Touch Arcade

If you aren't a fan of the characters but you enjoyed Battleheart, you'll probably want to look into this game, too. It's not quite as good, but it's more than good enough, and with that series moving in a different direction of late, those who are looking for a new game in that style will likely enjoy the antics of Star-Lord and friends.

It ends up feeling less like a follow-up and more like a reboot, but fails to bring any fun new tricks for veterans of the series. For Sword And Poker fans who have been waiting years for a new installment, this is something of a bitter start to the Konami era of management.

Solo players won't find a lot of reasons to look into Mucho Party, but if you've got some less-seasoned players in your family or group and want to have some quick fun, this should be a decent crowd-pleaser.

It's like a Lethal Weapon knock-off story in a Blade Runner knock-off world, all filtered through the pure madness that is a Kemco RPG. If that description sounds awesome to you, drop a few bucks on this one. I doubt you'll be disappointed that you did.

I also dig how the game shows how their art style looks without the Mountain Sheep style of 3D character models. Dive into this and give it a few rounds – it's a well-made endless runner. And hey, I hear y'all like games without IAP.

Everything that has made this genre so popular is here, but on an iPad, and with making only the necessary acquiescences to what the device is, and perhaps playing a bit quicker than established games. But it goes to show that just because a game is on the iPad, it doesn't have to be an 'iPad game' – it can just be a game that is played on an iPad. And this is a worthy MOBA, on an iPad.

Seriously, this is an MFi gamepad killer app, but without one? Skip this, wait for the global Tony Hawk's Shred Session and when you see something that feels simplified for mobile, realize it was for a good reason.

It's a lot less intense than either of those two games thanks to its roomier stages, lending it a slightly different feeling while still maintaining a very familiar core. It's not the most original thing you'll play, but if you're up for some straightforward alien homicide, Buzz has your back.

It gets old pretty quickly. If for some reason you really want to play a Doodle Jump game with a Sonic skin, grab Sonic Jump. If you want that, don't want to pay, and are willing to put up with extremely extensive monetization aspects, I guess Sonic Jump Fever has you covered.

There are times where you make clever moves and feel like you're beating the odds, but they're easily outnumbered by the times where you discard card after useless card, cursing the developer and those blasted ancient Egyptians for wasting your time with a bad hand. That's solitaire, I guess, and that's probably why I played Doom while I waited 45 minutes for one song to download.