While SteamPunk Hockey delivers only mediocre game play, it provides a novel theme to an otherwise boring genre. On the plus side, the music and sound effects are appropriate and well done. On the negative side, the initial screen puts all the choices settings in one location with confusing icons and names. “Proceed to Leisure” starts a new game, yet “New Game” erases your level and total scores. I found the single player game to be visually interesting but air hockey can be made only so exciting. SteamPunk Hockey attempts to make this more interesting with obstacles, metallic clinks and steam-hiss sounds, and a two-player mode on the same iPhone or iPod Touch.
Single Player mode held my interest for about five minutes. We tried two-player. We didn’t finish the game. Maybe my partner and I are both type-A personality gamers who get into games with a fury, but we found ourselves pulling the phone from each other’s hands time after time. Additionally, the “Pause” and “Menu” buttons are in the corners next one player’s goal. Even more so than having the phone ripped from my hands, having the game suddenly pause and staring at each other took us out of the moment. The second time it happened we both went “meh?” and gave up.
Bottom Line: Air Hockey is not my kind of game. If it is yours, give SteamPunk Hockey a try since it attempts to deliver a new experience.
SteamPunk Hockey (Free)
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