Most of the games in this bundle are probably the same across all platforms, but Anomaly: Warzone Earth, which was in two previous Humble Android Bundles, impressed me with its platform differences. The desktop and mobile versions are well-tuned to their platforms.
The desktop version gives you an avatar to walk around with using the arrow keys, while the mobile version lets you slide across the map to view the level. Because of this, on the desktop version you walk over powerups to pick them up, and on the mobile version you tap powerups. And an enemy unit that just makes your own troops attack you on the desktop version both saps health and disables attacks on the mobile version. The experiences of walking around with your troops and watching from above are significantly different, but both are fun.
There are other differences. The mobile version has completely different levels from the desktop version. They also have very different stories – all the stories share is the events before the game. As a smaller detail, on the desktop version, you reorder units in steps with the arrow keys, but on the mobile version, you can just drag them.
Basically, Anomaly: Warzone Earth is a great example of how to do an Android port right. I don’t know if there’s a game in this bundle that is as well-ported, but if there is, then this bundle is worth getting.
The desktop version gives you an avatar to walk around with using the arrow keys, while the mobile version lets you slide across the map to view the level. Because of this, on the desktop version you walk over powerups to pick them up, and on the mobile version you tap powerups. And an enemy unit that just makes your own troops attack you on the desktop version both saps health and disables attacks on the mobile version. The experiences of walking around with your troops and watching from above are significantly different, but both are fun.
There are other differences. The mobile version has completely different levels from the desktop version. They also have very different stories – all the stories share is the events before the game. As a smaller detail, on the desktop version, you reorder units in steps with the arrow keys, but on the mobile version, you can just drag them.
Basically, Anomaly: Warzone Earth is a great example of how to do an Android port right. I don’t know if there’s a game in this bundle that is as well-ported, but if there is, then this bundle is worth getting.