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Blood Roofs: First Impressions

    If you have time on this busiest and best of Sports weekends, you might want to check out a game called Bloodroofs. It is an endless runner/jumper/shooter. The graphics are top-notch and the gameplay is fun. It is $2.99 at the moment and the file size is a small 47 MB. It just came out on the ole app store moments ago and I took the notion to buy it. Here's the recipe.
    In a spooky world of rain, monsters and magic, you play as Jake, a macho, roof jumping, lady-carrying dude. It is coming a heck of a storm and a group of evil magicians have called forth some monsters to take control of the city. As Jake flees from roof to roof he has to swing down, using his whip for a rope, and snatch Catherine to his breast. She is lying on a roof with an injured leg and an automatic weapon. So, Jake carries her, runs and jumps from roof to roof, while the lovely Catherine shoots the ghouls. By the way, you pick up coins and other goodies as you run. An interesting characteristic of this game is that you steer the runner by tilting the device and simultaneously jump with the left thumb and shoot with the right thumb. Sounds busy, you say? I should smile.
    You can get unlocks for other characters, like Shaneela, a mermaid who sports red hair, flippers and hangs from an odd helicopter device. Another unlock is Jane, who sports a flamethrower and a set of convict clothes. Before I forget, these same game developers came out with d-Capitatrix which is much-revered by me for the lady robot's 'walk' in that game. 'Nuff said on that. Wow.
    The tilt part of the controls makes it easy to flip your character as you are running. It will need adjusting by the developers, I bet, because it will freak you out to be running and gunning, then suddenly be upside down. If you fall off the roof, you 'die' and start back at the beginning, like any endless runner.
    I like the atmosphere of this game. What I mean is, it's raining, it's storming, a train rattles by overhead, a lot of attention to detail. At one point I must have picked up a power-up or something, because suddenly I sprouted black wings and flew off a little ways with this lady, Catherine. It was cool, to say the least. I imagine that this may appeal to all the Twilight, vampire movie/gamer fans out there, although I don't care much for vampires, as a rule. Not to be prejudiced or anything. Vampires have to get by, I guess.
     There are no in-apps listed on the app store page for this game, but there are possible in-apps for game coins to buy stuff. The in-apps are a bit pricey for a $2.99 game, in my opinion. I will probably not buy 5000 coins for 99 cents, even, considering the $2.99 price.
     My overall view of this game is favorable. Nice graphics and atmosphere, extremely fast-paced for an old-timer like me, and a feeling of adventure about it. If you want to see a video before buying, click the developers link on the app store page for the game. I hope you sprout wings and rescue the Lady Catherine.
    I'm CE Wills, adventurer.
   

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