Side-scrolling Fighter ‘Kroll’ Nears App Store Release
Touch Arcade —
Apple CEO Steve Jobs wowed the crowd during the company’s World Wide Developer Conference back in June with demos of various iPhone games that were in development for eventual App Store release. One of the more impressive titles was Digital Legends‘ Kroll.
As we reported at the time,
Digital Legends has, in just two weeks’ time, put together an amazing looking 3D fantasy adventure game called Kroll that uses OpenGL and touch controls. The company indicates that the iPhone’s rich control schemes and developer APIs makes for a better gaming experience than that of any other mobile gaming ...
‘Kroll’ Arrives in the App Store
Touch Arcade —
That was quick. After just profiling Digital Legend’s side-scrolling fighter, Kroll [App Store] has appeared in the App Store.
The developer provides the following feature list:
KROLL will immerse gamers in amazing 3-D action with its groundbreaking technology built explicitly for iPhone touch screen with its full graphics capabilities.
Epic environments enhance the iPhone gameplay experience, with hectic fighting at the mountainside, inside molten magma mines, and high above active volcano in magical floating prison. To learn the secret behind the legend of KROLL, gamers must conquer mythic ...
‘Kroll’ Visually Appealing, but Gameplay Lacking
Touch Arcade —
Ever since Kroll was demoed at Apple’s Worldwide Developer’s Conference, we’ve been looking forward to Digital Legend’s 3D adventure game. The teaser video was quite impressive but the actual gameplay was a bit of a mystery.
We’ve since been able to spend some time with the game and while we found it to be one of the most visually appealing games on the iPhone, the actual gameplay is a bit lacking. In many ways, it reminds us of our experience with Star Wars: The Force Unleashed. Both games offer a high level of polish with impressive visual effects, but ...
A review of 3D side-scrolling fighter 'Kroll' for the iPhone
MacBytes.com —
[image] Ever since Kroll was demoed at Apple’s Worldwide Developer’s Conference, we’ve been looking forward to Digital Legend’s 3D adventure game. The teaser video was quite impressive but the gameplay was a bit of a mystery. We’ve since been able to spend some time with the game and while we found it to be one of the most visually appealing games on the iPhone, the actual gameplay is a bit lacking. In many ways, it reminds us of our experience with Star Wars: The Force Unleashed . Both games offer a high level of polish with impressive visual effects, but gameplay is a bit too simplified and short for our taste. In Kroll you play ...


