<s>
The	B-Application
Drowning	I-Application
is	O
a	O
2013	O
first-person	O
shooter	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Swedish	O
studio	O
Scattered	O
Entertainment	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
DeNA/Mobage	O
for	O
iOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
Android	B-Application
release	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
's	O
main	O
selling	O
points	O
are	O
its	O
uniquely	O
adapted	O
touchscreen-specific	O
control	O
scheme	O
and	O
"	O
console	O
quality	O
"	O
graphics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
one	O
upon	O
which	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
primarily	O
marketed	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
system	O
developed	O
specifically	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
and	O
uniquely	O
adapted	O
for	O
touchscreen	B-Device
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
more	O
traditional	O
touchscreen	B-Device
first-person	O
shooter	O
setup	O
is	O
also	O
available	O
,	O
with	O
two	O
virtual	O
joysticks	O
,	O
one	O
for	O
moving	O
,	O
one	O
for	O
shooting	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
People	O
began	O
to	O
panic	O
,	O
fearing	O
Armageddon	B-Application
was	O
at	O
hand	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
aim	O
of	O
appealing	O
to	O
"	O
hardcore	O
players	O
,	O
"	O
the	O
developers	O
designed	O
the	O
control	O
scheme	O
specifically	O
for	O
use	O
on	O
touch-sensitive	B-Device
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
[	O
We	O
've	O
developed ]	O
a	O
control	O
system	O
which	O
is	O
designed	O
for	O
touchscreens	B-Device
that	O
you	O
can	O
play	O
with	O
just	O
one	O
hand	O
,	O
with	O
just	O
two	O
fingers	O
in	O
fact	O
on	O
one	O
hand	O
,	O
and	O
one	O
that	O
really	O
fluidly	O
fits	O
in	O
with	O
the	O
way	O
that	O
we	O
hold	O
these	O
devices	O
and	O
the	O
usage	O
patterns	O
of	O
these	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
Drowning	I-Application
received	O
"	O
mixed	O
"	O
reviews	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
review	B-Application
aggregation	I-Application
website	O
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
he	O
was	O
critical	O
of	O
the	O
energy	O
system	O
,	O
writing	O
,	O
"	O
the	O
whole	O
inclusion	O
of	O
this	O
energy	O
system	O
just	O
seems	O
a	O
bit	O
archaic	O
to	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
otherwise	O
pretty	O
fair	O
and	O
generous	O
freemium	O
model	O
,	O
"	O
he	O
concluded	O
positively	O
with	O
:	O
"	O
While	O
other	O
mobile	O
FPS	O
games	O
might	O
still	O
be	O
drowning	O
in	O
a	O
sea	O
of	O
shoddy	O
touchscreen	B-Device
controls	O
,	O
The	B-Application
Drowning	I-Application
offers	O
just	O
enough	O
moments	O
of	O
ingenuity	O
and	O
potential	O
insights	O
to	O
these	O
traditional	O
issues	O
that	O
gamers	O
will	O
always	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
keep	O
coming	O
up	O
for	O
refreshing	O
breaths	O
of	O
air.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
148Apps	O
Carter	O
Dotson	O
's	O
criticisms	O
pertained	O
to	O
the	O
integration	O
of	O
the	O
IAP	O
system	O
into	O
the	O
gameplay	O
,	O
saying	O
:	O
"	O
the	O
actual	O
game	O
at	O
the	O
heart	O
of	O
The	B-Application
Drowning	I-Application
is	O
largely	O
a	O
shallow	O
free-to-play	O
machine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
missions	O
,	O
involving	O
both	O
arena-based	O
attack	O
segments	O
and	O
defence	O
missions	O
a	O
la	O
CoD	B-Application
Zombies	I-Application
,	O
are	O
all	O
about	O
two	O
minutes	O
in	O
length	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
's	O
not	O
really	O
possible	O
to	O
actually	O
enjoy	O
The	B-Application
Drowning	I-Application
for	O
what	O
it	O
is.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
concluded	O
that	O
"	O
The	B-Application
Drowning	I-Application
does	O
n't	O
feature	O
a	O
solid	O
story	O
or	O
nuanced	O
gameplay	O
,	O
but	O
its	O
solid	O
arcade-shooting	O
mixed	O
with	O
a	O
nice	O
amount	O
of	O
unlocks	O
helps	O
deliver	O
a	O
positive	O
gameplay	O
experience	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MacLifes	O
Chris	O
Pereira	O
said	O
:	O
"	O
While	O
certainly	O
enjoyable	O
at	O
times	O
,	O
The	B-Application
Drownings	I-Application
free-to-play	O
implementation	O
hampers	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
an	O
inexcusable	O
degree.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
his	O
strongest	O
criticisms	O
were	O
in	O
relation	O
to	O
the	O
IAP	O
system	O
,	O
writing	O
,	O
"	O
in	O
the	O
hands	O
of	O
another	O
developer	O
,	O
The	B-Application
Drowning	I-Application
would	O
have	O
been	O
something	O
special	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
concluded	O
that	O
The	B-Application
Drowning	I-Application
"	O
is	O
a	O
transaction	O
machine	O
first	O
,	O
a	O
headline-grabbing	O
control	O
scheme	O
second	O
and	O
an	O
actual	O
game	O
a	O
distant	O
third.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Pocket	O
Gamers	O
Peter	O
Willington	O
was	O
equally	O
critical	O
,	O
writing	O
,	O
"	O
First-person	O
shooters	O
today	O
are	O
far	O
more	O
complex	O
than	O
The	B-Application
Drowning	I-Application
ever	O
attempts	O
to	O
be	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
 [ ... ] 	O
Playing	O
The	B-Application
Drowning	I-Application
is	O
like	O
travelling	O
back	O
in	O
time	O
to	O
the	O
Quake	B-Application
era	O
-	O
walk	O
about	O
a	O
level	O
and	O
shoot	O
everything	O
until	O
you	O
win.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
called	O
the	O
game	O
"	O
a	O
failed	O
experiment	O
,	O
"	O
writing	O
:	O
"	O
The	O
game	O
ultimately	O
fails	O
at	O
reinventing	O
first-person	O
shooter	O
controls	O
 [ ... ] 	O
fails	O
at	O
opening	O
up	O
the	O
first-person	O
shooter	O
to	O
the	O
freemium	O
model	O
 [ ... ] 	O
fails	O
at	O
being	O
a	O
decent	O
first-person	O
shooter	O
 [ ... ] 	O
It	O
suffers	O
from	O
a	O
paucity	O
of	O
enemy	O
types	O
,	O
locations	O
that	O
barely	O
change	O
the	O
way	O
you	O
play	O
,	O
minimal	O
peripheral	O
awareness	O
,	O
and	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
rote	O
shooting	O
available	O
on	O
a	O
touchscreen	B-Device
device.	O
"	O
</s>
