The control scheme is one of the rare occasions where the touch screen is put to perfect use. Moving your finger anywhere above the cueball adjusts your aim and viewing angle, while shooting can either be done from a power meter/button press or from pulling back and striking forward the cue yourself. The latter is my preference, allowing for more synaptic feedback and consequently feeling like a real game of pool.
The campaign mode sees you challenging progressively more difficult AI opponents with bizarre descriptions and cheesy stock photographs across different pool halls, before eventually meeting Curly in the deciding grudge match. Curly's videos, presented after beating the head honcho of each pool hall, are hilarious throwbacks to the early days of FMV in games that add a welcome kitsch, preventing the game from coming off as po-faced like some other straight-laced simulation games might do.
VPM is an addictive timewaster that suits the mobile platform. I would love to see some online play in an updated version, but regardless this is an essential purchase for anyone still ambivalent towards iPhone gaming.
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