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DUAL! – Action Game Review
DUAL! is a Action/Casual game from Seabaa, Inc., first launched in 2nd April 2015.
It’s rated 4+ and currently has 2,401+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes DUAL! Stand Out
Between people, across screens.
DUAL is a local multiplayer game where two players use their mobile devices to shoot from one screen to the other. It's easy to pick up and play any of the competitive or cooperative modes: DUEL, DEFLECT, and DEFEND.
Features:
- Battle locally over WiFi or Bluetooth.
- DUEL – Tilt your phone, dodge bullets, charge, and shoot your friends in this classic duel standoff.
- DEFEND – Work together to defend the middle from an onslaught of attackers.
- DEFLECT – Score goals by blasting, banking, and curving the ball from one screen to the other.
- Only one person needs to have the full version unlocked to play DEFEND and DEFLECT with another player.
- Collectable color sets unique to your device; unlock them all by playing against different people.
- Single one-time in-app purchase to unlock the full game, and restore it on all your devices using the same account.
- Stats, achievements, and leaderboards.
"Working together right next to each other really brings back the magic of couch gaming."
- Chris Carter, Destructoid
"…it's a really fun way to engage with another live human, up-close and personal."
- Rick Broida, CNET
"You play it with someone, anywhere, and it actually brings you closer together…"
- Chris Priestman, Kill Screen
"…sending bullets across to someone else’s phone as you sit opposite them has a curious sense of technological magic to it."
- Chris Charlton, Kaijupop
Quick Troubleshooting Guide:
- Make sure your WiFi is enabled and both players are on the same WiFi network.
- Use Manual IP Discovery from the WiFi lobby if unable to find each other while on the same WiFi network.
- To restore your purchase go to the Unlock screen and select the Restore Purchases button.
This Action game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, DUAL! is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 30th December 2020
Recent improvements include:
1.5.04
- Bluetooth fixes on iOS14.
1.5.03
- Introducing JEZ!
- In DUEL mode JEZ will launch out explosive projectiles.
- You can remotely detonate them by swiping horizontally.
- In DEFLECT mode swiping left or right will give the ball a quick boost in either direction based on how long you charged.
- New backgrounds during gameplay, one per ship.
- KOMAR's bullets will now also hone in on enemy bullets.
- Plenty of gameplay tweaks and bug fixes.
DUAL is made by a one man shop so apologies if updates don't come out as quickly as we all would like. Please reach out with feedback on new modes or ships. Thanks so much all your support!!
- Sebastian
Download & Availability
DUAL! is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
Super entertaining and quick to play 10/10.
Among the countless trash games and scam apps is a diamond in the rough that even Robin Williams would be proud of, the only reason this game isnt 10/10 is you need a friend like us and if youve never had a friend like us then your out of luck and after paying 2.99 it would be nice to be able to at least play defend single player considering the tutorials have functioning bots you would expect to have a normal bot version of the game modes but maybe one day.
Whats better than a simple to play, app where you can quite literally dual, see what we did there, your friends. A charming game that Ive owned for a few years not to mention its mere $3 subscription that offers more than it should for its high value. Would recommend.
TLDR: please update the game!! This game has such a cool concept! Most multiplayer games have the same game rendered on each persons screen, but DUAL requires you to put your phones together to make the game board. We wish more games had this. However, as the only game of it kind that we can find, it does have a few vital flaws. First, for this game to TRULY shine, there has to be a large player-base. We think some strong advertising wouldve been highly beneficial to the games health. Its not too late to do this, and Im going to do our best to make the game go viral on YouTube. Well see how that goes lol One of the biggest issues with the game right now is that you cannot play solo. We have a couple of ideas on how to implement this. First, there could a be web based online multiplayer option. This will be played in portrait orientation, and you would control the bottom half of the screen. We know this would work because the tutorial uses a similar method and people seem to engage and understand. Another idea for playing solo is a concept we like to call adventure mode. In this game mode, you can work together with a friend or play solo while collecting some sort of currency to upgrade your ship. We think it would be really fun if you could carry your progress from solo into multiplayer. That way you and your friends could prepare before getting together to fight the boss on level 30 that youve been struggling with. Im not sure about all the details, but it sounds like a really fun game mode to have. Those are a few ideas we have to revitalize the game. Overall, this is in our top three mobile games of all time, so if anyone knows how to get in contact with the developer, Id love to interview them.
This game is dope. Want more to get it going with the boys. Are there plans for future updates or shapes.
We wish that there was not mode and very good and make more games gg.
Ok so Ive played this game before and us and our sister used to play it a lot but then she stopped playing so we deleted it. We just redownloaded it and we realized that we should write a review. This game is one of the best games Ive ever played, but we do think there should be a single player mode in case you dont know very many people who play. Also, a few updates for some new ships or maybe even a new game mode would be cool to have cuz the last update was Jez and that was like 3 years ago. So anyway this game is amazing overall but we think those few things we talked about would improve Dual a lot.
We cant get anyone to download it with us.
So we downloaded this app yesterday and us and our brother was playing it and it was fun! But it might need some tweaking like Wi-Fi was trying to do Wi-Fi but it didnt work with our hotspot that needs to get fixed and we tried Bluetooth and it worked it was really weird at first but we played a couple rounds and it was fun we really recommend it and people that give it 3 stars and below you guys are idiots.
Ive been playing this game for a few months and we love it. Its only 20 mb which means you can get random people to download it within 5 seconds on school internet. The expansion is absolutely worth it if you have other friends that play the game. We love the concept of how this game works as well. 5/5 get it ASAP.
