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By Chris Morris
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Lousy controls outweigh fun elements of fantasy game.
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Emberwind
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Emberwind shows lots of potential, with plenty of areas to explore and sidescrolling mainstays like items to collect and enemies to vanquish. Unfortunately, a terrible control scheme makes the game an absolute chore to enjoy. The onscreen joystick is non-responsive, which can cause you to miss crucial jumps and makes it hard to retreat in a hurry. Other buttons seem randomly placed on the screen and are less than intuitive. The screen can become overly busy, which is especially frustrating when playing on an iPhone or iPod Touch. It's particularly maddening because the game has plenty of depth. But because of its other issues, players may simply give up before they discover that.
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- Devices : iPhone , iPod Touch , iPad
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- Release date : August 4, 2011
- Genre : Adventure Games
- Publisher : Chillingo Ltd.
- Version : 1.0
- Minimum software requirements : 3.2.2
- Last updated : November 11, 2020
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