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Zombie Puzzle Panic is a very polished clone of Candy Crush Saga that has a few of its own ideas, but still ends up feeling almost exactly like the target of its flattery. It has a better art style and it's certainly more fair to the player in general, but the inconsistent balance and overall lack of differentiating factors make this a hard sell for Candy Crush fans, while the heavy similarities to that game are likely going to put off everyone else.

Rather than constantly guilt you into buying premium currency or some other IAP scheme, you can simply buy more decks/characters if you want for another $9.99. Although $20 for the total app may seem pricey, it's worth the investment if you're going to be playing. Yomi has a solid foundation to it, and any card game fanatic should dive in and give it a try.

Playing the original first will help you appreciate what a leap the developer has managed here. People in our forums are having a great time with it, and the developers are participating in the thread, so make sure you check in there for more impressions. The game is still a little rough, but worth your time.

While I would love to see more of a full-fledged sequel to Major Magnet at some point, this actually does a good job at standing on its own, and at worst, if it ain't broke, don't fix it.

Plenty of players in our forums have been enjoying it, too. It's a rare free-to-play game that respects both your time and your money, and it's definitely worth checking out.

It's still a very fun game and one of the more accessible games in the 4X genre, and I'll never get tired of pretending everyone is their respective character from Clone High, but I can't confidently recommend this game to anyone who already has the first game, unless those graphics really mean a lot to you.

Still, while Uppercup Football is perhaps too chaotic for my tastes, there's still fun to be had with the core soccer play, the many references to pop and gaming culture with the many opponents are amusing, and even the elements that make the game chaotic are still fun to play with, just not all the time.

I’ll still recommend Oscura Second Shadow to anyone that loves the visuals from the screenshots or are looking for another platformer. However, it’s a far cry from being a mandatory experience.

The cards are there enough to care about fusing them to get new ones, but not so much that I don't feel the need to spend money on more warp stones. Really, I know what Storm Casters is: a turbo-speed hack 'n slash game that's kinda shallow, but knows it and embraces it.

It's not all the game it could be, but taking it for what it is, it's a terrific game, of such high quality that I could see even the hardest critic of free-to-play having a great time playing it. It's a welcome return for one of the classics of the mobile scene, and I await Sky Force 2024 with great interest.