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Switch – I'll Race Ya!

by jana o. on Jan 22, 2012 10:59:54 PM — read 2,527 times

TAGS: Applications, Apps, Free App, Games,

Tested version: 1.1
Latest version: 1.2

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Summary

Switch is an airplane racing game that has a relatively simple concept: navigate a plane with the goal of keeping it in the air for as long as possible, and don’t crash into any walls. Sounds too easy? It’s not, because the plane keeps accelerating, so a few white knuckle moments are guaranteed—but does Switch have that ‘I’ll get you hooked’ addictive factor?


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Features & Use

Section rating: * * * * *

Test devices
-HTC Desire with 2.3.7 (Root and Custom ROM)
-Acer Iconia A500 with 3.2


As mentioned, the Switch gameplay is a simple one. There are four lanes on which the small white aircraft can fly, and you can switch lanes – in order to avoid obstacles, for instance – via touchscreen tap. Most of the obstacles you will encounter at the beginning are blue walls; later you’ll also see black aircrafts flying towards you, blocking the route.


The main difficulty is that the plane will speed up, making it increasingly difficult to avoid obstacles. More often than not you will crash into a wall or an obstacle.


Be sure to collect the blue power ups that pop up en route. Fly into one and become invincible for all of 10 seconds, give or take.


Again, the gameplay is very simple, but the app does have that addictive factor that spurs you on—after all, wouldn’t you want to beat the current highscore (13 325 points)? Boast your own highscores via OpenFeint.


There’s only the one game mode, which we predict may be a bit of a turn off to some users.


Bottom line:
Switch’s graphics are stunning, and the simple concept is genius, but, as mentioned, we anticipate that quite a few users will tire of the one game mode after having played a few rounds, due to lack of variety. Still, it’s definitely a ‘good’ game.
 

Screen & Controls

Section rating: * * * * *

Switch does very well in this category: the graphics and UI are stellar. A lot of thought was put into this application’s design, and even the animations on the start screen are nice.

The game looks its best when played on a tablet: crystal clear graphics and it runs very fluidly.
 

Speed & Stability

Section rating: * * * * *

Switch is very sturdy, but not very fluid, at least not when we tested it on the Desire. It tends to lag, and when this occurs the plane will crash and there’s nothing you can do about it. Doesn’t happen every time, but it’s annoying when it does.


On a brighter note, the application performs beautifully on the Acer Iconia A500 tablet.

 

Price/Performance Ratio

Section rating: * * * * *

This version of Switch is available for free from the Android Market, but ad banners are displayed, even sometimes during a round.


A full version is available for EUR0,82 and comes with an option to start as of 5000 points.
 

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Review "Switch" from Feb 15, 2012 (Spanish)

Review "Switch" from Feb 15, 2012 (French)

Review "Switch" from Feb 9, 2012 (Russian)

Review "Switch" from Jan 22, 2012 (German)

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sharon brown
Jan 23, 2012 12:11:51 AM

Cool


jana o.
Jan 23, 2012 11:47:04 AM

Hey Sharon, good know there are other female race game fans out there :-)


shereenshehata
Jan 24, 2012 6:18:16 PM

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jana o.
Jan 24, 2012 6:30:04 PM

@shereenshehata: ??

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Market Comments

* * * * *   Christof, Nov 29, 2011
Excellent!
* * * * *   Abdi, Nov 23, 2011
Nice game.
* * * * *   robert, Nov 9, 2011
Super for free Requires total focus Good time killer. Great graphics on galaxy SII, the guy that wants adds off, turn of your phone xmtr
* * * * *   Brad, Nov 9, 2011
GET RID OF ADS One star until dev gives us a way to remove annoying ads. They completely distract from the gameplay. Would be a 4 star game.
* * * * *   CannonFoddr, Oct 28, 2011
Great game - simple but infuriating Some suggestions though.... 1) Music/Sound FX volume Control - I find it hard to hear 'Invincibility pick up' over the music sometimes 2) 'Invincibility has run out' sound - you've got one for 'pick up' but how about one that tells you you're not invincible anymore - easy to 'Hear' than look at your ship's colour 3) Option for changing 'Invincibility' from 'time' to 'energy' based, or perhaps have it something like the shield in 'SPEEDX 3D' game - the more you pick up, the more you can smash through
* * * * *   rrobe, Oct 19, 2011
Freezes my Nexus S on exit! Freezes my Nexus S on close, have to force reboot. Apart from that: simple, fun, graphically stunning game.
* * * * *   Anonymous, Oct 16, 2011
Fun. Fun game. It gets hard fast and it is a graphic intensive game without looking amazing. Didn't run very well on my EVO, but works great on my Nexus S.
* * * * *   Jere, Sep 28, 2011
Good game, but The controls won't work allways and when on high speeds the lag is very annoying..
* * * * *   Anders, Sep 14, 2011
Good Mute option please...
* * * * *   Johnnoz, Sep 13, 2011
great! Great, but needs an option to mute sound
* * * * *   Gary, Sep 3, 2011
Runs too slow on Legend, touch is also semi responsive
* * * * *   dazed, kingdazy, Sep 3, 2011
Not bad, kinda fun. Too bad about that music though. Annoying.
* * * * *   Kjerstin, Aug 30, 2011
Ok Its ok but I hate the background music
* * * * *   Chris B, Aug 26, 2011
App stalled on load and froze when quitting. Had to take out the battery to restart nexus s. Game is a poor rip off of Audio Surf.
* * * * *   Jon, Aug 26, 2011
Terrible Music is horrific, controls are unresponsive at times, lack of any progress, levels, or anything to strive for makes this repetitive and boring.
* * * * *   Coolman, Aug 25, 2011
This game is very good indeed, people rating this down because of the ads are ridiclous, this is a FREE game for crying out loud.
* * * * *   AP3, Aug 24, 2011
Great game with great potential...would like to see upgradable ships and themes in next major update
* * * * *   Nate, Aug 22, 2011
Too bad This is a pretty cool game when it works. At times it makes my phone freeze up.
* * * * *   Adrian, Aug 21, 2011
not bad for free but placeing an advert in the same place as the game controls is just stupid. 3*
* * * * *   rob, Aug 20, 2011
Needs bug fixes Awesome game but crashes my droid x more times than not
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