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Solipskier is one of those iOS classics that Apple has made a separate category for in the App Store. It’s by far one of the most playable titles available, and as far as arcade goes it’s hard to top it. Mainly due to an ingenious concept, thought-out controls and addictive gameplay mechanics.
The latter is actually something that keeps you engaged in the game despite it’s visual side and overall simplicity. Somehow the creators of Solipskier found a perfect combination of gameplay elements, that causes the typical “one last game” syndrome. Too bad it’s almost never really the last one
The controls are all about “drawing” the snow, on which our skier can gain speed, to jump high in the air and do tricks. The more time he spends airborne, the more points we have, so drawing a straight line is not going to be a good idea. The whole point is to predict the speed-up gates and tunnels, and draw snow only when needed. The more gates he crosses while in the air, the faster he goes, and that even includes faster music. It can get pretty frantic at some point which only raises the adrenaline levels.
The visuals are mostly grayscale shapes, and at first glance it seems unpolished, or even simple. But as soon as we get the flow of this game, we start focusing only on the gates and tunnels and the speed. Oh, the speed!
Solipskier is just ?0,69 and can be downloaded here:http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/solipskier/id383281764?mt=8