We chased and chased to get our hands on Icarus Studios’ and Ecko Entertainment’s Dexter for the iPhone. Today, we finally got a hold of out and man oh man! Dexter is REAL, and it looks soooo damn good!

Oh Hai Dexter!

We got all the details on game length, total planned episodes, plus so much more!

How Much Is Dexter, Dexter?

Dexter for the iPhone lives up to its Showtime counterpart. From graphics to soundtrack, Dexter can’t be any more realistic or close to the show at its current state. The game respects the game so much so that it pretty much blew everyone off to satisfy Dexter fans.

Kills

This doesn’t mean however that you should stop following iPhone’s Dexter development. Dexter’s storyline is exactly how the first season of the show is set up. It’s like picking up a new book to read, but you’re actually playing a game. The presentation is definitely one of the bests we’ve seen from the iPhone. Note that what we’ve previewed does NOT even contain all the juicy stuff the final version would have.

Graphics

The game is as real as it gets. The characters look defitely like their real life counterparts. Dexter looks like Michael C. Hall and so does the whole Dexter gang from Debra, Masuka, LaGuardia, Doakes and the rest.

Debra Whoo!

Doakes AKA A-Hole

What’s even more surprising and Dexter-gasmic is how Icarus Studios managed to render Dexter’s appartment and other show key locations EXACTLY how they appear on the show. When they said they want to bring Dexter to the iPhone, no one was kidding around.

Sound/track

If you think that’s where it ends, wait ’til you hear the actual actors’ voices and the show’s great soundtrack making a splash on the game as well. Michael C Hall actually dubbed some lines a couple of weeks ago, Icarus said. Other primary actors which should include Debra, LaGuardia and Doakes WILL be voiced by their actors as well.

Gameplay

The gameplay is a mixed sandbox/adventure type of play. Icarus Studios was kind enough to give us a walk through of the first level. Without spoiling too much, this included observing your target, gathering evidence, setting up AND performing the kill, and dumping the body.

Stealth

Two main elements include: mask and the dark passenger. More violent actions increases your dark passenger while mask is the exact opposite of it. Choices are asked all through out the game. There is one outcome but the game freely allows you to make your own decisions. For example, you can kill a target or have the target caught by police.

Sneaky

Sooon

Extras

Minigames like trying to replicate blood splatter, murder weapon and angle of attack. Easter eggs are also hidden in the game. Like we said, the game has a very sandbox feel to it that makes hunting for easter eggs all the more fun.

Length, Release

Icarus Studios says episode 1 should last between 6 to 10 hours. There will be 4 episodes total to bring the show’s FULL first season into a game bringing the total length to 24 – 40 hours.

Whether other seasons will get a game treatment as well obviously rests on the first four episodes’ success. The first episode of the “first season” should be released this summer… just in time for the fourth season’s premiere in September.