Category: Reviews

Pokémon Rumble Rush is so unbelievably lazy, ugly, and dull that we’re genuinely baffled that The Pokémon Company gave it the go ahead. We know it’s been in development hell for some time but really it should have stayed there, …

It took us less than two minutes to realise that Sky: Children of the Light was something special. After an obtuse cutscene about something bad happening to a bunch of stars we got our first taste of the game in …

Evil Lands isn’t quite an MMORPG, despite what it says on the tin. Yes, you play online with others as you battle across an open world environment, but you’re confined to small servers across three different islands. If anything, the …

There’s a real shortage of Diablo-like loot-fests on mobile and we didn’t truly realise that until Ubisoft launched Mighty Quest For Epic Loot. It’s a genre that seems so well suited for mobile, where click-based control schemes translate perfectly to …

There are two reasons we’re surprised that Dr. Mario World is a Nintendo offering: the infestation of predatory IAPs feels so jarring coming from the family-friendly creator of Mario and, perhaps more surprisingly, it just all feels so uninspired. Make …

Heroic is basically a dark fantasy version of Clash Royale, that aims to mix things up with its 2.5D visuals and three attack lanes. While it’s a solid effort, and does feel a little fresh for a few hours, it …

Teppen is somewhat of a surprise on mobile: a card battler that actually tries something new. After countless Hearthstone and Clash Royale clones, we were ready to write the genre off on mobile as devoid of innovation. Then Teppen came …

To stand out in a crowded market, a city-building strategy MMO needs a gimmick. There are so many near-identical games answering this description, all of them built on the same free-to-play levelling up mechanic, all of them demanding hours and …