Tag Archives: fast-paced

Magic Mansion by Nitrome is probably best categorized as an endless, vertical runner, or more like an endless climber in this instance, with randomized levels. You begin with a witch, but after gathering coins, you can unlock other avatars as well. No matter what you look like, every character plays …

I know people say that reviews and criticism should contain an element of objective reasoning rather than emotional gut feeling, and those people are usually right. Not today, though. When a game makes me so frustrated that I want to throw my phone at the wall after only the tutorial, …

For as long as I have been gaming on iOS, I have ignored genres that I considered “console genres” – genres I could never see making the transition to my phone’s screen in a way that I would find satisfying. I have long considered first-person shooters one such genre. But …

Tap Robo seems like a good idea on paper. Tapper games are what they are, and what they are is nonsensically compelling. Watching those numbers go up and up with whichever distinctive aesthetic flourish (shout-out to Tap My Katamari) as one mindlessly bops their phone can be cathartic for the …

Onwards is a game of trial and error, a game in which your patience, ability and reflexes will be put to the test. This is a game that can either trap you for long sessions or piss you off just enough to delete it from your phone. It goes like …

Cobi Arrows is created by the award-winning company Cobra. The game is very cute little pixel art game. The objective of the first game mode is to see how many points you can get in 30 seconds. Think of it as a virtual game of darts. The aiming in the …

Burnout City, published by DaeriSoft, is a casual driving action game involving stealing a car and avoiding police. Your car automatically has the gas pedal to the floor and you must press left and right to steer your wild ride past police cars, buildings, buses and roadblocks. You can reverse …

In Little Traders, you’ll manage your very own stock trading company starting from the very bottom (you’ll start your business at the basement so, yea). I have no experience in stock trading whatsoever but this game is actually very simple to play. You just need to trust your instinct and …

Some might consider TIME LOCKER to be a game that practices minimalism, with its rough, simplistic character designs and a grid-like interface that almost seem bare. It seem the developer wanted to keep the interaction with the players to a minimum, for the game has no tutorial or how to …