The simplicity of most mobile titles can often blur the line between a cute little time-waster, and a quality videogame. There are a variety of games that seek to offer nothing but a short-but-sweet experience that provides an enjoyable and memorable time. With Puppy Tales, such a noble attempt falls well short of its goal, leaving behind a product that is both brief and unpolished.
Cats typically get a bad rap in the good vs. evil game: they're always the pets of, or villains themselves, while their canine colleagues get to be superheroes and police dogs. Of course, that imbalance will never be resolved so long as diabolical kitties keep stealing jewels and hiding them away in their impenetrable vaults of doom, like Dr. Puss in Half-Inch Heist.
Death Golf isn't your grandfather's golf. It isn't your version of golf, either, not unless you regularly deal with cannon fire and have to hop on the backs of alligators to cross water traps. That just makes it all the more entertaining, though, and with several themed stages and upgradeable equipment to make your golfing/attacking more powerful, this game's got quite a bit going for it. Golf might just be exciting again!
No doubt you've played miniature golf at some point in your life. Maybe you even experienced the game on one of those cool courses that are decorated with fiberglass dinosaurs and rusty windmill blades that squeal like tortured rabbits as they rotate forever and ever. But not even a day at Pedro's Crazy Golf Extravaganza can prepare you for the wonders—and occasional frustration—of playing a version of golf that features traps, trampolines, and a scaly mammal.
Your name is Emma Jones, and you are a firefighter. You are also an aficionado of kitties, which is why you're willing to risk your life to save them from a horrible fate in a raging inferno. With cat-like speed and grace, you'll run, jump and slide across a blistering landscape, the kitties you've rescued trailing close behind you. Help them, Jones! You are their only hope!
As anyone who's ever seen a tomato driving a Ferrari knows, existential crises aren't exclusive to humans. They take place throughout the animal kingdom, and even occasionally crop up in vegetables (pun somewhat intended). But as Potatoman Seeks the Troof makes clear, it's anthropomorphic potatoes who have it the worst. I mean seriously, just try and put yourself in their starch-filled shoes. Wouldn't you struggle with finding a sense of purpose?
Maldita Castilla, the latest release from the wonderful Locomalito, plays like Shinobi and looks like Ghosts'n Goblins. However you look at it, this retro-styled indie game echoes its old school inspirations superbly, and provides what many indie platforms as of late have been missing - variety.
Writing something in all caps is generally considered bad form, but when two of the guys behind Trials Evolution do it because they're excited about their new project, we can probably find it in our hearts to forgive them. Yes, I've officially decided on behalf of everyone that it's fine for Frogmind Games to call its upcoming iOS side-scroller BADLAND, especially since it hints at combining moody visuals and innovative gameplay into one sweet package.