| A Ride into the Mountains | |
|---|---|
 App icon | |
| Developer | Sunhead Games |
| Publisher | Sunhead Games |
| Platforms | iOS,Android,Ouya |
| Release | July 23, 2013 |
| Genre | Action |
| Mode | Single-player |
A Ride into the Mountains is a 2013action game developed and published by the Taiwanese studio Sunhead Games. It was released foriOS andAndroid on July 23, 2013. The game was met with a mostly positive reception.
The player controls an archer named Zu,[1] who rides a horse through the mountains. To attack incoming enemies, the player must shoot arrows.[2]
A Ride into the Mountains was developed by the Taiwanese studio Sunhead Games, a two-person team fromTaipei, Taiwan, consisting of Lee Kuo and Chia-Yu Chen. The pair combined their contrasting interests in video games; while Lee Kuo had an affinity for artistic games, Chia-Yu preferred fast-paced action games. The developers cited "Pixel of the Colossus", a pixel art painting created by Darwin Yamamoto, andTaiwanese aboriginal outfits as design inspirations for the main character Zu. Tilt controls were chosen to make the player feel like they were riding a horse.[3]A Ride into the Mountains was released for theApp Store on July 23, 2013.[4]
| Aggregator | Score |
|---|---|
| Metacritic | 80/100[5] |
| Publication | Score |
|---|---|
| CNET Gamecenter | 8.1/10[6] |
| Gamezebo | 100/100[7] |
| MacLife | 4.5/5[8] |
| Pocket Gamer | 3.5/5[9] |
| TouchArcade | 4.5/5[10] |
| AppSpy | Average[11] |
The game has a "generally favorable" rating onMetacritic.[5] The game was praised.[7][11][9][10][6][8]
A Ride into the Mountains was considered as one of the bestOuya games byGamezebo.[12]
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