- CategoryGames
- First releasedNovember 10, 2008
- Versions1 archived
- Installable1 of 1
- AvailabilityStill on the App Store
- SellerCat in a Box Games
- Bundle IDcom.johnkooistra.defend
RequirementsCompatible with iPhone and iPod touch. Requires iOS 3.0 or later.
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Blue Defense puts you in charge of protecting your world from an invasion force that wants nothing more than your utter destruction.
6.7 billion lives hang in the balance... are your hands steady enough to handle the ever-increasing pressure of the attackers?
Features: - Classic mode: play the game as it was in the original game - Quick Start mode: choose a starting difficulty! - Level Select mode: practice individual levels, start the game on your favourite level, or try to earn medals! - Clean, oldschool graphical style - Global High scores list - Save state ensures that you can leave and come back to your game at any time
Controls: - Hold the device upright - Tilt left and right to control the stream of bullets - Double-tap the screen to pause
Reviews:
"If you like shooters, you should just get this game ... it’s all about the gameplay." -Touch Arcade
"Fantastic, simple, fun, wonderful game. Very unexpected but very much appreciated." -148Apps
"the way it effortlessly shifts from style to style and handles motion controls make[s it] fresh in a decades-old genre. It's a bullseye for any shooter fan." -Maclife
"Blue Defense! is tastefully designed and brimming with twists, turns and tongue biting. Its polished graphics, smooth animation and habit-forming gameplay are praiseworthy." -TouchMyApps
"A great space shooter that utilizes the iPhones controls to the max." -Everyday Gamers
"Apple has finally released the [2.0] update and it does NOT disappoint." -The APPera
"'Tilt to aim. Bullets shoot straight up.' I said, 'that’s it?' The answer was a wall of red death streaming down towards my planet." -appleiphoneapps.com
Archived Reviews
8 of 25I don't really enjoy the gameplay but there's nothing wrong with the game, could use Game Center but it doesn't look like the game is updated anymore so I won't hold my breathe or keep the game on my iDevice.
This is a great piece of software. It's well designed and executed, looks lovely and sounds fantastic. The gameplay mechanic, however? It may not be for everyone. In fact, I'll go so far as to say you're either gonna love it or hate it. I just wish there was an option to reverse the controls. But don't be fooled: this is a quality game. It's just very demanding of how you play it.
An elegant little game: Easy to start, visually captivating, hard to advance in, with soothing music as nice background to a life-or-death struggle of a whole planet.
I used to play this game all the time in 2010. A dated game, but a solid one nonetheless. This update is filled with sloppy optimizations, including, but not limited to improper formatting for iPhone 5 in many levels and multiple HUDs after levels requiring reorientation of the screen. Needs fixing
Great execution. It takes a little getting used to the controls, needs some sound effects if not music and could do with an option to turn off vibrate. Otherwise the GeoWars aesthetic mixed with the relentless action is more than any shooter could hope for at this price
Fun but kinda hard (would be better if it was only a dollar)
I’ve had this game since my first iPhone 3G in 2010 and it’s always been one of my favorites. However, I haven’t been able to play this game in several years because of incompatibility with modern iOS. Suddenly, and update comes from the developer several days ago, in 2019, claiming to bring compatibility to the game with modern phones, however the game still does not launch. I thought the developer had stopped working on the game, however that doesn’t seem to be the case, although, whatever compatibility tweaks were incorporated in the latest update were not implemented correctly.
This game is in my top three iPhone games that also include GeoDefence and FlightControl. I usually hate motion controled games but something is so right about it that I actually enjoyed the controls. Thx to the Touch Arcade podcast or I would have never found this awesome game. I will be getting his second game blue attack I think is ita name. And that will lead to me getting his third game that was mentioned in that podcast. I'm an instant fan keep up the good work.
Period reviews recovered from Apple's customer-review feeds via the Wayback Machine.