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iHobo - Review
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Leafdog
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Joined: Jan 21, 201212Year Member
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Joined: Jan 21, 201212Year Member
Posts: 1,120
Reputation Power: 55
iHobo



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Synopsis

Meet the young homeless person who will be living on your iPhone for the next three days. Youll need to be there for him, day and night, providing food, money, warmth and support. Hell alert you when he gets into trouble or needs your help. And the speed of your response could be the difference between him making it through in one piece, or becoming addicted to drugs. Depaul UK is the largest youth homeless charity in the UK.



Gameplay

Well the gameplay is basically being able to stay awake for 3 days to make sure your teenage hobo doesn't kill himself. Its all about making choices and the right ones, knowing when to give him Warmth/Food/Money at the right times. If done wrong, he will go from being happy and on the right tracks, to spiraling out of control and taking an overdose on pills. It shows how depressing this game can be Eg: Your hobo wants money to get some food from the cafe, and when you give him the money, 'You have just given him drug money'. But you kind of get a sense of reward when you do the right things, almost like its real. In the recent update they have added more features, like the story of how he became kicked out, as you go through the 3 days, he will give clues of his story and you have to put the pieces together in order to find out what has happened to this homeless teenager. Sometimes an icy screen will appear and you have to use your finger to wipe it away and you will be rewarded with points and sometimes a clue. Although ii have not actually managed to keep him alive yet i believe this is a very addicting App and probably one of the best free ones out there. One thing that was slightly annoying was it sends you notifications to see him, when im trying to talk to people on Facebook, that was the only downside for me, but it may not matter to others. Overall i really enjoyed this app, its also free so go download it!



Controls

There isn't really much to do on this app when it comes to controls, you just have to tap the screen really, and every now and then wipe the cold off the screen. So yeah its pretty basic, not really much you can do but ey' it is an app afterall. Overall the controls were good and simple.



Graphics

Well the graphics were pretty good, whenever your hobo walked around it would be in a spooky ghost-like way, its kinda spooky like this hobo was real and had died, which is probably what there trying to get at. But i experience no lag when playing, no loading bugs as such. And the way the writing would fade when popping up makes it seem more spooky when you have done something wrong, eventhough its a virtual teenager it makes you feel guilty in a way.Overall the graphics are dark,smooth and depressing, which is good, makes the app mean something.

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Overall

Overall this app was pretty amazing, very amusing.depressing and has a very dark tone to it. I have nothing bad to say about this app it was just brilliant For a free app its absolutely amazing, and if you do not have it download it now!



Ratings

Gameplay Rating:8.9/10
Controls Rating:10/10
Graphics Rating:9.1/10
Overall Rating:9.3/10


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