Reviews


Worth iTrying
Juggernaut: Revenge of Sovering

By Jorge Figueiredo - May 22nd, 2013

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Juggernaut: Revenge of Sovering is a free-to-play fantasy game from the folks at Mail.Ru. This strange, grindy hybrid of turn-based fighting and strategy is not your typical iOS animal; but it is definitely entertaining and easy on the eyeballs. An entertaining and goofy trip to be sure.

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Reviews
Soul Sacrifice

By Jorge Figueiredo - May 22nd, 2013

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Marvelous AQL’s and SCE Japan Studio’s Soul Sacrifice for the Playstation Vita is a grim tale of sorcery and woe that forces you to make decisions more often than is comfortable – which makes the game even more intriguing and challenging. With a heavy story mode, a pile of cool characters and a solid combat mechanic, Soul Sacrifice is a great deal of fun, if not slightly depressing (due to the nature of the plot) and repetitive (game-play).

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Worth iTrying
Mazement

By Jorge Figueiredo - May 20th, 2013

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Have you every played the original Labyrinth game? I’m not referring to a videogame; I’m talking about the physical game in which you guide a silver ball through a wooden maze by using a tilting mechanism, avoiding pitfalls in the form of holes that will cause your marble to fall. If that is a game that you have enjoyed (or the thought of playing something with that description brings a smile to your face), then have I got a new game for you to try out. Wronghut, a development company from Finland, has created an iOS game called Mazement that does a fairly good job capturing the allure of Labyrinth.

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Updates
Alien Hive
Blitz Mode

By Jorge Figueiredo - May 19th, 2013

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Last month I posted a review for Appxplore’s sliding puzzler: Alien Hive. Last week, Appxplore announced a new mode for the game called “Blitz Mode”, in which the player has only 60 seconds to attain as large a score as possible. This update is free (for both iOS and Android), and is an even more addictive version of a game that I was already playing far too much for my own good.

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Review
Strike Suit Infinity

By Jorge Figueiredo - May 18th, 2013

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“Stay on target. Stay on target.”

Who likes mechs? Ah. I can see that a fair number of you like the idea of being able to pummel the crap out of things housed in the relative safety of a giant robot. Now how many of you would like to kick some butt in a transforming space mech? Yes, I thought so. Well, partners: gather around and let me tell you about the little purchase that you are about to make called Strike Suit Infinity by Born Ready Games.

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Review
Zombie Tycoon 2: Brainhov’s Revenge

By Jorge Figueiredo - May 17th, 2013

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I was somewhat excited to try out Frima Studios’ Zombie Tycoon 2: Brainhov’s Revenge. Usually, any of the small number of games that I have tried with the word “tycoon” in the title have been a source of entertainment for me1. The only factor that gave me pause in this case was how well this RTS would play on a console/handheld rather than the PC (which has the benefit of having a keyboard and mouse). Surprisingly, the controls were never an issue; unfortunately, what started out as a fairly fun concept quickly shambled to a halt due to other issues – making this game a balancing act comprised of great parts, and not-so-great parts.

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Review
Urbanears Slussen

By Jorge Figueiredo - May 16th, 2013

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My love of DJ Hero is known to many1; and during my all-too-brief interludes with the game, I fancy myself to be quite the star. While I know I’ll never be spinning platters at an actual club, I frequently browse through products for my devices that might allow for some fun ways to play music when I host parties at my house. Urbanears has produced a neat little free iOS app called Slussen that fits the bill quite nicely. Even more interesting: they have also created an inexpensive adapter that puts the “extra fun” in “extra functionality”.

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