The first thing i have to say about infinity blade is that it is full of win and it is now my favourite app. Infinity blade an action game in which you try to avenge your father by killing an evil guy called the god king, it's really explained why he's evil, or what he does that's bad but you do see him killing the main character's father, that, and his evil laugh is pretty damn convincing. You start off with weapons that are completely terrible and slowly make your character look extremely awesome by buying or finding him epic gear. A feature that i think might be completely unique to infinity blade is that as you fight your way through the god king's castle and you die, meh it's cool, you can go back before the fight or just restart the entire run, if your not happy with how things are going. BUUUUUUUUT should you die while fighting the god king himself, that's it, your guy is dead, gone frever. It then goes to the opening shot of your guy looking at the castle and says 18 years later (it's not always 18 years it varies form 'bout 18-22). So every failed attempt on the god king means that protagonist's son goes into battle. The game's soundtrack is orchestral and great, it always matches the mood and it isn't dull or repetitive. Visually it is the best app i have seen, the graphics are just amazing, i wish more apps looked like this.
When you trek up through the castle there are multiple routes you can take so it doesn't get boring, but when you do get to the top floor you are greeted by batman and the god king. I kid you not, the second last guy you fight will always be a dude called the dark knight(the big guy pictured above), which i found hilarious and slightly inaccurate as he's actually pretty easy to kill, oh well, at least he looks awesome. After you kill him, the god king (the guy chillin' on a throne in the background) gets up brutally murders you and sits back down. As you go up the castle as you would expect the evil randoms that want to kill you get stronger and stronger, but also each generation they get stronger, keeping the game challenging and interesting. I like the pace that they level the enemies up at, it stops you from e
ver thinking that the enemies are too weak and makes almost every battle difficult. With the sword fighting it's a little unfair, pretty much every enemy you see will be bigger than you and do waaaaaaaaay more more damage than you do with each hit. You can't just attack, you have to either block, dodge or parry his blows until you get a block/dodge/parry break, then you can try to get as many hits in as possible before the enemy recovers. to get one of the "breaks" you have to black dodge or parry on the last move of one of the enemies combos, blocking is the easiest and gives you barely any time to attack, because all you have to is press a button. Dodging is a bit hard, because you can dodge left or right, but most attacks will hit you if you dodge to the wrong side and you also have to get the timing right. Parrying is by far the hardest of the three but gives you a lot more time than the other two do. To parry you have to swing your sword in the exactly same direction as they do at the exact same time. The game is a bit unforgiving with parrying and im pretty awful at infinity blade so i just pretty much always stick to dodging. The game seems to have very little flaws, things like how it's quite a big app and you might need to get rid of some stuff if your ipod is a bit full. Also it lags out if you get a 20% battery left message for some reason. While traveling through the castles the only enemy whose level does not get higher each time you play is the god kings, he starts at level 50, and after you beat him goes up to level 100. I would say that the god king is a bit over powered, but i guess thats how he is meant to be, when i was fighting the level 100 god king he did a three hit combo to me that was too fast for me to stop and also did 1000 damage. The thing i like about infinity blade is how even when you die fighting the king you know that when you fight him next you will be stronger and have a better chance of beating him.
Just recently infinity blade two was released, i don't have it yet but if it is as good as the first one it will definitely be worth it. There was also a book called infinity blade:awakening which is meant to "bridge the gap between the two games" or something, written by the greatest author ever, Brandon Sanderson. The only problem is, i think you have to buy it on ebooks or something anyway, infinity blade is a great app, well worth it's price in my opinion.
