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You Must Build A Boat iPad Review
What happens when you need to build a boat? Well obviously you go play an endless runner with a match-three RPG mechanic. Right? It might sound silly, but Harry from Pocket Gamer finds a lot to like in You Must Build A Boat.…
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CHAOS RINGS Ⅲ iPad Review
Is the latest installment of the Chaos Rings franchise worth your attention? Harry from Pocket Gamer thinks so. Or, he does when it works.…
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Desktop Dungeons iPad Review
What happens when you take a classic, meaty PC roguelike, like for example Desktop Dungeons, and transport it to tablets? According to Harry from Pocket Gamer, good things. Lots of good things.…
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Til Morning's Light iPad Review
You're all alone in a haunted mansion, with just a meat cleaver and a magical phone to keep you company. What do you do? WHAT DO YOU DO!?! Well if you're Harry from Pocket Gamer, and you're playing Til Morning's Light, you bimble around having quite a nice time and thinking about what might have been.…
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Sword Of Xolan iPad Review
Who doesn't like running around chunky pixelled retro environments, slashing up monsters with a big sword or burning them alive with flaming blasts of magic? Monsters, that's who. Harry from Pocket Gamer takes Sword of Xolan for a spin, and he likes what he sees. And kills.…
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Sword of Xolan
Fearless Fantasy iPad Review
What happens when you squodge together a JRPG and a bunch of QTEs? Fearless Fantasy is what happens. But is it any good? Harry from Pocket Gamer certainly thinks so.…
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Beast Quest Review
Harry from Pocket Gamer pulls on a blue jumper, grabs a slightly ineffectual sword, and has a wander through this third-person Infinity Blade-style adventure. But what does he find? He finds some crabs. And a dragon. And then some more crabs. And some fish head people. Cool, right? Eh.…
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Legend of Grimrock iPad Review
A dungeon, some torches, a handful of throwing knives. And oh my word there's a giant snail gnawing at my private parts! Where did it all go so wrong? Harry from Pocket Gamer gets in a fight with some mushroom people in this iOS port of the PC classic, and he really enjoys it.…
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Does not Commute iPad Review
What's more difficult than driving through rush hour traffic? Driving through temporally shifted rush hour traffic before a clock ticks down. That's the basis of Does not Commute, but is it any good? Harry from Pocket Gamer slips on his driving gloves and takes us for a spin. Or 12 spins and a number of crashes.…
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Halo: Spartan Strike iPad Review
What happens when Halo comes to iOS? Halo: Spartan Strike is what happens. But is the top-down twin-stick shooter worthy of Master Chief's legacy? Harry from Pocket Gamer grabs a battle rifle and finds that yes, yes it is.…
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Lost Within iPad Review
What happens when Pocket Gamer's Harry Slater wanders into an insane asylum with nothing but his wits to protect him? Mild ambivalence and weird backpack monsters if Lost Within is anything to go by. Watch the video to find out whether that's a good thing. …
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Someone else should have done it - AppSpy's Sunday Service
It's Sunday, and that can only mean one thing! I've got a hangover. But that's fine, because I wrote this post on Friday, so it's not going to affect my ability to type up words good. Wheeeeeee! Here's what happened this week. The Big Stories 1. We went hands-on with Sorcery 3 from gamebook legends Inkle. We liked it. You might like it too, so go watch it. 2. We also got our grubby mitts on Operation Dracula. Don't worry, you don't have to say fangs. 3. You want more!?! Fine, we rubbed sweaty men up against one another in non-sexy combat in WWE 2K. 4. And after that, or, more chronologically accurately, before that, we shot a T-Rex in the face in Lara Croft: Relic Run. 5. More!?! MORE!…
Implosion - Never Lose Hope iPad Review
Implosion - Never Lose Hope sees you stomping through a ravaged earth slicing up monsters in a super-powered mech suit. What's better than that? According to Harry from Pocket Gamer, not much at all.…
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Tiny Dangerous Dungeons iPad Review
Tiny Dangerous Dungeons is a retro-looking platformer with a mean streak and a serious sense of charm. But is that enough to make you download it. Harry from Pocket Gamer puts on his old-school shoes and slips into the past to find out.…
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Dungeon Hunter 5 iPad Review
Do you want to mash things in the face with a big sword? Do you like not really having to think about anything ever? Then Dungeon Hunter 5 could well be the game for you. And in this video Harry from Pocket Gamer takes you on a review-y tour of the perfectly adequate hack-and-slasher.…
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