Help! I’m Haunted appprice url="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/help-im-haunted/id1023094578"ls=1&mt=8"] pretty proudly wears its inspiration on its sleeve. Right from the title screen where you have to pick up a ringing phone to proceed, this game is an obvious homage to Daisuke Amaya’s Kero Blaster ($5.99). The basic game outline, the controls, and even the weaponry are inspired by that game. As sources go, it’s not a bad choice. Kero Blaster plays very well on mobile thanks to its inventive touch controls, and virtually no one has tried to copy it. It’s almost certainly not getting a sequel, as its developer doesn’t seem very interested in making follow-ups. So sure, bring on the imitators. After all, if no one tried to follow in Super Mario Bros.‘s footsteps, how many great games would never have been made"
Help! I’m Haunted isn’t some cheap copy, either. Whatever it may lack in originality, it makes a good effort to make up for through sheer polish. Keeping in mind the target it’s aiming at, Help! I’m Haunted nails its visuals and doesn’t slouch on the soundtrack, either. It controls well, offers quite a few stages, and has fairly solid level design. Outside of a few irritating points, it’s a very pleasant game to run through. There are really just a couple of flies in the ointment. First, it’s so busy chasing Kero Blaster that it never really finds an identity of...