Common Sense Media Review
By Chris Morris
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based on child development research. How do we rate?
Entertaining but dense card-trading app with intense images.
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Rage of Bahamut
What's It About?
Players try to increase their card collection through a line of missions that are attempts to outlast enemies by using stamina. As users touch the screen, foes fall, but so does character stamina. After a boss fight, if stamina remains, players get in-game currency and sometimes additional cards. If they run out of stamina, players can wait a while or buy a potion to recharge. Players can also battle others live by selecting their best cards and pitting them against opposing hands. Winning those battles gets you in-game currency and rare items.
Is It Any Good?
If you're not familiar with card battle games, Rage of Bahamut is not a particularly good choice to ease into them. A poorly designed interface and a lackluster tutorial combine to create a confusing arena for new players.
If you can get past that, though, the game itself isn't a bad one, and the art on the virtual cards is very well done, which is a large part of what makes these games fun. We're not crazy about being forced to log onto Mobage's system, but that does create a vibrant community of players to battle against.
App Details
- Devices : iPhone , iPod Touch , iPad , Android
- Skills : Creativity : imagination , Thinking & Reasoning : strategy
- Pricing structure : Free
- Release date : June 6, 2012
- Genre : Card Games
- Publisher : Mobage, Inc.
- Version : 1.3.1
- Minimum software requirements : iOS 4.0 or later; Android 2.0 and up
- Last updated : November 11, 2020
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