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Avadon 2: The Corruption Review
Usually when something is named "The Black Fortress," it's the place where the bad guys hang out practicing their evil cackles. Not so in the world of Avadon, where it once was the symbol of order and justice. That's changed in Avadon 2: The Corruption, a retro-styled RPG that offers you a choice: either rally people around the old ways in the face of dangerous new threats, or add to the chaos that threatens to overrun everything. Either way, hours of fun await you.Playing the first game isn't a prerequisite for getting into the sequel, which summarizes the partial fall of Avadon in the introduction before throwing you into the quick character creation - just pick one of five classes, a gender, and a name, and away you go - and introducing you to a scout who shows you the ropes. Life isn't easy in this particular fantasy setting, what with dangerous wildlife, magic-powered mines, and a budding rebellion consisting of humans, ogres, and titans."To make matters worse, the relationship between Avadon, led by the mysterious Redbeard, and the people it claims to protect is clearly strained. The citizens seem resentful of the Black Fortress' influence even as they rely upon its power to hold off the approaching darkness, especially the magical Corruption that is running big chunks of land. Some of Avadon's hands have been conscripted to serve against their will, and the game asks some very modern questions about how much liberty is worth giving up in exchange for relative safety.Agent P DoofenDASH Review
3D endless runner-type games are a dime a dozen on the App Store, so it takes something extra and/or special—perhaps even "extra special," if you will—to stand out from the rest. With the Phineas and Ferb license to use the exploits of Agent P (aka Perry the Platypus) versus Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz and all of the hijinks that entails, that might have been enough to do the job, at least for fans of the show (such as ourselves).Unfortunately, Agent P DoofenDASH just comes up short overall by missing a few key fundamentals, and of course, exploiting the free-to-play model. The graphics are great, despite being 3D (translating characters from the 2D hand-drawn Phineas and Ferb cartoons into full 3D models always tends to be a hit-or-miss proposition, but this does it well), and the voices and tunes almost make it feel like you're involved in another episode of the show. They even switch things up a bit by occasionally allowing you to switch over to a hang glider segment which operates much the same way as the running portions.In our experience, the controls are simply a bit lacking. Swiping left and right moves Perry in the corresponding direction, while swiping up has him jump, and swiping down makes him roll. At least, that's how it works in theory—too often, we found that we would swipe in a given direction, only to have Perry do something else, with the worst instance being swiping down to have him roll and instead seeing him jump right into the obstacle we were trying to avoid. As is often the case with these games, it only takes one small slip-up before you have to start all over, so there is no forgiveness here.Incidentally, the tutorial is a little lacking as well. Granted, there's not a whole lot to take in here, and fortunately, as noted, the glider portions operate much in the same way as the running. What the tutorial doesn't cover, however, is cornering and whether or not turning is automatic. Turns out that it isn't—back to the start, and rather quickly after just beginning the game, too. Not a great first impression.
QuizUp Review
Our highly-connected society delivers three benefits: the endless pursuit of knowledge, the endless pursuit of adult materials, and the ability to demonstrate what we've learned through any number of online quiz games. QuizUp is a mobile trivia game that lets you show off your smarts across a large number of categories and sub-categories. There aren't any quiz categories dealing in the aforementioned adult materials, however. You'll need to look elsewhere to impress your friends in that department.QuizUp is free, simple, and addictive. It's multiplayer only, so be prepared to enter a contest of wits against strangers. If you start to feel lonely, you can view your friends' scores by logging in with Facebook, Twitter, or Game Center. Once you create a game ID for yourself or log in via a social platform, you're turned loose to play. QuizUp keeps track of your favorite categories, but don't pigeonhole yourself. You'll never learn anything if you insist on staying within the safety of your expertise."Easier said than done, since you're almost certain to find a topic or sub-topic suited to your tastes. Want to be quizzed on literature? Sure, QuizUp has that. But why not get more specific? Are you familiar with the nuances of children's books? What do you know about Harry Potter? The Hunger Games? How about Stephen King or Neil Gaiman? Do you have each passage of the Bible memorized? Can you recall, in great detail, every event that occurred in (shudder) the Twilight series?Whatever you enjoy, you will almost certainly have the chance to school someone at it in QuizUp. Finally, all that retro Nintendo knowledge you have stored in your brain will go to use. And mother said you'd never amount to anything.Don’t Shoot Yourself! Review
A longtime classic gaming genre is that of the bullet hell shooter: games which typically put the player in a massive crossfire of tons upon tons of flying onscreen ordnance which appears to be impossibly overwhelming, yet allows players to really strut their stuff as they take down the foes responsible. But what if the one responsible for putting all those bullets on screen… was you?That is basically the premise behind Don't Shoot Yourself!, a bullet hell game in which you must always keep moving, and as you're moving, you're always firing. Eventually, the screen is filled with a bullet hell of your own making, where your own firepower is your greatest enemy as you attempt to simply survive until the time runs out.And, in truth, there really isn't much more to the game than that. The rest comes through in the 50 different levels provided, which each have their own shapes and quirks to add and change up the challenge each time you go in. Narrow walls, odd shapes, and even portals through which your bullets pass in order to come back to haunt you keep things interesting.Graphically, the game doesn't do much—no roving soldiers on a battlefield, no starships blasting through alien armadas or asteroid fields. It's all very simple and basic, yet pleasant. The only problem we really had is that it seemed that some of our bullets weren't hurting us upon contact while others were, and determining which is which proves to be a bit tricky with so many all around you. On the other hand, it could just be a hitbox-detection thing, which is common enough—and exploitable, in the right hands—in these types of games.
