On the iPhone, the game has lost all of its hilarity and satirical message. The gameplay is still very fun, but only the latest levels can offer a real challenge, while the routes are incoherent and not much various.

Crescent Moon and Galobeeth Games have succeeded in creating the greatest RPG on the App Store. The first journeys on horseback, though counties and deserts, strongly remember the great adventures in Morrowind or Oblivion, but the numerous negligences and technical issues ends up ruining the overall experience. Probably the game will be better and better with the next updates, but if you are looking for a true and deep RPG you should search elsewhere.

Lumines Arise brings you way back in years, to a time of audiovisual ferment like we never saw after. With it, though, comes an entire set of forgotten memories that shine a deeper light into what we remember and how we do it. We tend to remember only the best or the worst, but not the in-between, which is where most of the unsatisfactory experiences reside, and this game resurrects exactly those. Unlike any other Mizuguchi game, it stagnates in a nostalgic field, so far away from reality that it lives completely outside of our time. It can capture you for hours, but it feels more like some sort of prison within the self than an exchange between user and videogame.

OVIVO is a pleasure to see and listen, but as a game it also has some flaws that, anyway, don't turn down its charme.

It's a satisfactory ending for the whole season, but we have encountered the same issues that prevented the other episodes to be something more than average.

Super Monsters Ate My Condo! is still fun and enjoyable, but the differences between this sequel and the original are scarce.

Pro Zombie Soccer is an action game based on a different approach to the genre of Tower's Defense. The game is funny and intense, the touch controls works very well and the variety is guaranteed by the different kind of enemies; the only big problem is that it lasts just about 2 hours.

Nihilumbra is a clever and fascinating puzzle platformer that succeeds in providing a unique mobile experience. Unfortunately it's slightly spoiled by several ups and downs and a really bad difficulty curve.

Scribblenauts Remix is fresh, original and it's got a huge potential, but it fails to deliver. You can create almost everything and that's funny, but the puzzles are often obscure or dull and there's nothing else to keep you entertained.

Blessed with overly cute graphics and beautiful music, Bumpy Road is a funny and easy-to-play arcade game which appeal unfortunately doesn't last too long.

Chopper 2 is a total evolution from the first episode: better graphic, more missions, more variety but the same fun. However, it's still just a simply arcade game; but if you are looking for an immediate and fun iPhone game, it could be the right choice.

Risk of Rain 2 is a third person shooter roguelike full of items to unlock and enemies to kill. However it is a little short of breath.

Final Fantasy IX is one of the best Final Fantasies ever made, hence it deserved a better porting than what we got here. We are used to Square Enix's lackluster portings and that's why nowadays it's hard to accept some trivial mistakes.

The Sandbox delivers an original and fresh experience, packed with a simple but effective touch interface and some interesting social elements. What a pity the story mode is so poor and uninspiring, while you're forced to buy some mana once you complete a bunch of missions.

Quotation forthcoming.

With shallow level and game design, Oceanhorn fails to deliver an experience that can justify the premium price point.

The Wolf Among Us Episode One: The Faith opens a new season in an exciting world rich of possibilities, but lacks those moral choices that force characters to face their worst inner demons and that made of The Walking Dead such an intense and poignant series.

The gameplay of Robo Surf is simple and intuitive, but unfortunately not so addictive, while the lack of variety and unlockable contents might discourage the player. Anyway, it's still a fun game and the cameos from Iji and Blueberry Garden are two nice touches.

Still addictive as ever, but some of the new features don't seem so convincing.

Although way better than the previous chapter, Blue Defense: Second Wave! is certainly less ambitious than Red Conquest. It must be said though that even if the game lacks any real additional mode, plot or multiplayer experience, the new units and the deeper control system will satisfy any hardcore gamer that thought the first Blue Defense was too easy.

Tales From The Borderlands is more often than not a pleasure, and it has an authentic Borderlands feeling. But the the long action sequences where we have to push buttons only to let the movie play, rise a question: “why don't we play the real game, instead?”

