War of the Worlds: the mobile phone game

'War of the Worlds' will always have a special place in my heart as the first crappy game that I ever downloaded onto my phone. I even purchased it outright instead of sampling it because who could every grow tired of scorching the Earth in a Tripod, right? Well, when the Tripod only walks, or 'scrolls', in one direction, you will be praying for a virus to off you pretty quick. "Move to the right... slowly... slower.... okay, shoot that.... yeah, shoot that, too... now here you're going to want to shoot that, but, like, a thousand times." You ARE in a Tripod, however, so you can pick things up and throw them for pre-"Age of the Heat-Ray" showboating. And you can pick up people, which is tricky because they are small and fragile so careful. I made it through the city levels of London and New Jersey and Tokyo before realizing I could zap every city on Earth and at the end still die of a virus. So who's REALLY won this game, Gameloft?

GRAPHICS: 3

REPLAYABILITY: 1

FUN: 1.5

ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOR: Highly Encouraged

STATUS: Purchased 'Unlimited' and Cancelled. Rookie mistake.

PUBLISHER: Gameloft