Radiation Island sure looks promising, but comes up short on execution making it one to skip despite the potential.

LEGO Star Wars: Microfighters is a run of the mill iOS game that has a well known name, and a generic gaming offering making it one to skip. The more you are a fan of Legos, Star Wars, or shoot ‘em ups, the more disappointing this title is. If you’re interested in the style, be sure to check out Plasma Sky instead.

Heroki looks ready to soar, but sadly doesn’t stay afloat making it one to skip.

Dungeon Keeper offers some quality gameplay elements that are spaced out from a relatively predictable free to play structure.

Midnight Star sure looks promising, but comes up short in execution with extremely watered down gameplay that is too bland, and repetitive to recommend.

Journey Below has a promising outlook that comes in below standard, making it one to skip.

Neon Drive has a neat theme and great style, but the gameplay makes it one to steer clear of.

Bloodstroke is promising on the surface, but is much too shallow to recommend making it one to skip as it never evolves beyond the mindless simplicities. In the end, it’s a simplified version of Samurai II, which is a much better game to pick-up.

Cubed Snowboarding offers a promising beginning that goes downhill fast as it’s tough to get your bearings with the controls making it one to skip despite the other well designed aspects.

Buzz Killem has a promising pedigree, but a subpar execution making it one to skip.

Dodo Master shows why dodos went extinct as everything seemed designed to work against them making this game one to skip despite the promising outlook.

Tempo looks great on the surface, but it’s far too simple to recommend. It’s worth noting that Tempo feels like a simple free to play game, but it’s actually a paid game with no in-app purchases.

Godus gets off to a promising start that sadly falls flat after awhile leaving you not much to do, and not much incentive to keep coming back to the ever increasing wait times.

Lumo Deliveries looks promising on the surface, but doesn’t deliver long term engagement making it one drive past.

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic ($9.99, iPad) is an exquisite game of the past, but is a mediocre game of the present. The main battle sequences stem from combating the poor touch controls, bland gameplay sequences, and numerous game structure issues. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic is better off not on the iPad, and thus one to skip.

Vektor offers a promising base that doesn’t have much built upon it leaving little to recommend.

Random Runners doesn’t stand out in any regard, and while it’s not necessarily a bad game, it’s just not good making it one to skip.

Duet Game is only for you if you like being a glutton for punishment, as the game doesn’t walk that fine balance between challenge, and enjoyment. Instead it loses the enjoyment along the way making it one to spin past.

McLeft LeRight is promising title that stumbles on execution making it one to skip.

Strike Wing: Raptor Rising is one to fly right past as it’s not worth your time, or frustration.

Wrong Way Racing looks promising on the surface, but is too short lived to recommend.

Bounty Arms just doesn’t offer much to make it worth your time, making it one to skip unless you enjoy mindless button tapping with no incentive to keep doing it.

Crashing Season has high quality design elements wrapped around an unmemorable and non-engaging gaming experience.

Color Zen ($0.99, Universal) look promising on the surface, but below the colorful outer shell, there just isn’t much. It ends up blending in with the plethora of other puzzle games in the App Store making it one to skip.

Tiny Tower Vegas shows that Nimblebit has gone to the well one too many times leaving a bland, repetitive, grind in its wake that is sadly one to skip despite the developer’s pedigree.

Rayman Classic is a game best to be remembered, rather than experienced on iOS.

Food Run has an exceptional design, but the actual gameplay is lacking making it worth skipping.

The House of the Dead: Overkill – The Lost Reels ($4.99, Universal) is a bland, and repetitive shooter that doesn’t deliver anything that’s truly noteworthy or enjoyable. The title is longer than the actual gameplay, making it one to skip.

Sonic Jump Fever has name recognition, but that’s about it going for it, making it one to skip.

Dig Deep! is an intriguing quick action game at the outset, but the repetitive nature digs a hole that the game can’t get out of.

Le Vamp ($1.99, Universal) is promising in the first run with an outstanding design, and unique touch mechanics, but it all wears thin too quickly.

It's more of the same arcade style that was fresh at the end of 2011, but stale today. There's very little actual gameplay, and the heart of the app seems to be the plethora of things to buy or upgrade.

Contra: Evolution is based on the classic, but the “Evolution” enhancements aren’t necessarily good things. The entire experience feels muted kind of stuck in between the past and present, and failing to deliver the best parts of either.

