Call of Cthulhu: The Wasted Land is a tactical RPG from Red Wasp Design set against the backdrop of World War One Lovecraftian horror. Having trouble vanquishing the dark forces of the Mythos? If so here are a few hints and tips to help tip the balance of play in your favour.
Raid Leader is the freshman effort from developer Red Zebra Games and — for better or for worse — it feels like a first title from a fairly talented group of people. It promises things like epic boss battles, unique character classes, and an amazing real time strategy experience. Unfortunately, it doesn't quite deliver a truly fun or memorable experience, but there are often glimmers of something better beneath the surface.
H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos has been undergoing a well-deserved resurgence in popularity lately. While books, films, toys, board, and video games have all seen the big guy's tentacles appear, iOS devices have been largely neglected… until now, that is. After a lot of build-up, Call of Cthulhu: The Wasted Land arrived on the App Store last week and was immediately called out for some pretty big issues thanks to major bugs. Red Wasp Design has since then released an update which has done a lot to help the game ascend to its full glory.
While political or religious imprisonment is something (thankfully) most of us will never have to deal with, those ideas are brought to life in the upcoming Japanese-style strategy/role-playing game Telepath RPG: Servants of God. After your family is taken prisoner by a new regime, the religious group Cult of Yawah, which has overthrown the existing government of your homeland, you'll be recruited into the cult's ranks as a tactician. The ultimate goal in Telepath RPG: Servants of God will be to restore democracy and order Ravinale, the small city-state in the desert.
If context and substance are what you're looking for, then DarkOrbit will immediately dull your interest. Without so much as a hint of plot to nudge players along, the game throws a laundry list of quests before you, along with an overcrowded screen full of features that are either poorly explained or not explained at all. When your first reaction as a player is to run off to the game's forums for help, it's a clear indication that not all is well in the universe.
Fireflame Games' Dungeon Raid is a brilliant take on the RPG-meets-puzzle genre. Instead of focusing on a vanilla story mixed with some generic character portraits, Dungeon Raid places emphasis on gameplay, and it pays off in a great way. Unlike its story-driven cousins, this game uses a score attack approach. What the game lacks in story, it makes up for with an approachable, yet addictive, style of play.
Fortune Summoners looks like it has everything it needs to be the perfect homage to old-school action RPGs. It's got adorable characters, stellar production values, and starts out with a promising story. So how do things become so mediocre so quickly? The answer, it turns out, is a little complicated.
After conquering the world of fantasy with Pocket Legends and tackling sci-fi with Star Legends, you might wonder what's left for mobile MMO developer Spacetime Studios to tackle. If your first guess was happy fluffy kittens, you're going to be sorely disappointed.