Filip Brož Blockbuster movies and comics, which have become the model for iOS game titles, are mushrooming in the App Store. We could easily divide all these games into two categories, successful ones and less successful ones. I'd place Real Steel, a game that's free on the App Store this week, at the intersection of these two categories. Are you asking why?
The fighting game Real Steel was created thanks to the film adaptation of the same name, Steel Fist. Just like in the movie, your main task will be to defeat all your robot opponents in different game modes and arenas. You have a wide selection of battle robots at your disposal, which are endowed with various special combos, abilities, strength, shields, speed and many other perks.
The control of the entire game itself is very simple. You will have a virtual joystick at your disposal in every match. You can very easily control the movement with the navigation arrows with your left hand and the strikes or cover with your right hand. Each bot controls different special punches and combos that you can achieve by correctly pressing multiple buttons together. So there is no shortage of effective strikes, breaking metal or deadly grabs.
As in any game, the more successful you are, the more options and new robots Real Steel will offer you. In the game, you can choose from several game modes, from free training, various tournaments, whether it is survival or pair fights, to various challenges and special options. Simply put, the game offers a lot of fun and user enhancements. Like all games, Real Steel has its hook and we slowly get to the less successful aspects that I really dislike about the game.
No matter what I do, the game still forces me to make in-app purchases that become literally annoying. I am always notified about new events, special packages or discounts on the purchase of new robots. In the same way, the game concept becomes slightly worn and worn out after playing for a long time. Of course, you still have the option of building your own robot or unlocking new characters in motivational tournaments, but still the same scenario always awaits you.
You select a robot in some game mode, get an opponent and pound it until it falls to the ground. At the same time, you can watch the upper status bar, where your and your opponent's health are displayed, and the bar for energy. Of course, the game also offers different difficulties, but despite everything, we often found myself pressing the same combinations over and over again just to get as far as possible in the tournament.
Real Steel initially reminded me a lot of my favorite fighting series, Tekken, but just as quickly I found that it didn't offer as many options and especially combat combos and special moves to explore and learn. In Real Steel, you will discover all these combinations very quickly, because each robot got very few of them in the wine. In terms of graphics, the game is of an acceptable average, i.e. neither dazzling nor negligible. An interesting effect are various videos during a successful combat combination, fatalities that you may know from the Mortal Kombat games.
That being said, you can find Real Steel in the App Store for free this week for all iOS devices. If you're a fan of fighting games and similar titles, the game will definitely interest you, but it probably won't have a long-lasting effect. Unfortunately, with the game, the main intention of the developers, which is guided by the password, is very visible to extract as much money as possible from the successful film with the help of ubiquitous and even annoying in-app purchases.
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