Game: Fastar!
Price: $1.99
Size: 10.0MB
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There are loads oﷺf games out there that take the concept of the epic roleplaying game and condense it into a small, bite-sized experience. Games like Half-Minute Hero or🧜 Semi-RPG are quite good at boiling the genre down to an amusingly shallow and brief amount of gameplay. Fastar! is a game that does likewise, and does a bloody good job of it.

The aim of Fastar! is to run from left to right, hacking at big squares with a sword. It doesn't sound all that compelling on paper, but it's surprisi♊nglཧy rewarding and fun. Defeated squares yield gold which can be spent on raising health and strengthening states. There is also a variety of cool magic spells to use.

The simple beat 'em up nature, colorful graphics, and the gradual feeling of empowerment makes Fastar! a pretty engrossing game once you get into it. Mindlessly bashing on colored shapes really shouldn't feel engaging, but Fastar! remains a surprisi꧟ℱngly absorbing little title.

Fastar! is considered one of the best titles out there for "real" gamers to enjoy, despite its shallow leanings. You'll definit🐽ely get your two bucks of gameplay out of it, so feel free to snap it up!

Sep 27, 2010