Fastar! 9+
Fight Angry Squares!
Cat in a Box Software
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- £1.99
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Description
Action and Role-Playing in their purest, gleefulest form!
Fastar! is the timeless tale of a boy with a big sword and a bowtie journeying across vast lands while being ambushed by malicious geometry. Wait, what, seriously? I'm not typing that, it doesn't make any sense. Oh, look what you made me do. I'll just start over.
Fastar! is an Action RPG for when you just don't have time for an Action RPG. Dead simple to pick up and play, you'll be slashing and shopping your way across the grassy plains of [irrelevant flavorful name of fantasy world here] in seconds. You'll cross the world in mere minutes. But mastery of your true objective -- reaching that goal as fast as humanly possible -- could take a lifetime*.
Fun for everyone from the casual player who loves to mash buttons, to the hardcore gamer-optimizer who loves to mash numbers, Fastar! will provide you with hours of minutes of seconds of simple arcadey joy.
Featured features:
- Reasonably adorable hand-drawn graphics!
- 24 different game modes for a variety of play experiences, some of which don't actually count!
- Global arcade-style high scores lists, where you can become internationally renowned if your full name is three letters or less!
- Flashy magic spells for any kind of player, from Daring to Thrifty to Congealed!
- A variety of control schemes to suit your particular playing posture! (Astronaut gymnasts excepted)
- Sometimes in the background you can see a guy on a unicycle! Look for him, he's nice.
* Lifetime reference mammal unspecified
"A ridiculous amount of fun!"
--TouchArcade Review
"It's all about speed and it's ridiculously enjoyable."
--Gizmodo
"It’s all about distilling the unique fun of RPGs... into mere seconds of play."
--PocketGamer
"Expected to operate uncomfortable"
--WeiPhone.com User Comment (translation c/o Google)
"This is a game everyone can, and should enjoy!"
--AppAdvice
"[A] great cartoon RPG for the iPhone!"
--1stimpressions.mobi
"What this game has, above all, is that very particular, intangible magic which makes the very few select games rise above the rest."
--Gabrien, TouchArcade forums
"Fastar is a game that tried to do something different, and managed to get it absolutely right."
--TouchAHolics
"Pick it up for some great action!"
--148Apps
What’s New
Version 1.3.2
Fixed player colors element selection.
Ratings and Reviews
Nice but...
I have given this game 4 stars because it is a great game and I love it. I think it needs a story mode though. Like you could save up your money and the squares get harder and harder, and perhaps you could buy better swords or you can actually see the shield you are carrying? But I really think this game needs levels or a story, then I would give it five stars! Great game though!
More Kooistra goodness!
For the haters! You need to look past the simple square shapes. This is about working out the fighting tactics of the shapes, not what they look like. They are mere avatars to an intelligent enemy. This and Bit Pilot, Doodle Jump are the only ones I would keep a permanent home for on my phone. Maybe some updates would be nice if executed properly. But don't screw with the formula as it's perfect as it is. KISS is what this game is about. Weighing up attack, defense, health and maneuverability. A bold could have flopped effort that succeeds with charm. Kooistra shows that he is up there with the top devs for iDevice gaming. Thanks.
Terribly clever, wide variety of enemies, all square
At first sight it looks terribly simple, run left and right, hit blocks, level up. But there are 12 different colours of square, with different movement and attack patterns, many different levels of difficulty, favourite spells, etc. And dozens of different game modes, each with different strategies.
In truth I'd like to see the option to play a ranged character too. But there you go.
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Information
- Provider
- Cat in a Box Software Incorporated
- Size
- 11.2 MB
- Category
- Games
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 9.0 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 9.0 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 9.0 or later.
- Mac
- Requires macOS 11.0 or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English
- Age Rating
- 9+ Infrequent/Mild Cartoon or Fantasy Violence
- Copyright
- © 2008-2023, Cat in a Box Games
- Price
- £1.99
Supports
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Game Center
Challenge friends and check leaderboards and achievements.
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Family Sharing
Up to six family members can use this app with Family Sharing enabled.