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Touch Physics 2 Review
Touch Physics 2 is the sequel to the popular physics based puzzle game Touch Physics. Gamez 4 Touch have created 50 new puzzles that offer the same unique challenge as the original. Touch Physics 2 like its predecessor is a physics based puzzle game that has you collecting stars over a series of levels. This time around however, each level feels better crafted than those in the original. To add an extra challenge to each level, players have the ability to adjust certain variables rega…
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Flick Runner is a simple pickup and play game by Nine Orchards. Set in the backdrop of a moonlit city, Flick Runner bases itself around the tried and true nature of side scrolling games. Unlike many similar games however, moving your character across the screen is handled automatically, leaving you with the task of jumping and ducking. Sliding your finger upwards will make him jump and sliding down will make him duck. As your flick runner moves through the environment you have to duck…
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Heli Rescue is latest title from development team Distinctive Developments. This is a unique take on the popular new style of directional management gameplay. Heli Rescue as its name implies, has you directing a team of helicopters to pickup and aid a series of helpless survivors. After some quick tutorial screens you're put into action. From here it's up to you to direct your choppers around the screen to pickup survivors that randomly spawn in different locations on the map. Draggin…
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Captilising on the iPhone's strong ability to render 3D environments, ClickGamers's approach to puzzle solving will make you think like no other puzzle game has before. The goal of Touch Magic is to re-assemble a jumbled object by arranging each pixel to re-form it. Each object is arranged on a 3D plane so that from one perspective it looks correct and from another it looks like a pixelated mess. At the start of each round you are shown what the object looks like, for example, a pictu…
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With well over a dozen different Solitaire apps on the Appstore, users who are looking for that classic solitaire experience may be overwhelmed with what is available to them, so it's a good thing that MobilityWare have created the ultimate Solitaire app for the iPhone. Solitaire controls like most other Solitaire games on the appstore. As the cards are dealt out you simply tap and drag to move cards around the table or double tap to automatically move cards from the table to the 4 de…
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Touchgrind is one of those rare games that wouldn't exist if it weren't for the iPhone's unique touch design. Every skater and skateboarding fan out there has done tricks using their 2 fingers on their invisible skateboard, Touchgrind is a game that finally gives your fingers something to skate on. Playing Touchgrind is simple, you stand your index and middle finger on the screen as if you were standing on a tiny skateboard and slide them around to do tricks. A quick tutorial will get…
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Physics based puzzle games have been one of many recent subgenres made popular by the power of the iPhone. While many offer a more complex and in depth experience, Gamez 4 Touch have gone for a simpler style than most with their title Touch Physics. Touch Physics is unique in its approach towards puzzle solving, the simple design allows you to grasp the concept straight away without the need for tutorials and instructions. The basic aim is to collect the star placed in each level, whi…
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Uno has been a card game classic for over 30 years and has branched out to offer itself to a multitude of platforms, so its iPhone debut was always inevitable. Finally Uno fans everywhere can enjoy Uno on the go with Gameloft's faithful adaption for the iPhone. Jumping into the Quick Play option from the main menu will take you instantly into a game of classic Uno. The screen is split into 4 sections, one for each player taking part in a match, with the center of the screen being dedi…
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The X-Plane series for iPhone has always offered a top quality flying experience. Like its predecessors, X-Plane Extreme delivers once again however this time with long awaited addition of combat aircraft. As with other X-Plane titles, X-Plane Extreme takes full advantage of the iPhones built in accelerometers for its flight controls. As you would expect, tiliting the iPhone up and down controls pitch and yaw while tilting left and right control steering. This scheme works perfectly a…
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