Something else that's incredibly powerful is the plasma ball. Like most brick-breaker games, this ball passes through everything. While by itself it isn't a huge deal, when coupled with multi-ball (and multi-ball multiple times) it finishes levels almost instantly.

There's a lot of replay value between the Phobic tokens, the keys, and the Plus+ leaderboards, and rolling through the levels is a lot of fun.

Siegefall is a medieval-themed game that's a lot like Clash of Clans.

It's not revolutionary (hohoho), but (R)evolve is a fun game for twitchy players.

This casual arcade game introduces some very light rpg elements into its fantasy-themed pachinko gameplay.

Borderlands Legends struggles to stand on its own two feet.

A 2D platform endless runner game, Buddy & Me falls short of expectation despite its beautiful graphics and an enchanting dream-like premise.

This game has some promising ideas and if executed well, it could have been a hit. Unfortunately, the result just isn't that fun to play and is often more frustrating and confusing that it's worth. The cute, cartoony visuals are a nice touch, but it's not nearly enough to make this game recommendable.

Simple yet briefly fun, Luna League Soccer harkens back to the days of arcade soccer.

FreeDum is a great-looking game with an imaginative (and disturbing) setting. Its protagonist's clunky movements make survival a bit difficult, however.

Sure, you could look at Liberty Wings as a 3 in 1 game box, and in that sense Liberty Wings is a good value (mostly at its 99 cent asking price). Just don't confuse a good value with an amazing game, as there are much better plane shooters out there in the App Store.

Rad Skater Apocalypse can indeed be entertaining in relatively small doses, but it ultimately falls flat due to way too much repetition and a somewhat painfully slow pace. Sometimes goofiness, retro aesthetics, and zombies just aren't enough

This is a piece of history that is a worthy investment of both your time and money.

Combos can be accrued and enjoyed, but ultimately the challenge from Cool Pizza is attempting to traverse the 42 waves of attack. Don't expect to do it any time soon, but do enjoy the old school challenge along the way.

"Simple" is the last word we'd use to describe this flight sim.

For the most part Foodie the Bug is an enjoyable game. Just be prepared to see the 'fail' screen over and over again.

Providing a basic introduction to the humble RPG, Angry Birds Epic is sometimes fun but often a little too keen for your money.

Word Cubes is fine, but it is barely any different from any other word game.

Funkin' Arena's multiplayer twists on tower defense are worth checking out but the game itself can't coast along on those alone. Hopefully they'll show up in another, more fully-featured product.

Briefly entertaining, shoot-em-up Pocket Gunfighters fails to hook for any great length of time.

While the visuals may pop and the urge to collect all the various monsters on display may be tempting, Mutants: Genetic Gladiators is too weak of a fighter to go the distance in this arena.

Global Food Fight doesn't quite capture the joy (and mess) of a good old-fashioned local tomato-tossing.

There just isn't a lot very compelling here. I found it hard to keep on going with this game, because nothing was really drawing me back.

The gameplay of Galaga Wars is just too thin to support the layers of free-to-play systems stacked on top of it. If it was a more meaningful take on Galaga or more elegant in its monetization scheme, Galaga Wars would be a much better game.

While it may not have much in the way of unique gameplay, Mortal Skies 2 is a competent arcade shooter, even if it is on the more difficult end of the spectrum.

True to the classic, Lunatic Clay uses retro visuals and an art-style to match to reincarnate one of the most-known arcade games of the 80s for the touchscreen.

Unfortunately, due to the lack of perceived importance, getting through all the levels seems like more of a chore than an experience. I'm not saying the levels aren't fun, but they all sort of feel the same.

Stunt Bunnies Circus is compelling. It's hard not to try "just one more time" and even harder not to laugh out loud.

League of Heroes is a free-to-play hack 'n slash that is interesting for one key reason: an easily-exploitable energy recharge system.

In true retro, quarter-gobbling fashion, this is one hard game. So hard, in fact, it's pretty much off-putting for anyone except the most hard-core gamer.

For all of the potential that was possible thanks to this curious mishmash of styles, it would have been nice to see a more polished product in at least one of the genre slices. Even though the combat is initially amusing, small nagging details like grating, repetitive sound effects could ultimately end up driving the player away. That said, for a free game, even getting a couple of hours of fun might be enough justify the download.

This game looks great, but it suffers from some fundamentally broken gameplay as well as a very enigmatic navigation scheme.

