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The Incident Review
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Price: $1.99
Version Reviewed: 1.0
Device Reviewed On: iPod Touch
Graphics / Sound Rating: 4.75 out of 5 stars
Game Controls Rating: 4.25 out of 5 stars
Gameplay Rating: 4.75 out of 5 stars
Replay Value Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Overall Rating: 4.44 out of 5 stars
In the Incident, you play an everyman with a problem: heavy things keep dropping in your general vicinity. Your only chance to make it end it is to climb up the pile of objects until you reach the source and put a stop to the shenanigans. That thankless task — climbing higher and higher on a constant pile of falling detritus — is the sole goal of The Incident. Luckily, it’s also a whole lot of fun.
You control the hero by tilting the device left and right, and jump him by tapping. It’s simple and controls well, which means that you can quickly get to the job of staying alive. Like another popular jumping game out there, Doodle Jump, the premise is so simple that if anything in the game were poorly executed, it could easily be called repetitive — dodge, jump, jump, dodge, grab a coin, jump. But The Incident does such a good job of keeping you on your toes, watching all corners of the screen, and scrambling for precious power-ups, that its simple premise is practically addictive. 
The first few levels ramp up nicely, so that by the time things get really hectic, you’ll be well versed in the art of dodging and jumping. Along the way you’re earning enough extra lives that you’ll probably never run out, and hitting frequent checkpoints so that you can hold onto your progress. There are only eight total levels, beginning on the street and ending in space, but each level packs enough challenge to make it feel like plenty of game.
The Incident’s 8-bit style helps in that it’s clean and well-executed. There’s a large variety of pixelated, brightly-colored objects being thrown at you, many of them eliciting a little smile the first time they appear — everything from taxis and sofas to Egyptian sarcophagi, garden gnomes, and Easter Island statues. There are not so many that you’ll never see a repeat, but there are enough to keep the pile interesting. And when you die, you’re granted a little death trophy of the object that killed you; “Death by Midcentury-Modern Door at 575m” is quite a way to go. 
Any complaints about the Incident are minor. The aforementioned small number of levels is a limitation on replayability, and the lack of any online leaderboards or other competitive components will disappoint some. And yes, if the core game play doesn’t appeal to you, you’ll get bored very quickly, as they’re nothing else to the game but jump, jump, dodge, jump. But none of these are significant drawbacks.
There’s something sweet about seeing a simple concept executed well. The Incident is a great game that offers up a fun time with well-crafted retro sensibilities, and it’s sure to appeal to a lot of iOS gamers. Download it today.
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