So durning the Christmas holidays I went on a three week long cruise around South America. The cruise was good, but it was close to a entire month with out internet access. So before I left my good ole Charter cable modem behind I decided to download some iPhone apps for the road. I actually downloaded about 10 apps or so, however, none of them has as much time spent on them as Touchgrind. Anyway, let’s get onto the review and why I enjoyed this game.

Touchgrind

You are in control of a skateboard in a fairly large skate park. The object is to rack up as many points as possible. As you reach a certain amount of points then you are awarded new skateboards. It’s fairly simple, and I think that’s the point. Even though there are three game modes: how to, warm up, jam session, and competition, they are essentially the same.

So you goto the competition phase and the goal is to get as many points as possible in the allocated 100 seconds. That’s actually a decent amount of time, and the main thing you need to do to unlock new boards is stay in the multipliers. So that means not wiping. The controls are pretty intuitive even if you aren’t a skater… which I am not. Overall the best part about this game is that you can pick it up, play it and have a enjoyable experience for about 4 minutes at a time. Great for those restroom breaks or waiting on someone at a restaurant. Overall, this game is well worth the $4.99 price tag. You can tell there was some time spent in developing the physics and overall quality is good.

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