A very creative idea for a game like no other. Interesting design and neat mechanics. All characters have a unique style of gameplay. Lots of fun and can be played anywhere. Wonderful.
Played it off and on for years with our son. Thanks so much. Would love to see a solo mode. :).
The game is really fun but we think you should maybe add more free characters because we play this with our friend but he doesnt have the full version and hes tired of ads PLEASE ADD MORE CHARACTERS.
Love the game super smooth fun and easy to connect with friend.
Almost as good as Roblox. Noice.
We love this game!! We play it with our family and we have a blast! Its a great time waster and is extremely fun. It also has pretty much no ads so its one of our favorite games. We just have one suggestion, please make a single player mode because sometimes we want to play but cant because our friends are not playing with us. Otherwise, great game.
We love this game so much but sometimes when we want to play with our friends they dont want to play with us. So that when we thought of a 1 player mode. If the creator is seeing this we want to tell you to please add a 1 player mode. Please.
This game has such an amazing design and is unlike anything Ive ever played. Also, no forced ads is really nice. Great job guys.
Very cool game but we wish you could play solo too cuz theres been a lot of times where Im not with anyone else to play and we want to try out some of the new ships and stuff.
We just destroyed our brother lol.
This game is amazing and it is the only game that our siblings and we find fun to play and the $3 is totally worth it if you have family sharing set up so everyone can get the full game.
Would love to see more updates for this game.
Fun game but we cant find out how to unlock more colors.
Our son and we play when we have bond time and this game blows our mind. He is so lucky to be born in this era! Beautiful, fun and amazing game! We are happy the developer thought of this because it really gave our son and we an opportunity to play and actually be engaged together on our electronics.
This game is incredible! One thing we really valued was how clean the game design was and polished. Everything is clear on how to use and it is just smooth and polished overall. The controls are so simple yet actually require some skill. And it has various fun modes to play in and unique shooters to choose (unique game in general) It is very intuitive: it can connect seamlessly between iOS on Bluetooth or any device using Wifi which we thought was neat. It is just a good game. Thank you for setting yourself apart from all of the cheap and annoying mobile games that flood the app stores nowadays.
Super fun to play w Bella. Pls add more levels we love this game and recommend it to everrywuone.
But we would really like it more if there was a one player/local option. You can't always be with a person.
We love this game but it could use a little more characters.
We LOVE to play this game with friends and family tho it could use a mode for more than two people.
This is a very fun game for all ages. It has really good graphics. Good controls. And its not so good with no internet. But you do have to pay for the full game. But overall we give this game a 5 star rating. And we recommend that you should get it to.
It's really fun when we can convince our sister to play but it's sad we lose her interest quickly due to the lack of game modes, but really good game love it.
We love this game it gives us DS vibes with its Bluetooth connection. If you add more minigames then this game will blow up for sure.
We wish the developers would add some sort of single player experimental mode to test out the ships among other things. Still a great game without it though.
BEST. GAME. EVERRRRR!!!!!!!!!! Look, we know its 3 bucks to get the full game but it is WORTH IT! Truly an amazing game. Might be our favorite ;).
We absolutely love this game but we cant connect with friends over quarantine feel like it could use a single player mode even just a one side version of the defend mode or deflect but every time the player hits the ball it speeds up and you have to prevent it from entering your own goal we feel like they would be easy to implement and super fun.
This game is so exquisite it really bring out personality and character 10/10 recommend this very classy game.
It literally is! But the bugs are, if you are playing and it just stops and tell you that you or the person you are playing with and it says that it needs an update but you cant update it.
So this game is awesome. We love the idea and the concept, and its super fun. We bought the full game, which just continued to make it better. However, we do have one suggestion. We think you should add a solo mode, perhaps a solo defend mode, in which players can try out any unit they like for free. Im suggesting this for two reasons: 1. Its still a great game and we would enjoy solo play as Im not always with friends and 2. This could be an opportunity to show how nice other character types are to players without the full game. Its just a suggestion, and we hope you see this. Thanks.
Good game one of our favorite games all tho the should be more fame modes.
We think it needs a single player mode.
Great game but one suggestion, maybe instead of having to get full game to play game modes, make the play for free, watch an ad for 3 plays unlimited not for a limited time.
Amazing game, love how this shrinks the size of phones to be the same size, Always love playing with our friends.
Would be nice if you could play with more then 1v1 and do stuff like 2v2.
Yeah we want to play with our friend across a few states but the 2 ways to connect dont work so. Ill have to use something else, uninstalled.
Hi developer, we hope you see this we love the game we have paid for the full version and we would really love to see another game mode. We really love this game and we play with our sister all the time. Another game mode would be a really fun .our favorite one so far is defend. We really hope you had another game mode. Its so much fun.
Is a really fun game to play, and theres definetly a but part almost in all reviews there is, it needs more game modes and colors for the character or shapes. Other than that its a great game recommend this. And its now 2023 please, PLEASE add more game modes.
We started playing this game with our brother and we played for a little while but then we had to pay for like every single time we wanted to play one game.
When we try to move it wont let us can u pls fix that bug for iPhone 12.
So, DUAL is a great game for 2 players, and great for when youre battling with someone random, but you shouldnt have to get out of the house to go play with other random players. There should be an option to get a random opponent. We also think there should be a 2V2 gamemode. Other than that this is too good.
Really fun but we have no one to play with.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 1.5.04
- Size: 27.71 MB
- iOS: 7.0 or later
- Languages: EN, FR, DE, IT, JA, KO, PL, PT, RU, ZH, ES, ZH
- Content Advisory:
- Developer: Seabaa, Inc.
Last updated: 30th December 2020 | Genre: Action, Casual | Developer: Seabaa, Inc.