Hill Climb Racing comes to Windows Phone; Go Burn some Gas Now
When looking at what people play on Android, Hill Climb Racing is one game that is very popular among youngsters who love to play casual games all day. The game has joined the Windows Phone ecosystem and now its your turn to burn some gas, collect coins, upgrade and burn the gas again to unlock levels.
What is Hill Climbing Race :
While I said almost everything above but here is some detail for Windows Phone users. The game poses an uphill racer–Newton Bill–who is racing over hills on the moon where the gravity is low but he still need to follow the rules of physics. This in turn for you means that you need to drive the car as long as possible without crashing or breaking the guys neck.
So when playing the game you have two controls. One which allows you to slow down aka Break and other lets you go bazooka aka accelerator. This where two devils show up– Hilly Terrain and Gravity–so you need to drive such that you keep the drive smooth and don’t turn upside down. Though you can do that and earn some achievements.
While doing so, you collect coins and gas to keep yourself going on for a long distance. If the fuel burns up, the game ends. The coins you collect on the way can be used to upgrade your car, bike, truck, etc. to make sure it gets better speed and is stable.
Quick Look at the features:
- 16 different vehicles with unique upgrades (many vehicles: bike, truck, jeep, tank etc)
- Upgradeable parts include engine, suspension, tires and 4WD
- 5 stages with levels to reach in each (Countryside, Desert, Arctic and the Moon! +++)
- Cool graphics and smooth physics simulation
- Designed to look good on low resolution and high devices (incl. tablets)
- Real turbo sound when you upgrade your engine!
That said there are two things really done well. First, sharing your achievements is possible via native Windows Phone sharing instead of asking you connect over social network separately. Second, the game is advertisement supported but it’s integrated so well and it neither spoils you game experience nor does it look out of place.
Even though it’s a port, it’s a well done job and this is how it should be done.
