The flight engine in Nanosaur 2 is as natural and transparent as it gets. A simple tilt of your screen has you turning, swooping and diving with ease until you’ll feel as if you’ve been reincarnated as a large-winged Pterodactyl. There’s an exhilarating feeling of flight to Nano 2 as you can feel yourself being aerodynamically lifted upon the wind by your expansive wingspan. Once you get use to the handling and turning radius of your prehistoric bird of prey you’re free to explore a fantastic open-ended primordial world.
The three worlds you’re transported to via wormholes are some of the finest 3D environments found on a mobile device. Filled with not only benign Brontosauruses and blood-thirsty Raptors but also turrets, laser firing bots, roving tornados and lava all beautifully realized and animated. Your task, somewhat akin to an Easter egg hunt, is to recover the last stolen eggs of your species. Luckily you are armed to the teeth with more high-tech weaponry than an F18 jetfighter. The effects are spectacular as you take down Brontosauruses, set forests ablaze and blast turrets.
The freedom you’re afforded might not appeal to everyone as Nano 2 doesn’t follow a strict game path. You need to figure out where to go, how to open gates, what each weapon does, how to pick up eggs and what to do with them. But you’re a smart bird and with a little trial and error you’ll learn the rules. The eggs can be hard to spot and since they don’t show up on your radar this can lead to some searching and frustration. It can also be difficult keeping track of which areas you’ve already explored in the large open levels. Upon exiting, the game auto-saves after each egg is found and returned. The music is quite stirring and a perfect match for the setting and along with the stereo sound effects of wind, tornados, rockets and blasters forms a complete audio assault.
For those gamers who don’t mind being dropped into a strange world without a tour guide Nanosaur 2 soars as one of the finest flying/fighting simulators ever seen on a mobile device. It’s a must-see download that puts the power of the Iphone/Ipod into glorious full flight.
Reviewed by goyami - Ipod Touch