AstraWare’s Pazzazz team has always been known for its car racers (and a helicopter spinoff) – while the games always were decent, none of them ever combined driving and shooting. Phaze wants to do just that – but can it stack up?
At first glance, the game looks like a simple car racer:
That is until you discover the various powerups scattered all over the map. Picking them up allows you to deploy a variety of nasty things ranging from missiles to bombs and even shields which make you invulnerable:
Green “tubes” demand special attention. Drive through them for a huge speed boost:
By the way: careful driving definitely pays out here. Hit the walls too often and your spacecraft blows up, which costs you precious time.
Phaze contains a selection of spaceships with different attributes: some of them are fast, while others are maneuverable.
Further ships can be unlocked:
Finally, a quick look at the controls. They may look unintuitive at first glance, but make sense after a few races – Pazzazz made the best of the limited input options here:
Phaze definitely is one of the best racing games currently available for the iPod touch / iPhone. Great racing action combined with a large variety of powerups and different vehicles make for action-packed 5 minute sessions…and don’t get me started on the music…
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