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Broken Sword: Director's Cut Review
With the iPhone’s embrace of the classic point and click adventure genre, more and more ports of old franchises have come into development. The latest addition to the iTunes store is Broken Sword: Directors Cut, originally released on PC in 1996. You take control of French Journalist, Nico and American Tourist, George as they must unravel and uncover a long trail of deception, murder and mystery. While some point and click adventure games have had some minor control faults on th…
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Nanosaur 2 Review
Time travel is always a tricky issue. There are enough loop holes and technicalities that will disprove just about every single theory. But in Nanosaur 2, when gun wielding dinosaurs from the future are thrown into the mix, it’s safe to say that accuracy isn’t a key part of the game. Players control the Nanosaur and must travel back in time to retrieve a number of stolen dinosaur eggs and safely return them to the future. Movement is controlled by tilting the iPhone and we…
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GloBall Review
For those of you who strive to be the best at any games you play, who spend hours making sure that your highscore ranks in the top 100 leaderboards then GloBall might be the perfect game for you. GloBall is a gravity based ball game where players roll around a maze, smashing different coloured gems in order to max out your highscore. Players control the speed and direction of their ball by tilting their iPhone. There are a number of different power-ups and score multipliers that you c…
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Guerrilla Bob Review
Guerrilla Bob is a fast paced twin stick shooter than sets up players for the same level of explosions and brainless carnage you’d expect from a Michael Bay film. Players take control of wise-cracking, moustache toting badass Guerrilla Bob as he makes his way on a long strewn trail of revenge, through countless enemy soldiers and empty machine gun shells. Players use the two on screen joysticks to control Bob’s movement and direction of fire, much like Minigore. In each le…
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Battle of Puppets Review
Ever since the 2008 release of Little Big Planet, the appeal of small puppets has grown exponentially; costumed ‘sackboys’ and various other mimics are quite common nowadays. In Battle of Puppets, you take control of a puppet master who in an attempt to reach Broadway with your show must use your puppets and fight against a rival performer and his equally cute puppet army. Much like an RTS, players select units to create and send them out to fight the incoming enemies. Dif…
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Tall Bike Joust Review
Just when you thought you’d seen all the extreme, underground sports around, along comes Tall Bike Joust to knock you off your high horse… or bike. Yes, the medieval spectacle of jousting has been given a modern century reboot and is now ready to play on your iPhone. Players create a character, assign different attributes and enter various tournaments to see who the dominant Jouster is. Players control their bike’s speed by cycling with their fingers on either side…
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Necromancer Rising Review
Necromancer Rising is a dark tale of magic, mystery and all the other macabre goodies you’d expect to find in an RPG. The corpse of your wife and child have been snatched from the local graveyard by an evil necromancer for his undead army, so now it’s up to you to delve underground in pursuit. Players must collect quests and enter dungeons in order to gain experience, better items and further your progress. Your character will be controlled by the two d-pads on the screen…
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Are You Alright? Review
Much like the Tower Defence genre, Time Management games have made a name for themselves on the iPhone. Whether players are directing airplanes or customers in a restaurant, the genre has really embraced the new platform and found an audience. Are You Alright? is one of the latest releases in the genre and puts players in control of busy hospitals around the world. Players will need to drag patients into various machines as quick as possible to ensure that they leave healthy and with…
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Arctopia: A Puzzle Game (Chapters 1-14) Review
Arctopia is a chilled out puzzle game that puts players in control of a small penguin as he must extinguish a number of small fires in each level. To do so, you’ll need to move around large ice cubes, create new cubes and manipulate other obstacles. Players control the penguin’s movement by using the onscreen arrows and can create ice cubes by tapping on the snowflake icon. Ice can only be created on a downward diagonal angle and you cannot directly put out flames adding a…
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ReBounce Review
ReBounce is a quick reflex, puzzle game where players must bounce a small golden puck around a level destroying various bricks. You earn more points based on long chains, various bonuses and how many bricks you break in certain levels. Your goal is to pass each of the 40 levels and rack up as many points as possible along the way. Players throw their puck around by tapping on it and flicking it in the desired direction. Each brick must be hit three times in order to break and disappea…
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The Raging Dead Review
Oh no! The undead have risen and have begun to devour the living… again. It’s up to you to protect the city the only way you can, by dropping large bombs from the sky. The Raging Dead puts players in control of a somewhat mysterious airborne arsenal of destruction as they must stop the zombie infection from spreading and wiping out the city population. Players scan over the city and its normal blue dot inhabitants and must identify small red dots as zombies. To kill the z…
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Beat It! Review
For all aspiring DJs, music producers or sound mixers out there, Beat It! is the game for you. In this rhythmically driven puzzle game, players must mimic a small audio clip by cueing up different instrument tracks to match the original beat and add various items to the environment around you. You must try to replicate each track as quickly and as accurately as possible using nothing but your ears. Players place different instrument notes out on the 16 bar track by tapping where they…
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SEED 1 - RISE OF DARKNESS Review
SEED 1 – RISE OF DARKNESS is an action RPG game that takes players across a far off world, following an all too familiar story. You play as a young adventurer who yearns to travel and explore the world outside of his small secluded town, but you discover that there are far greater forces out there as you are thrown into the middle of a mighty clash of nations. Players control their adventurer by using the onscreen D-pad to move and the action button to attack, talk to people and…
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Train Conductor Review
Before cars and planes, but after walking, trains were a widely accepted and common means of transport and delivery. But in order for the trains to run smoothly, you need one hell of a conductor to co-ordinate the tracks. Are you up to the challenge? Players are presented with a series of railway tracks and must divert numbered trains to their correct destination by dragging a path on the screen. Players will need to constantly juggle the increasing amount of trains to avoid collision…
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Runway Review
Runway is another addition to the ever growing traffic management genre, placing players behind the air control tower as they direct incoming airplanes. Players will need to refuel and repair planes, load and unload passengers and keep a steady eye on the runway to avoid collisions. The game uses some straightforward line-drawing mechanics and easily allows players to see plane paths and work out a plan. Players receive various indications by coloured bars that appear over planes; Red…
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