Story-like mobile game

Aug 21, 2007 14:56 GMT  ·  By

OrangePixel has just released a new mobile game with a cute character to make it even more appealing. Firby is an adorable pink ghost that engages in a race to help "good" prevail over evil, a classic storyline concept.

Firby has almost 50 levels to enjoy and three different graphical worlds just to break monotony. There are also many challenging enemies to face along the road. The final goal is that of helping the good Witch find her keys and recover them. That's not a very stimulant goal, but the action itself and the challenges scattered on the road to it make the best of this game.

Firby is a platformer game with colorful graphics and cute characters. Moreover, the fact that players can compare their score to those reached by others in an online ranking makes the challenge even more intense.

"Although the game is a fairly fast paced action game, we tried to keep the level of difficulty pretty much open to anyone. Good player will be able to reach much higher scores and compete on our RumbleX high score and community system, and less skilled players can still enjoy the game by simply completing the main task: collect all the keys!", said Pascal Bestebroer CEO of OrangePixel.

Aside these features, the game proves to be quite plain. The vivid colors surely add to its charm, but the low graphics take away from that joy. In fact, the game looks like one of the first ones to be put on mobile phones, with low quality but arcade-like concepts. There are high chances that the challenge itself will prove to be not enough for what the gamer should need for being instantly glued to the display screen of his handset.

Firby will soon hit the global market, available at a large number of web/wap portal sites and from major operators. A free demo version and a free AdWrapped version of the game will come soon in order to give players a hint at what exactly they should expect to see.