Fruit Blast is an app in which players must blast away the fruit being hurtled towards them by a mischievious monkey.
Players will hold their iPhone or iPads with two hands and move it around in order to aim. A button on the lower left of the screen can be pushed by thumb in order to fire your weapon, and there are also buttons to switch weapons and reload.
In each timed level, your goal is to score a certain number of points. But if you miss a piece of fruit that’s coming toward you, the result is an impaired field of vision and as the gooey fruit splatter blocks your view for the duration of the level.
Although a simple concept, controls are a bit difficult, since you must hold the device a certain way, and therefore don’t have much use of the screen. The game’s targeting system does a good job of keeping your aim at the right place, but the controls do take a bit of getting used to.
Fruit Blast is a cute concept, but we had trouble getting past the heavy emphasis on the different types of guns. Because of this, this is really only recommended for older kids and tweens who are able to have a better understanding of these concepts.
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The minds of MEDL Mobile are thrilled to throw at you their latest fresh-squeezed creation: Fruit Blast!
Fruit Blast is an explosive action app that delivers a smooth blend of juicy graphics, engaging motion control and First-Person-Survival.
Monkey Goes Manic
You play to destroy pieces of fruit being hurled at you by a sinister monkey. Fight off his blitzkrieg and show him who's boss with an arsenal of powerful weapons. It's easy at first, but be careful every hit he lands covers part of your screen with mangled fruit pulp, making it hard to see what he throws next.
Immersive Game-Play
Defend against the attack with tilt-to-aim accelerometer controls and fully adjustable sensitivity. Pay attention to your ammo clip if you forget to reload, you'll get crushed into pulp. Sometimes the monkey will show you some mercy by throwing you a squeegee to clean your screen. Nab every squeegee you can you'll need them.
Overpower the Primate
Choose new weapons from a fully stocked armory. Buy guns with larger clips, faster fire rates, greater accuracy and more destructive force. This hateful hominid packs more than one kind of produce, so you'll need to upgrade your firepower to keep him from blending you into a smoothie.
Micro-Transactions Buy Bigger Action
The more fruit you shoot, the more seeds you earn. Save up seeds to unlock new weapons and stages, or purchase seeds using your iTunes account. The more seeds you've got to spend, the bigger guns you can buy. The bigger your guns are, the better the game gets.
There's an onslaught of airborne arboreal artillery, and it's heading your way fast. Shoot down every piece of fruit or suffer a shower of colorful splatter.