Bethesda announced (and launched!) Dishonored promo-game Dishonored: Rat Assassin onto the iOS App Store today. The free app’s description promises that gamers will be able to “Help rid the Dunwall streets of plagued rats, one slice, dice, and crossbow shot at a time.”
If that sounds to you like Fruit Ninja but with disgusting rats instead of delicious fruit… then you’re exactly right.
The game’s Endless “Assassination” mode tasks gamers with slicing as many rats with a finger as possible without hitting a bomb. Where do all these rats come from? Why are they flying in from off-screen in patterns? Is someone throwing them? Don’t worry about it. Just slice.
Rat Assassin’s meat is in its surprisingly robust Challenge mode. It is made up of 36 hand-crafted levels, each with a tricky three-star score to achieve. Each one puts a little twist on the game’s basic rat-slicing formula.
So, here’s the deal: Dishonored: Rat Assassin is a very weird product. It’s very casual, but was built to promote a super hardcore title. It’s surprisingly violent (menu selections are made by slicing a rat in half). The App Store listing links to RatAssassin.com which loads nothing but a 403 Forbidden error (as of now).
But still… it’s still pretty fun. And free, which certainly engenders a lot of goodwill. At the very least, gamers that have mastered slicing fruit should enjoy the free romp through Rat Assassin’s challenge mode.
Justin is Editor of IGN Wireless. He has been reviewing mobile games since the dark days of Java flip phones. You can follow him on Twitter and IGN.
Source : ign[dot]com
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