Yeti Sports 1Sometimes, you just need some gratuitous violence as a release.  Yeti Sports 1 offers just that.  If the screen shot looks familiar, it should.  It’s the $2.99  iPhone version of the old Flash game that has been a huge internet hit for as long as Flash has been around.  

Game play is simple.  Launch the penguin from the top of the cliff, and smack him with the bat to send him as far as possible.  Think “home run” here.  Where this game differs from the PC version is that you can tilt your iPhone to adjust the penguins “flight path”.  The object is to have it land in the wind current at a shallow enough angle so that the wind can help carry it along.  Along the way, you can bounce off of flying birds and pick up fish.  The first gives you longer time aloft, which the second gives you more points.  

While ultimately I found the game very entertaining (in a gratuitous kind of way), I wish there was an option for a bit of gore.  I mean if you are going to be a Yeti and launch a penguin a thousand feet with a club, wouldn’t you expect at least a bit of bruising?  Also, at $2.99, I think it is priced a bit high.  Sooner or later, you are going to want more than just bashing some penguins.  At that price point, there are games out there that offer a lot more challenge and expected game play.  The fact that the app title is “Yeti Sports 1″ makes me hope that the number indicates future updates.