Siege Hero

by Miniclip.com

Product Details

• ASIN: B0087HT36U
• Original Release Date: May 31, 2012
• Date first available at Amazon.com: August 21, 2012
Rated: All Ages This app may include dynamic content. What's this?

All Ages

Based on information provided by the developer, the content of this application is appropriate for all users and contains no objectionable content or advertisements.




Guidance Suggested

Based on information provided by the developer, the content of this application is appropriate for most users. The app may include account creation, location detection, user generated content, advertisements, infrequent or mild references to violence, profanity, or crude themes, or other content not suitable for all ages.







Mature

Based on information provided by the developer, the content of this application is only appropriate for mature users. The app may include account creation, location detection, user generated content, advertisements, explicit references to or images of drugs, alcohol, tobacco, graphic violence, profanity, or crude humor, mild sexual and suggestive themes, nudity within medical, informational, or artistic contexts, simulated gambling, or other content only suitable for mature audiences.







Adult

Based on information provided by the developer, the content of this application is only appropriate for adults. The app may include account creation, location detection, user generated content, advertisements, explicit references to or images of drugs, alcohol, tobacco, graphic violence, profanity, or crude humor, sexual and suggestive themes, nudity, simulated gambling, or other content only suitable for adult audiences.



This application contains content that is downloading real-time, based on inputs from the user or developer. The maturity rating associated with this application pertains only to the static elements of the application and does not cover any dynamic information (e.g. websites, friend postings, tweets). Dynamic content is defined as any content that may change within the application. Content can include animations, video or audio.
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1,197 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,031 Paid in Appstore for Android (See Top 100 Paid in Appstore for Android)

Product Features

• 189 amazing levels!
• Bosses, Pirates, Tutsy!
• Shooting cannons
• Water backgrounds
• Buster Bomb

Technical Details

• Size: 15MB
• Version: 1.0.0
• Developed By: Miniclip.com
• Application Permissions: (Help me understand what permissions mean)
  • com.android.vending.BILLING
  • Open network sockets
  • Access information about networks
• Minimum Operating System: Android 2.1
• Approximate Download Time: Less than 2 minutes

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

56 of 67 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars Forced IAP, pointless permissions, IAA, and many other problems render this Angry Birds knockoff useless September 15, 2012

By Samuel Mitchell TOP 500 REVIEWER

Amazon Verified Purchase

The object of Siege Hero is to destroy the bad guys by throwing things at their structures. All of this is done in first, instead of third person - that is the only thing that separates it from being an exact copy of Angry Birds. You can zoom aim for extreme precision, not that you really need to as the first few dozen levels are all terribly easy.
I achieved a gold crown on them without any effort on my part.
Eventually the game does get more difficult, with hostages, tougher buildings, and the like.

The Good:

- Graphics in this game really are top notch, almost Angry Birds quality. The cartoony, hand drawn look really suits all the destruction that happens on screen. The animations are also quite good, with nice big puffy smoke clouds, and debris flying all over the screen.

- Sound and music are above average, mostly upbeat tunes and cool explosion/destruction sounds.

- You are allowed to zoom in for accurate shots.

- There is a huge number of levels here, numbering in the hundreds.

The Bad:

- The game starts off incredibly easy, but eventually ramps up the difficulty to an insane level, almost forcing you to purchase Buster Bombs (that pretty much instantly clear the level for you). All of this is done with one touch because of the built in permissions. You can buy 5 for $.99 or get a "good deal" and buy 15 for just $1.99. Wow, classy.

- There is a delay between when you clear (or lose) a level and the game actually registering it. Sometimes this can take up to a few seconds. It gets very annoying as the game has a lot of levels.

- There are plenty of fake five star reviews all over the Amazon page. These are all coming from people with one or two reviews. Shameful. Because of this, I am also expecting a lot of downvotes. Hopefully you mange to find my review somewhere toward the bottom of the "unhelpful" heap.

- There is built in Facebook and Twitter integration that allow you to brag about your achievements while advertising the game.

- The physics are really screwed up and it's not uncommon to encounter floating structures with no support.

The Ugly:

- You are peppered with a giant, full screen, and in your face ad for MINICLIP.COM - where you can PLAY ONLINE GAMES. This thing is displayed every time you start up Siege Hero and stays there for a good six seconds. Not quite as ad free as advertised.

- This game has a triple threat of permissions for instant IAP:
- com.android.vending.BILLING - Allows for (one touch) IAP.
- Open network sockets - Gives this app free range internet access
- Access information about networks - Lets the app do exactly what this permission sounds like.
This is a SINGLE PLAYER GAME. The only reason these permissions are even here in the first place is for social media integration and IAP.

While I think Siege Hero is worth the free download, I can't see myself paying for a game with so many issues.
If you have children, make sure to put your device in airplane mode (or root it and install ad/traffic blocking software) before handing it over, because buying bombs really is quite easy.

35 of 41 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars not optimized for kindle September 16, 2012

By Peter Myers

Amazon Verified Purchase

good game, but you cannot win several rounds due to a delay at beginning of levels. for example, on 2-28 it is impossible to explode a bomb before the cart makes contact, killing one of the chicks that you cannot afford to kill and still get the gold crown.

35 of 42 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars Disgusting copycat game with IAP, Open Feint, fake reviews... September 15, 2012

By hackel

Pretty much everything we love to hate about an app is here. I was motivated to post an honest review to counter all the fake 5-star reviews by Miniclip.com. I won't go into detail about what other reviewers have already stated so well. The ads, in-app purchasing for the complete game, excessive permissions and Open Feint, completely unoriginal concept and the constant stream of fake reviews reveal a very shady developer that you should not trust with access to your device.