New 2d Shooter Radio Flare now available for iPhone and iPod Touch

Posted by John as 2d Shooter

Introducing the first iPhone game created Studio Radiolaris, Radio Flare hits App store this weekend.  Get your hands on this musical shooter for only $4.99 where you destroy enemies in sync with the beat.  Radio Flare is currently available for iPhone and iPod Touch.

The 2d shooter game is developed as a traditional side-scrolling shooter with an end goal of annihilating enemy ships and avoids incoming fire shot at you by enemies.  You gain a radio flare after every destroyed enemy.  These radio flares must be collected so as to progress to the next levels.  Enjoy Radio Flare having 5 stages with the final stage as a special boss fighting finale.

In Radio Flare, your space ship is equipped with a sonification beam that desynchronizes space debris, as well as an entire alien invasion force. Propelled by radio flares, your ship speeds pulsing through deep space, taking you on a journey into sound. The game features an interactive electronica track from Berlin based electronic musician DJ Glow (Trust Records).

The “sonification beam” wipes out enemies in your way and renders a bit of musical accompaniment to the soundtrack.  It is a good idea to wear your headphones to better appreciate the music of Radio Flare.  The primary feature of the 2d shooter game is the musical interaction was a bit of a disappointment in its setting.  The pulsating music contributes to the immersiveness and “feel” to the game yet uncertainly at the same level of Rez and related musical shooters before the release of Radio Flare.

Radio Flare offers easy navigation which involves the use of your left thumb to provide direct movement control of your spacecraft with the other thumb used for targeting.  The way you target enemies is similar to Space Deadbeef in which you can target multiple enemies with the swipe of a finger.

Side-scrolling shooters have been unsatisfactorily represented on the App Store with the most notable game Platypus most easily recalled.  Radio Flare as a scrolling shooter was a surprisingly good experience.  The direct touch control on your ship permits a quick maneuver to move around enemies and to avoid incoming fire.  The mechanics of the game is relatively easy to love but the limited game play is another issue.  The game play value is quite limited with its 5 stages offering with the first three stages fairly easy to get through.

The combination of its musical interaction and scrolling shooter makes Radio Flare a good but fairly short game.  Fans of any musical shmup may find this game quite disappointing however scrolling shooter fans may find Radio Flare as good find for the $4.99 price and playable in their iPhone and iPod Touch units.  Though, it may not fall into any “must-have” category for players having only a casual interest in the genres.

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