Review: Zen Bound (iPhone)
Developer: Secret ExitPublisher: ChillingoPlatforms: iPhone, iPod TouchThe iPhone finally has a game that perfectly capitalizes on its strengths as a gaming platformBear's Courage, Crocodile's Patience, Dog's Obedience; these are the virtues that Zen Bound ostensibly attempts to teach. To convey these lessons, the game tasks you with lassoing 51 wood-sculpted animals, a lofty goal both in its pursuit and execution. Mechanically, the player, using deft fingers on the touch screen, manipulates carved animal figurines in 3D space gradually binding them with a taut length of string that aligns to earth's pull courtesy of the iPhone's accelerometers. As string touches surface... read more
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Developer: Secret ExitPublisher: ChillingoPlatforms: iPhone, iPod TouchThe iPhone finally has a game that perfectly capitalizes on its strengths as a gaming platformBear's Courage, Crocodile's Patience, Dog's Obedience; these are the virtues that Zen Bound ostensibly attempts to teach. To convey these lessons, the game tasks you with lassoing 51 wood-sculpted animals, a lofty goal both in its pursuit and execution. Mechanically, the player, using deft fingers on the touch screen, manipulates carved animal figurines in 3D space gradually binding them with a taut length of string that aligns to earth's pull courtesy of the iPhone's accelerometers. As string touches surface... read more
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