Touch Arcade

Despite the minor issues I have with the game’s iOS version, Hindsight is an essential if you enjoy emotional narratives. I love how it constantly has you interacting even with simple swipes as you experience great narration, music, and a memorable story.

Into the Breach is beyond essential, and the iOS version is almost everything I wanted in a mobile port. I hope potential future updates can add cloud syncing across devices and even haptic feedback. While the latter is more of a want than a need, cloud progress syncing is important in a game like this.

It’s a really fun beat-em-up that holds up well and plays nicely on mobile. Perhaps not the most original of games in terms of mechanics, but it does what it does well and gives you a lot of entertaining sights and sounds along the way.

I know the wait for Dicey Dungeons on mobile has been a lot longer than I expected, but it has been worth it to see the game release in such a polished state. While it has a few issues that I hope can be fixed in potential updates, Dicey Dungeons is plain brilliant and a perfect fit on iOS.

It’s one of those puzzlers that you can just get cozy with in those spare pockets of time that crop up each day, and a good follow-up to Maciej Targoni’s other well-designed games.

It has a fun theme that it executes well, and that goes a long way to hiding the actual bread-and-butter game that it is. It plays well enough on mobile, and I cannot stress enough that you get to pick up robot arms and beat other robots with them.

Overall though, it’s hard to find much of any note to complain about with Hero Emblems II. As unusual as the first game was in its time, this sequel is an even rarer jewel. It adheres doggedly to what was established in the first game, increasing the depth with new mechanics and variables without stepping too far away from what worked. It’s also absolutely massive, with a full RPG’s worth of story to play through.

It’s a shame there isn’t an easier way to get a two-player game going, because that would add some mustard to a game that desperately needs it. Without that, Burning Fight is what it always was: a completely forgettable scrolling beat-em-up that nevertheless will help you pass an idle hour or so should you require its services.

The Switch version remains the most feature-complete thanks to offering both touch and button control options with its hybrid nature helping out even more with flexibility in playstyles. I’m hoping controller support and some wallpaper options can be added to fill up the black bars, because a premium priced release shouldn’t feel like bare-bones console to mobile conversion.

It’s an Apple Arcade-like choice, but the price is fair bit higher. Is Poinpy worth that? It’s a question I can’t answer for you, but I can tell you that this is a superb mobile game. It fits the format perfectly, it’s easy and satisfying to dig into, and like Downwell it seems to give you back more the more you put into it. It’s a reason to pay attention to Netflix’s gaming initiative, and is honestly a fair bit more exciting than anything we’ve seen on Apple Arcade of late.