Touch Arcade

It’s obvious that fans of the series should check out Halo: Spartan Assault right away, but I think it’s one of the better dual-stick shooters to launch recently on the App Store even if you're not a Halo fan.

The battle system is simply awesome and is worth the price of admission alone. Combined with the crazy visuals and the streamlined RPG mechanics and you have an impressive experience that is well recommended.

Legend of Grimrock was a breakout hit on desktop and it should come as no surprise that it is just as good, if not better, on a mobile device. It is the new answer I have to the question "How do I show someone what old school D&D was like, without boring them with outdated game mechanics?"

The game is still really fun, and a nice way to just kind of chill out to while still be challenged. I'd make some structural changes to it, but the core gameplay is fun and compelling no matter what, that it makes up for a lot of flaws.

Ultimately, Goat Simulator has always been a game about balancing fun and funny. In my view it leans a little too much toward the latter, making it seem more like a joke to show your friends than something you’ll really want to spend hours playing around with.

Lifeline is an interesting enough experience as a gamebook that it's still quite worthy even without its gimmick. Some form of mitigation between "I don't want to waste time with things I've seen already" and "Not ruining the point of the game" needs to be found for this to be as fantastic an experience as it deserves to be. The highs of Lifeline are very high...the lows are disappointing.

We take a lot of factors in to account when deciding on the overall rating for a game. For everything that Alternate Realities gets right, the scarcity of checkpoints and a bouquet of other small annoyances knocks it down from being a 5-star masterpiece to a 3.5-star could-have-been. Don't go away from this review thinking that this is by any means a bad game, but it's impossible to give an unqualified recommendation for a game that a lot of people are going to find boring.

The game marginalizes its one clever hook, but it's still clever! And I think that long-term, I can see auto-battling being useful for most people. I just can't get around that it exists and sinks a game I otherwise really enjoyed.

I really love Dungeon of Madness and it is not only worthy of the Tower of Fortune visual theme, but brings some amazing puzzle muscle to the line up. Did I mention it's a buck? Go buy it!

I will say that if you're looking for a big and beefy experience, perhaps you should look elsewhere from a game that has the word "micro" in its title. This is a small roguelike built around quick and fast sessions for you to enjoy when you have a free moment. Take it for that, and you'll have a good time here.