iPhone Game Review Meltdown – Vol. 2
Edge – http://everydaygamers.com/2009/01/30/edge-iphone/
Chocolate Shop Frenzy – http://everydaygamers.com/2009/01/23/chocolate-shop-frenzy/
Touchgrind – http://everydaygamers.com/2009/01/18/touchgrind/
Zombie Mansion – http://everydaygamers.com/2008/12/13/zombie-mansion/
Paradise: The Beginning – http://everydaygamers.com/2008/12/13/paradise-the-beginning/
Ivory Tiles – http://everydaygamers.com/2008/12/13/ivory-tiles/
Dizzy Bee 2 – http://everydaygamers.com/2008/12/13/dizzy-bee-2-2/
Dr. Awesome – http://everydaygamers.com/2008/12/13/dr-awesome/
Space Deadbeef – http://everydaygamers.com/2008/12/13/space-deadbeef/
2079 – http://everydaygamers.com/2008/12/04/2079/
Dessert Dilemma – http://everydaygamers.com/2008/12/03/dessert-dilemma/
Blue Defense – http://everydaygamers.com/2008/12/03/blue-defense/
Movie Challenge – http://everydaygamers.com/2008/11/29/movie-challenge/
Sapus Tongue – http://everydaygamers.com/2008/11/20/sapus-tongue/
Trace – http://everydaygamers.com/2008/11/19/trace/
Touch Hockey: FS5 – http://everydaygamers.com/2008/10/17/touch-hockey-fs5-2/
Cloud Girls – http://everydaygamers.com/2008/10/10/cloud-girls-3/
Dizzy Bee 2
Igloo-Games has released the sequel to their prized game Dizzy Bee by releasing Dizzy Bee 2. Dizzy Bee was always a personal favorite of mine. Don’t let the eye-catching art-style and cutesy sound effects of Dizzy Bee fool you, Dizzy Bee is pretty hardcore.
The overall look and feel of Dizzy Bee 2 is exactly the same as the previous version. You still tilt to control the round shaped bee and the colors and are still generally the same. If you haven’t studied everything about the first one you may take a look at it and see nothing different at first, but after you play through it you will start to see that this is truly a sequel.
The one aspect of the game that I noticed first was the enemies as far as I have played I’ve only seen about 1 enemy that is the same as I had encountered in the first Dizzy Bee. Enemies are more unique in this version and they bring some really fun elements to the game. There is one enemy that if you touch him he sucks you in his “stomach” for a few seconds and then spits you out. No longer do enemies just kill, they act in cool ways and change up the gameplay for the better.
Now I have to admit I was never really that great at Dizzy Bee so it always seemed to kick my butt but in Dizzy Bee 2 you are given the option to choose your difficulty. You can choose from Easy or Normal. I naturally went for Easy so I am having a lot more fun with Dizzy Bee 2 than I did the first one. I’ve noticed that with the Easy difficulty the bee seems to float around more than fly around, this is great and I am very happy that Igloo Games decided to add this option to the game. Another thing that Igloo Games decided to change with this sequel was to do away with the “too flat” warnings from the first game. Now you can hold your iPhone perfectly flat and control the bee with more precision.
Overall, Dizzy Bee 2 is the perfect sequel. With over 80 levels to master DB2 is priced very reasonably at $2.99. Believe me, this game is well worth it. Even if you haven’t played the first Dizzy Bee I suggest you pick up Dizzy Bee 2 first.
Dizzy Bee
It’s hard to sift through all of the good games out there in the AppStore so I was happy when I found Dizzy Bee. Dizzy Bee is a great game. With a $2.99 price tag there is no reason not to get this game.
If any of you have played LocoRoco then you will feel right at home with Dizzy Bee. Dizzy Bee is controlled by tilting the iPhone every different way to get your “Dizzy Bee” to roll around and collect frozen fruits which then become alive just like you. Your goal is to bring them back home to safety. Along the way you can collect flowers. Dizzy Bee is set up in bite-size levels for a great pick-up-and-play feeling. You are scored at the end of each level for how many fruit you’ve saved, how many flowers you’ve collected, and lastly you are scored on your “chain” which means they encourage you to get all of the fruits first and then bring them all to safety at once. The longer your chain of fruits the higher your score. You are then awarded either a bronze, silver, or gold medal based on your performance. This is great because you aren’t just beating levels you are trying to perfect them which gives you a reason to come back to the levels once you’ve completed them.
Dizzy Bee is a very cute and artsy type of game. The art direction is what initially drew me into the game and the gameplay is what kept me there. With over 8 islands to explore Dizzy Bee will keep you busy for hours. It is a great game for the iPhone in it’s bite-sized chunks and I hope to see more titles like this from Igloo-Games in the future. Dizzy Bee is a must download for everyone. If you are interested in trying out some levels before you buy the full game Igloo has released a free version of Dizzy Bee called DizzyBeeFree which lets you try before you buy.