Angry Video Game Nerd 8-bit is a good Mega Man clone, designed with Nerd fans in mind.

Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound is an effective reimagining of a genre that has become increasingly underrepresented. The Game Kitchen has found an ideal compromise between the immediacy of the past and the complexity expected from modern video games, creating a fast-paced, layered hack ’n’ slash built entirely around a simple gameplay solution. It’s an experiment that doesn’t fully succeed: the game alternates between overly simple and somewhat frustrating sections, though never truly challenging, and it runs out of surprises within just a few minutes, ultimately becoming too predictable — though still devilishly fun.

Wispin is a nice "survival" action game, with a lot of different enemies to kill. The tilt controls don't seem to be accurate like the touch ones, while the presence of a health bar instead of a single life saves us from frustration.

WWE 2K25 features a 2K Showcase mode that doesn't hold a candle to last year's edition, while The Island presents itself as a variation on the traditional career mode with occasional fantasy elements but is hindered by a very modest presentation. The storyline behind MyRise is interesting, while the changes made to other classic modes aren’t substantial enough to make them feel fresh for those who have already invested a lot of time in these contents. On the gameplay side, the experience suffers from stiffness and interaction issues that should have been addressed by now, while the visuals range from stunning to downright ugly and outdated: the full-price toll for a franchise that is increasingly struggling with its annual release cycle.

Some scenes are conveniently placed to remind us our past choices, and all the emotional burdens from the last episode doesn't automatically translate into the beginning of the last one. Nevertheless, Cry Wolf is a solid and satisfying conclusion that echoes long after the credits roll.

Everybody will play Astro's Playroom and everybody will forget about it a few hours later.

Suicide Squad: Missione Speciale is completely free and offers some fun FPS action but it’s also kind of repetitive and with basically no sense of progression it’s destined to feel boring in a pretty short time.

Retro City Rampage is a weak 2D version of GTA, with a lot of difficult and repetitive missions. Its pixel art is impersonal, and the story has no sense at all(which is different from nonsense). Music and controls are the best part of the game, but they aren't good enough to separate the game from mediocrity.

Unsatisfactory for those accustomed to open-world games of this decade and lacking as an (un)enriched re-release of a game nearly twenty years old, *Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster* risks ending up poorly. Fortunately, the charm of its original concept and the characterization of the game environment, along with some still-valid ideas, lift it from a fate of potential mediocrity. It will be hard to become as passionate about it as some did almost twenty years ago, and newcomers to Willamette won't find enough content designed for them. But all in all, a stroll through Al Fresca Plaza and a chat with the guy at the supermarket still work today... just much less than before.

The last episode in Agharta Studio's franchise is clearly a better, longer and polished game, but there are still many flaws from the previous chapters, for example the lack of an hint system that can help the player or a bad Italian translation.

As gorgeous as it looks and sounds, Octopath Traveler is a disjointed mess of different features, mechanics and narratives that kind of work individually but not really together.

Gust and Koei Tecmo also this year delight us with the continuation of the adventures of Plachta and Sophie, this time lost within a magical realm dominated by dreams.

The deep lack of personality and the flat gameplay make this survival horror just decent, but still overall better than the underwhelming Resident Evil 4 port.

Pool Pro Online 3 is a great pool simulator. It comes with some nice graphics, realistic physics and a good online multiplayer mode, but fails to deliver a decent single player experience.

Romancing Saga 2: Revenge of the Seven is undoubtedly one of the strangest and most fascinating unknown JRPGs of its era. The non-linear narrative keeps it fresh, while the other aspects are absolutely average. What unfortunately doesn't help is the plethora of flat characters that the title offers. Still, there's plenty to play, discover, explore, and we can't help but recommend this remake to anyone looking for a little piece of hidden history in the genre, those exponents you didn't know existed but who, in their own way, still have some nice ideas to convey.

Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus & Butterfly sports minimum innovations on the first chapter’s gameplay, while the writing is under the spotlight, managing to improve some of Coffee Talk’s asperities, but often failing in giving depth to newly introduced characters. Toge Productions’ videogame is nonetheless a must have for those who look for a laid-back, enjoyable experience, without the need of frequent inputs on the player’s part, and has a clearer narrative focus, wisely leaving behind some of the (way too many) themes addressed in the first Coffee Talk.

World of Warcraft's new expansion speaks of courage, but has very little of it of its own. It suffers from all the limitations established in the middle chapters of the trilogies but Blizzard has limited itself to refining the tried and tested dynamics, adding content and features with little impact on routines that haven't changed a bit. The game still works wonderfully, mind you; those who enjoyed leveling up their characters or collecting all the collectibles now have new reasons to return, but while we were following familiar stories in familiar areas, we missed the sense of novelty and discovery we experienced in previous expansions.

Sigma is an original puzzle game tetris-style. The game is simple but funny, and the low price is another reason to buy it if you like this genre.

Battleloot Adventure is a simple but enjoyable RPG with a lot of contents and amazing graphics. Unfortunately its lack of plot, the extreme grinding and repetitive combats might disappoint the average RPG core gamer.

Call of Champions delivers a simple, fast MOBA experience for the ones who want to try this kind of game without investing too much time.

Ether One is an interesting first-person adventure that explores human mind and the causes of dementia in a very original way. Technically surprising, considering the low-budget nature of the title, it deserves to be tried, even if the slow pace could distance action-oriented players.

Miami Vindication, the second Gangstar game for the iDevices, can provide a more wide-ranging experience than West Coast Hustle, thanks to its bigger city, truly different vehicles and less repetitive missions. Unfortunately, some of the previous episode's issues are still there, including annoying pop-ups, lack of bug fixes, very few side quests and whimsical controls.

Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon nails the 80's action revival, but besides jokes, lasers, and one liners the gameplay fails to deliver the same depth of Far Cry 3.

Raiden Legacy is a nice compilation for all the classic shoot'em-up fans out there, but the controls should be more sensitive.

Absolutely stunning from a graphic perspective, Afterpulse ultimately ends up struggling with the same problems that affect almost every single third person shooter on iOS.

Gnosia fails to deliver a satisfying experience, becoming more frustrating loop after loop due to its randomness.

The new League of Evil is a nice lifting of the original game. Of course, a more interesting level design and new traps make this sequel nicely harder, but it's not enough for a title that is just a more of the same.

WildStar stumbles on a thin line between being awesome and mediocre. Combat is fun, dungeons are hard, bosses are unique, crafting is good and the art style is all around excellent. However, the extremely sharp difficulty, the horrible pacing of quests and the shallow elitist mentality made up by the hardcore niche is leading to basically ruin all the good there is in a sincerely fun MMORPG.

Cyber Shadow stumbles just when it was supposed to shine, unnecessarily raising its difficulty in the final levels.

Tales of Graces f Remastered is the usual remaster we came to expect from Bandai Namco: smoother visuals and frame rate, former DLCs included, quality of life improvements and no new content whatsoever. It helps we haven't got a Tales game in years and Graces f is an underrated little jewel of a JRPG.

A nice and funny take on the breakout formula that is best suited for short game sessions.

Wordament is yet another Boggle clone, with a cross-platform leaderboard and ten Achievements to unlock.

The three games included in this collection are, still today, three stunning gems, among the best of the best of the visual novel genre. However, the absence of any bonus material, the price which is the exact double of the iOS version, and the disappearance of European localizations, steal some value from the package.

Fast Five the Movie: Official Game is nice racing game with very good graphics, a rich career mode and an online multiplayer mode for up to ten players. What a pity the controls don't work well as they should do: the tilt ones are pretty inaccurate, the touch ones are definitely better but you always have to struggle to perform a powerslide.

Everhood could have been more but, in the end, cannot fully deliver the experience it has suggested in the beginning.

Sifu is a complex game that needs complex hardware. The idea of bringing it to the dimension of portability is tempting, but it isn't enough to save it from the limitations imposed by the lack of technology. The overall experience is halved, because it does not make justice to a game so visually inspired and intricate. With hindsight, maybe this isn't the right place for a work like this.

