Are you looking for a game which makes you need the toilet every 15 minutes? Worry ye not, Fatal League is here, adopting a medieval music soundtrack which features what can only be described as running water… Nitpicking here I know, but is it really necessary?

On initialisation of the game, my first impressions were bad. You have to read 8 paragraphs of writing, which sets the game in context, before you can proceed. It is quite long-winded and frankly no fun at all. To condense it all into a couple of sentences for you, your team is taking part in the “Fatal League” where you must fight against opponent teams in tournaments and matches. The winner of the entire league has to attack the King’s enemy, Hydra.

This isn’t the sort of game where you can just dive in and start playing like Doodle Jump. You will probably have to refer to the instructions quite a lot, but it only takes a couple of minutes to get your head around the concept. You begin with 3 fighters: a ranger, a warrior and a scholar. For each fight you partake in, your fighters gain experience and you win money. This money can be spent on upgrading weapons, armour, and magic spells, or hiring new fighters. It’s basically a mini-game of Runescape.

The game runs in a monthly cycle with 6 fights in each. At the end of each month, you will be given the opportunity to enter a major tournament for your fighters to gain experience; however they are very difficult to win because of the big prizes on offer. As time progresses, you work your way up to the 1^st division with the big fish. After each month, the capacity for your army increases, so you can hire a new fighter to train up. The actual gameplay itself resembles a chess board. You make your move, the opponent makes their move. It’s quite a slow way of playing it and doesn’t do much to keep your interest.

This is not the sort of game I’d normally go for so I think it may well appeal to the die-hard medieval role-players out there. However, for me, it kept me interested for about 15 minutes and all seemed very unmotivating and pointless. Then again, is there a point to any iPhone game?

iPwnGames Score: 2.5/5

Christmas is supposed to be a time of peace, but the guys over at Realtech VR have a whole other definition of Christmas. For them it means the launch of their iPhone and iPod Touch game Iron Fist Boxing. The game is now available in the App Store for $2.99. This 3D realtime arcade game brings unique fighting styles including muey thai and kick boxing along with sixteen different characters to your iPhone or iPod Touch. The game contains three camera views, high quality music by Karybe and Scylla and crowd sound effects.

Realtech Iron Fist Boxing is the first iPhone and iPod Touch game developed by Realtech VR. This 3D realtime arcade game brings unique fighting styles including muey thai and kick boxing along with sixteen different characters to your iPhone or iPod Touch. The game contains three camera views, high quality music by Karybe and Scylla and crowd sound effects.

SciFly: Dogfight, a 3D flying game that will be competing with F-15 Dogfight, will become available in the App Store in a couple of days. Get ready to blast enemies away with lasers, machine guns, missiles, flak cannons and other heavy material. The game includes aircrafts like the Phonenix, Gladiator and Viper, and it contains different environments such as Utopia and Barren.

Funky Punch, out since late August, now has a free demo version of itself in the App Store. Funky Punch Lite is a free trial version of this nice fighting game developed by Solus Games for both the iPod Touch and iPhone. Since the release the developers have added extra difficulty levels because the original version of the game was too easy for most trained gamers. The demo features 12 characters for you to check out.

Solus Games has released a first demo video of its upcoming iPhone and iPod Touch game Funky Punch. According to the developer Funky Punch is ‘amazingly accessible, uniquely entertaining, and surprisingly challenging’. This fighting game combines old and new unique fighting experience.

via Touch Arcade