Thumper: Pocket Edition is the full game on your iPhone. This is the most intense gaming experience you can find in the App Store.
Thumper: Pocket Edition is intense and brilliant
When Thumper came out for PC and game console in 2016, the game already blew players away. After several versions, including a vr edition, Thumper now finds its home on your iPhone and iPad as Thumper: Pocket Edition. Does that fit?
In the game, you are a space beetle racing across a track. To the rhythm of the penetrating music you have to react to various obstacles on that track. With a lit block you have to press the screen at the right time, for a turn you have to swipe one way and to jump you have to swipe up. That sounds simple, but appearances can be deceiving.
You go over that track in a fast speed. The blocks, curves and obstacles are placed right behind each other and then there are also the different bosses per level that you defeat by making no mistakes. You have to focus so well while playing that the world around you disappears and time passes unnoticed. Thumper: Pocket Edition is therefore ideal for, for example, on the train.
Skeptical
We were initially skeptical about this version of the game. This is because we’ve already played Thumper on PC with a big screen and physical buttons. Fortunately, this skepticism turned out to be unfounded, because Thumper: Pocket Edition is just as good and handles wonderfully. Also vertically.
Fortunately, the makers have not opted for virtual buttons on the screen. The new pressing and swiping works great and lets you react to your obstacles very quickly. The game, tested on an iPhone 7 and iPhone X, also runs exceptionally smoothly. That is also necessary. Sometimes you only have milliseconds to respond.
Draft
The nice thing about Thumper is that you discover more and more depth. You may have played the first level perfectly, but you are not at the top of the rankings. That’s right, because later you learn new tricks so that you suddenly see the old levels in a whole new light and approach it differently. This makes Thumper a long-term game. A long, very intense breath.
The fact that the game looks amazing is also a bonus. The track comes to life in a grisly way as you speed through it, culminating in the bosses you destroy with spectacular attacks. Don’t forget to breathe.
→ Download Thumper: Pocket Edition from the App Store (5.49 euros)
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