A Space Time Continuum | Dragon, Fly! Review

<p>iOS and Android App games are literally taking over the gaming world&period; I heard a statistic the other day suggesting that there are more games in application form than have ever been released on a console&period; Now I’m not sure if this is a fact&comma; but it really would not surprise me&period; However&comma; the old adage goes&comma; quality over quantity&comma; and you sure do have to sift through a lot of crap before you find a nice little gem hiding in the corner of the app store&period; One of these gems I have meandered across goes by the name of <em>Dragon&comma; Fly&excl;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; left&semi;">If you&&num;8217&semi;ve ever played <em>Tiny Wings<&sol;em> on your iPhone&comma; then in essence you have also played<em> Dragon&comma; Fly&excl;<&sol;em> The two games are dauntingly similar&comma; but rather than get into a debate about which version is better I will focus my attentions solely on <em>Dragon&comma; Fly&excl;<&sol;em> The game is simple&comma; you take on the role of a cute newborn dragon&comma; but you can’t yet fly&period; You can jump pretty high though&comma; and upon hatching from your dragon egg&comma; you&&num;8217&semi;ve decided that you’ll will make the most of this by jumping and sliding through the hilly landscape until your mother catches up to you and brings you home &lpar;shame on you for worrying her&excl;&rpar;&period; A straightforward premise then and it’s kind of cute&comma; if baby dragons are your sort of thing&period; The game mechanics couldn&&num;8217&semi;t be easier either&comma; as there is only one thing you have to do&comma; which is to touch the screen in order to get a good run up for the next jump&period; There are a few features to make the game a bit more interesting&comma; whereby if you get a few good jumps in a row you initiate fire mode&comma; &lpar;come on&comma; it’s a game about Dragons&comma; what did you expect&quest;&rpar;&period; You can collect gems to unlock new quests and different color Dragons&comma; which is a nice feature&comma; but I don’t think it will draw you away from the new <em>Mass Effect<&sol;em>&period; Or will it&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>When I first downloaded <em>Dragon&comma; Fly&excl;<&sol;em> I thought it was fairly gimmicky&period; I jumped&comma; I landed&comma; Mummy caught me&comma; game over&period; I played it a few times just to make sure I wasn&&num;8217&semi;t missing anything&comma; put it down&comma; and thought that was that&period; It wasn’t until I looked back at this moment that I realised I’d actually been playing this game through the entirety of <em>Avatar<&sol;em>&comma; which was showing on the box at the time&period; Then it dawned on me&comma; this game has something magic about it&period; I don’t even remember the opening credits&comma; and I love <em>Avatar<&sol;em>&comma; I was just that entrenched in the game&period; Things didn&&num;8217&semi;t get better from there&comma; and with the added feature of online leader boards&comma; it was a genuinely frustrating experience for those around me to watch my attempts of beating this game&comma; when I was supposed to be paying attention to what was going on in <em>Game of Thrones<&sol;em>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"> <img class&equals;"aligncenter" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;androidcowboy&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2011&sol;11&sol;dragon-fly-android-4&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"550" height&equals;"300" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Time would honestly disappear&period; It is the first Android game that I can ever say I spent hours playing in one sitting&comma; because I could do it anywhere and anytime&period; I think one time I was up until 4am trying to get the highest score in my region&comma; and I swear it felt like ten minutes&period; I got into the top ten at one stage&semi; I don’t know where this score sits now&comma; as I had to delete the game after a certain incident&&num;8230&semi;One day&comma; whilst I was on the phone to my wonderful girlfriend&comma; it hit me just how addicted I had become&period; I had put her on speakerphone&comma; just so I could play whilst I was on the phone&period; She hated me for this&comma; and I sincerely apologized&period; I duly proceeded to uninstall the game&comma; but I have missed my baby golden Dragon&period;The game is addictive&comma; simple&comma; fun and that’s all you really need&period; It reminds you that a good game doesn&&num;8217&semi;t necessarily have to have stunning visuals or an epic soundtrack&comma; you just need to enjoy the time you spend with it&period; So if you have a few hours to spare in your day&comma; or just need something to play in order to escape to monotony of everyday life&comma; download <em>Dragon&comma; Fly&excl;<&sol;em> It’s free&comma; and it will ruin your world&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;