Welcome to this week?s iOS Hot List ? BNBGAMING?s chance to convince you to throw away the end of your week, stay home from work or school, and play games on your iPhone or iPad until your fingers go numb. Let?s take a look at what?s popular on the App Store this week.
Oh My Nuts (?0.69/$0.99, Gara Entertainments) iPhone
Catapult games are fun. And popular. And pretty much everywhere you look. In a genre that has been around for what seems like an eternity, it?s got to become boring and monotonous sometime, right? Well, not if every game works to the same standard as Oh My Nuts does. By bringing a bunch of unfamiliar and unique elements into play, Oh My Nuts becomes something quite different from its catapult-cousins; a fun and rewarding game that goes way beyond slinging something from one side of the screen to another.
The basic level plays out as follows: a little squirrel jumps into the mouth of a pig, which proceeds to spit it out at an angle of your choice. From there, you either fly through the sky unhindered, collecting as many of the three stars on your route as you can, or perhaps avoiding evil birds that block your way. There are other ways to win, such as firing the squirrel into a barrel, which spins round and allows you to relaunch in your direction of choice.
With all these devices, it?s not about getting lucky, something which arguably has fueled players of popular games such as Angry Birds and the recent Ragdoll Blaster 3. Instead, Oh My Nuts bases itself on crafting a strategy, surveying the level?s design, and then acting out every step of your meticulously planned process. In this respect, the game oozes reward ? when you?ve taken the time to plan your approach, as well as a little bit of trial and error, it?s really exciting to complete the level with three stars. And of course, for such a low price, it really is a bargain ? an addictive, fun, and most importantly, worthwhile game to play.
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Dracula: The Last Sanctuary (?2.49/$3.99, Microids) Universal
If you want an almost unhealthy level of chills, thrills, and general intense scariness, Dracula: The Last Sanctuary is certainly a game you want to seriously consider. The game serves as a clue-finding, exploration puzzler, in which hidden items must be recovered if you wish to progress. We saw a similar entry into the Hot List several weeks ago in the form of Royal Trouble. Although based on the same idea and gameplay, it?s great to see that the hidden clue genre can go in such a different direction, and give players such a different emotional ride. Dracula: The Last Sanctuary is chilling from the very start, with an impressive opening cinematic and engaging story.
As for the gameplay itself, Dracula: The Last Sanctuary shines brightly. Well, not literally, as that wouldn?t be very scary, but despite all the dark corridors and creaking floorboards, the game is thoroughly enjoyable, clever, and challenging. Most importantly, perhaps, is how it plays. Dracula: The Last Sanctuary is also available on Mac, and that shows through the game?s command of control. Looking around using the touch-screen is simple ? something I look for in any game, but it?s sometimes quite unexpectedly impressive. Interacting with the world within the game is also enjoyable for its straightforwardness. Overall, in Dracula: The Last Sanctuary, players are getting a polished, enjoyable title that will keep the hairs on the back of their necks standing on end, as well as their fingers firmly on their iOS device.
For all of these great compliments I?m paying the game, I can see why Dracula: The Last Sanctuary has not been lavished with attention on the App Store ? its price tag. While not a lot of people will be willing to pay so much for an iOS game, it is deep, it has a story (which is more than I can say for a lot of iOS titles), and it will keep you entertained, and surely that?s what you want from any game. For a price, you can have all this!
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Monster Flip (?0.69/$0.99, PikPok) Universal
You may remember a short while ago, BNBGAMING announced the upcoming release of PikPok?s Monster Flip. Well, now it?s here, we?ve got our hands on it, and it?s everything we hoped it would be. From its adorable and funny character designs, to its quirky music and sounds, to its stellar gameplay, everything about Monster Flip will have you coming back for more.
Monster Flip is made up of a wide variety of modes, from the simple classic mode to the trickier puzzle mode and the frantic countdown mode. The object is simple ? swipe your finger across a selection of monsters to see them flip with each other, and try to match up three or more. We?ve seen games like this before, countless times, but there is clearly still room for novelty in the genre, as Monster Flip proves. What makes the game stand out is its atmosphere. In classic mode, there is no time limit, there is no countdown spurring you on to make increasingly desperate moves. It?s just you, some cute little monsters, and however long you want to take. You progress to the next level by filling the level bar at the top of the screen, so the whole mode is very relaxed and leisurely. Puzzle mode is more of a challenge, in which you must match up the monsters in a certain amount of moves, and countdown mode is self-explanatory. Overall, PikPok have created an enjoyable game for anybody ? this is perhaps one of the most diverse game genres out there, and while it may prove to be predictable and boring in the coming years, as long as there are still games like Monster Flip shaking things up, I?ll continue to enjoy them.
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Awesome Eats (Free, Whole Kids Foundation) Universal
Sometimes, simpler is better. So don?t judge me for playing a children?s game and thoroughly enjoying it (while learning something, too). Awesome Eats is a fairly straightforward game ? swipe the vegetables and fruit into the right lanes to get them into the baskets, all before the time runs out. The more you get into the basket, the more points you?ll get, and the closer you?ll get to getting three stars on each level. Yes, it?s simple, but it?s fun, and after all, it?s a children?s game; you can?t expect people with such tiny fingers to be able to play games that are too complicated!
People of all ages will enjoy the challenge of Awesome Eats, and you?ll probably learn a little something too. It?s a great and simple game, and for the low price of nothing, there really are no excuses for not eating your veg ? because eating a diet rich in green vegetables will boost your health and support healthy energy levels.
Check back next Thursday for more of the best and worst iOS games of the week.
Source: http://bnbgaming.com/2012/03/15/ios-hot-list-15312/
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