Mobile GameGranny in Paradise
developed by Tag
Games
Better
than Lode Runner
Granny
in Paradise is a conversion of PC casual game with
the same title developed by Sandlot Games.
Scottish mobile games developer Tag Games gained
the rights for the mobile version of this game.
Tag Games is a young developer company which has
only four games in its portfolio. I wrote a review
of their “Rock'n'Roll” mobile game and I was
surprised by high quality of this game and I also
wrote in my review that I look forward to next
game from Tag Games. What do you think, were my
expectations accomplished?
Granny in
Paradise is a mixture of platform, casual and
arcade game. It is a remake of the old concept of
Lode Runner, which was also converted to mobile
phones. I made also the review of the mobile
version of Lode Runner and I have to say that
mobile version of Granny in Paradise is better
than mobile version of Lode Runner. I will compare
these two games later in my review.
And
what is the principle of Granny in Paradise? You
play for Super Granny. While on a well deserved
vacation, Super Granny's kitties are abducted.
Run, dig, climb, swing, float and tumble as you
rescue Granny's missing cats and outwit the
minions of the nefarious Dr Meow. You have to find
and rescue all missing cats and take them to the
marked gate. If you collect all kitties, the
special big flower will appear in the certain part
of the level and you have to find this flower and
enter into it. Then the level is completed. It
looks simple, but you have also the enemies – they
are called Tikimans and if they touch you, you
loose your life. You can defend against them by
digging a hole, Tikiman then falls into it. But he
appears after couple of seconds in another part of
the level and finds his way to you again. The
saving system is very good, if you loose all your
lifes, you will start from the last unfinished
level again with full number of your lifes. The
game provides various bonuses. You can walk over
the selected places and plant flowers, if you
plant certain number of flowers, you gain an extra
life. Another bonuses are: watering can (you can
water small plants which will grow and you can
climb on them and get to the distant places of the
level), bomb (you can blow obstacles and find lost
cats), umbrella (you can use it as a parachute and
get to the distant places), special weapon (you
can stun the enemies) or a key (you can open
secret doors). Very good bonuses are special
plants: if you water them with the watering can,
extraordinary flower will appear. If the enemy
walks over it, the flower will eat him and he will
bother you no more.
The graphics of the
game is very nice. It looks photorealistic; I
enjoyed especially the first location on the sunny
beach. The movements of the Granny are also
detailed programmed. The game consists of 35
levels divided in 3 locations. The graphics of the
game made very good impression on me; it is one of
the best graphics in the field of platform games.
If I compare it with the graphics of very similar
game Lode Runner I have to say that Granny in
Paradise has better graphics.
The music in
the game is poor. You will hear only three
different melodies during the game. Each location
has its own melody. The first melody is nice but
next two melodies are boring. The music of Granny
in Paradise is on the same level with the quality
of the music of Lode Runner. You will hear no
sound effects in the game.
The players are
motivated enough to continue playing the game and
get to its end. You will discover always new
bonuses and possibilities in the game. It will not
begin to bore you. I think that motivation in
playing of Lode Runner was worse. In Lode Runner
were all the levels available from the beginning,
in Granny in Paradise you have to unlock them. The
Gameplay of Granny in Paradise is also better. You
have various bonuses in Granny in Paradise, you
can't continue in the level without using them. It
seems that Lode Runner is more interesting game,
because it has more levels (80). But these levels
are very similar, without essential differences
between them. In Granny in Paradise are only 35
levels, but it is fun to play them.
Granny
in Paradise is very good casual platform arcade
game. It is only a copy of the Lode Runner
concept, but I have to say that it is much better
than the original. The main positive of the game
is its gorgeous graphics together with very good
gameplay. The sounds of the game could be better
but it balances it with the motivation of the
player, you would like to continue playing the
game till its last level. The conversion of this
PC casual hit is a success and I recommend it to
all players. Especially if you are a Lode Runner
fun and you were disappointed with mobile version
of the PC classic, Granny in Paradise is a good
choice for you. I will finish my review of Granny
in Paradise similar as the review of the previous
game from Tag Games: I look forward to next game
of this developer; I hope that they will continue
in developing first-quality elite games.
Reviewed on 18/02/08 with Sony
Ericsson K610i
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