Army Of Heroes HANDY GAMES

Army of Heroes is set in the fantasy genre and there are orcs, elves and humans all facing off against the armies of the undead. What's different about this, is that it's not a strategy or God game like most other Handy you have to press switches to get them there. The switches correspond to the keypad of your phone so you can't play with the directional pad. Once pressed, the path will change from one direction to another and you have to ensure that the right number of humans, orcs and elves get through to the battle before the time runs out.

The time is unmissable as a giant egg timer in the upper right, but what is missable sometimes is the pathways. The graphics are nice and bright and thankfully the races are colour coded for easy reference. Humans are blue, Elves and Yellow (eh??) and Orcs are Green. What's not so easy is how the pathway will switch and as soon as the time starts, you have to take stock of the situation. Once you get the idea, you can begin to let traffic build up as you direct people this way or that. But leave it too long and you won't have enough people for the battle.

For you see, the battle is just a piece of animation of which you have no control over. Get enough people and you will win, miss by even 1 or 2 and you will lose. It's as simple as that. Well, it's not as simple as that as the levels can get quite tricky. It's ok to let a few of the wrong people make it to the portals in the early levels as although they increase the number of people required, you can get away with it. Later on, you have to be fairly quick and fairly precise and this means getting the pathways correct from the start.