R.B.I. Baseball 14 is sadly one to skip, as there are some misgivings that just can’t be overlooked, and drag down all of the other good parts of this baseball game. It’s as though R.B.I. Baseball 14 hit what looks to be an inside the park home run, but gets tagged out at home.

GravityLine has been done before, and this iteration is just too simple to recommend.

There are so many quality features, but they get lost when almost everything you do in the game is either asking for gems, or restricting your success.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Rooftop Run ($1.99, Universal) is neither good nor bad, and just another endless runner that doesn’t even take the ninja turtles theme to heart. A game needs to be better than mediocre to deserve your time, making TMNT: Rooftop Run worth skipping with better choices out there.

Just isn't balanced well enough for enjoyment making it worth skipping.

Godfinger 2 is a well put together iOS experience that lacks staying power on your device with a bland and repetitive cycle that lacks any gameplay, making it one to skip.

Iron Man 3 – The Official Game (Free, Universal) delivers a great feel for playing as Iron Man, but that wears off after a few redundant flights. The base gameplay just doesn’t do enough to make you care to keep going to reach the minimal story elements, and new environments.

Block Legend looks promising on the surface, but is a surprisingly bland, and redundant experience making it one to skip.

Sherlock: Interactive Adventure is a neat idea to expand upon the basic book, but it goes too far leaving the story tedious to get through making it one to skip.

Robot Unicorn Attack 2 (Free, Universal) is bursting at the seams with personality, and unlockables, but it’s the gameplay that comes up short.

Slayin ($0.99, Universal) is a neat little distraction that provides action packed gameplay, and a great retro style. The biggest problem is that you have to grind through so much to get to some features that you would think should be standard.

Cloud Spin could have soared, but instead it falls flat with rudimentary gameplay, imprecise controls, and an overall waste of potential making it one to fly past.

Any Landing crashes on to the App Store landing strip making it one to steer clear of.

Daddy Was A Thief ($1.99, Universal) is a highly polished change of pace that is fun at first, but that doesn’t last very long leaving it worth skipping.

Bomboras Forever is promising at the outset, but delivers a short flight of entertainment.

Looney Tunes Dash! isn’t particularly bad, but it’s unremarkable with nothing that’s specifically good, making it one to skip as it stumbles on the gameplay execution.

Galcon 2 has a great pedigree, but just doesn’t bring much new beyond an online system that isn’t catered to multiple skill levels making it sadly one to skip.

Bladeslinger looks so promising, but never taps into its potential. It’s one of the best looking games in the App Store, but the gameplay is rudimentary at best with other restrictions sprinkled in, sadly making it one to skip.

Help My Fly doesn’t fly with the best brain teasing puzzle games in the App Store, and instead relies too heavily on a bland familiar mechanic.

Hex:99 is well put together for a burst of short term fun, but it just falls into all of the other endless games making it worth considering depending on how much you still enjoy the genre.

Gravity Guy 2 ($0.99, Universal) offers less than the original, and subpar gameplay to boot making it one to just run right past. As the old saying goes, don’t mess with success, and with that in mind your best bet is to pick up the original Gravity Guy ($0.99 -> Free, iPhone) / ($1.99 -> Free, iPad) as it has dropped to free in honor of the sequel.

Stealth looks good on the surface, but disappoints upon closer examination making it one to sneak past.

Piano City has a quality core concept, but the melody gets lost with the repetitive grind needed to advance making it one to skip.

It’s well put together, but the end result is a rather lifeless gaming experience making it one to skip.

Spellfall is predictably run of the mill, and is a good example of how uninspired development has little hope in inspiring players.

Monster Adventures is overbearing, and convoluted at times with all of these extras that try to mask a relatively bland, and uninteresting gameplay style.

Chillaxian is a game that is high on nostalgia, but low on present day enjoyment making it one to skip despite the promising first impression.

Civilization Revolution 2 just doesn’t live up to the price tag for fans of the series as it doesn’t add much at all. It’s also not that appealing for newcomers as it falls off the tight rope of in depth strategy, and accessibility making it one to skip.

Gunner Z looks good, but that’s about all it has going for it making it one to steer clear of.

Happy Hills 2 is just like the original, which doesn’t mesh with the standards of the App Store in 2013. It’s a bland experience in most regards making it one to avoid, so that it doesn’t blow up in your face.

Go Dance is a neat idea that isn’t executed well enough to be enjoyable making it one to skip despite the potential.

