Featured Play Store Review: Horn [Arcade & Action]

Phosphor Games Studio just unleashed Horn in the Google Play Store and TegraZone. It's a Tegra 3 optimized 3rd person console-quality action adventure game. You play a young blacksmith's apprentice named Horn. The game begins when you suddenly wake up and find your village has been taken over by monsters. They even have a humorous side to them. Apparently a curse has plagued the village and it's eventually revealed that these monsters are actually the people and animals from your village. If you haven't figured it out yet, it's up to you to free everyone. You won't be alone as you get to carry the loud-mouthed head of one creature with you. You will also have a sword, crossbow, and a trusty musical horn.

I'm generally not a fan of touch screen controls in high-caliber games such as these, but I found them to be quite simple. I haven't had a chance to get too deep into the game yet, but from what I've seen, the graphics are incredible. Horn is only for Tegra 2 and Tegra 3 devices, but if you have a NVIDIA Tegra 3 CPU, you get to enjoy enhanced features that include physically simulated cloth, dynamic water simulation, and enhanced shadows. Here are some images showing the differences (click on the images to enlarge).

Horn is priced at $6.99 and is well worth every penny when you consider the quality of this game. One thing you should know is that since it has console-like quality, it requires more storage than most games. Be prepared to give up 2GB of storage for this bad boy. The initial download from the Play Store is minimal, but when you open the game, it will download the remaining 1.9 or so gigabytes.

For an idea of the game play, check out our hands on video below and if you like what you see, hit one of the download links below to get started.

Play Store Download Link