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Struck: Strategy + Luck Review
Looking for a puzzle game that offers something different to traditional board games? As the name suggests, Struck is a puzzle game in which players must rely on their own strategy and luck in order to win. The basic goal is for players to occupy all four of their opponent's goal squares whist blocking them from capturing your own. To roll the dice players must shake their iPhone and then tap the screen to move their pieces along the board. The number of moves a player can make each t…
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Underwater: Columns Colors The Game 2 Review
Underwater The Game 2 is a match 3 bejewelled-inspired take on the classic puyo puyo formula that is completely gesture based. Set in the bottom of the ocean, players need to match up like-coloured jelly fish as they fall from the top of the screen to uncover the image hidden in the background. The game controls are all located in an action bar at the bottom of the screen where players have the option to move the jelly fish left or right, drop the jellyfish or shuffle the colours of t…
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Totemo Review
Totemo is a match 3 style puzzle game where you must help the witch doctor free trapped spirits from an evil spell by vertically or horizontally matching rows of contiguous spirits until none are left on the game board. The controls for the game are easy to use with players only needing to tap the screen to make their selections and unlike typical match 3 games, players may also be required to match between two to four spirits depending on the level requirement. This provides an chall…
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Screw The Dealer Pro Review
For those looking for something a little different to the traditional card game, Screw the Dealer Pro has now arrived in the appstore. Screw the Dealer Pro is mixture of the classic 'Whist', 'Trumps', 'Spades' and 'Oh Hell' card games with its own twist that will keep players thinking on their toes. The twist is that winning hands isn't the most important thing in the game, although you will earn a point for each that you do. Instead the focus lays on the player bidding the right amou…
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Cabby Review
Everybody knows driving cars on the ground was so yesterday! Similar to the style of of Atari's arcade classic Lunar Lander, Cabby is a 3D thrust based game set in the future where players must pick up and drop off passengers and parcels as quickly as they can in a flying taxi without crashing or running out of fuel. Although the game doesn't include a tutorial, the controls are fairly basic and easy to pick up with a bit of practice. The key to mastering this game is for players to f…
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Alex The Fox Review
Alex the fox is a mad dash and collect game where you play Alex, a hungry fox who's normally well behaved, but now facing starvation, he has resorted to stealing eggs from the village in order to feed himself. With the full moon in the sky, you must act quickly and collect as many eggs as possible whilst avoiding the items being hurled at you by the angry villagers you stole from. Players are able to guide Alex to the eggs and avoid objects by touching and dragging their finger across…
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Florix Review
Florix is a puyo puyo style arcade game set in a flower garden where the player must clear the falling flowers by matching the colours of the petals with other flowers that have previously fallen to the ground. Each flower petal has its own colour. As players eliminate flowers, new ones continue to grow on twigs at the top of the screen and fall to the ground. Players are able to move the flowers by swiping their finger along the screen and can rotate the petals by touching on either…
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BEN HUR LIVE Review
History has come to life with United Soft Media's debut release Ben- Hur Live! Based on the epic film and touring stage show, Ben Hur Live! is an action packed chariot racing game where players must race for glory across three big arenas in Rome, Egypt and Jerusalem. Players race their chariots by tapping on their own horses to increase their speed and sliding their finger across the screen to steer. Getting the right balance between speed and endurance is key to attaining victory in…
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Brothers In Arms® Hour of Heroes Review
Players prepare for war and enter the battlefield with Gameloft's latest Brothers in Arms offshoot, Brothers in Arms: Hour of Heroes (referred to as BiA:HoH). Based on the popular PC/Console series, BiA:HoH is a 3D third person shooter where you become a soldier of the 101st Airborne who has been recruited to fight against the Nazi Germany war machine. The default controls for the game are easy enough to use however there are three schemes available for players to choose from. The gam…
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Abby Crabby Review
Abby Crabby is a deep sea rescue adventure game where you play the role of Abby, a mother crab who lives at the bottom of the ocean underneath the Pacific Garbage Patch, whose duty it is to protect her babies from being squashed by falling trash. Players are able to move Abby across the ocean floor by using the tilt motion and can catch trash in her claws by touching them on the screen. Players can also make Abby throw trash at other falling items to blow them up or throw the trash ou…
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Let's TAP : Tap Runner Review
Players take your marks and get ready to race through space in Prope's interactive action-packed adventure, Let's Tap: Tap Runner. Previously released on the Nintendo Wii, Let's Tap: Tap runner offers players 16 stages across 4 tiers with stages 1-4 open from the beginning and the rest is unlockable with achievements. The controls for this game are vibration based and it is advised that players should find something like a tissue box to rest their iPhone on during game play to get the…
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Scene It? Twilight Review
Twilight fans and movie buffs alike will be racing to sink their teeth into the next instalment of the Scene It? franchise, Scene It?: Twilight. The game offers players over 500 multiple choice questions in six different game modes with over 40 puzzles in each game mode based on movie clips, music and audio from the movie. The game also offers a multiplayer “Twilightning” mode where players can compete against their friends and can share their scores on Facebook and Twitte…
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MONOPOLY Review
Monopoly fans who were disappointed with the earlier release of Monopoly: Here and Now will be very pleased with EA Games' second release of the popular franchise, Monopoly. Unlike the previous release, Monopoly features all of the classical properties that were featured in the original board game such as St. Charles Place, Illinois Avenue and Boardwalk. The controls for the game are easy to use. To roll the dice the player needs to give their iPhone a quick shake and to buy, sell and…
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Aztec Quest Review
Aztec Quest is a 3D puzzle game that not only tests player's problem solving abilities in new and exciting ways but also pushes the barriers of creativeness to its limits by featuring a neat full level editor which allows players to customise and share their own maps online so other players can download and try them out. The aim of the game is for players to construct a pathway using a given set of gadgets that will allow the ball to drop and roll from the totem pole to the diamond wi…
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QuizQuizQuiz Review
Think you're a bit of a know it all? Then test your knowledge and race against the clock in this fast paced highly addictive edition of QuizQuizQuiz. Developed by professional Quiz Masters, QuizQuizQuiz is a general knowledge trivia based game that offers the player over 5000 questions in a variety of categories with a question engine that prevents previous answered questions being repeated. The controls for this game are very easy to use. To select a category or answer all the player…
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