of lagging, and while we were only marginally bothered by this, it’s worth noting.
There’s no music. Now, Space Invaders loyalists will tell us that there was no score to the original either, but playing this kind of game on a small smartphone screen feels a bit dry and brittle without music.
The Invaders don’t pick up their tempo—they just kind of buzz around. Hence, there’s not a big enough challenge to spur players onwards and upwards…
Lastly, controls were somewhat jerky.
Bottom line:
Mobile Invaders (Full) is a fun Space clone, but it didn’t blow our skirts up. That said: let’s be honest, if we were to test the original Space Invaders today, in light of all the developments that have taken place in the gaming world over the past 3 decades, we would probably ‘only’ award it a ‘good’ rating, too. So here’s a pat on the back for Mobile Invaders, and we do recommend it to lovers of the original game.
Karl
May 15, 2012 8:43:45 PM
Eeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr Love it
Kevin
Mar 26, 2012 4:44:05 AM
Mobile invaders Great app. Just like Space Invaders.
Daniel
Feb 4, 2012 10:05:12 PM
Great Great retro gameplay
Andy
Oct 22, 2010 11:04:22 PM
No use at all on touch screen - controls too small so the Canon goes everywhere with no control.
rudi
Aug 26, 2010 2:43:38 AM
Good game, could use a little work but a great start.
kimkali
May 8, 2010 3:06:29 AM
Slightly clunckly controls, so very realistic old skool space invaders! HTC Tattoo