Some people will do anything for fame, but in ERS Game Studio's newest adventure puzzle game, Reality Show: Fatal Shot, that desire for 15 minutes in the spotlight actually turns deadly, as a man is killed on air by being thrown off of a bridge. You'll need to jump into the shoes of a detective to solve the mystery surrounding this man's death, while always keeping in mind that even the victims aren't always who they appear to be.
I was originally attracted to A Walk in the Dark by both the visual style and the promise of a unique, engaging, and story-driven platformer. Alas, things changed, and due to toolset limitations and a development budget of approximately zero, the story elements were almost entirely excised from the game. The basic premise is still in place but it unfolds through just a handful of very brief animations, and if you aren't already aware of the story through the Walk in the Dark website or other external sources, you'll likely have no clue about what's going on.
If you were asked to take the last inbound ferry to an isolated island village where a mysterious monster keeps appearing at night to whisk away victims to an unknown, assumedly grizzly fate, you'd probably have some reservations, right? Well, one can only assume the townsfolk pay handsomely, because that is exactly what the protagonist of The Torment of Whitewall decides to do. Sadly, for both you and our hero, it may have been better to simply remain uninvolved.
These days, endless runners are a dime a dozen on the App Store. From fast-paced natural disaster adventures to harrowing escapes from a zombie apocalypse, it seems like we're always running away from something. But Last Knight is more than just a clever play on words: it shows the height of what an endless runner game can be like, and proves a formidable opponent to even the best of titles to come from the genre.
If you're going to borrow, you may as well borrow from the best. The much anticipated fantasy RPG Ravensword: Shadowlands owes a lot of its look and feel to the Elder Scrolls series, particularly Oblivion and Skyrim. Considering the popularity of those titles, Crescent Moon Games was smart to pick them as its muses, and despite a little bit of unevenness, the result was worth the wait for iPhone and iPad owners.
Dragon Crossroads is yet another in an incredibly long line of time management games that take place in a fantasy universe full of goblins, bandits and dragons. Only instead of being a fresh, polished experience, Dragon Crossroads is a game with multiple personalities; a game with fine basic mechanics, but disappointing… everything else.
Cognition: An Erica Reed Thriller follows the adventures of FBI agent Erica Reed, who possesses supernatural powers that allow her to witness past events, pull "memories" out of inanimate objects and even bring out long-forgotten memories in the minds of others. It's an intriguing idea but it's also a mess, brought low by clunky technology and writing and game mechanics that are completely out of place in such a dark, serious game.
Walking late one night, the curious Raphael picked a rose from a castle garden. Unfortunately the owner of the garden was a cruel (but cultured!) beast who demanded payment for the trespass. After a bit of old fashioned negotiating, Raphael's daughter, Bella, agreed to stay with the beast in exchange for Raphael's life. Now Raphael has found a way to free his daughter, but he's going to need your help to do it.