By now, we all know what to do if a large meteor is on a course to strike the Earth: throw Ben Affleck, Bruce Willis, and Steve Buscemi in a rocket loaded with a nuclear bomb, point them at the rock, and let the magic happen. They're our planet's ace in the hole. But what should we do if not one meteor is headed for us, but rather five" Ten" One hundred" Even if you throw in Casey, it's not enough Affleckpower to take care of that many flying chunks of absolute destruction. Such is the nightmare scenario considered by Atomic Super Lander [$2.99], the latest action game from Crescent Moon Games and bitWeird Games.
The solution they conjure up to combat the problem is perhaps an obvious one. Instead of sending valuable national treasures like Owen Wilson into space, a bunch of little nameless guys go instead. The idea for stopping the meteors is nevertheless the same, albeit in a distilled form. You have to land your ship onto one of the meteors, plant a nuke in a specified location, get back to your ship, and hightail it out of there before setting off the charge. You'll move on to the next meteor and Earth will be saved before teatime. It sounds so simple, and it would be, if it weren't for the million or so things that can go wrong right from the moment you take control of the ship.
Maybe you crash your ship and wreck it trying to land" You can still carry on your mission, but that brave little hero won't be returning home. Maybe you've mastered avoidi...