Super Dangerous Dungeons is a nostalgic platformer that suffers from control issues and a lack of inspiration.

Even with the help of rapper Jay-Z selecting a stellar soundtrack for NBA 2K13, there seems to be a vast gap in between what the title aspires to be and what it delivers.

A witch hunter is sent after a demonic book in the spooky but short-lived Dementia: Book of the Dead.

It's the opposite of Zaxxon Escape: I liked the game, someone more familiar with it was not a fan. I'm curious to hear what Re-Volt veterans think of it.

Drop the Cake! is certainly fun to look at (or drool over), but the rich molten chocolate at the center of this confectionary game is the surprising challenge it presents. Consider this warning though: sometimes that rich center is hot and you may get burned.

Gene's use of physical mutation to control a player's abilities is a refreshing touch, while its throw-back visual art-style will likely see the average platformer fan satisfied, but the way in which mutations are implemented might become irritating to some.

The main issue remains the lack of overall variety.

According to Calis Projects Zenforms: Protectors is a work in progress. This much is obvious after a few minutes of play. The potential for greatness is certainly there, but it has a long way to go if it's going to be a contender in such a crowded market.

I really wanted to love Where's Waldo. The nostalgia factor is immense, and it's one of the best image-hunting games around. But it's crippled by so many technical flaws and poor decisions that I just can't immerse myself in it.

KungFu Quest - The Jade Tower brings some new ideas to the side-scrolling-fighter table, but not enough to stop the gameplay from becoming repetitive pretty quickly.

When the level design work well with the physics and the roping mechanic the game is great fun, but when the three don't play to each other's strengths the experience is greatly diminished.

Despite being a free-to-play experience with very visible flaws, Murder Room has a gripping enough thread to at least warrant checking out. Sure, you may only end up spending a few minutes poking around, but if you actually like the trial and error aspect of the gameplay, it will prove well worth the time.

It's an OK game with a nice quirky style behind it. However it's a game that feels more worthwhile as a freebie than something you have to pay for. Maybe if high score support follows, it'll have a bit more of a point to it.

Driver Speedboat Paradise is a boat based racing game that you've seen before. A lot.

This noir-inspired stealth game looks fantastic, but its gameplay is more frustratingly boilerplate than it is hardboiled.

FRS Ski Cross is a marvel to look at, but it's highly outweighed by a terribly limiting freemium model and some incredibly lackluster gameplay.

Mecha Showdown replaces traditional buttons with a slot machine mechanic in this robot fighting game, but the thrill of the gamble just isn't there.

Dice Mogul is kind of like a simplistic Monopoly. It's briefly fun but forgettable.

There's not really any trick or rug-pull to this game. It very much is a game about digging a hole, and provides the simple satisfaction you can get from performing that action.

The Walking Dead: Road to Survival is a F2P settlement building/RPG game that's a bit by the numbers.

A decent start to a game, but not nearly complete enough to warrant an instant purchase.

A Match-3 game taken right back to its basics, but sometimes that's all anyone could want.

Unfortunately this title barely strives to be more than a mediocre racing experience. It tries to do too many things and falls short in virtually every regard. Save yourself the disappointment and leave this game in the pits. It could certainly use a tune up.

Slashing Demons lacks the depth or scope to take it beyond the point of being just another endless tapper.

Color Sheep has a promising concept that just gets buried in far too much complexity.

Gear Jack Black Hole has some interesting ideas that it just never quite executes well enough.

Jewel Thieves: Knight's Armor plays it safe with some pleasant but unexciting Match Three gameplay.

Fallen Lords is a decent game, but its similarity and inferiority compared to Ghost Stories makes it ultimately forgettable.

Underneath the gloss of Happy Flock's visuals is a game of very little substance. It's cute, but not engaging.

Silly Owls isn't a bad game, it just isn't a great game either. It provides a competent physics game experience that looks great, but not much more.

Enigmo: Explore presents plenty of open-ended and challenging puzzles, but it proves to be difficult to control the game in the precise ways it needs.

Animal Super Squad is a goofy vehicle platformer that is a little too awkward to control.

It's not something gamers will play for hours, but it's a fun, quirky title that will keep them entertained for those short moments where that's what they're looking for.

The Drowning tries to revolutionize the mobile FPS control system, but only gets it half-right.

