Welcome again to my weekly cellular recreation advice thread 🙂 These are a number of the most attention-grabbing video games I performed and that had been lined on MiniReview this week. Hope you may take pleasure in it.
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This episode features a neat roguelike RTS, the port of a traditional level ‘n click on journey, an incredible new Tower Protection recreation, a roguelike journey RPG, and a novel card-based Match-3 indie recreation.
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Let’s get to the video games:
Xeno Command [Game Size: 288 MB] (Free Trial)
Style: RTS / Roguelike / Technique – Offline
Orientation: Panorama
Required Consideration: Full
tl;dr overview by NimbleThor:
Xeno Command is a superb real-time technique recreation with a slight roguelite twist made by the builders of Soul Knight.
The sport is break up into campaigns that every include a number of missions. The aim is to finish these missions with out shedding all of the HP of our base, which is persistent throughout missions.
At first of a marketing campaign, we choose certainly one of 4 solely completely different heroes that every have a novel set of buildings, models to spawn, and expertise to make use of. And the extra we play these heroes, the extra their tech assortment will increase, that are everlasting power-ups we purchase each time they stage up.
Every mission has a selected goal, corresponding to defeating the enemy base of withstanding a number of rounds of assaults. We accomplish these objectives by strategically putting defensive buildings, producing models, and shifting our troops across the map to occupy useful resource factors and defeat all enemies. After every mission, we get to choose certainly one of three random upgrades that final for the remainder of the marketing campaign.
The sport’s three pre-built campaigns are available in three issue tiers, whereas the fourth marketing campaign is all the time randomly generated for infinite replayability.
The straightforward controls work nicely for a cellular RTS, with all models managed on the similar time. This additionally offers the sport a little bit of simplicity that makes it extra approachable for these new to the style with out sacrificing an excessive amount of strategic depth.
Xeno Command is free to attempt for 2 missions, with the remaining unlocking by way of a single $4.99 iAP. Sadly, though we are able to restore our buy, there isn’t a cloud save.
Its 10–15-minute missions match the cellular format nicely, and I had a number of enjoyable with the sport. Co-op and extra content material would take it to the following stage, nevertheless it’s already a no brainer for any RTS fan.
Test it out on Google Play: Right here
Test it out on MiniReview:: Right here
Whispers of a Machine [Total Game Size: 789 MB] ($3.99)
Style: Journey / Level ‘n Click on – Offline
Orientation: Panorama
Required Consideration: Some
tl;dr overview by AlexSem:
Whispers of a Machine is the port of an old-school point-and-click journey a couple of younger detective investigating a serial assassin in a darkish futuristic sci-fi world.
To perform that job, we examine crime scenes, look at proof, speak to witnesses, accumulate helpful objects, remedy puzzles, discover the world, and attempt to unravel the true causes behind the occasions taking place round us.
Probably the most uncommon gameplay mechanics revolve round utilizing cyber implants to have an effect on folks and objects, or a sensible scanner to research and match items of proof in opposition to clues from completely different scenes. This scanner additionally exhibits the guts charges of the folks we speak with, permitting us to detect the phrases that make them nervous.
True to the point-and-click style, the sport options stunning hand-drawn places, atmospheric soundtracks, an attention-grabbing storyline, and plenty of colourful characters with totally voiced dialogues – all of which assist create a deeply immersive expertise.
As well as, each resolution we make alters our character, which in flip allows completely different choices in a while. This implies the sport may be completed a number of instances with barely completely different outcomes.
Whispers of a Machine is a $3.99 premium recreation with out advertisements or iAPs. Regardless of some insignificant management and UI points, it’s an incredible old-school journey for these keen on the style.
Test it out on Google Play: Right here
Test it out on MiniReview:: Right here
Sweet Catastrophe TD [Game Size: 495 MB] ($4.99)
Style: TD / Technique – On-line
Orientation: Panorama
Required Consideration: Full
tl;dr overview by NimbleThor:
Sweet Catastrophe TD is a novel tower protection technique recreation centered round putting springboards, wall spikes, human cannons, and different wacky traps to defeat waves of enemies.
The sport is break up right into a sequence of marketing campaign ranges with three issue tiers. Earlier than getting into a stage, we choose 9 traps to take into battle, a few of which may be positioned on the bottom, whereas others should be positioned on partitions. Equal for all of them is that they price gold, which we earn by way of slaying enemies – both by lowering their HP to zero or pushing them into water.
There are many traps to choose from, and so they may even work together, corresponding to an enormous fan blowing a powerful wind that modifications the route of an arrow shot by a crossbow. Mixed with the truth that many ranges embrace shifting objects to position traps on, this creates a excessive stage of strategic freedom.
