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Sometimes the bare essentials are all it takes to make a great video game. In this collection, our hero is the stickman.
Everyone knows that in today's hottest games (for any platform), high-quality graphics are at a premium. Whether it's a first-person shooter, an MMORPG, or even a console golf game, realism and fancy graphics seem to be key to getting people to buy the product. But if you've played games for a while, you know that graphics aren't everything.
A whole slew of games in the iTunes App Store have enjoyed a ton of success by completely and instead focusing on the gameplay aspect. Some developers have even distilled graphic concepts down to the most basic level--stick figures--to prove that it's not about antialiasing and bloom, and more about having fun using clever game mechanics.
This week's iOS app collection is all about stickman games. The first is an excellent golf game time-waster with a simple look, but great gameplay. The second lets you perform flips and tricks without needing all the fancy 3D found in today's console skate games. The third is the most basic of all, but somehow makes 2D black-and-white cliff diving a blast.
Though the graphics are simple, the game is anything but.
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