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Do Do EGG! Review
Do Do Egg is a game of increments. First you learn how the game works, then you learn how to extend combos, then you learn how to chain together half the board, then you win. This is a take on the very popular match-3 genre but instead of swapping around gems in groups of three or more, you're drawing lines between two eggs of the same color that have two other eggs in the middle. As long as this holds true, you can continue your line until you've clocked in a mammoth combo, and you ne…
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Jelly Defense Review
It seems odd that despite having other games under their belt, the one thing that stands out in my mind from Infinite Dreams is 'Let's Create! Pottery'. It's strange because Pottery is less of a game and more of a toy with some objectives, but more importantly because their Jelly series of mini-games has finally culminated in the recent release of Jelly Defense on the App Store. What's immediately striking about Jelly Defense is the simple, yet perfectly zany aesthetic that uses littl…
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KATAMARI Amore Review
Games within the KATAMARI series by Namco Bandai very rarely need an introduction as the setup is quite usually always the same: The King of All Cosmos has his eyes set upon collecting various interesting and wonderful objects from planet Earth and the poor 5cm tall Prince must roll it up in his 'Katamari' to satisfy the King's desire. What makes Amore so exciting is that it's not the first Katamari game to hit the App Store, so expectations are high when you consider how much more raw…
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Apple Schedules 'Let's talk iPhone' Event For 4th October
Apple has invited several members of the press to a special "Let's Talk iPhone" event on October 4th, which can only mean one thing: an official announcement of at least one new iPhone. Strangely, the event is being held at Apple's Cupertino campus rather than in San Francisco - the venue for all previous iPhone and iPad launches. It's still unknown whether we'll see the iPhone 5, the iPhone 4S, or both at the unveiling, though you can probably rule out an iPad 3. We can safely assume that the highly anticipated iOS 5 software update will also receive a slice of the attention next Tuesday, with some new details and a more definite release date presumably forthcoming. Hopefully.…
SHADOWGUN Review
Sure, we've had shooters before on the App Store and they've been received with mixed amounts of love and hate. Some of the best have gone on to become shrines of multiplayer fun, but the single-player experience has often been lacking as you're left with the usual draw-by-numbers war-torn battlefield formula. SHADOWGUN by MADFINGER Games, better known for their Samurai series have busted out with a gorgeous cover-based shooter in an attempt to break this routine. Sadly it stumbles fr…
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Reckless Getaway Update Adds New Chapter, Extra Car and Tracks
If you rob a bank, speed along highways, and ram unsuspecting police cars in real life, you'll probably end up paying through the nose in legal fees. Luckily, if you grab Reckless Getaway from Apple's App Store, the above mayhem will only cost you $2.99. Huzzah! Even more luckily, Reckless Getaway has just been updated by Polarbit, who have thrown in a brand-new chapter, an extra automobile, and some additional tracks. Reckless Getaway managed to grab itself a excellent 4/5 at review, so speed on over to the App Store, get your racing gloves on, and get behind that wheel.…
The Sims™ Medieval Review
The Sims has always been a strange beast. Just the initial concept of taking over someone else's life and guiding them through the mundane tasks that make up our own existence takes on kind of a sinister tone when you think about it. Of course if you think a little more, the RPG genre is all about taking over another person's life, and if you grind enough, monster slaying can become as monotonous as attending a nine to five job and having to cook yourself dinner every night. It's kind…
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Haraka Review
When you dive in to the 'classic' archives for inspiration, Pong regularly comes up as a concept that begs for re-imagining. While some have taken a literal approach to the task and others have taken far more abstract paths, Haraka by Studio Joho and Mental Drink only retains the one on one ball-bouncing aspect of the game and still manages to dredge up Atari-soaked memories of the past. Haraka divides the screen in half, giving each player a portrait oriented court they must defend.…
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"Hic sunt dracones" or "Let me go kick the server"
For those after the link to the Idyllic! review, you can check it out via the updated link here: http://www.appspy.com/idyllic-ios-review…
Action-Adventure Bullet Time Shoots Onto iPhone In November
The only major gripe Andrew had with Danish studio Kiloo's otherwise ace Frisbee Forever concerned the game's in-app purchase system. If you have any ambitions on unlocking the later levels, you see, and thereby completing the Frisbee Forever experience, you're gonna need to commit either some serious wonga or some serious time. For the sake of those with limited attention spans and an overdraft, let's all hope that Kiloo's forthcoming action-adventure game Bullet Time adopts a different business model. Subtitled 'The Tale of John Irish', Bullet Time is set in a Terminator-style post-apocalyptic world in which your family have been abducted and razor blades are at a premium. Unsurprising…
Idyllic! Review
For a while after first playing Idyllic, we here at AppSpy were a little confused. Yes the visuals of this bizarre alien landscape combined with the amazing music indeed painted an idyllic picture, but then there was the gameplay. Every time the character we controlled touched one of the islands, the island itself would burst from gloomy blues into earthy greens and browns, but the trees would be destroyed, leaving only leaf-less husks. Was our character bringing life back to this alie…
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Win An iPad 2 In Smartphone Alliance Reader Survey 2011
Have you ever gazed longingly down at that thing in your lap and thought, "Hmmm, if only it were bigger"? That's why Apple invented the iPad. To stop you from suffering from Little Man Syndrome forever, the publishers of AppSpy - Steel Media - are giving you the chance to win an iPad 2 (or Android tablet) via its Smartphone Alliance ad network. All you have to do, fair AppSpy readers, to be in with a shout of landing that free iPad 2 is answer a few questions on your smartphone habits in the Smartphone Alliance Reader Survey 2011. So, five minutes out of your day for a lifetime of touchscreen-tablet happiness. Seems like a good swap. Just remember one thing: big up AppSpy in Question 15…
HECTOR: Ep3 – Beyond Reasonable Doom Review
It becomes increasingly difficult to review episodic games like Hector and other releases from Telltale because all the episodes of a series are planned together, so there's usually not much difference in quality of presentation, writing or gameplay. Hector – Beyond Reasonable Doom is the third and final installment in this series based on the world's worst police officer. Like episode one, the previous game left on a cliffhanger, with both Hector and Lambert finding out the ide…
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Hands-On Preview of Katamari Amoré by Namco Bandai
This week we have something extra special as we take a look at Namco Bandai's latest installment in the Katamari series on the iOS. Screenshots available below the preview video.…
Sponsored Feature: Frogger Decades On iPhone
Konami seem to be fairly happy with how their partnership with Revolutionary Concepts has gone so far, and it's easy to see why. The first title of a four-game contract with the developer was Gesundheit!, which boasted an unusual setup and an adorable crayon-drawn art style. Next up was Frogger Decades, a revival of Konami’s amphibian arcade-platformer franchise that has been praised for its top-notch presentation and enjoyably challenging gameplay. Brandon Church (producer and game designer for Konami) and Wayne Whatford (CEO and creative director at Revolutionary Concepts) spoke to us about the partnership's first two titles, how the relationship is working so far, and the possibi…
