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Replica Island
Tested version: 1.1
Latest version: 1.4
Requires Android: from 1.5
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Summary
My PSP has been lying unused in a drawer for months now and even my Wii has gotten very few hours of playtime lately. I'm even bored of all this constant talk about the iPhone having the better games. Care to take a guess why this is the case?
I've been so busy in the last couple of months that I haven't had the luxury of sitting back and playing games in a really long time. If I happen to have a couple of minutes to kill, I now turn to my Android phone. It doesn't bother me that iPhone supposedly has the "sweeter" graphics as long as there are games like Replica Island around.
If you believe graphics aren't everything and are also a Super Mario fan, you should definitely read through this test report.
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Features & Use
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Replica Island is a retro-style game. Following in the footsteps of Super Mario & Co, this game has that special old-school feel that makes playing so irresistibly fun.
You're in control of a little green robot (should be a familiar face to all of you by now) who needs to collect three red diamonds in order to complete every single one of the 40 different levels. On the ground and in the air, you are forced to take on enemies or try to get around them to reach your precious diamonds. Coins collected along the way can provide you with a temporary defense shield, allowing you to mow down any enemies in your path.
Although the game’s main structure is simple and repetitive, the levels are so varied that you’ll never get bored.
The game also has an adventure-style background story having to do with a professor, a mysterious artifact, and a creepy island. At the beginning of the game, you get a taste of the story through a dialog with the professor and some of the other characters.
If you didn’t enjoy Super Mario World, you won’t care for Replica Island. Only those with old-school games in their blood system will appreciate Replica Island and spend hours on end playing it on their phone.
Screen & Controls
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A short tutorial introduces you to the controls at the beginning of the game. Depending on your device, you can control your little Android robot with the trackball, the D-pad, or using your built-in tilt controls. You can switch on “Tilt Controls in your options in the start menu. This type of controls is marked as experimental, but I found it to work much than the d-pad on the Milestone.
Two buttons are located on the left side of your screen. With the larger blue button, you propel your Android robot through the air, which is where he spends most of his time throughout the game. When you hold down this button, you’ll see your energy bar diminish quickly at the top left of your screen. Thankfully, your energy recharges in the bat of an eye. As soon as your green robot is in the air, you can control him while he floats around in the air for a while. There’s no need to keep your finger constantly on the blue button as he flies around.
Use the smaller red (attack) button to kill and annihilate your enemies. Pressing the red button while you’re in the air plumps you right on top of your enemies thereby destroying them. Holding down the same button creates an energy ball that you can direct towards your foes. When it comes in contact with an enemy, you take over the controls of the particular enemy. Once you’re in control of an “enemy combatant”, you can destroy the poor little guy with an explosion. Sometimes you may find it necessary to direct your captured enemy towards a wall in order to destroy him along with it.
You’ll find the following setting in the”options” section of your start screen:
- Enable Sound
- Configure Controls
- Click Attack (Trackball or D-Pad for attacks)
- Tilt Controls (Control with built-in motions sensors)
- Erase Saved Game
- Report Play Statistics
- Go to the Replica Island web site
Bottom Line:
As mentioned previously, you’ve got to be into this type of game to have a lot of fun with Replica Island. As far as screen & controls are concerned, I really liked the fact that you could select between several different control options. Replica Island can be played with ease on every type of device since all of the different control modes work exceptionally well. Among these, I found the D-Pad seemed to be the least efficient, whereas I noticed no significant different between using the trackball and tilt controls. Both seemed to work just fine.
Speed & Stability
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Replica Island ran perfectly during our test without the slightest lag or glitch.
Price/Performance Ratio
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Replica Island can be downloaded for free from the Android Market.
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Market Comments
Edwin, Apr 14, 2012
Extremely playable Kept me glued to my phone for weeks. Considering reinstalling and playing all over again now that some time has passed.
Daria, Mar 24, 2012
best game in the market yet!!! this is for people who loved super mario bros. :)
Anna, Mar 24, 2012
Good It's a really fun game, but it takes time to get used to the controls. The other really annoying thing is that halfway through your playing it force closes your entire game. It's a great game in general but could be improved. I recommend you get it. : )
john, Mar 6, 2012
it was so hard to control. it was fun but it kinda defeats the meaning of the game if u can't move. it took some time to get used to but it was fun!:)
jennifer, Mar 4, 2012
Great! Great game! I am addicted lol btw I found this game and tons of other awesome games by an app called FREE MONEY FACTORY! You get paid to download stuff and play games! Awesome! Use code 59079 to get started with bonus points! Who says no to free money and cool games?
bes, Feb 24, 2012
YES, IT IS WORTH INSTALLIG I can only recommend this game! Never had any prblems, beautiful graphics, excitig gameplay, challenging levels, interesting plot...! In one word, superbfantasticawesometerrificwonderfulgreat! The only thing I'd fix is the controls, because tilt is too sensitive sometimes, and if not on tilt mode, it's near impossible xD By the way I loved the ending! I only accidentally found out how to get the good ending! Genius!
Jon, Feb 20, 2012
Can't control orbs on an A200. This would be an awesome game if i could control the possession orbs as intended. Device is an Acer A200 with ICS.
WinterAce, Feb 19, 2012
Great game! I am a big fan of Chris Pruett, and his games Wind-up Knight and Replica Island are immensely deep. I love them both. The only problem I'm having is a crash in Memory #30.5 after Kyle jumps in the end and Wanda says "No!"
Chris, Feb 13, 2012
Great Just great! Controls take some getting used to but worth it, good story too. Bit confusing about how to achieve 'good' ending though!
Jim, Feb 12, 2012
6 stars!!! Great game!! I played it 2 years ago on my old MyTouch and loved it. Gonna play again on my new phone. Developers please make a sequel.
Bryan, Feb 11, 2012
Fun game This is a fun game and its great that its open source so people can learn how to code games. Only issue so far is the robot control ball that is shot doesn't always go the direction the android guy is facing.
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