1st Impressions

Tower Defense games in the iTunes are a dime a dozen. As one of the more popular genre of games available for the iPhone, I myself have several on my iPhone.

Another favorite game, and one that, to my knowledge, has consistently been among the top sellers in the iTunes store, is Pocket God. It is a unique game that allows you to play God and and get some sadistic pleasure out of tormenting the residents of some small island.

I don’t know the name of the developer who came up with the idea for Babel Rising, but, by marrying the best parts of both games, they have what is sure to be a reall winner on their hands.

The concept is simple. you play God and, following the story from the Bible’s Old Testament, use your might to stop the humans from building a tower to teach into heaven.

Now, before going any further, I have to admit that my conservative Christian upbringing made me initially uncomfortable playing at being God. But, after thinking about it for a while, I decided that God did the same thing (although confusing languages isn’t as much fun on the iPhone as balls of fire or flash floods…LOL) so I am just trying to follow the philosophy of WWJD…

When you play the game for the first time you are automatically given six different weapons to choose from. Another one is available for free from the in-app store. At the moment there are an additional two weapons for purchase, both for $0.99 each. As you use the weapons, each of them require a “recharge period” with the time period being determined by the power of the weapon.

Like so many games out there, the game allows you to track your scores and compare them to others using Open Feint.

Babel Rising, marketed by BulkyPix, is available for the low low price if $0.99 and is well worth it. It is for sure a game that will remain in my phone for ages to come.

I have a couple of promo codes for the game and will give them to the first two people that email me (use “Babel Rising Promo Code” as your subject ) with the scripture reference from the Bible where the real tower of Babel was destroyed. I can be reached at dreaton(at)gmail.com