Subscribe to the TouchArcade YouTube channel Unstoppable Gorg Futuremark Oy Unstoppable Gorg is now 100% free. No ads, no in-app purchases, no restrictions. DIE, PUNY HUMANS – Pocket Gamer revie… Free Buy Now Watch Media DetailsUnstoppable Gorg is now 100% free. No ads, no in-app purchases, no restrictions. DIE, PUNY HUMANS – Pocket Gamer review of Unstoppable Gorg Space. The final frontier. Also, the place where you get to blow up evil aliens for the continued glory of your star-spanning imperialist overlords. There’s a lot to love about Unstoppable Gorg. The immediate impression is that it’s a clever parody of 1950s B-movie science fiction, complete with black and white newsreel footage and bargain basement special effects. That space rocket soaring through the stars? It’s a toilet roll wrapped in tinfoil and suspended on a piece of string, complete with a sparkler hanging out the back. This enticement may well be necessary to make you lower your guard and have a go at yet another tower defence game. The genre has been done to death, sure, but take the bait and you’ll find a new approach that’s actually pretty darn brilliant. PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE So the aliens are attacking. Your job is to fortify key strategic locations in the solar system and repel the invading armies. This being deepest darkest space, however, there’s a little thing called orbital gravity that you need to take into consideration. Whatever your position - whether it’s a planet or a space station or an asteroid - there are concentric rings around it, representing the gravitational field generated by the central mass of the object. Into these fields of orbit you can slot satellites that will provide either defensive or offensive capabilities. But you can’t just place these satellites anywhere. There are predetermined slots on each ring - for example, one at 12 o’clock and another at 4 o’clock. When the aliens attack, they do so in waves from multiple directions, and with your satellites fixed in place you can swivel the ring around in a 360-degree circle to meet the threat. The problem is that when fighting more than one wave at a time your offensive capabilities might be stretched too thin to provide adequate cover. FORBIDDEN PLANET Even on the ordinary setting, Unstoppable Gorg is a formidable challenge. After several stages of hand-holding and tutorials, it’s around about the fifth stage that you'll find themselves floundering a little bit. There are modifiers called 'research tokens', which allow you to upgrade your satellites, and you might want to go back and replay earlier levels to harvest more of them. That’s because they can be redeployed at the beginning of every stage - the more tokens you have, the more options you have when formulating a strategy. Regardless of the difficulty, it’s worth persevering, if only because this is a fine, fully realised real-time strategy title with excellent production values. The sci-fi plot has plenty of surprises in store, including new allies to befriend and enemies to fight. If you can make it all the way through to the end you’re truly one of the greatest armchair generals in the galaxy. One last thing: Unstoppable Gorg is a port of a desktop computer game (currently available on Steam), but the iPad version lacks none of the features from its bigger counterpart. With the touchscreen interface as opposed to a mouse control scheme, this is probably the best - and best value - of the two. GOLD AWARD 9/10 Review by Bulent Yusuf | 25 January 2012 http://www.pocketgamer.co.uk/r/iPad/Unstoppable+Gorg/review.asp?c=37229 A quick word from Futuremark Games Studio: --- Problems on iPad 1? Try restarting your device and the game should work normally. In March 2012, Futuremark Games Studio was acquired by Rovio Entertainment, creator of Angry Birds. http://www.rovio.com/en/news/press-releases/147/rovio-entertainment-acquires-futuremark-games-studio/ Information Seller:Futuremark Oy Genre:Action, Strategy Release:Jan 19, 2012 Updated:Feb 27, 2012 Version:1.0.4.19 Size:400.0 MB TouchArcade Rating:Unrated User Rating: (1) Your Rating:unrated Compatibility:HD Universal Arashi541 Well-Known Member Nov 2, 2010 1,661 0 0 App Reviewer Where you dont live http://theappshack54.blogspot.com/ #2 Arashi541, Jan 28, 2012 You know this really says something about Developer pricing. On Steam it costs $9.99 to download and on iOS where everyone is racing to the bottom it now costs $1.99. Truly sad. Big Albie Well-Known Member Feb 12, 2009 5,305 67 0 Casual gamer/marketing dude San Francisco, California #3 Big Albie, Jan 28, 2012 I agree with the comments about pricing. It always seems like a race to the bottom which ultimately impacts buyer expectations. In any case, Gorg is really a great tower defense game, and the movie clips alone make the whole thing worthwhile. andsoitgoes Well-Known Member Jun 30, 2010 2,673 58 48 In a van, down by the river! #4 andsoitgoes, Jan 28, 2012 At the same time, what you have to know is what percentage steam takes of their games. Is it more or less than 30%? How much effort is it to handle the games on steam versus iOS? And does no one realize that Steam puts $60 games down to a fraction of a fraction of a price when they're on the super steam sales. I'm not going to argue that the app store market doesn't do much to drive prices down, but it also has the chance to get a truckload of people interested in and looking at sometimes a very obscure games. Look at Sword and Sworcery.. A minimally priced game that did stupidly great on ios. So iOS isn't ideal all the time. But I think it has a ton of potential. andsoitgoes Well-Known Member Jun 30, 2010 2,673 58 48 In a van, down by the river! #5 andsoitgoes, Jan 28, 2012 And just one last thing, ANOTHER TD game? I know that it's not a genre I like, in the least, outside of Plants versus Zombies... But it seems 95% of games on the app store are either runner, physics puzzlers or TD, with a heavier emphasis on TD. FM_Murqs Member Jan 23, 2012 11 0 0 #6 FM_Murqs, Feb 2, 2012 There are a ton of reasons why the game is priced differently on different platforms. Also don't worry, there will be UG sales on Steam too. (You must log in or sign up to post here.) Show Ignored Content Share This Page Tweet Your name or email address: Do you already have an account? No, create an account now. Yes, my password is: Forgot your password? Stay logged in
You know this really says something about Developer pricing. On Steam it costs $9.99 to download and on iOS where everyone is racing to the bottom it now costs $1.99. Truly sad.
I agree with the comments about pricing. It always seems like a race to the bottom which ultimately impacts buyer expectations. In any case, Gorg is really a great tower defense game, and the movie clips alone make the whole thing worthwhile.
At the same time, what you have to know is what percentage steam takes of their games. Is it more or less than 30%? How much effort is it to handle the games on steam versus iOS? And does no one realize that Steam puts $60 games down to a fraction of a fraction of a price when they're on the super steam sales. I'm not going to argue that the app store market doesn't do much to drive prices down, but it also has the chance to get a truckload of people interested in and looking at sometimes a very obscure games. Look at Sword and Sworcery.. A minimally priced game that did stupidly great on ios. So iOS isn't ideal all the time. But I think it has a ton of potential.
And just one last thing, ANOTHER TD game? I know that it's not a genre I like, in the least, outside of Plants versus Zombies... But it seems 95% of games on the app store are either runner, physics puzzlers or TD, with a heavier emphasis on TD.
There are a ton of reasons why the game is priced differently on different platforms. Also don't worry, there will be UG sales on Steam too.