Towers N' Trolls is the kind of naturally occurring result that occasionally crops up in such a rich and densely populated genre - it's the sum of its forebears and instead of adding its own voice to the mix it sticks with applying a fresh coat of paint.

This retro take on the bullet hell genre might be hard to get the hang of, but it will keep you coming back for more.

Bouncer Boot Out earns a lot of street-cred by including the Mana Bar in its game, but once you reach this venue the game is all but ended unless you're a very self-competitive individual.

Fling Theory's genuinely clever concept is hamstrung by lacklustre presentation and gameplay issues. Better in theory than in practise.

Solid presentation and a ton of options help T.E.C. 3001 stand out in the runner genre, but the wishy-washy controls throw up unwelcome hurdles.

Torture Bunny is a solid, if somewhat disturbing game. Our biggest complaint is that the ragdoll physics are unpredictable, and even the greatest trap setup can be ruined as the rabbit decides to fall in another direction.

If you enjoy good-looking games with arty pretentions and twinkly soundtracks, you might be intigued by Continue?9876543210. However, the restrictive controls and garbled narrative will likely test your patience to breaking point.

Another colorful and decently amusing game where you get as far as you can, spend some cash in the store, and try the whole thing over again.

A functional take on the tower offense genre, Demonrock: War of Ages suffers from dull, repetitive combat, and a general lack of creativity.

Final Flight of the Perseus’s wants to be as addictive as Galaga, but its repetitive enemies and ho-hum combat struggle to hold your attention past a few credits.

If you own Farm Frenzy then this might not feature enough changes to bother upgrading, but for those who don't own the game yet this is an excellent opportunity to enjoy a challenging management title.

Hooga suffers for its control issues, turning an otherwise interesting platformer in to something far less exciting.

Despite the popularity of the series, Letris 3's blend of Scrabble and Tetris is hampered by intrusive freemium design.

Kingpin Lanes provides a gripping concept that will (initially) keep you coming back for more, but despite the wealth of wonderful ideas the novelty soon wears off and you'll struggle for a reason to keep playing.

Xtreme Wheels takes a formula that has already proven itself in the past and does little more than repackage it, albeit in a shiny 3D engine; if you enjoy games like Trials HD there's little reason to complain, but it'd be nice to see more innovation.

It's Burn the Rope, only in 3D. That's pretty much the long and short of it. If you take to the finger-controlled camera, you'll probably find some fun here.

Game of Thrones Ascent is a nice accompaniment to the show, but even fans may be soured by its reliance on timers and IAPs.

Just in time for Halloween, Ghost Chicken will give you an original gaming experience that while fun, can wear thin quick.

We've seen Lumber Jacked and its platforming challenges before, but while it's polished in many respects, some of its bugs and gameplay features threaten to remove the satisfaction of acing its many three-star stages.

ARDefender is an App Store hit waiting to happen, but other than the joy of playing around with the AR features there's little else to enjoy about the vanilla tower defense gameplay.

With its character designs, sound effects, and especially its music, Turtle Slide can't help but put a smile on your face, even if this is a game we've seen a thousand times before.

Instead of an endless runner, we have an endless coaster, and coasting along is exactly what you'll be doing, cause despite some neat ideas, this game offers little challenge.

Not every game is going to survive the test of time and while the visuals of Virtua Fighter 2 for the Genesis have certainly not remained timeless, the gameplay is fun and simple enough to work on touch devices.

Grimm is a beautiful simplistic platformer with some interesting gameplay ideas, however it fails to impress with its mundane pacing that's only occasionally punctuated by fun mini-levels.

Doesn't address many of the main concerns of Freemium titles, but even without spending money there's a lot to do and enjoy in this cute Action-RPG.

Warheads is a gritty and visually stimulating take on Missile Command for the App Store, but with so few changes to the gameplay it'll appeal more to nostalgia fans than the newer casual game crowd.

Ace Patrol tries to apply the Civilization V template to WW1 air combat. Unfortunately, it a little too disjointed to fully engage.

Real Soccer 2011 doesn't add much more than graphical advancements to its football franchise and while that may be enough for some it's a hard sell to those who already own earlier World Cup games from this year.

