Square Enix continues iPhone strategy love affair with Sliding Heroes
Original title to arrive later this year
The house that Final Fantasy built continues its fascination with real-time strategy with its third iPhone game, Sliding Heroes.
A completely original game that follows from the experiments of Crystal Defenders and Vanguard Storm, Sliding Heroes has you orchestrating battles with tips and tilts of your device.
It's not inspired by the Final Fantasy universe; instead, you control warriors, clerics, and mages rendered in a completely new style.
First screenshots show off a block art style with rectangular, monochromatic characters and self-enclosed levels.
Defeating enemies will naturally be your primary goal, though Square Enix promises a range of challenges including traps and obstacles to be overcome with skillful tilts of your handset. A timer at the top of the screen would seem to put a little pressure on the proceedings.
Sliding Heroes is slated to appear on the App Store sometime later this year.