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.