Superfall – Review

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By: SMID DESIGN, s.r.o.

Version #: 1.0.1

Date Released: 2010-03-30

Developer: Craneballs Studios

Price: 0.00

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Tired of helping a bouncy fellow jump from one platform to another while avoiding bugs, UFOs, and paper holes? Tired of playing any jumping character, for that matter? If you answered yes to either question, then you’re in luck. Super Fall might be what you’re looking for. At a time when going as high as you can seems to be the "in" thing among iPhone games, Super Fall dares to be different by presenting a game where the goal is the exact opposite.

Your aim in playing Super Fall is to fall as deep as you can in a vertical scrolling game world fashioned with various types of obstacles on either side. These obstacles range from seemingly harmless bumpers (like the ones found in a pinball machine) to deathly black holes (like the ones found in deep space). By tilting your device sideways, you must try your best to avoid these obstacles in order to go deeper into the game world. Of course, these obstacles would be the least of your worries if the game character you’re playing is an armored juggernaut, but the somewhat sad reality is that you play as, of all things, a mere ragdoll. So it’s imperative that you avoid every obstacle, unless you want your ragdoll to lose all of its limbs just seconds into the game.

Aside from the many obstacles your ragdoll must pass as it makes its descent, power-ups and other items are also found along the way. Collect stars and experience in order to unlock awards and other types of dolls with varying characteristics, but avoid the items that make your doll intoxicated or catch fire in order to prolong its health and make it fall deeper while your score climbs higher. You may also tap and hold on the screen to activate a time warp that would make everything move in slow-motion, enabling you to more easily control the direction of your doll and lessening the impact of the obstacles on the doll.

A couple of things stand out in Super Fall. One is the ragdoll physics, which is very important in this case since we’re actually dealing with ragdoll figures. I understand that the developers used an advanced physics engine for Super Fall, and you need only play a single game to see proof of the precision of that engine with regards to gravity, friction, and restitution, among others. The other remarkable thing about Super Fall is the overall design of the characters, the environments, the obstacles, and pretty much everything you see on the screen. The visuals are rendered in a style that is unlike anything I’ve seen before in an iPhone game. I’ll even go as far as to say that such design and execution have the makings of an Oscar-worthy animated short. It’s just so beautiful to behold and almost photorealistic. Buy this game if only for the visuals and you won’t be disappointed.