Leo’s Fortune: beautiful platformer for iPhone and iPad released – iphoneclub.nl

Thursday, April 24, 2014 (12:16) | Bart Breij

Platform games are sitting on the iPhone and iPad. Games in which you automatically run to a high score and just by jumping engulf the App Store yet every day. But platformers that do something special, that there are not that many. The Swedish Leo’s Fortune impresses with beautiful, atmospheric images. Also in terms of gameplay can match the row Rayman , Badland and Limbo

Leo, short for Leopold notes. his collection of gold coins have been stolen and goes after it. He does this by rolling jumping over various res land, and turn itself off. You use the expansion to remain suspended in the drop of a jump, or to push. Against a switch You can control the game by tapping and swiping, except that control is a rather experimental impression.

Fortunately, there is also a traditional design, with two arrows on the left and right, a jump and off button and a button down to pour yourself. This is done for example in meebuigende shelves, you spring to great heights. Or beech. Hatches under you With the expansion button you float after a jump.

No clichés, but wood

Leo’s Fortune ignores the old platform cliché that you should start in a forest, then an ice world and then doing to visits are just a desert. Environments have something authentic and go here flowing into each other, from valley to cave in evening light with orange lava in the background. Specifically, the role of timber. Wooden tunnels to transport you from one area to another, wooden scales help you on your way to higher ground and wood are also the thorny radwielen where you timed or over jumps. The number of winding wooden hallways where you slide up, the game does sometimes almost reminiscent of the loops of Sonic .

The mustachioed lint has just got a lot more controllable than the familiar blue hedgehog. If you suddenly soars after a short acceleration via a spring between mines, you’re sort of in the image to send. Leo accurately Because you sit close to the image on the action, one tip-of-your-seat moment follows another. You land on a small block and suddenly found two spines close to clap if you do not escape in time, or creeping through the eye of the needle when you precision jumps (and sliding!) Escapes circular saws.

Quality Over Quantity

Leo’s Fortune is not of levels. 1337 & Developers Senri chose quality over quantity, and that is reflected in the level structure. Each new environment is more challenging than the last. Moreover, you can get the most out of yourself if you want to retrieve. Three stars on each level For that you not only collect all the coins, but you’ll also agree not die in a level and play it within a time limit. Is not that the type of challenge you to wait, then there is not much going on. A succession of obstacles can definitely in the bonus levels are pretty tough, but you will constantly put down a short advance to have another try.

The weighed challenge, the unique appearance, atmospheric music and original platform elements in a genre that is completely overflowing, making Leo’s Fortune worth

Download:. Leo’s Fortune (€ 4.49, no in-app purchases Universal iOS 7.0 +)