Game Review: Space Rush

Space Rush by Nicholas Patrick

Blue balls

Space Rush is an iPhone version of Fall Down the "classic" calculator game. Tilt your device to roll through the obstacles and make it through each maze. Quick thinking is key, as the game board moves upwards at increasing speeds.

The longer you survive the more points you will accumulate, you are also given three lives to get from Pluto to the Sun (9 stages in all). Each level is a different maze, as well as a different world (Saturn for example). Every maze is a little bit more challenging than the last, and moves a little bit more quickly as well.

The game offers very precise and intuitive controls, as well as cool, rolling ball animations. Also realistic physics, and online high scores. The in game tunes really add a lot to the game play, and I really enjoyed them (you can opt to listen to your own tunes though, if you like).

Oh yeah! I forgot to mention one other super important thing, before you start the game you get to choose which color you wish your ball to be. It can be blue and white, red and white, or green and white, (personally I found the green and white ball to be the most "lucky"). Totally your call!

Red balls

The good: Great graphics, physics, controls, and tunes make this game a lot more addictive than you would think!

The bad: The game is really, really simplistic. If you're looking for depth and a richer gaming experience, then this probably isn't the game for you.

The breakdown: This game surprised me quite a bit! I figured it would be pretty boring, boy was I wrong! The constant movement and quick thinking really made this game quite a treat (as well as the bumping techno beats XD). I would recommend it to any casual gamer. Easy sale especially at $0.99. 4/5