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Doodle Bomb Review
Doodle Bomb is a physics puzzle game where you must progress through 50 levels, throwing bombs at switches to open the door to the next level. This is made more difficult as the game progresses, requiring the player to think ahead before tossing a bomb. You throw bombs by tapping on the screen where you want the bomb to go. Tapping further from your character throws the bombs harder while you tap closer to lob them more gently. Tilting the iPhone can add some roll to your bomb after i…
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Comet Racer Review
The newest in Donut Games' lineup of arcade games for the iPhone is Comet Racer. Comet Racer is a simple, top down racing game where you fly a spaceship around paths cut out of asteroids in the shortest amount of time possible. Like many of Donut Games' games, the controls are very easy to use and understand, with a button for acceleration and two buttons to steer left and right. You need only steer your spaceship around the asteroids, avoiding the walls and occasional missle whilst t…
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Buster Red Review
Buster Red is a simple, top down arcade style space shooter in which you advance through levels by simply shooting through the many waves of enemies that fly onto the screen. You control your ship by dragging your finger around the screen to move whilst avoiding enemies and enemy fire. To save you from RSI, your ship is constantly firing so you need only drag it to the appropriate places on the screen to shoot the waves of enemies. The game offers early powerups to give you maxi…
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Battle Blasters Review
Battle Blasters is a futuristic combat sport which pits ruthless warriors against each other in a fight for survival, all for the entertainment of the veiwing audience. Players take up position at the top and bottom of the screen and must annihalate the opponent using projectile attacks and shields for defense. Players use the touch screen for all movement and attack moves, and for the most they are quite intuitive. Tap in your area of play to move around and avoid attacks, swipe at y…
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Angry Birds to Get Another 40 levels
It was released this morning that Chillingos' next update for Angry Birds is going to feature an additional 40 levels, two new environments plus online leader board and achievement features. Angry Birds is the kind of physics sim come castle demolisher that follows on from games like Crush the Castle. They also released a great looking trailer for the upcoming update. Watch our Review of Angry Birds…
RIDGE RACER ACCELERATED Review
Riiidge Racer! Who could forget that beckoning call in the arcades? Ridge Racer has finally hit the iPhone but unfortunately, this one is something to steer clear of. The usual game modes are on offer, Arcade, Duel and Survival. Arcade is a basic race, Duel pits you against another car, and Survival is exactly as it sounds, with the last place car being eliminated each lap. Controls are limited to tilt steering, and is one of the worst implementations this reviewer has seen. They just…
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Assassin's Creed II Discovery Review
Assassin's Creed II Discovery is the latest release in the renowned Assassin's Creed series from Ubisoft. The iPhone version is a sidescrolling platformer with a focus on speed, stealth, and action to entertain the player as they take on a series of missions following the story of beloved hero Ezio. The game is controlled through a fairly intuitive slider bar which is used to move Ezio at different speeds while 3 context sensitive buttons provide options from standard fighting and jum…
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Battle of Puppets Review
Ever since the 2008 release of Little Big Planet, the appeal of small puppets has grown exponentially; costumed ‘sackboys’ and various other mimics are quite common nowadays. In Battle of Puppets, you take control of a puppet master who in an attempt to reach Broadway with your show must use your puppets and fight against a rival performer and his equally cute puppet army. Much like an RTS, players select units to create and send them out to fight the incoming enemies. Dif…
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Dawn of the Dead™ Review
With the popularity of blockbuster movies and zombie themed games being produced like hotcakes in the appstore, it was only a matter of time before a hybrid of the two would be soon released. Based on the popular film, Dawn of the Dead is a top down shooter which takes place in Crossroads Mall, where you choose to play either a salesman, nurse or policeman and fight off the hordes of zombies in order to survive. Each of the players have their own perks, however you'll find out s…
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Driver™ Review
Its been 10 years since Driver was first released on the PC and PSOne, and now thanks to Gameloft players have the opportunity to relive the action and excitement of this classic now on iPhone. For those who aren't familiar with the title, Driver is an open-world driving game which follows the story of Tanner, an undercover cop who has been chosen to infiltrate a criminal syndicate by posing as a talented getaway driver. Unlike similar titles such as GTA and Gangstar, Driver focuses p…
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Tall Bike Joust Review
Just when you thought you’d seen all the extreme, underground sports around, along comes Tall Bike Joust to knock you off your high horse… or bike. Yes, the medieval spectacle of jousting has been given a modern century reboot and is now ready to play on your iPhone. Players create a character, assign different attributes and enter various tournaments to see who the dominant Jouster is. Players control their bike’s speed by cycling with their fingers on either side…
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Necromancer Rising Review
Necromancer Rising is a dark tale of magic, mystery and all the other macabre goodies you’d expect to find in an RPG. The corpse of your wife and child have been snatched from the local graveyard by an evil necromancer for his undead army, so now it’s up to you to delve underground in pursuit. Players must collect quests and enter dungeons in order to gain experience, better items and further your progress. Your character will be controlled by the two d-pads on the screen…
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Rat On A Scooter XL Review
If you're anything like this reviewer, the name of this game itself was enough to pull you in and see what it was all about. Rat on a Scooter was originally a mini game which came free with previous release Rat on the Run. The game essentially is just as the name states, you play a rat who rides a scooter and must continue to drive and jump platforms until you eventually miss one and fall off the screen. The mini game was so well liked that the developers decided to make it a full blo…
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Are You Alright? Review
Much like the Tower Defence genre, Time Management games have made a name for themselves on the iPhone. Whether players are directing airplanes or customers in a restaurant, the genre has really embraced the new platform and found an audience. Are You Alright? is one of the latest releases in the genre and puts players in control of busy hospitals around the world. Players will need to drag patients into various machines as quick as possible to ensure that they leave healthy and with…
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Arctopia: A Puzzle Game (Chapters 1-14) Review
Arctopia is a chilled out puzzle game that puts players in control of a small penguin as he must extinguish a number of small fires in each level. To do so, you’ll need to move around large ice cubes, create new cubes and manipulate other obstacles. Players control the penguin’s movement by using the onscreen arrows and can create ice cubes by tapping on the snowflake icon. Ice can only be created on a downward diagonal angle and you cannot directly put out flames adding a…
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