Reviewing J2ME Games: 1943 Escape to England

We must again look at a Java game, and this one is about shooting guys on boats.

My face when I escape to England.

Finally, I hear you cry, a game for my mobile phone about going to England! Yay! That's right, it's the second world war, and you're a ragtag team of guys who need to get back to Birmingham, or wherever. But the problem is: there's an endless stream of guys on boats trying to shoot and kill you. Uh oh!

That's okay, because you will... uh...

Hmm. Well, I probably didn't need to read whatever that said. All you need to do is shoot these guys as they pass in their boats. Easy. Except the controls are a bit awkward. You essentially have a cursor that you can freely move to anywhere on the screen, and getting your crosshair over each man is a bit tricky. There is a bit of timing required, and getting that timing right with a numpad is an immediate challenge.

It is very easy to fail.

Oops!

The level is over quickly, and you may see some... information.

I would call this a relatively low option when it comes to Java games. The game format perhaps doesn't lend itself that well to the restrictions of the Java world, but then again, I'm no sharpshooter. It does feel quite satisfying when you do manage to headshot members of the horde, but honestly, I don't know. I think I'd rather just let them get me.