Starfront: Collision is this week's requisite RTS game (I'm starting to think the iOS platform is solely responsible for bringing this genre back in popularity). Starfront: Collision HD for the iPad can be purchased from the App Store for $6.99.This week's iPocket has something for everyone! Continuing the trend of high-quality RTS games on the App Store is Starfront, we've got something a little different from Disney, and we even have a physics puzzler where the goal is to save a Japanese idol! This week's titles may all be wildly different, but they are all tons of fun! This week, there's not a clunker in sight, so let's get started!
The best thing about Gameloft games is their experience with porting PC or console games to the touchscreen devices and making them control well - Starfront: Collision is no exception and has been fine-tuned for precision.Įach of the three races you control can construct up to eight buildings and offer 10 units to use for battle and labor. Many gamers online have played the iPhone version on the larger screen due to how big of a difference it makes in unit selection and overall gameplay satisfaction. The game is perfect for the iPad and should have really been released for it originally, as games of this genre really benefit from the larger screen. Starcraft 2 has been a huge hit and to bring such a game to iDevices is a huge deal for gamers since the Blizzard offering is only available on PC (not even consoles). The game has been inspired by the Blizzard games, notably Starcraft 2, with three similar races to play as, and a similar resource-gathering mechanism. 3 games.ĭespite these minor complaints, the game has plenty to offer for RTS gamers and Starcraft fans who happen to own an iPad. It would have been nice to see iPad owners get 3 vs. The game even offers the same four-player online battles as the standard version. Starfront Collision HD has just been released and offers basically the same features as the iPhone version, despite the long delay and promises of iPad 2-specific additions. After what seems to have been an extremely long wait, Gameloft has finally delivered the iPad version of the real time strategy title Starfront: Collision.