iOS
If you’re old enough to remember a time before the Xbox, you’ll potentially have fond memories of something called the Sega Dreamcast, arguably the greatest console of its time but relentlessly beaten to death by the PlayStation 2.
One of the Dreamcast’s standout titles was Crazy Taxi, and having recently test-driven the iOS version, I’m pleased to say it successfully tickled my nostalgia valves.
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Draw Something 2 iOS review
The original Draw Something was a bit of a social gaming phenomenon, and saw Zynga snap up the title – along with developer OMGPOP – for a whopping $210 million.
Alas, as the saying goes, all good social gaming phenomena must come to an end (see: Words With Friends, which was everywhere at one point), and there was a huge drop-off in play – from 15 million to 10 million in the month after Zynga’s purchase.
One year later, with Draw Something 2, Zynga aims to inject the fun back into proceedings. But is there life in the old app yet?
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Google Search iOS review
Over the past few months, I’ve been using the iOS Google Search app a heck of a lot, perhaps more so than my actual browser (Chrome).
The app has been making headlines lately due to Google Now-related battery concerns, and since Google I/O is currently underway in San Francisco, I figured what better time to review Google Search.
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I’ll hold my hands up and say that I didn’t spend a great deal of time with the first two Real Racing games. Long enough to realise that they were impressive, yes, but not quite enough to scribble several hundred words in their favour.
I’ve more than made up for it with Real Racing 3, with countless hours invested this week. Several hundred words be on their way below, but are they entirely favourable? Only my brain knows the answer to that.
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And back we go to our trusty friends at FDG Entertainment, the guys who brought us Clear Vision, Banana Kong, Roar Rampage, Slayin’ and Slide Circus. Phew.
Keeping with the mixed bag theme, Tentacle Wars is nothing like any of the aforementioned, but it is really very good.
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The likes of Candy Crush Saga and Iron Man 3, while not necessarily bad games, almost crushed my faith in mobile as a platform, what with all their freemium nonsense.
But for every handful of money-grabbing crud, there seems to be a shining diamond in the rough. Last week I adored Fetch, and this week I’ve had the pleasure of playing through Year Walk, one of the creepiest and certainly most original games I’ve encountered all year.
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Long-term readers will have inevitably picked up on the fact that I’m a bit of a geek, which kinda goes hand in hand with writing about mobiles all the live long day. Just last week, I attended a midnight showing of Iron Man 3, which I believe was, like, one of the first showings in the UK. I’m pretty cool. Ahem.
Fast-forward one week, and I have the pleasure of reviewing Iron Man 3: The Official Game. Well, I say pleasure…
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You wouldn’t be-lieve the trouble that PR ladies Karen and Selene went to in order to get me a review copy of Fetch; we’re probably talking dozens of emails, encompassing both sides of the Atlantic. Had the game been rubbish, I would’ve felt fantastically awkward.
Fortunately, Fetch is quite possibly one of the most unique and endearing games on the App Store. Phew! What a relief.
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I like to think we’ve covered most of the smartphone classics here at Mobot. I’m thinking Angry Birds (including Star Wars and Space), Plants vs. Zombies, Infinity Blade I and II…
But one gaping hole is Fruit Ninja, and since the HD version is currently free for the iPad*, I figured I might as well pick it up and scribble a few hundred words for posterity. To my slight surprise, despite being three years old, it remains freakin’ excellent.
*I swear the price went back up to £1.99 as I was writing the review! Still worth every penny though.
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Take a look at the top free apps on the App Store and you’ll see Candy Crush Saga riding high. It’s pretty popular, man. Now take a look at the highest grossing apps, and right at the top is – you guessed it – Candy Crush Saga.
See, Candy Crush Saga is nothing short of a master-class in how to milk money from the smartphone gaming masses. But that's not to say it's bad.
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