‘Tentacle Wars HD’ for iPad Review – A Fast-paced Strategy Game Reminiscent of ‘Galcon’
Tentacle Wars HD is an enjoyable action strategy game, with appealing graphics, sound and gameplay – but it’s short on levels.
Author: Troy Woodfield
‘Hyper Snake’ Review – A Modern Take on the Classic ‘Snake’
Hyper Snake gives the classic ‘Snake’ game a modern make-over and some superb tilt controls. With six game modes inspired by Asteroids, Pacman and color-matching games, there’s plenty of replay value.
‘Lyst Ignition’ Review – Fast-Paced Color Matching
Falling orbs can be combined to create explosions, vacuums and special effects, while destroying as much matter as possible. After an initial learning curve, this game requires quick thinking and fast tapping.
‘Diggin’ Dogs’ Review – Like ‘Where’s My Water?’, with Doggies
Help three yapping dogs to discover buried treasure by swiping burrows for them. But sorry iPad owners, there’s currently no version for you.
‘Fly With Me’ Review – A Tap-to-flap Game with Limited Flaps
Guide a bird through 45 levels by tapping the screen to flap your wings, but don’t flap too much as you have a limited flap supply.
‘Gorilla Gondola’ Review – It’s King Kong on a Bouncy Gondola
A gorilla has climbed on top of a moving ski-gondola, and your job is to make him jump, stomp, and tilt at the right time to collect items and avoid hazards.
‘Hank Hazard’ Review – A Surprisingly Fun Physics Puzzler Starring a Hamster
Hank is a fearless stunt-hamster. He needs your help to collect stars and hit the target, using only the surrounding objects to make him move. You can drop him, punch him, and set off bombs beside him, to reach the end of the level. But don’t worry, he’s a stunt-hamster, in a protective hamster ball – he can handle it.
‘Star Warfare: Alien Invasion’ Review – A Competent Shooter Hampered By Its Upgrade System
This first-person shooter features non-stop alien-blasting and multiplayer co-op boss-battles, but there’s IAP for some of the coolest weapons and you pay for bullets with the money you earn in-game.
‘Smash Cops’ Review – Pushing a Car Can Actually Be Fun
Smash Cops is all about chasing down and ramming criminals until they crash from the point of view of a news helicopter, and uses an innovative new “push” control system for steering.
‘Puzzlejuice’ Review – A Mashup of Tetris, Match-3 and Boggle
PuzzleJuice combines the spatial skills of Tetris, the logic of a match-3 puzzle and the language skills of Boggle. There’s also power-ups including explosions and a series of objectives to satisfy.
