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By Chris Morris
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Fun reinvention of H.O.R.S.E. game shines with multiplayer.
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Gasketball
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What's It About?
Players attempt to shoot basketballs into goals, either following the lead of the game's artificial intelligence or other human players. By setting up obstacles (such as barriers, saw blades or pinball flippers), they will also attempt to create shots other (human) players cannot make. In multiplayer, if you fail to make the shot after five tries, you earn a letter. The first to spell \"horse\" loses. (In single-player, you can try as often as you'd like.) Shooting the ball is a matter of flicking it on screen with your finger.
Is It Any Good?
Gasketball gets it right. It's a game that, despite its lack of a tutorial, is easy to comprehend, but hard to master. That makes it replayable -- and boy will you replay it. The single-player mode is fun, but it's multiplayer where it really shines. Adding a human element to create difficult (sometimes near impossible) shots gives the game a spark of life others are missing.
The constant ads to upgrade to the full version are distracting, but a one-time minimal payment tops the death by 1,000 cuts microtransaction model -- and the price is a good one for the game's quality. This could be your next obsession.
App Details
- Devices : iPhone , iPod Touch , iPad
- Pricing structure : Free
- Release date : August 14, 2012
- Genre : Sports Games
- Publisher : Mikengreg
- Version : 1.02
- Minimum software requirements : iOS 4.3 or later
- Last updated : November 11, 2020
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