iTunes app GI Joyride

QueBert

Lifer
Jan 6, 2002
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for a buck I figured why not. This game is freaking awesome, I love a good, simple game that I can play for a few minutes and walk away from. You control some sort of armored infantry vehicle in WWII. You can control the speed, and tilt back and forth (for when you go off jumps, buildings etc) It's side scrolling so you don't steer it. Along the way you run over and shoot people randomly. You lose when you flip over or don't move for 5 seconds. Easy to pick up and play, can be very difficult. Keeps track of your stats - fastest speed, longest jump, longest wheelie, # of enemies killed. Sound and gameplay are very light hearted. Seems to randomly generate the level each time you play. I don't think there's an ending, but sooner or later I always die from flipping over :(

Has nice graphics and runs very smoothly, with a good sense of speed. I would rank this up with Zombieville USA (one of my favorite games in the app store) I can pick it up at least once a day and try to out due my other achievements. Not a game I'd really want to play endlessly. But a quick game a day for about a month and it hasn't gotten old yet. Even if you get decent at it, it's kind of random how well you do sometimes. There are games where I'll go 20km, and the next I'll not even make it 1. A blast to play, one of the best, if not the best 99 cent games I've played. And I've had about 40 total.