Marvel Cosmic Invasion is a serviceable scrolling beat'em up which marginally exploits some popular characters in a much more comprehensive collection of stages, bosses and easter eggs. It feels a little bit more unpolished than Tribute's previous attempt with Shredder's Revenge and lacks additional content but co-op and some nice DLC may increase its value in the long run.

Quotation forthcoming.

Pro Evolution Soccer 2017 Mobile is a good starting point for the future of the Konami series on mobile devices, thanks in particular to the new gesture controls.

An "interrogation simulator" with Blade Runner vibes. You should check it if you dream of electric sheeps too.

Darkest Dungeon II is definitely a good game, skillfully built upon the experience of the first installment. However, perhaps the comparison with the first game led the developers to go overboard, mixing in ambitions of a more traditional narrative role-playing game into the original formula. This ends up creating noticeable contrasts and lengthening the gameplay a bit too much, making it quite burdensome to start over from scratch each time.

Heart of Thorns is a curious experiment which further strengthen ArenaNet's resolve to change the MMO landscape. Does it work? Not really, not totally. The metroidvania progression is kind of fun but the endless grind of public events and group activities makes every step of the road more frustrating than appealing.

Coming just a year after the fist episode, Super Scribblenauts finally manage to give an actually usable control system, but the boundaries on the puzzles strongly reduce the creativity and freedom to the players.

Tough controls and an IAP system too intrusive are just two of the problems that spoil an otherwise good but far from stellar game.

Dragon Ball Gekishin Squadra is a compact and accessible MOBA, very enjoyable once you grasp the mechanics of this specific subgenre (and especially when playing with friends!), but characterized by simplifications that at some point could limit the experience. Being a free-to-play title, and one that is thankfully free of pay-to-win dynamics or overly aggressive monetization systems, the good news is that nothing will stop you from trying it out and getting a sense of what Ganbarion is attempting with this game, which is still only at the very beginning of a potentially long journey full of new characters and content.

RIDE 6 confirms itself as an extremely solid racing game in terms of gameplay, technically convincing and backed by impressive numbers, even though the new career mode falls short due to some balancing issues that end up undermining the enjoyment of progression, trivializing tuning and failing to meaningfully differentiate between the two available riding styles.

Young Souls is an adventure that splits its time between brawler and RPG, with the latter part stifled, however, by the game's brevity and lack of balance. If you're interested in co-op play and you're into the more action-heavy side of things, then you might enjoy a good handful of hours with a friend.

Cursed to Golf will make you sweat, bewitching you with its pixel art, surrounding you with its irony and then annihilating you with its lack of permissiveness. If you want to try to dominate the cursed fields of the Purgatory of Golf, arm yourself with patience and time, if instead you think that your life has already given you excessive stress then maybe you should not look at the original interpretation of Chuhai Labs of the noble sport.

Dyad is a trip inside a Pink Floyd LP, but it lack of contents to maintain high the player’s interest.

Five Nights at Freddy’s VR: Help Wanted is by far the best entry in the series, but that doesn’t mean it’s a great game overall, nor a game suited for everyone: even with VR, it’s still a love it or hate it matter.

Mighty Switch Force! Hyper Drive Edition is a pretty hardcore 2D puzzle platformer for all the fans of the genre.

Despite being a masterpiece, Resident Evil 4 on Switch suffers from medium resolution and inconsistent framerate. Capcom could've handle things a little better.

Lili is definitely style over substance: it has gorgeous graphics, a well-crafted scenario and slick interface and controls, but it's ultimately a quite boring and repetitive game.

1-bit Ninja is a truly nice platform, graphically gorgeous and hard as few others are. The going-forward constriction is certainly the most controversial aspect of the game, but core gamers will probably love it. Unfortunately it lacks of online leaderboards or achievements support, so players will never have a great reward in doing better and better.

A long-awaited return for one of the most famous Japanese shoot 'em ups.

Tomb of the Mask is a cute arcade game, with nice 8 bit style graphics and sounds.

