Highborn HD
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Highborn HD
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What Parents Need to Know
Parents need to know that while Highborn HD can be played solo, the game's multiplayer mode operates through Open Feint -- an interactive network with open chat -- and parents should discuss with kids whether this option is appropriate. The app is a turn-based strategy game with a sense of humor. The hero is something of a well-intentioned dimwit and the game's focus is on thinking several moves ahead, much like chess. It's set in a fantasy environment and is heavy on the humor (though one or two of the characters might be frightening to very young kids).
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Is It Any Good?
Strategy games are hard to make for a mass audience, but Jet Set Games has found the formula in Highborn HD. By blending tactical decision making with a good dash of humor and entertaining characters, it's accessible to mild fans of the genre, but core fans will find plenty to enjoy as well. The game's a good looking one, too. It wisely sticks with a 2-D model when you're moving your forces around the map, but goes into a cartoon-like 3-D during battles. The game has a lengthy solo campaign consisting of eight parts (and
another "chapter" on the way) as well as a rich multiplayer element.
App Details
- Device: iPad
- Release date: August 11, 2010
- Category: Strategy Games
- Publisher: Jet Set Games
- Version: 1.1.1
- Minimum software requirements: OS 3.2
- Last updated: August 23, 2016
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