A sad example of not all platforms being equal, especially when poor touch controls are in the mix.

Top Eleven 2015 - Be a Soccer Manager is a fairly simplistic interpretation of soccer management.

Gunner Z has plenty of zombie-killing action, but does it ever get to be fun?

Blade of Darkness shows plenty of promise, and I'm still holding out hope for it, but in its current state it's something of a Hot Mess. It'll no doubt interest (and maybe even entertain) dungeon crawling fans, but it requires an awful lot of patience to endure. Especially in the beginning. Still, with a little fine-tuning it could become quite the thing.

Little World Escape draws players in with captivating concepts before pushing them away with antagonizing execution.

With its endless amount of upgrades and simple gameplay, War Tortoise 2 falls into a category of game I tend to label as “something to do.” It’s not super engaging, it’s mildly satisfying, and probably is the kind of game that fits the bill for someone who just wants something they can check in on while binging Netflix. That said, the game’s sluggish pace can make even distracted play feel painstaking.

The basic concepts in OK Golf are sound, but I wish there was more built around it. The game looks great and plays well enough, but once I finished it, I never felt the need to revisit it. Much like a diorama, OK Golf feels like a miniaturized golf experience that looks great, but is ultimately pretty lifeless.

Rebellion and publisher Fuse need to make a decision: 1) make Judge Dredd vs. Zombies free and keep the current microtransaction system, 2) make the game a little more expensive and relax the progression restrictions a bit, or 3) keep it at the current price and relax the restrictions a lot. A simple, decently fun shooter of this caliber is worth a couple of bucks, but don't virtually lock already paying customers out of the experience for the sake of milking a few more dollars. That's disappointingly disingenuous and just plain unfair.

Lifeline is a cool idea, but the abrupt endings can make it a bit of a slog.

Ice Age Avalanche is a typical match-3 game. That can be good or bad, depending on your perspective.

Sweet Breaks is a decent brick breaker game that lacks the flair or inventiveness needed to make it a fresh take on a classic.

HELMUT is a fun, fleeting time-sink that offers a momentary distraction and nothing else.

Sticking very close to some familiar source material, it's not so much that Dragon Academy is a poor Match-3 game, more that it offers nothing new.

Inspiration is good but Battle Islands is a little too much like many other titles to really tantalize.

At its current price, compared to other apps, it's difficult to recommend The Passenger at the time of writing except to those who really enjoy their adventure games and have money to burn.

While the limited number of lives in Topsoil might sound like a bummer, you'll know whether or not this game is for you by the time you have to decide between watching an ad or paying for the game to keep playing. For me, Topsoil's minimal approach is just a little too barebones to make me stick with it. There are other puzzle games I'd rather play.

It looks like a fun time and the Facebook game it's derived from is actually pretty good, but the physics feel way too off and most of the levels rely too heavily on pure luck.

It won't challenge the iPad's capabilities or players' brain cells, but Mount Olympus still offers some simple fun for the novice adventurer.

The Prey is a first-person, 3D, infinite runner that lacks depth but adds a novel twist to a crowed genre.

Contra: Evolution looks better than the original arcade game, but it's hampered with inadequate controls.

For fans of Gamevil games or strategy titles, and aren't afraid to eventually spend some money, this may be worth checking out. The average person should probably pass.

Do you like grinding out gear to make some numbers go up? This flashy, free-to-play action rpg offers up plenty of that, but little else

This beautiful game captures the wonder and mystery of discovering a new planet, but doesn't stick to its strengths throughout.

The ideas in Farm Punks have a lot of potential. I can see a good version of this game hiding somewhere inside of it. It’s not just the monetization to blame, here. Even if Farm Punks was a fully premium experience, its underdeveloped gameplay undercuts its interesting premise.

I was extremely disappointed by Razor: Salvation. I enjoyed Siegecraft, but a lot in this title just feels half-baked.

This game combines two great genres but ends up feeling disjointed as a result.

There's a lot to play through in Jane's Zoo with 39 levels in all, but admittedly it is all a little too simple and easy to complete. I did quite enjoy my time playing it but there was still that sense that the game was almost playing itself.

It's playable, but not original.

Axon Runners is a game that has some intriguing roots at its core: fast gameplay, flashy graphics, and a control scheme designed for touch screens. It's fast, it's just too disappointingly quick.

Gorgeous artwork and abundant creatures to collect can't really save Dragonwood Academy from its own rudimentary gameplay.