Between ranges, we are able to spend a forex earned by way of gameplay on completely leveling up our traps. Each level-up supplies an enhancement level that may be spent on enhancing particular person stats, such because the lure’s worth, injury, or cool-down. And the additional we get, the extra traps we unlock.
The lovable art-style, nice animations, mini boss-fights, and small story being instructed by way of cutscenes assist create an incredible environment and total setting for the sport.
Sweet Catastrophe TD is a $4.99 premium recreation. A free model additionally exists, however that one is closely monetized with many incentivized advertisements that present an incredible assist, a life-based vitality system, and a number of other iAPs for extra traps and sources.
In the end, it’s an incredible tower protection recreation with a refreshing trap-over-towers focus that I’ve had a number of enjoyable with. The free model is held again by its monetization, although, so I like to recommend the paid model. Sadly, each require on-line entry.
Test it out on Google Play: Right here
Test it out on MiniReview:: Right here
Life in Journey [Game Size: 119 MB] (Free)
Style: Journey / Roguelike – Offline
Orientation: Portrait
Required Consideration: Some
tl;dr overview by AlexSem:
Life in Journey is a text-based roguelike journey RPG the place we information our hero to fame and fortune all through a sequence of randomly generated occasions and encounters.
After creating our character, we head out on a journey the place we’re introduced with random text-based occasions and a number of other actions to pick out, corresponding to attacking, asking additional questions, and extra. For a lot of of those actions, the prospect of success is determined by our characters’ stats. Sure objects or beforehand accomplished quests additionally normally current extra choices.
If our motion succeeds, we’re awarded expertise, gold, or objects, whereas failing damages our well being and sanity – each of which must be stored at constructive values to keep away from dying. Some encounters additionally finish in fight, the place the end result is determined by the category of our weapons and armor, and the way nicely their traits are backed by our personal stats.
There are few techniques to the battles as all of them occur mechanically. Nonetheless, we are able to shift the percentages with a cube roll, which can both assist us or make issues a lot worse. I see this as an incredible addition to the core gameplay.
The sport options a number of completely different endings, guaranteeing that no two adventures really feel alike. However the pool of encounters is moderately restricted, leading to conditions the place we undergo the identical occasion greater than as soon as throughout a single playthrough. We additionally generally face such an unfavorable streak of occasions that it turns into not possible to win – regardless of how laborious we attempt.
Life in Journey monetizes by way of occasional advertisements, and iAPs for a premium forex used to re-roll the fight cube, refresh the retailers, and buy beginning traits and background tales for our heroes. A $2.99 iAP removes the advertisements and unlocks numerous everlasting perks.
With new content material continuously being added, the sport supplies a number of leisure for followers of text-based adventures and roguelike RPGs.
Test it out on Google Play: Right here
Test it out on MiniReview:: Right here
SUIT UP (Recreation Dimension: 108 MB] (Free)
Style: Card / Match-3 – Offline
Orientation: Portrait
Required Consideration: Full
tl;dr overview by Solitalker:
SUIT-UP is a novel mashup of a Match-3 strategic board-clearing recreation and conventional solitaire, with a little bit of Yahtzee set-building the place we attempt to fulfill requests for particular card units by way of cautious card placement.
Playing cards are performed from our beginning hand onto a 3×5 grid in an try to make vertical and horizontal units of a minimum of 3 playing cards which might be both in numeric order, or all match in shade.
As well as, we begin with one job at a time that duties us with creating a selected set of three playing cards inside a restricted variety of turns. In a short time, the variety of energetic jobs will increase whereas the variety of turns to finish them decreases. If we’re cautious with our placement, we are able to rating a number of units directly, and set off extremely rewarding cascades.
Card placement rapidly will get extra attention-grabbing as we earn stars that may be spent on upgrades in-between video games. Elevated hand sizes and longer deadlines for jobs are instantly useful, however essentially the most satisfying chain reactions come from upgrades that permit us earn additional playing cards for clearing a column or enable us to clear all jobs with a 3-of-a-kind set. These result in for much longer runs that really feel actually earned as they rely much less on luck.
SUIT-UP monetizes by way of occasional advertisements that seem so occasionally that they don’t frustrate, and a $3.99 iAP to take away them solely. Not one of the content material, such because the three extra recreation modes, is locked behind a purchase order.
SUIT-UP is a quick-to-learn card puzzler with a clear and easy-to-read artwork type that anybody on the lookout for a little bit of technique of their solitaire can actually sink their enamel into.
Test it out on Google Play: Right here
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