Free online card-trading game Urban Rivals out on iPhone
Sorted for Pillz
It was back in August that I meet up with Boostr, the company behind the mobile/web online card trading game Urban Rivals.
It was planning to bring the game to iPhone.
Actually, technically, it was making the game even more cross-platform as you'd be able to play the same game account from any platform - that's the joy of distributed turn-based games.
Urban Rivals has been a long time in the arrival however; something we'd put down to a combination of server-based technology as well as aspects of the in-app purchase and virtual currency system: something Apple seems to get its knickers in a twist about on a regular basis.
As for the game itself, it's fairly complex to explain. The potted history is you play in real-time head-to-head against another human player, each selecting a deck of eight characters from your available cards.
These characters have their own power and damage attributes, as well as more complex support options, which often depend on their class.
In addition, each player has 12 Pillz to use during the bout. These are like multiplers that you apply to your cards to increase their damage, but as you only get to see what card your opponents plays, not how many Pillz they've laid down, the game has a poker-style feel to it.
The game is also free, although you get a starter deck of eight cards, and can purchase additional packs of cards to strengthen your deck. A pack of three new cards is 99c.
You might get a better idea from the following video.
Alternatively, Urban Rivals is out now. Hit the App Store button to get it.
