Touch Arcade

It hits its peak a little earlier than it should, and there's still a lot of questions left up in the air due to its position as a middle chapter, but overall, it's a huge, dense adventure packed with action, interesting characters, and lots to discover. Sol Invictus follows more gamebook traditions than it breaks, so it's probably not going to appeal to you if you're not into the genre, but its unique tone and intriguing setting should captivate anyone else.

The game’s RPG elements work well with its well-implemented match-3 gameplay while the game’s visual and aural flourishes differentiate it from the pack. ...Hero Emblems is simply a great match-3 title that’s worth the price of admission.

Gunbrick is the perfect example of a game that's good but not great, but not that far from greatness. With more content, and a further exploration of the game concepts introduced here, Gunbrick could be truly fantastic. As it is, it's a game that's definitely a solid way to spend some time, if not a bit disappointing because it could be so much more.

In trying to place one foot on each side of the line, the game ends up falling into the divide between the two. In a genre that is among the most fiercely competitive on the platform, it's a fatal mistake.

Neutronized has just made a remarkably clever game that could have just coasted on its pixel art. That they also nailed a really cool take on retro-style gameplay along with the aesthetic makes this the first must-have of 2015.

It just really feels like this game needs more work in various points to become great. Roguelikes are great for mobile because of their highly-replayable nature. This game works with one finger, has a structure that recalls Zelda without copying it, has some great large-scale bosses to fight, fun magic and projectile weapons, and just a cool concept overall. ... If you don't mind games that are very rough around the edges, this is an action-RPG roguelike to check out. But it's not the best experience.

Also, I understand that online connectivity is necessary to this game with the transfer market in particular, but connecting to the servers always caused multiple error dialogues on launch without fail.

Give It Up! is a few updates away from being a very solid game. It runs perfectly on my iPad 3 and the timing response for this rhythm game seem right in step with the music. More variety visually, audibly, and via gameplay would be my biggest wishlist item. If you can handle some monotony and some insults, this game might strike a chord with you.

I do wonder why I get so engrossed by clickers like this, and I think it's because they provide all structure with nothing standing in the way to accessing the structure. The satisfaction of progression without any of the work to progress. Tap Titans is a fascinating deconstruction of RPGs, and it's something that perhaps fits my tastes to a comical T

I like The Witcher AG. It took maybe a few too many systems but managed to wrangle them under their pre-existing universe to keep a thematically consistent experience. The ramping difficulty unnecessarily lengthens all but the shortest duration games, but the overall gameplay gives you just enough control over random elements that most board gamers won't lose focus.