{"id":14836,"date":"2016-04-25T00:01:02","date_gmt":"2016-04-25T00:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=14836"},"modified":"2016-03-25T21:10:39","modified_gmt":"2016-03-25T21:10:39","slug":"super-arc-light-ios-google-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/25\/super-arc-light-ios-google-play\/","title":{"rendered":"Super Arc Light (iOS, Google Play)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"ARC_BOX\"<\/a>Super Arc Light is a simple, downloadable arcade style shooter for iOS devices and Google Play (reviewed on iPad here). It\u2019s similar to classic 80\u2019s shooters like Gyruss or Tempest, where you zap enemies in a circular fashion.\u00a0 But what makes Super Arc Light unique is that you only need to tap the screen to control all functions of your ship!<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s how it works. When you start the game, your \u2018ship,\u2019 which is just a dot, keeps moving around in a circle.\u00a0 When you tap on the touch screen and hold down, your ship will start firing its weapon continuously.\u00a0 But it also makes the ship slow down quite a bit.\u00a0 When you lift your finger from the touch screen, your ship will stop firing and begin circling in the opposite direction.\u00a0 So all you have to do is tap and release your finger to shoot and control your ship.\u00a0 But like most good arcade games, it\u2019s easy to learn, yet hard to master!<\/p>\n

Enemy ships (or shapes) will close in on you in waves. When they turn red, you know they\u2019ll charge at you, so you must shoot them quickly before that happens.\u00a0 When one of the enemy ships touches your circle at the center of the screen, it\u2019s Game Over.\u00a0 The game saves your highest score.\u00a0 As you play, you\u2019ll unlock power-ups.\u00a0 These will appear from time to time during the game, and if you shoot the power-up icon, you can get a special weapon you can use for a limited time.\u00a0 These include twin lasers, spread shots, ion beams, and much more!<\/p>\n

While I enjoyed the simple, arcade style gameplay, I still had trouble with the controls sometimes, as it\u2019s hard to judge when you need to start shooting and changing direction. But I\u2019m not really good at these kinds of games anyway.\u00a0 Also, the enemies seems a bit unpredictable, sometimes turning red and charging long before you\u2019d have time to react.\u00a0 But otherwise, it\u2019s still a neat little arcade game that you can play with one hand and it has a slick soundtrack, too.<\/p>\n

\"ARC_SCREEN\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Kid Factor:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Even though you\u2019re shooting things, it\u2019s all just abstract geometric shapes so the violence is hardly existent. Reading skill is helpful for some of the text, but not needed as the game is pretty easy to figure out just by playing.\u00a0 Younger players may find it a bit difficult later on, though.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Super Arc Light is a simple, downloadable arcade style shooter for iOS devices and Google Play (reviewed on iPad here). It\u2019s similar to classic 80\u2019s shooters like Gyruss or Tempest, where you zap enemies in a circular fashion.\u00a0 But what makes Super Arc Light unique is that you only need to tap the screen to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":14833,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14836","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14836"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14836\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14838,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14836\/revisions\/14838"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}