Thirty years later, Lunar and Lunar 2 are still excellent old school JRPGs on their own but this remastered compilation by GungHo is lackluster at best.

Although the latest entries in the franchise didn't exactly blow our minds up, Mega Man X Legacy Collection boasts at least four to five iconic platformers and some of the best in the genre. Despite a few nuances Capcom might actually patch up, this is a solid compilation we reccomend to nostalgic and new fans alike.

Honkai: Star Rail would easily be one of the greatest turn based RPGs of the past few years were it not for it's predatory monetization system.

With a mission-based structure, Virtual City ask the player to address practical issues in different cities. The result is an interesting title, with some problems concerning the interface.

Zombie Army 4: Dead War brings to Nintendo Switch some new features, introducing different playable characters, upgrades, special abilities and wider locations. The gyro controls are a welcome extra, but from a technical standpoint the game really struggles.

Light the Flower is a simple and intuitive puzzle game, perfect for an audience of casual gamers. Pretty slow and uninteresting at first, the game shows some great puzzles and a good variety in the most advanced levels.

If you’re a fan of the original game you can’t obviously miss this add-on but be prepared: it lacks variety and originality.

The LEGO Movie Videogame is just an okay entry in TT Games long-lasting franchise, but it fails to deliver the charm and the humour of the parodies we have gotten used to, hence failing to grasp any attention and curiosity of a grown-up audience.

Old school, retro, fun. Slayers X: Terminal Aftermath: Vengance of the Slayer is an FPS for true nostalgists who want a game that reminds them of the old days spent between Doom and Wolfenstein.

Universe for Sale is a visual novel with a traditional narrative approach, but not devoid of original ideas. Simply excellent from a visual point of view, Universe for Sale proves to be a valid and engaging work, able to excite and convince those who are carried away by its galactical mystery. We point out that on Steam the prologue is available for free: to try it can be a great way to take a look at what the team of Tmesis Studio has managed to achieve.

ChuChu Rocket! for iPhone and iPod Touch is in some ways better than the original (thanks to the touch controls), but the lack of an online multiplayer mode is really deprecable.

This War of Mine still delivers a great survival experience, with good depth and great atmosphere. The Complete Edition brings on Nintendo Switch all the latest updates and content in a complete package of undeniable value.

Tooth and Tail is an original and funny pop-corn RTS, with a fast approach to the genre.

Beyond Good & Evil: 20th Anniversary Edition is a journey into the past that turns out to be surprisingly enjoyable, thanks to a remastering job that goes beyond the usual standards and some minor attention also aimed at controls and gameplay.

Jazz: Trump's Journey is one of the most stylish platform on the App Store, but its wonderful graphics and beautiful soundtrack are the only strengths. Hopefully the next update will improve its flawed controls and the unforgivable localization.

This is the exact same game we already played on Switch: ideas, mechanics and gameplay that suffer when put all together in the same game.

Dungeons of Hinterberg is a puzzle and combat-based action game with an intentionally compassed and relaxed tone. The level of challenge offered never crosses a certain line, and this is reflected in modest level design and a lack of depth in the mechanics. Fun and enjoyable in these summer months, but far from memorable.

Life is Strange: Chaos Theory shows once again the impressive worldbuilding of the series, but all the drama is suffocated by redundant dialogues and ordinary life events that don't move the story forward.

Station to Station is a really... cute game! Yes, sometimes there's no need for grandiose terms, just as there's no need for hundred-hour-long games. Sometimes, as this title itself explains, all you need is something that can be opened and closed in ten minutes, a magical portal that takes you away from the line at the post office or from the next Excel sheet to review. With this purpose in mind, Station to Station is unbeatable; as an actual game, however, there's much better out there.

Everything is a unique and experimental simulation of the universe, supported by philosophical thoughts and interaction outside the box.

Interesting mix between a tower defense and an action RPG, World of Van Helsing: Deathtrap is almost the same title we saw on PC a couple of years ago with the same strengths, except for the editor, and weaknesses.