Castle of Illusion 9+

Been looking at this for a while but was reluctant to pay full price (even though as I hate in app purchasing I should be willing to pay for good apps). I got it at temporary reduction to 10% of the price and may well be the best 69p I have spent all week. The controls do take a little getting used to but they work once you know them.

Overall the game is a beautifully presented adaptation of a classic of my youth. Only thing that is bothering me a little so far is that there is a large gap between auto save moments so it can be frustrating to die, spend 3 or 4 mins getting back to the same place and die again and so on, though I do seem to remember that being a feature of the original also.

I had this game on my sega mega drive years ago and it was always one of my favourites and recently played the the newly updated version demo version on my ps3 and loved what they had done to it. It still had the charm of the original but with beautiful graphics and lots of amazing improvements and then I saw this in the App Store and became curious at what it would be like. At £6.99 I thought it must be worth a go as Im now a firm believer that mobile gaming is the future and was blown away as this was every bit as good as the ps3 version but found the controls actually better on my iphone. This game is a must for anyone who played the original or a first time player. You'll love it. It's like playing a cartoon and will have you wanting to get just that little bit further. Games like this don't come around all the time so don't miss it. Highly. Recommended :)