NFL Flick Kicker is yet another polished release from Full Fat, but it would have been great to see the developer push the limits a little further.

Demons' Soul is a pricey way to enjoy the music of some of Square Enix' top composers, but if you can stand the forced repetition you'll get to enjoy a competent rhythm-game and the rather amusing storyline attached to it.

Most likely meant for a younger audience, the cuteness of Clay and his world will appeal to that demographic, but other players will likely find this too bland to be of much fun.

Blast Off is fun while it lasts, but you'll quickly move on to other galaxies once you're done.

Makes the most of its simple Mastermind-like gameplay, providing a word-puzzle challenge that's open to most ages.

Marvel Vs. Capcom 2 feels rushed and otherwise falls short of Capcom's prior fighter releases on the App Store; a shame considering the wild popularity of this title.

PES 2010 is almost like a tech-demo for what could be achieved for football gaming on the iPhone, but until the same level of attention to detail is placed on basic features it's a hard game to recommend even to die-hard fans.

He-Man falls short not only of other brawlers, but of the series itself as it chooses to stick to a limited system of combat that's propped up by decent level design.

Dungeon Hunter 3 takes a series that has some depth and skims from the top, providing players with a thin sheen of a game (albeit one with many levels to unlock); a boon to budget gamers willing to pay their way through grinding.

Consider Bug Chucker as the next step on your journey to mastering physics based puzzles once the ordinary 'catapult' variety looses its challenge.

Combines the skill and timing of Labyrinth with modern gravity-based platforming tropes to create something entirely unique, even if it doesn't always manage to mesh with the available control scheme.

Random Heroes keeps things simple, returning to the old-skool format of placing one level after another with no real reward for progression; it's a trip down memory lane, but a brief and uneventful one at that.

For a developer that has shown a capacity to condense challenging and engaging play in to a tiny bundle, Ice Rage is surprising lacking in depth or complexity; it simply is what it is and no more - a quick and dirty ice hockey time-waster.

Using an encompassing 360 degree control system to blast away enemies is as fun and engrossing as it sounds, but this hinges on optimal situations not always present outside your home.

Zombie Pinata is a side scrolling beat em up that plays it safe, not bringing much to the table. Might still be worth a play from fans of beat em ups, and zombies.

Touch Detective brings a whole lot of baggage with it from its original release in 2006 and instead of fixing the gameplay the developer has focused on implementing a micro-payment system.

While a sequel to a game with a great premise, Tofu-2 offers nothing much in the way of new gameplay, and the imprecise aiming and frustration of some levels make this title lack widespread appeal.

Though Mimpi's cute platforming antics appear to be aimed at a younger audience, the obtuse puzzles and weird imagery left us unsatisfied.

Race illegal: High Speed 3D tries to make its high impact aesthetic its calling card, though more focus on the story and unique track system would have served it better.

Liberty Wings is a game that attempts to feed the insatiable need for more 'value', but in providing a diverse amount of variety it fails to polish any one of them sufficiently.

While Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project may be a small piece of gaming history, it feels as unweildy and out-of-date and on modern touchscreen devices as its macho protagonist.

Can you believe this is "Episode 1" in a potential series of games? With any luck if future games in the Pillowfight Girls series are released they'll take more care to make things genuinely sexy instead of tweenager's fever fantasy.

Tune Rider feels like a half-baked prototype and while the App Store certainly enjoys its 'updates', being given something this unfinished borders on tragic.

While committed adventure game fans might be able to excuse some of Return to Castlerama's many faults, most gamers will not be satisfied by wandering around picking up scrolls.

Optical Inquisitor is a scrappy Clear Vision knock-off - a poor execution game executed poorly.

Some great ideas are present here, but the controls need a lot more tweaking, and that presentation definitely needs to be worked on.

We could knit-pick Knitted Deer all day long, but while it may look like a groovy retro title, it feels like it should have spent a bit more time on the drawing board.

Aggressive advertising and pop-ups render this so-so pathfinder a dud.

Drawn to Life is an unfortunate reminder of why it is important for developers to consider what platform their game will appear on, especially when porting titles to a new devices.

