New Release: Oceanhorn Benchmark Edition
Update
Looks like the Benchmark edition was a temporary release – iTunes shows it as being no longer available. If you missed it, thats a shame, but the full game is still worth a download
A new “benchmark” edition of the iOS RPG masterpiece Oceanhorn is now available.
Oceanhorn has always been a premium game at a premium price. When I reviewed it, I found that it more than earned that price. However, to many people, $8.99 is too much to ask. While this “benchmark” edition is pitched around the cool device-benchmarking functionality, it also provides the first chapter of Oceanhorn free of charge. I hope that’s enough to convince the hold-outs to give Oceanhorn a shot, because it deserves it.
Oceanhorn really is a benchmark. Not just in performance and graphics – although those are outstanding – but in terms of just how great an iOS game can be. It’s obvious from the moment the game starts that the developers really cared about creating a great experience. With this free benchmark edition, I hope more people give this experience a try.