Shooting to the top; iapp game

Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England), June 19, 2009

CS.One by Chillingo CS.One is not your typical iapp game. It takes a massive leap from the conventional up and down scroll games that exist at the moment and will shatter your expectations of mobile gaming.

With high risk/reward gameplay and over the top audio-visual synchronised combat, in CS.One you go head-to head with the System Admin inside an advanced computer Network using a highly manoeuvrable and lightningfast virtual ship in zero-gravity simulation to cause havoc on the system, killing Turrets, Drones, Ships, Trace Routes and Intelligent AI all sent to destroy you.

The game is essentially a fast-paced 2.5D shooter, powered by an inertia-based physics system, much like the classic arcade game Asteroids.

Beautiful as it is brutal, it was designed to challenge the skilled and reward the dedicated, requiring a high level of dexterity to unlock all three difficulty levels, all of the 30 achievements, and to dominate the online leaderboard.

The game is best-played wearing headphones to appreciate the pulse-pounding soundtrack and, as the intensity changes, so does the low-tech, retro 3D environment, making every replay unique.

Decimate pixels and shift time in gaming's first interactive audio/visual environment mixed in real-time, on beat and in response to your actions.

Collect Ghost Data from their devastated remains to engage Bullet.Time - a dynamic, slow-motion game mechanic where audio speed and pitch are warped in real-time and your ship becomes invincible.

From the euphoria you'll get when you're dodging a curtain of turret fire that's only pixels away from killing you, to the rush of booting up Bullet.Time at the last nanosecond before impact, or the high of strafing the last remaining Shield.Generator in zero gravity, CS.One will keeps you coming back for more.

Slide on your sickest headphones and put aside some borrowed time because your circuits are about to get smoked.

CS. One is available for a paltry 59p from the App Store on iPhone and iPod touch or at w w w. i t u n e s . c o m / a p p s t o r e .