If there’s one thing that scares me in the App Store, it’s games that are “Free” from day one. For every game like Tiny Towers that seemingly use in-app purchases merely as a tip jar, there are another twenty games like Tap Zoo that prey upon a player’s impulsive nature.
Punch Hero, Gamevil’s latest game which bears a striking resemblance to Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out in stills, was released for free in the App Store. It, like many other free-to-play games, features a secondary currency and items that can only be purchased with that currency. Is this a harbinger of things to come?
