Bow Man

Skewer your friends with shaft after shaft and watch them crumple...delightful

Review

'Nobody wants to spend their (non) working afternoon referring to a game manual every five minutes just to get past the options screen', Funjunkie declares, and there's certainly none of that in this totally back-to-basics bow-and-arrow battle (for one or two players) - just draw back your bow, choose the right strength and angle, and fill your opponent full of arrows before they do the same to you.

That said, there are a range of extra options you can select when the novelty begins to wear off (like sticking a wall inbetween the two duellists) - as ever, you can skip any invitations to install 'Japanese Text Display Support', but it's harder to ignore the fact that these guys will happily take an arrow (or two) to the head without even flinching.

Controls

Starting off with a 100-strength shot at around 10-15 degrees is a good opening move, then adjust by increments of around 5 degrees depending if you're far or short (and watch the settings chosen by the computer player).