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First Impressions Video of ‘Rolando’: Fun, Clever and Polished
Touch Arcade —
TouchArcade first reported on Rolando on July 1st of this year, even before the App Store had been launched. Rolando has since become one of the most anticipated apps coming to the App Store.
Some of this, of course, was due to our own enthusiasm for the title, but one shared be a large portion of our audience. I think the reason for the enthusiasm was apparent from the first trailer which we originally described as “a clever and promising title that has ‘iPhone’ written all over it.”
With the release of Rolando [App Store] last night, the big ...
SimCity For iPhone Falls Short, Rolando Rocks (AAPL)
Silicon Alley Insider —
As Apple (AAPL) positions its iPhone and iPod touch as a powerful portable gaming console, having a pipeline of high quality games is important for business. And the games keep rolling out. Two new, highly anticipated games are now available via iTunes: SimCity, an iPhone edition of the classic computer game, and Rolando, an iPhone-exclusive game written from scratch.
They're both $10, but right now, only one of them is worth it: Rolando, which is super fun and does an excellent job showing off the iPhone's unique gaming features. SimCity, meanwhile, reminds us of some of the phone's limitations -- we probably wouldn't buy it a ...
The ‘Rolando’ Review
Touch Arcade —
To understand the hype and promise of Rolando, you have to understand this:
When people first started talking about games on the iPhone, the immediate reaction from the nay-sayers was “it doesn’t have any buttons, you won’t be able to play games well”. Defenders of the platform, however, insisted that the touch screen and accelerometer could be superior to any set of buttons but that new games would have to be specifically designed for the platform for it to shine.
The reason we and many others got excited about Rolando back in July was that it ...
Try ‘Rolando’ for Free… Lite Version Now Available
Touch Arcade —
So, for some reason you didn’t buy Rolando. Maybe it wasn’t your style or you didn’t believe all the positive reviews. Or maybe you just didn’t like to feed into the hype. Well, here’s your chance to give it a try. Rolando Lite [App Store] is now available.
We reviewed the game in December and pretty much loved it:
The most striking part of the game, however, is the level of polish and production of the entire title. The style, music, and humor that is delivered adds as much to the experience as does the gameplay. The ...
