Touch Arcade

As long as you have an abundance of patience and a good sense of humor about setbacks, there's no reason you shouldn't adorn your finest fake mustache and give this game some of your time.

Again, I'm ashamed because I know this game's tricks, I know it's meant to be as shallow as possible and yet I can't stop playing. It's amusing and well-made and I either highly recommend playing it or staying far, far away.

It's very possible you'll tire of Splot before you exhaust the many carrots it dangles in front of you. This feels like a game primed for time attacking, but there are no systems in place to support that kind of long-term mastery. At the very minimum, though, you'll get a couple of hours of fun out of it, and if you get into its meta-goals, you might find quite a bit more.

I love the idea of it, I love the way that Simogo makes games, I love the art that went into this, I highly recommend playing this regardless of the score or my opinion because creative experiences like this need to exist.

There’s nothing inherently wrong with Galactic Defense (assuming you don’t have an issue with freemium elements), but the entire experience feels so bland that it’s not particularly enjoyable, let alone being a game worth investing in. It’s truly a shame, because I feel like there’s a waste opportunity here. Of course, being freemium, you can certainly check out Galactic Defense with little risk, but I don’t think you’ll find much to enjoy.

If you dislike time management games, this one isn't far enough from the tree to convince you, I'd imagine. If you've enjoyed the genre in the past, but found new entries were getting a little too familiar, you might want to give Twisty Hollow a look. It has plenty of interesting twists on the concept without abandoning the basic hooks of the genre that admittedly work quite well.

One improvement I would love to see to this app is the ability to ban certain heroes and give a random choice of 2-4 heroes for each player to choose from. It would be another step to controlling the randomness that, in general, this game excels at. If you haven't picked this game up, and you can stomach some bad dice results, it's time you rolled into this one full speed.

Mining and Match-Three are a match made in heaven apparently, as Puzzle to the Center of the Earth has demonstrated. If you're a fan of digging down into the depths and testing your mind with clever puzzles, this is a no-brainer.

Many of the things that hold back WarHammer 40k: Space Wolf could be corrected with enough attention from Hero Craft. I don't think that everything that could be improved on will be though. From a small dev team, we can hope to see big features like PVP and further adjustments to campaign difficulty, but I think there is more beyond just those things that will keep Hero Craft from pulling off a flawless game.

Given the lack of competition, hockey fans looking for a mobile fix have little choice but to skate up for this one, and the core gameplay makes it more than worth your time and money. Still, I'd love to see less second period slacking and more third period hustle from these boys in the future.