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.