August was a pretty amazing month for iOS games. So amazing in fact that I'm going to stick some honourable mentions in the second paragraph of this here article so no one's getting left out.
Tricky Test 2, Legend of the Skyfish, and Six! could all have made it onto this list in different circumstances. Those different circumstances would be someone who wasn't me writing it. So them's the breaks I guess.
So yeah, August was good enough that I could have made at least two lists out of it. But since that's far too much like hard work, here are the three games that did make it into our round-up of the finest games of the year. Enjoy.
Deus Ex GO
The third in the GO series, and by some people's reckoning the finest. Set in the orange and yellow dystopian world of the Deus Ex franchise, this is another excellent puzzling mash up.
It looks stunning, even when compared to Lara Croft GO, and it adds brilliant new ideas that fit into both the GO and Deus Ex universes.
If there was any doubt that Square Enix has managed to become one of the finest developers on mobile, then this puts paid to that argument once and for all.
Space Marshals 2
A wonderfully in-depth top down tactical shooter, this meaty experience mixes ideas from the likes of X-Com and others into a brilliant, often nerve shredding experience.
Dodge through cover in the wild west, except that the wild west is in space. Take down bad guys and finish challenges across some massive and well designed levels.
It looks great, it plays brilliantly, and it's another fine example of deep strategy done just right on mobile.
Eisenhorn: Xenos
A grim dark grimly dark action adventure set in Games Workshop's gothic future, this is all pomp and silliness and pig latin. But in the best possible way.
Shoot and fight your way through a massive story as the titular inquisitor. It's equal parts Arkham Asylum and a third person blaster, and it works surprisingly well on mobile.
It also features some of the best graphics you're likely to see this year, as well as being brilliantly acted throughout. Basically it's a triple A product in the palm of your hand. Bosh.
