Shooting Varieties
Today’s shooting games take on different topics and modes.
Conquer Antarctica, for example, is a classic representative of games that require a good eye for measuring distance. This is basically a penguin version (and by ‘penguin’ I don’t mean ‘abridged’, I mean the animal) of Presidential Street Fight 2008, which was reviewed the last time I discussed shooting games proper. The campaign mode features 9 instances of battle (that is to say, levels) in which your squad (er, all of your two penguins) has to defeat the enemy penguins in order to complete the mission – conquering Antarctica, as the title suggests. Each level increases difficulty, but good news is you get new weapons as well. And also? There is also a two player mode, in which the players take turns at shooting each other. Awesome.
Click to play Conquer Antarctica
TwinBots also feature two avatars, but in this case they shoot together like some kind of bizarre mirror. You control both shooting robots and herein lies the challenge: in getting them to move separately and destroying each wave of enemies, all at the same time. We’ll the problem might not be getting them to move, but moving them in a semi coordinated way while trying to shoot the enemies down. Other than that, there is money to be earned and, as usual, to be spent in upgrades of some sort. Pretty standard.
Now, if you want a game that is completely different from the previous two, you have The Foyle. This game is quite complex, but not as much as it looks. The story behind the game is that apparently, there’s been some kind of invasion. Chaos has ensued, and there has been a terrible massacre. There are nine levels, which you must complete by killing monsters, exploring bases, finding survivors and, well, surviving yourself, of course. There are plenty of weapons and tools which you can find and use to succeed in your mission, which is ultimately bringing the survivors to the evacuation point. Something tells me you will need all the luck you can get in order to make it there!
Finally, The Wheel of Misfortune made me laugh for a while, but in a good way. This is a smart, funny game, if only a bit wry. When I first accessed it, I thought I would find something of the likes of, I don’t know, the TV show? Instead, this is a flash game set in “the age of depression”, consisting in throwing knives at people we would really like to throw knives at if we were broke (namely, creditors, bank owners, etc.). Sure, you sort of lose the game if you hit them and end up killing them, but oh well, where is the fun in playing it safe all the time?
Click to play The Wheel of Misfortune
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