33rd DIVISION – Review
By
BradT
On December 4, 2009
Our rating: 
By: 33rd DIVISION
Version #: 1.0 (iPhone OS 3.0 Tested)
Date Released: 2009-10-20
Developer: SMID DESIGN, s.r.o.
Price: 0.99
User Rating:
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33rd Division is another of those strategy games for the iPhone and iPod Touch. The objective is to move multiple soldiers of various functions (sargeant, medic, etc.) across a field to their designated safe zones while avoiding being seen by enemy soldiers. This is all done in the context of World War II. The first level is in Normandy, France.
The graphics work well. The user is given an aerial view of the field that the soldier must walk across without getting in the sights of the enemy soldiers (usually designated as a beam of light from in front of them). If you get in their sites, you are immediately shot dead and lose a life. The game has two modes: "Life", which gives you a limited number of character lives to lose before the game is over and "Time", which designates a limited time in which the soldier can get to the safety zone.
The developers even play a bit with reality by giving the soldiers certain powers or abilities if they cross a special symbol that appears randomly on the screen. These symbols grant things like teleporation and freezing of the enemy soldiers. Either of those would have been handy to have during the actual war. The game can be paused by tapping the top left screen and sometimes that comes in handy to figure out your next move. A built-in tutorial also provides details on other game features.
It’s a cute game, but not great. It would be improved with better graphics and perhaps multiple perspectives. However, it works well for what it is.
Quick Take
Value:Medium.
Would I Buy Again:Not really.
Learning Curve:Medium.
Who Is It For:People who like drawing lines.
What I Like:Decent graphics. Good concept.
What I Don't Like:Game could be a lot more. Multiple perspectives.
Final Statement:An okay game for an okay price.
Read the Developer's Notes:
LINE-DRAWING TACTICAL GAME The goal is to escort your men without enemy patrols noticing them. In this action-paced game you must make quick and strategic decision based on your actual situation. 33rd DIVISION brings unique blend of line-drawing and reverse tower defense games with Commandos look.FEATURES- play it for 5 minutes or a few hours- 2 game difficulty modes– Life and Time- 4 great WW2 missions situated in Europe- Mighty power-ups- growing game difficulty with Mortar&Sudden death in-game modes- 3 different allies units and 4 different axis patrols with unique voices- original soundtrack with ability to play your own music- polished graphics&level design- tutorial and mission briefs- tactical save when you quit- Online score using OpenFeint. Life mode is for casual players. You start with 5 lives and when a man is killed you lose one life. You can gain a life back if you are good commander. Game is over when you have no lives.Time mode is for hardcore players. You must watch the time. When a man is escorted you gain seconds, when a man is killed you lose seconds. Game is over when you have no seconds left. 8 bonus items appearing randomly on map. Including double speed, invisibility, life and time bonus, various score bonuses, frozen enemies… The more soldiers you save, the more enemy patrols appear. Later in game you can expect mortar fire or sudden-death. You never know what to expect next.TROOPSIn your division there are Soldiers, Medics and Sergeants. They are moving by various speeds and you gain different points. Also enemy units are diverse, you will meet a watchdog, a heavy machine-gunner, a sidecar etc. A line-drawing tactical game set in the WW2. The objective is to escort allied soldiers without the enemy patrols noticing them. You gain points (and time bonus) for each escorted soldier, depending on the selected game mode. You can choose between TIME mode or LIFE mode. By drawing a line you can escort either a soldier, a medic or a sergeant. Each of them moves at a different speed and will give you a different number of points. A moving soldier can lie down and make himself disappear from the enemy’s field of view. If he fails to lie down while in the enemy’s field of view, he’ll be killed and you lose a life or time. On the way to the target point you can collect power-ups like double-speed, enemy freeze, score bonus etc. Reaching certain score unlocks a new mission.
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