When it comes to iOS titles, there’s something to be said about simple, addictive premises. Something you spend minutes learning how to do and then hours perfecting is mystifying. Tobe & Friends Hookshot Escape is great at offering just that. It’s a quickfire high-score game that reaches out and puts the player in a vice grip, all the while shouting “Play me! Keep playing!”
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Review: Tobe & Friends: Hookshot Escape
On March 21, 2012
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Review: Kingdoms of Camelot: Battle for the North
On March 21, 2012
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Kingdoms of Camelot, originally a Facebook game, is a strategy affair that’s quite addictive in nature. While it isn’t particularly welcoming to new players, it’s an engrossing and surprisingly deep exercise in what social gaming can accomplish. It’s only natural that an iOS iteration should follow, then, and Kingdoms of Camelot: Battle for the North is the logical next step for this fledgling franchise, which borrows most (if not all) of its ideas from the infamous browser game Evony. If you’ve entertained any sort of game in the genre, you should have a working knowledge of what’s up for grabs here in Camelot.
Review: Fancy Pants
If the name “Fancy Pants” sounds familiar, you’re not alone. It references a wildly popular Flash game that’s leapt onto an iOS device near you. Fancy Pants is a capable, fluid, and humorous platformer that does the “doodle” art style proud.
Review: Sticky Sheep
Sticky Sheep is an intuitive puzzler that attempts to answer the age-old question: What happens when you combine pool, sheep, and canines? Chillingo’s physics-based puzzler deftly demonstrates how this combination of animals and a familiar pastime can actually work, and does quite a commendable job.
Review: Little Acorns
On February 29, 2012
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Mr. Nibbles and his squirrel family have been gathering nuts to last through the winter, but their efforts are continually foiled by spiders, bumblebees, and other hazards in the forest they call home. Chillingo’s latest platformer Little Acorns is a family-friendly adventure that’s accessible to both hardcore and casual players. Unfortunately, it goes a little nuts when it comes to touch-controlled platforming.