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Despite its widely-spaced checkpoints and ad deluge, Pyro Jump Rescue is an engaging little action game that's guaranteed to make you say "Aw, one more time" when you screw up. Just try not to let yourself get distracted by all the shiny pitches for slot machine apps.

That’s probably a bit too complicated to implement, and anyway, what Groove Planet does already is pretty outstanding. It’s a clicker that was clearly made by people with a deep love and understanding of music, and because of that, it just might be the most satisfying one I’ve ever played.

It's a small thing, really. Despite its slightly awkward free-to-play nature and its sometimes-bizarre controls, Starlit Adventures is cute, sweet, and compelling. Can't ask for much more out of a game that's about a mole.

Give It Up! 2 boasts improvements in all areas, and it is still cripplingly difficult when it wants to be. Even more so than the previous game half the time. Mainly, it offers tons of replayability as you go through each difficulty of each stage one by one, looking for coins and hidden paths that snake their way between the difficulties. It can be frustrating to the max, but it's my kind of frustrating. If you like impossible games at all, don't skip this one.

It's a solid, finished game at a premium price with no IAP to boot. If you like puzzle platformers, and if you like games like LostWinds, this is a must buy. A short, sweet, and fairly brilliant ride through a colorful and imaginative world.

If you can overlook some flaws that have persisted through this whole line of games from Crescent Moon, you'll probably enjoy this return to Aralon quite a bit. On the other hand, if you weren't wowed by their previous efforts, you'll likely be even less wowed with this game. Forge And Flame is quite good, especially considering its scope, but it's not quite great.

Munch is a good port of a fun but flawed game that unfortunately shows its age and era a little too much. If you have the patience to see yourself through the parts of the game that don't work very well, however, you'll get a good time out of the parts that do.

There are far worse problems for a game to have than too much free content, though. If you haven't played Blendoku before, I'd easily recommend skipping ahead to this one, as it's a more refined and well-rounded package.

If you've always wanted to get into a classic adventure game and have found others to be too hard or obscure, you'll probably enjoy Sanitarium quite a bit. It's also a great choice for those who just want to get into a good story or experience a unique, surreal atmosphere without any of the hassles of trying to make a cat-hair mustache.

In any event, it’s still a super enjoyable game despite any flaws--if you could even call them flaws. Maybe my favorite thing about Progress to 100, though, is that most games have one or two gimmicks, and I think there’s something to be said for a game that has all the gimmicks.