Globy 1.5

Globy, a shoot’em up action game published by Alawar Entertainment follows the story of Prince Dreamy who lives in castle on a flying island. The name Globy refers to the world the prince lives in. Everything is not dreamy in the Globy world – demons are about to attack this enchanted land.

Luckily enough the prince has a premonition; one night he dreams that the demons are about to attack Globy. Taking the dream seriously, the prince asks the magi for help. The magi mull things over and send Prince Dreamy on a quest to find a total of 24 orbs. There’s a legend that says the orbs possess a very powerful force, force that can be used to fight off the invading demons.

It is up to Prince Dreamy to find the orbs and save the Globy. Failure to find the orbs is not an option. He prince must find the orbs and fend off the demons. In his quest Dreamy will fly on a legendary phoenix, go through ancient mystical labyrinths, play unusual card games, and so on.

The game will keep you busy for some time. You will have to go through 24 levels that take you through 200 locations. You can uncover 4 secret levels and an additional super secret level. You will battle it out against 10 types of enemies, 5 bosses, and an extra secret boss. You will have 6 powerful spells at your disposal to fight the enemies.

You can give the game a try by downloading and installing it on your Windows-powered computer; it should work just fine with just about any version of the Microsoft-developed operating system. Alawar Entertainment allows you to play the game free of charge for a trial period of 1 hour. Once that trial period is over, you will have to get a license to keep playing Globy.

Pros

• 24 levels, 4 secret levels, 1 super secret level
• 6 spells
• 4 secret items
• 10 types of enemies
• Play free for an hour

Cons

• Offers to set Ask as your default homepage
• Offers to set Ask as your default search provider
• Cannot select the directory where the game will be installed
• Creates an Alawar Games shortcut on your desktop without asking; the shortcut is not removed when you uninstall the game.

About Alawar Entertainment
Founded in Russia back in 1999, Alawar Entertainment is a company that specializes in the development, publication and distribution of casual games. To date the company has published more than 200 PC games that reached users in more than 60 countries. Alawar Entertainment’s games can be played on various platforms, including the Windows operating system, Mac OS X, Nintendo DS, Playstation and the iPhone. You may already be familiar with some of the company’s best known titles, such as Farm Frenzy, Craze and The Treasures of Montezuma.

Additional information on Alawar Entertainment and the casual games it has to offer is available here.

Globy has been reviewed by George Norman on 02 Feb 2011. Based on the user interface, features and complexity, Findmysoft has rated Globy 3 out of 5 stars, naming it Very Good