Game name: Red Ball of Goo
Device: iPad
Article type: Review
Star rating: 4 stars (1 star = lowest score, 5 stars = highest score)
Price: $0.99 for iPhone
Red Ball of Goo is a game that was miraculously produced in a 24-hour period. Now, this may make some people skeptical of the game’s quality, but rest assured, this is not some bland fart app with a red ball. Red Ball of Goo is a simple puzzle game set to grab your addiction at full force.
Game name:Puzzle Quest HD
Device: iPad
Article type: Review
Price: $4.99
Few App Store ports have more history than the original Puzzle Quest [$4.99 / Lite]. It started its life back in 2007 on the Nintendo DS and Sony PSP, then slowly made its way to other platforms over the years before finally winding up on the iPhone. The original release of the game sold for $9.99, and was host to a number of game breaking bugs ranging from incredibly blurry graphics to players just flat out randomly losing their progress. 1.1 was released shortly thereafter, and as a bit of a consolation prize to early adopters, an entire additional episode of content was later bundled in as a free update. After that, a third episode was eventually offered as a DLC pack, but still, Puzzle Quest was never a very good port.
Game name: Angry Birds Halloween
Device: iPhone iPad
Article type: Review / News
Price: $0.99 for iPhone, $1.99 for iPad
This evening Rovio Mobile released a Halloween themed supplement to the original Angry Birds [99¢ / Lite / HD] with the somewhat obvious title of Angry Birds Halloween [99¢ / HD]. There’s not a whole lot to say about it other than it’s another 45 levels of Angry Birds set in a Halloween theme. There is a new spooky theme, ghost pigs, and pumpkins to smash everywhere.
Game name:Ninjatown: SpongeBob Marbles & Slides HD
Device: iPad
Article type: Review
Star rating: 4 stars (1 star = lowest score, 5 stars = highest score)
Price: $4.99 for iPad, $2.99 for iPhone
SpongeBob Marbles & Slides (both for the iPhone and the iPad) is surprising. Oftentimes, a game tied to a license like SpongeBob will be weighed down by bad design, development and implementation. A crunch for time, lack of interest and license mandates have a knack of getting directly in the way of the game’s success. And that’s why Marbles & Slides is surprising; it’s a really good game.
Game name: Tilt to Live HD
Device: iPad
Article type: Review
Price: FREE(iPad) $2.99(iPhone)
The current trend in iPad game releases seems to be for developers to take an existing iPhone game, append “HD” to the end of the name, and increase both the resolution of the graphics and the price– and maybe add an iPad-exclusive feature of two. iPhone developer One Man Left have significantly upped the HD ante this week, releasing one of the best HD remakes I’ve played in quite a while of an existing iPhone game. We loved the original in our review where we explained the basic premise behind the game:
Game name:Ninjatown: Trees of Doom HD
Device: iPad
Article type: Review
Star rating: 4 stars (1 star = lowest score, 5 stars = highest score)
Price: $2.99 for iPad
Let’s get this out on the table to begin with: I know next to nothing about Ninjatown. Some might argue that this fact makes my review of a Ninjatown game suspect, but I beg to disagree.
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Game name: Gangstar: Miami Vindication
Device: iPhone iPad
Article type: Review
Price: $6.99
Much like the original, Gangstar: Miami Vindication features a full city to explore, a wide variety of vehicles to steal, weapons ranging from baseball bats to flame throwers, and a heap of missions to complete.
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Game name:GTA: Chinatown Wars HD
Device: iPad
Article type: Review
Star rating: 4.5 stars (1 star = lowest score, 5 stars = highest score)
Price: $9.99 for iPad
For those of you that might be new to the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad gaming scene, there are several games that simply stand above the rest in terms of quality, features, and overall design. Games like Chaos Rings from Square-Enix, Real Racing from Firemint, and Plants vs. Zombies from Popcap Games all elevate the standards that other companies should strive to meet. Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars fits into this category as well, and arguably stands as the perfect blend of touch features, game play, and overall enjoyment.
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Game name: Danger Derby
Device: iPad
Article type: Review
Price: $4.99 for iPad
Two of my favorite things about the iPad include just how much you can see on screen at once and how well this increased screen size goes with single-device multiplayer. Danger Derby [$4.99] is a top-down racing game that fully embraces these two strengths of the device. Gameplay is a little on the basic side, but as many developers have proven already with games like NimbleBit’s Omium [99¢], solid local multiplayer can make even the simplest of games can be a ton of fun.
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Game name: Mirror’s Edge
Device: iPad iPhone
Article type: Review
Star rating: 4.5 stars (1 star = lowest score, 5 stars = highest score)
Price: $12.99 for iPad and $2.99 for iPhone
Mirrors Edge is a high seed side scrolling platformer. You play as Faith, who is a free runner trying to fight the power, and you do so by running. Kind of a odd premise, but whatever, there have been weirder games so I’ll let it slide. In the game you generally run from point a to point b while trying not to die.
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Game name: Sudoku 2 Pro HD
Device: iPad
Article type: Review
Star rating: 4.5 stars (1 star = lowest score, 5 stars = highest score)
Price: $2.99
There are a LOT of sudoku games out there in the ether of the app store. Some are decent, some are okay, and some make you wish for the paper and pencil variety. A small number are very good, and fewer still are what I would call spectacular. Sudoku 2 Pro HD is an awkward name for what is hands down the best sudoku game I’ve played on the iPad.
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