The squad-based tactical shooter is a familiar face on the PC, but iOS evangelists don't often get to savor it on their platform of choice. The recent release of the uniquely challenging Frozen Synapse on iPad proves that not only can tactics games exist on the portable platform, but they can also thrive there.
Sanctum 2 blends the action-packed first-person shooter genre with the strategic elements of tower defense games, and as a "Jack of all trades, master of none," it isn't particularly strong as either. But to employ yet another overused cliché - the whole being greater than the sum of its parts - it nonetheless manages to be an intense and surprisingly fun multiplayer blast-fest.
Anomaly 2 is a well-polished and intense addition to the unusual "tower offense" sub-genre, but while its new "convoy-versus-towers" multiplayer twist is an interesting idea, in execution it leaves a little bit to be desired.
Have you ever played a racing game that handled so poorly that it actually went full circle, with the controls suddenly becoming a sort of unique difficulty curve to the game? No, of course you haven't - such a thing can't possibly exist. Well, until now that is. Imagine having to race using the Warthog from Halo. Then crank up the drift-o meter just that little bit extra, and you've got Mini Motor Racing EVO. Although it initially feels sloppy, this Micro Machines-inspired racer slowly begins to win your trust as you plug away at its mental controls.
When the man who created Civilization and a number of other notable computer games decides to devote his talent to designing a mobile game, it's kind of a big deal. So it's only right that Sid Meier's Ace Patrol comes with some equally big expectations, and for the most part, the turn-based World War I aerial combat game delivers.
In Her Interactive's latest Nancy Drew mystery, we find our master sleuth challenged with one of the scariest storylines in the franchise to date, and also one of the best. Nancy Drew: Ghost of Thornton Hall contains two interweaving storylines, as Nancy must confront her skepticism of the supernatural head-on in order to save a missing girl just days before her wedding.
Sometimes originality is overrated. By that I mean it's entirely possible just to cherry pick the best ideas from previous works, add in your own clever story and dialogue and voila: you've got yourself a great game. Ecol Tactics Online almost proves my point, taking bits from JRPGs, MMOs and tactical battle games and very nearly turning them into something wonderful.
There comes a point in your life when you realize your grandparents may not be the simple folk you thought they were. This is an especially poignant moment for Vanessa. She knew very little about her grandfather, but when an archbishop invites her to a small town in Italy, she learns he was researching some very serious, very dangerous stuff. Portal of Evil: Stolen Runes follows Vanessa as she uncovers ancient secrets lost beneath St. Peter's Cathedral.