Mobile gaming is becoming more and more commonplace but sorting through that junk is often pretty difficult. Writing full reviews for mobile games is often tedious and boring but we still want to be able to help you guys out when it comes to figuring out what is worth your time, so sorting through the crud is what Wandering Wednesdays is all about. Each week we’ll look through the app store and try out a few of the latest releases, letting you know if something is worthwhile or not. This week I played all the games, well not all of them but I did try a lot of them. ~Chris
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I spent countless hours playing Worms with friends huddled over a keyboard blowing each other up with grenades, rocket launchers and exploding sheep. It’s been a long time since I played a Worms game though and I wasn’t sure how the game would translate to iOS. Fortunately Team 17’s latest title, Worms 3, works quite well on the platform and is a ton of fun to play. The portability of the iPad means that you can bring Worms anywhere and easily play with friends by just passing the device around.
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Adult Swim has a pretty solid track record when it comes to making games. While most of them are simple games that can be played in one’s web browser, the humor and fun in those simple games is often unparalleled. Amateur Surgeon 3 continues this fine tradition admirably. Utilizing over-the-top cartoon visuals and an easy touch interface, the game has you quickly performing emergency surgery to remove all manner of crazy material from the patient. There is little skill involved but I was laughing to much to really care.[/one_half_last]
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EA Sports’ Madden series is the premier football franchise on all platforms but Gameloft would like to challenge that throne with their new title, NFL Pro 2014. Graphically, it is quite a good looking game but it suffers from a lack of authentic players, a play book locked behind a pay wall, advertising showing up every two minutes of gameplay, and a functionally broken control scheme. I’d steer as far away from this one as you can.[/one_half]
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Every week there seems to be a couple of new platformers trying to set their mark on the gaming industry and this week is no exception. Gleamer gets rid of the cutesy graphics that populate most platformers and instead goes for geometric, vector based graphics. The idea is to move the box through the level gathering the stars, the catch is that the box moves on its own and gains speed every time it hits a wall, making the game quite fast paced and something of a challenging puzzle, trying to figure out the best route to take.
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This is probably going to sound a little weird but Momonga is a narrative driven game of pinball. Following the exploits of a little flying squirrel that has had his family kidnapped, Momonga tasks players with navigating different areas by using the flippers and hitting targets to open up new areas of the field. Despite being an awkward premise for a game, it actually plays quite well. Its strong variety of levels consistently pushes the pinball skills of the player, while at the same time being cutesy and fun.
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Last week was Shark Week and what better way to celebrate than to play a game where you eat scuba divers and evolve into a giant mega-shark over time. Hungry Shark Evolution is that game. The game is pretty simple and involves players controlling a shark via either tilt or touch controls and eating everything in its path. The more you eat, the longer you can stay alive in the water, that is of course providing you don’t come across a school of hungrier sharks. [/one_half_last]
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I wasn’t sure what to expect when I jumped into Champs: Battlegrounds. On the surface it looked like a customizable card game where battles played out via 3D representations of each card. I was not anywhere close in my estimation, Champs is not a CCG and the battles are real time tactics and not just graphical flare. Using a grid, players will move the components of their customizable army, ala Final Fantasy Tactics, in an effort to reach a certain point base before the other team. It being real time makes for a quick paced game and there are enough different heroes to recruit that the tactics can change on a fairly regular basis.
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Ultima is one of the most historic names in roleplaying games. However, it has been a long time since the series released anything relevant. EA Mythic’s latest game, Ultima Forever: Quest for the Avatar may have done something about that. Playing a bit like a Diablo clone, Ultima Forever looks great, has a well thought out main quest, and some really great music. The smart, bite sized level design makes it a good game to just pick up and play and while it may not be quite as ground breaking as past entries in the series, it has made Ultima a name worth talking about again. [/one_half_last]
Are you you sampling any mobile titles this week? What are you playing? Let us know in the comments below.
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