Review: Flight Doodle - Up, Up, And Away
by Staff Writer
August 30, 2010
Overview
If you're a Doodle Jump fan, but want more obstacles you'll feel right at home with Flight Doodle. You control a hot air balloon, and you simply tilt to guide it up as far as you can though ions are dropping at all times to burst your bubble. During your ascent you'll face other types of obstacles, and encounter various power-ups to help you along the way.
There are separate iPhone and iPad versions of Flight Doodle, but everything below applies to both as they're pretty similar.
Features
You can customize your balloon in anyway you would like or can choose from predesigned ballon types. There are also multiple enemies to choose from including pins, darts, and bombs. The game features OpenFeint for online high scores, achievements, and challenges.
The Good
The game is simple and easy to pick up and play in the same way as Doodle Jump. I can't but help comparing it to Doodle Jump with the same casual endless style trying to make it as high as you can with Doodle visuals. Anyone can enjoy the game as you just tilt, and dodge the falling pins which come at you hot and heavy.
Each new pin that is about to drop in is indicated at the top of the screen, and you'll also deal with lightning, wind, and rocks tossed from above. Luckily you can get boosts, shields, weapons, and shrinking abilities to name a few. The game has a nice quality to play one more time, and the OpenFeint incorporation improves the replay factor nicely for this style with the included challenges on top of high scores and achievements.
The doodle artwork is well done, and it's nice to be able to change your balloon, and the fall of enemies. The customizable balloon feature is a good addition as you can even add you own photos to the balloons. There is a subtle fun loving soundtrack as well to keep you in the light hearted mood of the game.
The Bad
The game is rather simplistic so if you've played through a couple of times you will never see anything new again. When you’re starting out compared to a game that has been updated 30 times like Doodle Jump there isn't much of a comparison in content. It would be great to see an alternate mode or any type of variability from game to game.
One problem is that this game is so similar to one of the most popular iPhone games in Doodle Jump. Also it's from the same developer as Pocket Devil which did the same type of similar app with Pocket God. Hopefully Eyedip can come up with their own idea for the next game, or maybe they should just make an Angry Birds clone.
The Verdict
Flight Doodle is a fun little game that is easy for anyone to enjoy. The game had a nice style with some customization. It's very similar to Doodle Jump, but has practically no variability giving you the same game every time.
As is stands for $0.99 on iPhone and $2.99 on iPad Flight Doodle isn't worth the price of admission because it's simply too repetitive. There isn't even much variation in the one game style included.