This arcade football game challenges players to score as many touchdowns as possible without being tackled.

This classic adventure game got a nice makeover, but the game itself hasn't aged well.

Star Nomad will only appeal to the most hardcore space explorers.

Eden would be a decent imitation of something like Lara Croft GO if it didn't feel so unwieldy. Perhaps if it moved a little faster, had an undo button, and squashed a few more bugs, it would be great. As it currently stands though, Eden is a very middling puzzle game.

Anyone who legitimately enjoys the "freemium" model will probably like playing the zoo version of that other game they've already been playing for months. I just think it's too simplified and drawn-out to hold the average player's interest for more than a minute or two. If that.

I really hope the developers add more levels in the future with different themes and unique objects, because the premise is solid and could be expanded on. The open level allows players to explore around and do what they want which is a nice change from game with specific objectives.

Matching games meet fighters in this odd hybrid puzzle title.

It looks good, but Cava Racing lacks some effective controls and proves all too infuriating.

Colosseum Defense has players protecting their castle and upgrading weapons and armor as they attempt to stop armies of approaching monsters.

I am a brave knight tries something a little different, and for that it should be commended, but the finished product is still lacking.

Uncanny X-Men: Days of Future Past is okay at what it does, but what it does isn't very fun.

Undead Horde has a lot of ideas for how you can manage your dead army, but doesn’t really provide situations that let you do much with these options.

This free-to-play has some inspired aesthetics but otherwise feels like a full embrace of pay-to-win design.

Swing King and the Temple of Bling has a neat swing mechanic, but it's otherwise a pretty unsurprising puzzle/platformer. If you've played something like Major Magnet before, you know most of what to expect here. Perhaps if the game's swinging felt a bit easier to control or the game's monetization strategy was a little less annoying, the game would feel more special. As it stands now though, Swing King is pretty middling.

Overall, Flipstones is a good little puzzle game which has been well thought out. However, for $1.99 the game could do with a few more modes and/or a multiplayer elements before I would recommend this.

Voice Fantasy is a quirky oddity of a game but it's not really something that you'd return to after an initial infatuation.

Long battles are the norm in this oddly interesting yet deeply flawed title.

Happy Cube Death Arena is adorably violent, but very, very shallow.

Don't expect spills and thrills with FoundIt or even fancy looks, it's clearly not that kind of game. While it would have been nice to have seen more variety with the different levels (the flags of the world were particularly tedious compared to cartoon animals), it's not bad. It makes for an OK distraction to dive into once in a while.

The puzzles are entertaining enough, but there doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason to how the difficulty varies from puzzle to puzzle. The difficulty will often fluctuate wildly from one puzzle to the next.

Create words to clear the board and guess a photo underlay correctly in this fun but flawed word game.

There's very little wrong with Blockolicious. Despite a wealth of similar titles, the game is bright and cheerful and, more importantly, entertaining.

I really wanted to like Chicken Rain, there is some potential fun game play with this app. However, with the constant interruption the fun was washed away.

Tap Sports Baseball is briefly fun but lacks some important features.

That's the problem with Deep War. Once one level has been completed, there's no real evolution. There are no boss fights or real change in the direction of the gameplay, meaning it's not the most thrilling of games.

Clash of Puppets is best enjoyed by those with a gamepad and patience.

Though Kiwi Dash is an altogether solid endless runner, it also manages to be the most frustrating game in the world.

While Iron Wars may not necessarily bring anything new to the table, it is certainly an amusing jaunt back into the world of iOS shooters.

The Manhattan Project offers a great Euro-style gameplay experience, but it is totally unwelcoming to new players.

Go To Bed: Survive The Night looks and sounds great, but it's actually quite basic in its execution.

The strength of these overly hard obstacles wouldn't be as much of a problem if it wasn't so hard to control the spaceman. It's simply too easy for a spaceman to roll to either side of the player's finger when they're being pushed. Once they roll away, a hole or fan inevitably ends the level.

Kavinsky doesn't quite work as a fully formed game, but it's a vaguely interesting mix of beat em up and driving action.

The frustration factor of Gear Jack took this from being a solid auto-running platformer into another game on the scrap heap for me. This is the kind of game that despairs me: it's a title with such promise, but it gets chucked away by its frustrating level design. It's a shame.

On many fronts Law & Order: Legacies is an outstanding re-creation of the crime procedural in interactive form. However, lackluster voice acting and minimal variety in game mechanics prevent this from being something that will appeal beyond the franchise's fan base.

