++ REBOOTING FOR 2014 ++
++ WHAT DO YOU MEAN I CAN’T LIE-IN EVERY DAY NOW SADFACE ++
And that’s your lot for 2013. See you next year, where the plan is to be a bit less sporadic, but absolutely not any more wordy!
1. Device 6: itunes.apple.com/us/app/device-… – Captivating, challenging, unique mix of game and fiction. Utterly suited to iOS. Terrific. Buy it!
And, yes, we should have given Boson X a 5/5 at the time, rather than a relatively miserly 4/5. We’re only human.
Anyway, now for no. one…
2. Boson X: itunes.apple.com/gb/app/boson-x… – Canabalt meets Super Hexagon with a dash of Tempest. Hugely replayable endless runner with style.
3. Death Ray Manta (DRM): itunes.apple.com/gb/app/death-r… – Oddball, fantastic dual-stick shooter where every level is framed as a puzzle to solve.
4. Super Stickman Golf 2: itunes.apple.com/gb/app/super-s… – Superb artillery game with live/turn-based multiplayer & varied, imaginative courses.
5. CRUSH!: itunes.apple.com/us/app/crush!/… – Stripped-back reverse Tetris-meets-Collapse. The best well-based action-puzzler on iOS.
6. Ridiculous Fishing: itunes.apple.com/gb/app/ridicul… – Sweet-natured, polished arcade effort with plenty of heart. And guns. And fish guts.
7. Impossible Road: itunes.apple.com/us/app/impossi… – Hellishly difficult but horribly addictive endless survival game set on a ribbon in space.