App: High Noon

by Chris on 20 November 2011

https://www.happylatte.com/

A brilliantly crafted, addictive and original western style gunslinging game for iOS.

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Pros

The two key features we believe make this game really really work are.

1. The game mechanics have really been thought about, they suit the touch screen platform incredibly well.

Producers of the game Happylatte have done what very few game studios actually do, think how the user is going to play the game. A lot of games that are churned out by even some of the biggest studios are more of a technical achievement with stunning 3-D graphics, incredible frame rate or some other graphical gimmick.

Very few of these games make it past a novelty, when finally the companies realise that maybe a dual virtual stick multi button all action shooter doesn’t play so well when around 50% of the screen is covered up by the persons thumbs actually playing it.

High Noon has simple enough controls but also enough depth that you can become a skilled gunslinger and dispatch any inferior foes who haven’t put the hours in!

2. There are over 7 million users online playing this game right now! That is an awesome achievement and really enforces how well this game is doing.

But this success came from the fact that all of characters you fight in the game are all controlled by real people, which makes getting in that final headshot before your opponent all the more satisfying.

On top of these two key features are a whole host of elements to keep you playing for a long time.
The general store, western wear, gun shop, indian trading post and the barber shop will have you spending and saving masses amounts of gold as you upgrade and pimp out your outlaw.

The ‘freemium’ model used in High Noon is a great way to get people playing the full game for free, with the option to buy more credit in order to fight, buy and upgrade quicker than anyone else.

Cons

There are very few grumbles we have with High Noon as it really is a AAA game.

A few things we think could help improve the game

*The matchmaking system seems a little bit iffy with opponents either being to strong and higher level or very weak and just starting out.

*The occasional crash when in the middle of a shoot-out can really frustrate, especially after you sign back in you are informed that you ‘RAN AWAY’

*Some of the guns seem a little overpowered

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