Groove Vortex Review
There can often be a fine line between inspiration and cloning. Inspiration is when you take an idea that inspires you, and either build on the base concept, or branch off with your own take on the concept. Cloning, on the other hand, is when you take an idea that inspires you, and completely rip it off such that there's little to separate your own creation from the original.Despite featuring a disclaimer that it is inspired by Terry Cavanagh's wonderful Super Hexagon, Groove Vortex definitely falls into the latter category, and essentially clones the original without putting barely any of its own spin on the concept. What we're left with is Super Hexagon, but not as good - or to put it another way, a rather pointless experience."Groove Vortex, like Super Hexagon, is all about dodging around walls that are closing in on you. You control an arrow as it moves around in a circle, and you're required to constantly move into position such that you don't go crash. The game will keep going and going until you hit a wall, and your final time is your score.If you want more information on how the game plays, simply go and read our Super Hexagon review, as it's the very same game - well, not quite. In fact, Groove Vortex has plenty of negative quirks compared to its "inspiration," which make buying this version of Super Hexagon rather silly.
Stellar Wars Review
The Mothership Stella has been awakened. Ore and nova crystals have been found, two elements necessary to create new bots. Before the celebration can commence, the war begins, pitting machines and alien creatures against each other, in a fight for control over the valuable resources. So begins Stellar Wars, an elegant combination of a strategy game, a resource management sim, and a good old fashioned combat title rolled into one beautiful mobile package.Stellar Wars is split between two major areas: combat and upgrade management. Combat takes place in a 2.5D environment marked by three lanes where your troops and enemies will meet for battle. Gather ore in the background by deploying a Minerbot, and then get to work setting your troops on the field. The ship rests on the side of the screen and deploys units as quickly as you can gather the ore to pay for their creation. Once activated, send them forward to battle aliens and gather energy and ore from the screen. Swipe to change lanes, a tactic you can use to sneak up on certain enemies as well as avoid long range attacks. You can team up on foes, run at them from behind, or command your entire army at once using menu options. You certainly won't feel helpless in combat, but don't think Stellar Wars is going to just hand you a victory, either!"After battle, take your leftover ore and head back to the Mothership to participate in Stellar Wars' immense upgrades system. Here you can beef up your lander, upgrade your mining and attack bots, or purchase ship drops to help you out in battle. Managing upgrades is where the strategy part of the experience comes into play, and how you spend your points makes a huge difference when it's time to head back to the battlefield. Purchasing new units requires nova crystals, while upgrading components of bots requires ore. Think hard before you spend either one!LEGO The Lord of the Rings Review
The Lord of the Rings brand has become an almost sacred property. So beloved are the books and movies that expectations have grown to proportions nearly as epic as the journey the nine must make to Mordor to destroy the one ring. So how can familiar and exceptional stories be reworked into the video game medium while maintaining the elements that breed popularity while expanding the universe and reaching innovation? Throw LEGOs into the mix. Boom. This is LEGO Lord of the Rings, and you need it.Tolkien's massive tale of power, corruption, love, adventure, and orcs transitions into the LEGO universe with ease. That said, the iOS version is definitely smaller than previous releases. LEGO Lord of the Rings will be especially familiar to those who played last year's handheld or PC/Mac versions of the title, but whether through platform limitations or conscious choice for mobile style of play, everything has been diluted."Encounters and boss battles play out a bit differently, which in and of itself isn't a bad thing. It is, however, something to be aware of for those who are curious. In other words, there are more expanded iterations of this game floating around and just about all unnecessary mechanics have been cut, so should LOTR fans wish to experience a deeper adventure they might be better off playing the more expensive bigger brother versions.Mobile or not, there is no denying that Warner Bros. have executed a fantastic game. The LEGO gaming brand has long been known to infuse subtly humorous moments into not-so-humorous properties, and these spoofs fit with LOTR surprisingly well. For example, the opening moments—Cate Blanchett/Galadriel's speech from The Fellowship of the Ring film transposed over LEGO versions of the same events—provides a moment where one of the kings of men drops his newly-gifted ring.
Hunter Island Review
Nintendo is never going to put a full-fledged Pokémon game on iOS, and mobile developers need to stop aping the franchise with their deluge of imitation monster collecting/battling titles. Instead, these studios should look at Hunter Island and likewise build a unique experience out of the core elements that make Pokémon a juggernaut in the first place. The mobile market will be a better place for it. Hunter Island is a role-playing game that takes place in a land populated by strange monsters. These "Arkadions" come in different shapes and sizes, and can be captured and tamed by specialized trainers called Hunters. As is the case in Pokémon, tamed Arkadions are used to battle wild Arkadions. Hunters also use their Arkadions to work out personal problems through fights.The story for Hunter Island also delves into war and familial strife, but it's all background noise against the hundreds of fights you engage in as you work your way through the game's world. Hunter Island may borrow its concept from Pokémon, but its battle mechanics are its own.You command a long line-up of Arkadions, though only a few can battle at once. Your opponents are held to the same rule. Once an Arkadion is knocked out, another takes its place until you run out of monsters. Arkadions attack one another with various single- and multi-attacks that are learned through growth and evolution. The more powerful the attack, the longer the Arkadion has to wait for its next turn.