Upcoming battle puzzler Pocket Titans is a match-three game without the match-three
Is that a titan in your pocket?
Now, here's an interesting idea...
For the upcoming iOS game Pocket Titans, new UK studio Kumotion borrows the lane-shifting mechanic of a match-three puzzler to forge a clever new RPG battler.
Here's how it works: each fight takes place on a 5x5 grid, with heroes and enemies dotted about on different tiles. You can then shift entire rows and entire columns to ferry units around the map.
That's a handy ability to have, say, when units need to be up close to enemies (like the warrior), on the same lane (mage) or on the diagonal (archer) to do maximum damage. Plus, you'll want to shift enemies away.
Pocket Titans feels a bit like Ron Gilbert's match-three RPG Scurvy Scallywags, albeit without the match-three bit. And tactical battling is married with casual puzzle solving here like it is in Might and Magic: Clash of Heroes.
Pocket Titans will boast eight different heroes, 30 enemies, and a few boss battles across its 28-quest story. You can also engage in two-player head-to-head battles via Game Center.
It's a little rough around the edges right now, but the concept is fresh and certainly very promising. Kumotion has until September to bring it up to scratch. Pocket Titans will cost 69p / 99c at launch.
