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Okay, let's get the obvious out of the way first. Siege Hero is a bit of an Angry Birds rip-off. Or it appears to be, at least until you know its back story. You see, Armor Games, the maker of Siege Hero, has been knocking out games where the idea is to, well, knock over things long before the Rovio gang came to the iOS party - remember Crush the Castle? Probably not, but it was a physics based puzzler along the Angry Birds line that hit the App Store about 6 months before the 'Birds did.
So whilst Siege Hero borrows heavily from the most successful mobile game ever, ever, ever - it is only borrowing from a title that borrowed heavily in the first place. Origins aside, it's addictive as hell - just like those birds. The idea is to knock over structures and kill the bad guys, made up of various historical tribes such as Huns or Vikings. But you don't catapult your birds, sorry weapons, in from the side. No, it's all front ways on and you'll even get a crosshair for precision aiming. Read More.
iTunes: Link
Price: Free
Rating: 4/5