App of the Day: Crackdown 2 for Windows Phone 7

New platforms mean cool newfangled games ! Crackdown 2 , an reference of the popular Crackdown enfranchisement for Xbox , is a WP7 tower defence game with a twist : you defend real location using Bing Maps . It ’s Microsoft synergy at its finest !

What is it?

Crackdown 2 , Windows Phone 7 , $ 3 . Says Jason :

Crackdown 2 : Project Sunburst is , at its heart and soul , a tower defense biz . That means you congeal up guns , grenade catapult and laser in parliamentary procedure to stave in off swarms of incoming enemies . C2PS is special not because it ’s shoehorned into the Crackdown macrocosm — a great game and a tolerable subsequence on the Xbox 360 — but because you get to wager in actual locations .

Using Bing Maps , the game allows you to use any satellite - mapping location — that means your family — as your basis . It ’s just a small touch on top of an already - decent tower vindication plot , but it ’s a not bad one .

Who’s it good for?

mass with Windows Phone 7 phone ! You guys are n’t just swimming in apps just yet , and this is one of the big name titles for good rationality . Also : people who want their tower demurrer games to be a lilliputian more like real life , or citizenry who need their real life to be a little more like column defense games .

Why’s it better than alternatives?

There are n’t oodles of alternatives to begin with , but Crackdown ’s financial backing for Bing function lend a nice Ohio MY GOD I’M oppose TO PROTECT MY OWN NEIGHBORHOOD element to the biz ’s military action .

How could it be even better?

Jason say the controls could be a bit expert — right now it ’s toughened to select exactly what you want without scrolling around the map .

you’re able to grab Crackdown 2 in the Windows Phone 7 Marketplace for $ 3 .

We ’re always looking for cool apps — for iOS , Android , Windows Phone or whatever else — to feature as App of the Day ( yes , apps for other platforms will begin popping up soon ! ) If you come across one you think we should take a looking at , please countenance us get it on .

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