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Developer:
Imangi Studios, LLC
Age rating: 4+
Compatibility: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.
Requires iPhone OS 2.2.1 or later.
Little Red Sled - 3D RacingCurrent Version: 1.3
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It may look cute, but it will challenge the most experienced gamers with its exhilarating pace!
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REVIEWS
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"Turned my iPhone into a conduit for joy. It's wistful, beautiful, responsive and full of charm."
-thePortableGamer.com
"This is a great, fun, cute, original game. And it's fun for all ages."
-148apps.com
"Nicely polished with a distinct and charming style that is punctuated by the original piano track."
-touchArcade.com
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FEATURES
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Sled as either Max or Maya as you:
- Duck and dodge through thick glades of trees
- Soar through the air as you jump off the ramps
- Perform tricks in the air
- Navigate hairpin turns and twists
- Collect treasure along the way
- And most importantly... Watch out for the bunnies!
Little Red Sled - 3D Racing Review
Good racing game would be even better with more racing
Little Red Sled, a $2 3-D racing game from Imangi Studios, provides fun, though too-brief bursts.
It’s All Downhill From Here: Little Red Sled gives you tasks like collecting gifts or performing tricks, but the game would be even better if it put more focusing on the racing.
You control your skier by tilting the iPhone or iPod touch left and right for turns, and by shaking it a bit to do tricks after jumping a ramp. The controls work well, and the character feels responsive enough as you ski. The game is broken down into 15 levels, with the developers promising that even more are on the way. (A free version limits the fun to five courses.)
Each level has its own unique challenge. You might be tasked with collecting 10 gifts, or performing five tricks, or scoring at least 85,000 points. These challenges are fun, and they escalate in difficulty well. Successive levels add increasingly innovative obstacles to slow you down, too.
I found, though, that succeeding in the challenges wasn’t as fun as the skiing itself. I want a mode where I can just ski along a path, collecting what I can along the way, in a given (and generous) time limit. The fun part is the skiing, and sometimes the challenges (and frequent breaks in between completing or retrying them) interrupted the fun too much for my tastes.
Still, Little Red Sled looks good, and sports a stellar soundtrack with great effects. I’m optimistic that as levels are added, the game will evolve from good to great.
Little Red Sled is compatible with any iPhone or iPod touch running the iPhone 2.1 software update.
[Lex Friedman is a frequent Macworld.com contributor, and frequently mentions his blog.]
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