Boondock Saints Mobile Game may have the right idea with its split story design, but the gameplay is so slow and silly that it ruins the experience entirely.

With its awkward controls, buggy combat, and cardboard characters, Gangstar Vegas is all glitter and no gold.

Visually noisy and mechanically unreliable, Thor: The Dark World is a confused free-to-play hack-'em-up which reduces its lead character to a club-footed spectator.

A cynical imitation of an already dull game, we would rather download Windows updates than play Family Guy: The Quest for Stuff.

A dance based rhythm game that needs more polish on its game mechanics, progression, and sound balancing before it can really shine.

Green Rage is has the potential to be a beautiful, if short experience, but is otherwise smothered by a control system that pairs poorly with the game as designed.

There's some good ideas hidden underneath a lot of problems here. With some polish this could be a decent puzzle game, but as it stands now it's best to give this one a miss.

Though Everyday Spelunker does bring Spelunky to your iPhone, the atrocious controls and never-ending deaths make you wonder why they bothered.

Escape from LaVille places players in an awkward scenario with little motivation outside of simply completing the game to drag them forward; snappier transitions would go a long way to make this far less frustrating to play.

Buried underneath the layers of poor progression and an insistent focus on repetitive grinding lies a game that beats with the action-packed heart of the Justice League, however being Earth's Final Defense may not be an option when you're given boring combat that you'll likely need to repeat over and over.

It's games like Where's My Water? 2 which give the free-to-play model a bad reputation. One of the most cynical games I have ever played.

With its sub-par graphics and gameplay, fans of Kick-A*s or even action games in general should probably steer clear of this title at least until its numerous issues are given an overhaul.

Rollercoaster Tycoon 4 Mobile mighthave been a reasonable free-to-play title, as a premium game, its greed is too much to stomach.

Soulcalibur Unbreakable Soul’s dull battle system and restrictive energy system spoils its reasonable CCG foundations, and does the franchise a disservice.

Boy Loves Girl has the feeling of an art game, but the message is overshadowed by frustrating gameplay and bland visuals.

Without the aggressive freemium baggage, Gunner Z would simply be a decent-looking run-of-the-mill zombie shooter. As it is, it's another showcase for the dangers of placing greed over good game design. Avoid.

Ace Chopper Rescue feels like an incomplete title, with only a few short levels and gameplay with odd features that need more balancing and an initial price point that's almost insulting for what you get.

While perhaps multiplayer could bring some fun, this simplistic maze game lacks the polish and the excitement to make a lasting impression.

An interesting enough idea, but bad controls make the player want to say goodbye instead of hi to this octopi.

No-one is asking for yet another Doodle Jump, but poor concepts like floaty jumping and a lack of variety were prototyped out a long time ago; Wharr: The Colossus Age seemingly ignores these points and as a result it feels dated and out of touch.

An Endless runner without jumping that ironically doesn't get off the ground thanks to problems with its swiping controls.

Despite having a long, rich history supporting the Action-RPG, The Relic strikes out on its own and manages to get lost in the wilderness in the process; hold off on this one till updates address its core gameplay.

iChallenger-Return sets out to challenge players with a unique combat experience, but controlling your character is hard enough without spears and camouflaged arrows being thrown at you as well.

MotoGP 2010 would be a hard game to justify at $0.99 and at its current price it's almost insulting to experience - just avoid it.

Novel control scheme with some striking presentation that cannot hide its unplayability.

There are just too many other titles in the vertical-jumping vein for Angry Bunny: Ninja Revenge to be worth your time as it currently stands.

It's fun to knock a few heads in after a stressful day, but even when the red-mist has descended it's not hard to realize that Angry Viking is an empty action title.

Araxium is an endless gem matching puzzle game that needs more time to bloom before it becomes a serious purchase.

Pocket Pandemic is about as sterile as it comes for gameplay, with generic maps, poor controls and no convincing reason to stick with the plague theme other than to be childishly gross.

With so many other online shooters vying for the attention of gamers it's unacceptable that Star Wars: Imperial Academy can't even get the basics right, especially considering how big this license is.

Seconds of gameplay, with potentially hours of waiting - this is freemium brought to its horrifying and expensive end point, squandering any potential All The Bravest has.