Joomper is a very simple endless jumping game that should keep you company in line-ups (despite its lonely atmosphere).

A freemium conversion of the popular Dungeon Keeper esque game of the same name, Evil Genius Online isn't such a genius idea after all.

Full of charm, Pocket Village lacks some all important structure to its freemium village building foundations.

1-800 SUPER should have probably avoided being a Reigns-like. This short narrative adventure doesn't need additional hooks or systems to make it compelling, it just needs more story to tell. Hopefully Pangolin Park is able to take a second crack at this fantastic idea, or perhaps the game will inspire someone else to do it justice.

Somewhat vague in explaining itself, Outlaw-TriPeaks lacks that "one more go" factor that befits the Solitaire genre.

Angry Birds Blast is a totally decent matching puzzle game that unfortunately gets more and more frustrating the further you get into it. Though the base game has some strong concepts that reward strategy, there's a grind to the game that will likely turn you off unless you're a dedicated matching game player.

This strategy role-playing game attempts to go old school, but just ends up feeling outdated.

It's unfortunate then that Fish Runner doesn't quite gel as well as other endless runners. Its high difficulty level thanks to the plethora of obstacles and sluggishness of Spiky makes it tricky to unlock new abilities any time soon making for an off-putting experience. With a tweak to this learning curve, things could have been a little more tempting.

Catch 'em all in this simplistic, Pokémon-style, free-to-play role-playing game.

The pizza power is weak when it comes to this Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game.

Carrot Watch might have been a great introduction to Tower Defense games for kids, with its simple one touch controls and cutesy graphics. Instead, it feels like a game that demonstrates how not to do things.

Simply put, Ninja Box is rough around the edges. If one were to strip away the stylistic art design, what would remain is essentially "hide and go seek," where the player simultaneously engages in exercises of trial and error. Let's just say that it might be best if this assassin remained locked in the dojo.

More slot machine than Tower Defense, Area 777 soon turns tedious.

Crossbow Warrior details the entertaining adventures of legendary bowman William Tell. Unfortunately, the gameplay can't live up to the legend.

Actually playing the main two modes, Stay Alive and Pacfish, is a reasonably entertaining proposition.

Star Wars: Trench Run gets the vibe right, but the overly simplistic and repetitive gameplay is not the most compelling.

This is a game that might have been acceptable in 2009, but here in 2011, I don't think it's unreasonable to expect more.

Ultimately though, there are better games to participate in. Order Up!! Food Truck Wars tries to rectify things by adding a purpose in the form of being able to customize a food truck with coins gained from wins, but it's not enough to lift the game higher than mediocrity.

What was a valiant attempt and reinventing a classic game on iOS has been run aground by piss-poor execution and lack of polish.

Control an amnesiac wizard on his quest to match three and recover his lost memories.

Kick the Buddy: No Mercy may have a few new improvements, but it does little to impress avid fans of the game.

While Home Sheep Home looks all cute and pretty, with it's water-color painting art style and little sheep derived from hugely popular TV characters - and while the game's really not all that bad, offering some nice challenges in the later levels with some very well thought out hints when things are getting tricky – it just doesn't feel like good value for money.

Timing is everything in P.A.C.O. but its steep difficulty level doesn't reward you with enough to keep you playing.

The visual style is like a bad CGI Nickelodeon cartoon full of ugly aliens and animals.

Controlling the birds, which is done by tilting the iOS device either left or right, is nowhere near fast enough, and feels disappointingly disjointed.

Fantasy Forest Story has bright ideas, but its free-to-play trappings drag it down.

What I got, after the nostalgia wore off, is a fairly pedestrian arcade game with some big control issues to work out.

This free endless runner has enough weird quirks to be worth a look, at least for a little bit.

Pits of Death is a little clumsy on the Apple Watch, but it’s a neat throwback to some truly old-fashioned games.

Produced in only 72 hours, adequate controls and music can’t save Tiny Thor from feeling unsatisfying.

Dragon Ball Legends may be true to the series to a certain extent, but that doesn’t make it a good game.

The only people who should be downloading this game are those who can't get enough karting regardless of quality.

Street Fighter IV Champion Edition is a hugely disappointing game. It does almost all of the right things when it comes to making a great mobile fighting game, but really messes up the most important thing: the multiplayer. Playing Champion Edition online is such a compromised experience, it feels like a different game, and not one you'd ever want to play.

B-Squadron is an action-shooter featuring 11 missions throughout 3 different settings for players to shoot their way through.