A Ride into the Mountains

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A Ride into the Mountains is a 2013 action game developed and published by Sunhead Games. It was released for iOS and Android on July 23, 2013. The game was met with a mostly positive reception.

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A Ride into the Mountains
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Developer(s) Sunhead Games
Publisher(s) Sunhead Games
Designer(s) Lee Kuo-Chen
Composer(s) Otomata
Platform(s) iOS, Android, Ouya
ReleaseJuly 23, 2013
Genre(s) Action
Mode(s) Single-player

Gameplay

The player controls an archer named Zu, who rides a horse through the mountains. To attack incoming enemies, the player must shoot arrows. [1]

The player controls a man named Zu. [2]

Development and release

The game was developed by Taiwanese studio Sunhead Games, a two-person team composed of Lee Kuo and Chia-Yu Chen. [3] The pair combined their ideas; Lee-Kuo was inspired by artistic games, while Chia-Yu prefers action. [3]

A Ride into the Mountains was released on the App Store on July 23, 2013. [4]

Reception

The game has a "generally favorable" rating on Metacritic. [5] The game was praised. [7] [11] [9] [10] [6] [8]

A Ride into the Mountains was considered to be one of the best Ouya games by Gamezebo . [12]

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