Word Warrior is a good one. It’s a mashup of spelling games and an RPG, and while it’s a very simple affair, there’s some fun gameplay to be had here. The RPG elements are extremely streamlined (almost too much so — the gear editor is basically just a toggle between various items that you’ve collected, and the choices while leveling up are slim), but the spelling challenges actually fit right up next to the monster battling. You’re given a row of letters and a time limit to spell something out with them, and if you succeed, you smash the monster facing you and do some damage. If you can’t spell something in time, you get damage done to you; whoever stays alive wins the loot and the XP.
There are also special letters that pop up, and using those grants you a special attack. The game is actually quite hard — I feel like I have a pretty extensive vocabulary, but I was being challenged pretty well within just a few fights. The art style is simple, but it’s a lot of fun. In general, while I would like some parts of the game to be fleshed out a little more (and there are a few slow loads and weird quirks with the programming), Word Warrior is a great idea that plays well.
But you don’t have to take my word for it — through today, the game is free on the App Store (and then it will go back up to the usual price of US$1.99). Go now, download away, and enjoy!
TUAW’s Daily App: Word Warrior originally appeared on TUAW on Tue, 09 Nov 2010 08:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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