“As far as you know” is one of my favorite phrases. For instance, as far as you know, there aren’t literal armies of mites doing battle in the fibers of your carpets. Except according to Romans In My Carpet!, you’d be …
Remember kids, that while sometimes a girl's tears are just tears, other times they turn into powerful gems that grant unending life and keep the peace between warring kingdoms. It happens, especially in Zen Studios' CastleStorm, a "free-to-siege" blast of ballistas, heroes, magic and mayhem. And if it took the Peace Goddess crying to set it into motion, well, that's just the way it goes.Alas, even the most powerful gems can only keep knights and barbarians from clashing for so long, which is good or else there would be no game to talk about. When CastleStorm begins, you're given command of Sir Gareth, a high-ranking warrior on the side of the knights whose task is to figure out why the barbarians are beating the drums of war again and who has their designs on the gems.
Cats have nine lives, but birds live forever. At least, that's the impression you might get from the tsunami of Flappy Bird clones that washed onto the App Store and Google Play once Dong Nguyen's original flapper took its leave.Most Flappy Bird clones attempt to carry on what Nguyen began, which is why we have dozens - maybe hundreds - of games about getting a bird (or a fish, or a dragon, or a tiny butt) to fly through various objects. There have been more than enough Flappy Bird facsimiles to fill the void left by the original, but Noodlecake Studios gets a gold star for actually evolving the original Flappy Bird with Flappy Golf.Flappy Golf essentially cross-breeds Flappy Bird's physics with the golf courses from the already-released Super Stickman Golf 2, a hit "extreme golf" game from Noodlecake. But whereas Super Stickman Golf 2 challenges you to hit the ball into the cup, in Flappy Golf, you are the ball (meditate on that, why don'tchya).
Maleficent is the chief bad girl of Disney's Sleeping Beauty. She's best known for her subtle horn-shaped headdress, throwing a hissy fit over not being invited to baby Aurora's christening, and transforming into a dragon when she gets really mad (let's be honest with ourselves: We only hate her because we're jealous).Maleficent's titular movie aims to portray the classic villain as misunderstood, not evil. It seems terrible circumstances turned Maleficent's heart to stone, making her resentful and bitter. The film's premise is interesting and thought provoking. Unfortunately, Maleficent Free Fall is neither.Like Frozen Free Fall before it, Maleficent Free Fall is a match-three game based on the latest hot Disney property. And, like its predecessor, Maleficent Free Fall is a bog-standard puzzler that contributes nothing in the way of new ideas or even basic charm to the genre.
Aerena is a free-to-play game of strategy, where being two moves ahead of your opponent is the key to victory, much like Chess. But where Chess is a medieval-themed game, with knights and kings and queens, Aerena (or Ærena as the developers sometimes spell it) is a silly blend of steampunk and Saturday morning cartoons.With players selecting three out of ten characters as their champions, they must do their best to destroy the enemy player's massive battleship. Where chess is a calm game of strategy, Aerena is more akin to a Monster Truck Show, with champions blasting one another to pieces all while an announcer shouts out the entrances of additional champions to the fight.The reasoning for the titular "arena" misspelling is apparent as soon as the battlefield is glimpsed. Taking place in the aether, or Æther (get it now?), of the realm, the conflict is high above the earth, literally within the clouds. Each player has their own giant warship (currently there are five in the game to choose from) and must destroy their opponent's ship in the ensuing battle.
Make it Rain: The Love of Money is a reflex / tapping game in the vein of Cookie Clicker, but instead of tapping cookies to make them multiply (in their mysterious, doughy way), you "slide" bills off an endless stack to "make it rain," as you're instructed to do by the game's very name.By now, there should be enough Cookie Clicker-type games on the App Store and Google Play for you to begin making a decision about whether you love them or loathe them. Make it Rain: The Love of Money isn't much deeper than previously-released tapping games, but it has one major advantage over the competition: Sliding the bills off a stack is far more gratifying than simply tapping on a screen fast enough for your finger to ignite.
Whenever you go to a casino or an arcade, you can usually count on the coin-pusher machine being devoid of participants - save, maybe, for a stray person gawking at it and wondering if a running jump-kick will deliver an easy payout.SEGA's Dragon Coins is a role-playing / collectable card game powered by a coin-pusher that actually does offer significant payout. Namely, capsules containing monsters that can fight for you. Who needs to play for that crumpled five dollar bill hanging out in the back of the machine when you can net your very own dragon?Dragon Coins' closest relative is GungHo's Puzzle & Dragons. You go through several missions and fight monsters with the aid of your own monster cards. Victory in battle earns you gold coins and more monster cards that can be raised into warriors, or used as fodder to upgrade your favorites.
Solid, sturdy bridges are vital for modern transportation, but they were a super-necessity in ye olden days of carts and horses. Rickety bridges equaled accidents, which equaled spilled beer, which equaled big sadness. Oh, and shoddy workmanship caused people to die as well. That was pretty unfortunate.Bridge Constructor Medieval is another bridge-building game from Headup Games. The same rules apply here as in Bridge Constructor: Build bridges that won't crumple like wet paper when people set foot on them. There are some additional, middle age twists as well.As its name suggests, Bridge Constructor Medieval takes place in the fine days of maidens, knights, and dragons (note: There were no dragons slithering around in medieval times. Do not tell your teacher otherwise). You're tasked with building bridges for a kingdom that's under siege by a band of barbarians.