Look, Ma, One Hand! Rage Against The Machine With Just A Single Button In Ice Rage
August 30, 2012
Ice Rage, the popular arcade hockey game from Minigore and Bike Baron creator Mountain Sheep, has recently hit upon its eighth update.
Update 8 of Ice Rage, which actually bumps the game to version 3.2, delivers two new major features: one-button gameplay and single-player rage-off mode.
Every time you begin a match in whichever mode in the new version of Ice Rage, you get to choose between the normal two-button or the new one-button control method.
One-button gameplay simply combines the separate joystick and action button into a two-in-one button that’s truly handy. How’s that for single-handed hockey action?
I’m still getting used to playing Ice Rage with just one hand and one button. But so far, the experience is hard-hitting and smooth.
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There seems to be no way, though, to relocate the single button from its default position at the right side of the screen to the left. So, left-handed players might have to wait for a future update to bring a left-handed one-button gameplay option.
The new version of Ice Rage also introduces single-player rage-off mode. Now you don’t need an actual friend (or foe) to play against in rage-off mode. You can just call upon the rage-off mode’s much improved AI for that purpose.
Optimized with 3-D Retina graphics for both iPhone and iPad, Ice Rage is available in the App Store for only $0.99.
The latest version of Ice Rage also includes iOS 6 compatibility. Furthermore, it sports a new lumberjack icon, in honor of the game’s newest guest character, Bold Canadian Lumberjack.
