Touch Arcade

Maybe it's the more risky design, maybe it's having the full console experience for once, or maybe it's that everything is better with Star Wars. Whatever the case, I'm going to go ahead and say this is the best LEGO experience on iOS to date, and if you have a problem with that, you can take it up with the wookiee.

This is as of now the definitive version of this game available on any platform, and it's easily one of the best platform games available on iOS. The only real knocks I've got on it are the issues with the two-player mode and the minor issues that occur from using virtual controls. Whether you're here for the nostalgia or simply to experience one of the better games of the genre, you'll be well taken care of by Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Remastered.

If you had a good time with Sorcery!, I probably don't even need to tell you to buy this. You jammed the buy button as soon as it appeared on the App Store. If you missed out on it, I'm going to do something strange and tell you to check out the first chapter before you look into this one.

There’s something for a specific type of gamer here, one who enjoys something a tad different and…well, pretentious. If that sounds like you, well go ahead and give this a shot. Pretentious is another example of a game that is more of an experience than something you keep coming back to. It has its surprises, and left me hoping Keybol continues weaving the story they started. It’s also free to try, so it’s worth a look if you think it may be something you’d like.

I've been playing it on my Retina iPad mini, and it's incredible- To the point that I feel like this is the best the game has ever been. GTA games are conducive to all iOS play styles between loading up the game and playing some mini games for a few minutes to settling in for a long play session through the story mode, San Andreas will keep you busy for weeks to come- Or even longer if you're a completionist into 100%-ing the game.

I feel like there aren't that many 3D platformers of reasonable competence on the App Store at the moment. Like in the early 32-bit era, there's room for quirky, flawed entries in the genre, and that describes Clash of Puppets pretty well. If you can forgive the padding in its level design, you're going to get a lot of value out of this game.

Double Dragon Trilogy has some serious problems. A lot of those are inherent to the games themselves, and I'm going to be honest and say I'd rather have a NES trilogy than an arcade trilogy for this series.

Papa Pear follows a lot of the same beats, so it's certainly enjoyable, but I'm not really sure if there's much of a place for it between its inspiration at PopCap and its stablemates at King. If you're a Peggle fan who's completely exhausted the game, by all means, give it a go, you've got nothing to lose, but otherwise, there's really no reason you shouldn't be playing Peggle instead of this.

I’m a huge fan of rhythm games, so any title that can manage to get the gameplay right is worth a playthrough in my book. However, Deemo is so much more than that. The game’s art style and subtle story meld together beautifully to create an overall presentation that simply works.

Still, with plenty to see, lots of replay value through the many paths you can take, some wonderful illustrations by Gary Chalk, and an intriguing new world, you could do a lot worse in the genre than Gun Dogs. The Fighting Fantasy books on offer from Tin Man Games are probably better, but Gun Dogs has the notable advantage of being completely new, while still maintaining a classic style, and I think that combination has appeal to a lot of fans of gamebooks.