Touch Arcade

This is definitely a game of "keep your head while all around are losing theirs." And to also quote Rudyard Kipling, "Get good, noob." I do wish that the lava could be managed a bit more than it is now, maybe if tossing eggs or skulls would get more of the floor back than it currently gets. For those who enjoy arcade-style games, and I'm talking original Mario Bros. style, Woah Dave is a must, it's a great game to sink a lot of time into again and again.

If by some weird quirk of fate you haven't played a tower defense game, Sleep Attack TD is a fantastic introduction. It's also original enough to entertain even the most seasoned TD veteran. In fact, with it's light hearted graphic style, I would only suggest avoiding it if you are thoroughly sick of tower defense games.

Its difficulty balancing is a little bit out of whack, but even if you have to take to some grinding, it's fairly minimal and it just means more puzzling fun. The gameplay doesn't present a dramatic change over the previous game, making this more of a Turbo Champion Edition or something, but full-fledged sequel or not, for a few bucks, it's hard to go wrong here.

I definitely recommend that Tilt to Live fans check out Gauntlet's Revenge: it's really quite different from even the Gauntlet mode you know from the original Tilt to Live, but for fans of the series' style and tilting gameplay, this is a fresh way of enjoying things that will prove to be a real test.

Skater would feel like less of a slog and more of an homage to the sport. It's amazing how well the controls have translated to touch, but the actual game needs a bit of work before every skating fan needs to pick it up.

In addition, the art style and overall presentation are pretty cool and the Power Play mini-games are easy to play and look awesome. Unfortunately, I just don’t think it does enough to differentiate itself in the plethora of freemium games in the market. It’s certainly worth checking out but at this point, I don’t think it has enough for long-term viability.

I also personally really enjoyed the look of the game, but your mileage may vary on that one depending on how impressed you are with bold colors and pixels. This is the most fun I've had racing boats in a video game in quite a long time, and I'd strongly recommend it to anyone who enjoys side-scrolling arcade games or can appreciate a different angle on the racing genre.

It would be nice if it were more upfront about how high your initial rolls need to be to survive, but if you've had experience with this series before, you'd probably know that anyway. Also, after being buried under promotion and hype for Disney's Frozen for the last year, I sure did enjoy taking down a Snow Witch. All in all, it's a very solid gamebook, and if you've enjoyed any of Tin Man's other conversions of Livingstone's work, it's a journey worth embarking on.

And really, that's the way to look at it: this is a fun bite-size experience that actually delivers a lot of wallop in giving its players a mighty challenge to conquer. It's easy to get your money's worth out of this one, and it's perfect to just pick up and play whenever.

Unfortunately, no amount of presentation and content can make up for significant technical issues. While I have high hopes that the developers can eventually optimize and patch in improvements to make it truly playable, at this point it’s really hard to recommend NBA 2K15 in its current form.