Major Magnet doesn’t get out of its own way, and feels like just another also ran in the genre despite the neat theme, potential for speed, and high quality design. It’s also worth noting that although the game is set-up for speed, and flow the level design just doesn’t lend itself for either.

Every aspect of the game leaves you wanting more, and it’s just too simple to recommend despite the good qualities.

Raby is an expansive game that comes up short on compelling gameplay making it one to hop past.

Simian.interface is a mysterious enigma at the beginning that quickly takes shape into a relatively simple experience that is too short lived to recommend.

Star Trek Trexels has a whole lot of promise, but sadly never taps into most of it, and restricts the rest.

Flowerpop Adventures has a promising outlook, but the execution comes up short making it one to skip. It’s also free to play with the usual boosts, lives, and continues for premium currency.

Mortal Kombat X provides a new coat of paint on a familiar style that isn’t the most appealing in previous iterations, and even less as time has passed.

Leviathan: Warships ($4.99, iPad) is a big name title, but this ship runs aground in the shallow gameplay. The entire experience is just slow, boring, tedious, and frustrating making Leviathan: Warships one to steer clear of.

Ninjump Rooftops is just a ninja themed version of a game you’re probably familiar with leaving it one to skip that doesn’t really deserve any more words.

Gold Diggers is promising at first glance, but digs itself into a repetitive hole fairly quickly making it one to skip.

The Drowning is a well designed tech demo that delivers extremely basic gameplay that isn’t worth sinking your time into.

Stormblades finely polishes an extremely redundant idea that offers no incentive to check out despite how well it’s produced.

Atomic Fusion: Particle Collider is a very simplistic mini game that never expands, leaving you with a one trick pony that is one to skip.

Max Ammo is a bland and repetitive shooter with little incentive to replay, or even download making it one to blast past.

One More Line is at odds with itself with a gameplay mechanic that doesn’t fit with the goal, and a control scheme that doesn’t fit with player interaction.

Six O’Clock High looks promising on the surface, but doesn’t fly high enough in the App Store to be worth recommending. If you’re interested in the style, be sure to pick up MiniSquadron if you still haven’t.

Linkies Puzzle Rush is one to stay away from as it’s definitely not worth your time, and is proof that looks can be deceiving.

Food Battle: The Game looks like a tasty treat on the surface, but much like a box of donuts, you will regret it later making this game one to skip.

Earn To Die 2 is a bland, and repetitive grind that is one to steer clear of unless you like doing the same thing over and over, and expecting a different result.

Table Top Racing is missing the main ingredient, and thus lacks any enjoyment making it worth skipping.

Luxuria Superbia is different, but that’s not a good thing in this case making it one to skip as it’s just a very unsatisfying app in every way.

Swing Copters is a simple game that is more frustrating than fun as a result of subpar game design making it one to skip.

CSR Classics is one to steer clear of unless you like doing the same thing over, and over again with virtually no stimulation all while asking for boatloads of money at all times.

Hyper Blaster looks good, but plays a lot worse making it one to blast off of your list.

Tap Sports Football isn’t worth your time, and it’s one to rush right past.

Unless you like doing the same thing over and over, there’s no enjoyment, engagement, or entertainment to be drawn from Bloodmasque making it one to steer clear of.

Journey To Heel ($3.99, Universal) is a great example of how looks can be deceiving. While it looks promising on the surface, it’s just a bland, repetitive, and monotonous shooter that is aptly named as playing it is definitely a journey to hell.

Fist Face Fight (Free, Universal) could be so much more, but instead it’s just a very simplistic game that isn’t worth your time.

Batman: Arkham Origins is one to glide past, as this isn’t the Batman game for iOS that anyone is looking for.

Marvel Run Jump Smash is a by the books release offering a new themed version of a predictable genre making it one to steer clear of. Not even the Avengers could save this one.

2013: Infected Wars is a generic and repetitive zombie shooter regardless of co-op gameplay making it one to avoid like an infection.

Overkill 2 (Free, Universal) is overly redundant giving you the same basic thing to do over, and over as though it was some tedious chore rather than a game, making it one to steer clear of.

Dots: A Game About Connecting (Free, iPhone) is an ornate expression of minimalism that is just too simplistic to recommend.

Haunting Melissa (Free, Universal) is an app to avoid, as it’s just not worth the time or investment. Hopefully it gets better as the episodes go on, but there are no indicators that it will.