Everything about SongPop's core framework is just fine. If only that framework, like pop music itself, wasn't so empty inside.

Cosmic Explorer: Redshift is an adventure game full of decisions, but it lacks emotion.

A Rock, Paper, Scissors style battle, lacking some personality.

Initially quite fun, it's unfortunate that MugogyJump never really improves upon its simple jumping mechanics.

Keep the ball in the air and negotiate a form of obstacle course to score many goals, in this tricky game of Keepie Uppie.

Box of Enigmas is a decent collection of brain-training mini-games that could stand to have its controls tweaked and pay structure completely overhauled.

Conquer Planet ERF in this wacky, fast-paced arcade game.

Defend Earth (as Earth) from the endless threat of aliens and meteors in this casual arcade game.

It might look quite beautiful at times, but Flora: Jewel Quest lacks the heart of a good game.

Atari has succeeded in making Outlaw a far more palatable experience for iOS gamers. Unfortunately, they didn't try to do enough to help set the game apart from the crowd. The result is a forgettable shooter that doesn't achieve anything other than being unremarkable.

A Collectible Card Game with RPG elements, Sword & Magic HD is plagued with flaws that hold it back from its true potential.

Wanderer: War Song is the kind of game I want to like, but it goes to great lengths to keep me from doing so. The controls are a mess, the hitboxes need adjusting, and getting booted back to the main menu after each level is a pain. I’d say wait for an update or two before investing any money here.

Attack of the Kraken won't set the world alight with its originality. It feels like a frivolous game rather than one that you'd spend hours with, but it is fun in short bursts. Just don't expect a revolution in gaming: it's a shallow affair but one that's still quite fun to indulge in.

Uninspired.

There's plenty to do, but it's oddly not particularly gripping in this colorful but uninspired MMO.

Inexperience ultimately shines through.

It sounds harsh to say but dice² might have honestly been better if it was free and had an ad or two in one of its barren pink borders. Good fundamentals are appreciated but even diversions need a little fleshing out.

A New Frontier shows just about every way that a Telltale game can go wrong. It sets up an interesting direction for the series to move in, and then squanders its potential due to artistic and technical issues. Unless you really need to see more developments to Clementine's story from previous seasons of The Walking Dead, there's really no reason to see this adventure through.

Polar Bowler's core concept is fun, but the aggressive microtransactions may leave players feeling chilly.

Initially quite exciting, laggy controls let things down for this game of the TV series.

If I didn’t already enjoy and know how to play Lightseekers going into playing this digital version, I’m not sure I’d have much of anything positive to say about it. It’s rough-looking, feels really thin, and doesn’t explain itself very well at all. I imagine this could be a neat digital companion to anyone who’s already invested in playing the Lightseekers card game (especially considering the game allows you to scan in existing physical cards you own), but as a standalone game, Lightseekers is hard to recommend.

Chopper Rescue is in concept and execution a fun little action game that doesn't quite have the legs to carry it very far. By no means is it a poorly designed game – not at all. But it just lacks the certain characteristic to truly impress you or make you want to tell all of your friends about it.

The Captain is Dead is a super-stylish digital board game with lifeless systems driving it.

Taking a step back and looking from a place of objectivity, it is genuinely hard to recommend picking up NFL Quarterback 13. Last year's game now costs a dollar less and features nearly an identical on-the-field experience, not to mention a more streamlined user interface. Though there was no real reason to re-invent the wheel this season, trying to send the same tire through the car wash a couple of times and sell it as new feels like an insult to the fans.

Polarity is a game that takes many cues from Portal, but it fails to stick the landing.

The very thing that makes this an attractive title for gamers of all ages and backgrounds – its simplicity – is the same thing that will likely cause gamers to stop playing: it's a little too easy and mindless.

Galaxy Dash has bags of charm and appeal, but the gameplay is slightly lacking in variety.

I don't like to fight my games – this isn't to say that I don't like challenge entirely, but that I like the challenge to come from the content of a game, not the interface.

SunFlowers has the raw ingredients of a decent $.99 casual game: simple premise, one-touch controls, cute graphics, and collectables. But, the lack of irony coupled with redundant gameplay leaves me scratching my head over the price tag.

Boulder Dash 30th Anniversary might have been better off buried in the past.

This game bears a striking resemblance to Clash of Clans but has a turn-based combat system and is set in space.

This endless pool game has a really bizarre structure that makes it hard to enjoy.