Infinity Blade II - iPad Game Review

Infinity Blade II had such great reviews that I had to try it.

It is quite large - 1GB - and it was the largest app I have purchased on the iPad, but the download was quite fast - a bit surprising as the Popular Science issues aren't that much smaller and take a lot of time to download.

The game graphics are very good, and it uses the Unreal Engine. The story seems a bit shallow (specially for someone who didn't play the first game), and the gameplay almost exclusively consists of battles.

The battle system is interesting. You can swipe to strike, and have a block and dodge icons. You can also do parries by swiping on the direction of the incoming sword.

You also have RPG elements, as well as an inventory. You seem to get items sometimes, but mostly you purchase with money that you get on battles, on treasures along the way, and on money bags that you can touch on the scenary.

Overall I like it, but I can't help but feel that the control system is clunky compared to a keyboard and mouse, specially the block and dodge keys.

I have also had a problem with dialog skipping by itself on my first play, but that seemed to have stopped.

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