Longbow app for iPhone and iPad

4.6 ( 5236 ratings )

Games Entertainment Action Sports
Developer: Jason Allen

1.99 USD

Current version: 2.0, last update: 7 years ago
First release : 20 Apr 2012
App size: 44.66 Mb

Longbow is a fun and challenging 3D archery game for phones (iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad) and tablet devices.

Adjust your aim, draw your arrow, and strike distant targets to score big!

Shoot for the bullseye in the village, knock over targets on the castle wall, or destroy barrels from horseback along the 4 kilometer stretch of mountainous terrain. Longbows three distinct stages are easy to learn but challenging to master. Youll need to consider the wind, distance, and even your trusty steeds speed to consistently score high! Can you shoot an apple off someones head? Turn a scarecrow into a pin cushion? These challenges and more await!

→ Use your fingers to aim and draw your bow.
→ Three difficulty levels for each game mode. (Try expert mode for an extra challenge!)
→ On-line leaderboards!
→ Detailed 3D graphics and sound!
→ Looks great on phones and tablets!

Can you master the bow and become a true archer?

HOW TO PLAY:

Slide one finger across the screen to aim.
Press the arrow icon in the corner to draw your bow.
Release the button to fire.

In village mode:

Check the wind speed and direction in the top left corner of the screen.
At the highest difficulty level, the swaying trees, sound of the wind, and debris kicked up by gusts will be your only clues.
Expert mode removes the bow cross-hairs and wind speed from the screen. Youll need to use experience and intuition to score big!
You can earn an extra 10 points if you manage to strike the apple (...not the Adams apple) in the bonus round.

In castle mode:

Each round is 90 seconds long.
Shoot all targets in a set quickly to score big!
Striking the scarecrow awards bonus points at the end of a round depending where the arrows hit.
Accuracy is important!

In horse archery mode:

Shoot the targets along the highland circuit.
The further away you are when the arrow hits a target, the more bonus points are awarded.
Keep striking targets to maximize the bonus awarded.
Higher difficulty levels increase the horses speed.

Pros and cons of Longbow app for iPhone and iPad

Longbow app good for

Would have given it 5 stars but the icon to shoot the arrow vanished in village mode

IPhone 5 the app works well. Smooth operation. Deleted as did the levels and not that exciting but it does work well and physics seem decent.

Some bad moments

Fun at first, but gets boring after running up the difficulty levels. The graphics are nice and physics seem believable but, there needs to be more targets to choose from other than the same bullseye target and the bonus apple. Live targets perhaps? There also needs to be a way to customize rounds, such as wind, number of tries, location or infinite bonus round. New locations would be awesome. Could you also add death match round aka like the "bowman" game? Nice work and fun game, looking forward to updates!

It does need more levels, so I am waiting for the castle version.

I like the game, BUT. If you would put up a triangle flag to show the wind info with the flags movement and position, like they have at tournaments, rather or along with the wind speed this would be more realistic and help for people who only shoot that way. In the robin hood level there is no flag or leaf movement to use to help your aim. Another nice thing would be to have a level with no winds, I get tired of the wind all the time.

Interesting idea but it needs an in game tutorial of how to work it. As the target gets further away, I find that the arrow falls short more often than not and I was not able to find any info. On how to correct that (pull bowstring out more, aim higher etc.)

Can play through one set of rounds on my iPad 3 but it crashes as soon as you try to replay.

Drawing bow control fails utterly: no intuitive feel to it, seems to fire with random power and no way to control it

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