In spite of its classy graphical flourishes, Infinite Warrior is too frustrating to really recommend.

Just as satisfyingly dumb as it's always been, Samurai Warriors 4 brings a good dosage of new stuff to a slightly tired formula.

A challenging, surprisingly imaginative match-3 puzzler - but there's little reason to tolerate its free-to-play fussiness with so much stellar competition in the field.

Ninja Reflex is undeniably attractive and polished, but unfortunately it gives up its secrets far too quickly to be considered good value for money.

Transformers Legends is a card-battler. You know how these play by now, so the only question is: do you want want that features Transformers?

Despite being entertaining in bursts and boasting a decent ship-building experience, Space Qube is a little too simple to be anything more than a brief fling.

Impressive visuals and new levels ensure that Waterslide 2 achieves a degree of competency that eclipses its predecessor, but does not disguise its shortcomings.

Timber Tennis is a decent enough endless tennis game, but it's not much more than that.

Briefly entertaining, Daddy Was A Thief doesn't have enough going for it to be a great.

Bringing a fair amount of character to the catapult set-up, The Horrible Vikings comes with too much baggage to really take on the genre's masters.

WWE: Champions has an interesting concept and pretty graphics, but it's not exactly a revelation.

A delightfully jovial game, let down by miserly levels of reward. If you're a fan of the cartoon, then definitely take a look.

While not terrible, Zoo Tycoon 2 suffers from a lack of sheen that creeps like dry rot into the foundations of the game, dulling the whole experience.

While its obtuse nature can frustrate and thrill in equal measure, the minimalist design and abstract puzzles of Raster Prime encourage you to keep playing.

Fussy controls and a bizarre battle system render Across Age nothing more than an average anachronism.

Fans of the show will enjoy the characters and humour, but everything else Phone Destroyer has to offer is done better elsewhere.

A few tweaks and Russian Dancing Men could be the rhythm-action game to beat on iOS. As it stands, it's too flawed and frustrating to recommend.

It's nothing new, but Sword Art Online: Memory Defrag is a solid, enjoyable hack-and-slash RPG for the anime fans.

An interesting attempt at a touchscreen FPS, The Lawless is too short and too linear for its own good.

Perhaps a little more style over substance, Raft Pirates is a building, battling and boating game with a big chunk of style.

A pleasantly familiar taste of the kind of physics puzzlers we used to see in the early days of the App Store, Salt & Pepper doesn't add enough meaty substance to the recipe.

League of Stickmen has its faults, but it's a pretty fun, slightly hands-off hack-and-slasher all the same.

Gorgeous-looking Mario & Sonic goes for gold with multiplayer, despite stumbling across the finish line with a few lame events, the odd control issue and only moderately entertaining solo play.

The foundations of a great survival game are here, but it currently feels a bit ‘style over substance' and too ruthless, even if you're a fan of insanely hard arcade games.

Hero Emblems II is a match-3 RPG that combines role-playing level progression with match-3 combat. The battles themselves feel a little bit on the lighter side when it comes to strategic depth, but it might just be your cup of tea if you're a fan of its predecessor.

Playable and polished as always, Madden NFL 09 doesn't gain the franchise any yardage and fails to address some old control issues.

A half-decent RTS that only partially embraces the strengths of its source material and suffers from irritating performance and control issues.

1849 is a refreshingly straight-up city-builder with a snappy mission-based structure, but the route to success can feel a little restrictive and one-note at times.

Dark Day LA offers anarchic asymmetrical gameplay for two, but it's a slight offering.

Mega Jump 2 isn't particularly original, and it's 'save' system chips away at the experience, but this is an enjoyable descendant of Doodle Jump all the same.

For existing fans of trading card games, this is an addictive package offering potentially hours of exciting play. Everyone else may strongly disagree.

There's a nice idea here, but the cumbersome controls mean Back to Bed gets tiring pretty quick.

If you're not a fan of the original, you'd be best to give this muddled revamp a miss.

A silly shooter that doesn't quite distance itself far enough from the games it's mocking. Still pretty fun though.

A somewhat entertaining puzzler with little to offer and lots of headaches to give.

A reasonably entertaining zombie killer with enough of a twist that it's not too familiar.

An urban setting gives Act of War: Urban Defense appeal, but its lack of originality and short length ensure that it quickly gets lost in the fog of war.

This sequel lacks the charm of many of its puzzler rivals, but still offers plenty of fiendish challenges to solve if you can overlook the sterile artwork.

Patient players might enjoy this cute action-puzzler, but control and design issues will leave others burning with rage.

It might not have the staying power of the best games, but there's fun to be had in Edge of the World.

Despite being comprehensive in terms of content, Chuck's Challenge is too dated to really stand out.

An attractive and fun adventure-puzzler that simply doesn’t justify the high price of its levels with its generic gameplay, even if you're a fan of the cartoon.

It's presented quite well, but One Piece Treasure Cruise still feels like something we've all played before.

Part Stroop test, part high-score chaser, OLDTV is certainly a brain tickler with a striking aesthetic. Whether it's any fun or not is a trickier question to answer.

What starts off reasonably well ends up losing its way pretty quickly.

There's a decent game here, but Machines at War 3 is far from original, and a little too rough around the edges to wholeheartedly recommend.

The Game of Life 2 is a fun version of the board game, with the addition of different maps, but ultimately it's still a lot of waiting around if you don't have friends.

Despite a fresh and nuanced movement system, this endless faller is somewhat spoiled by a miserly approach to dishing out rewards and incentives.

Wonky mechanics and no multiplayer support at launch mean that this boardgame may end up gathering dust in the cupboard until an update is deployed.

Little Legends is a cute, simple mobile-based MMORPG, but its energy system and server issues drag down the experience.

Felix the Reaper invites players into this rich, quirky, and tragically romantic world of hilarious deaths and bop-your-head-to-the-beat dance moves, but ultimately falls short on creating a more compelling gaming experience. Dive into it for a puzzle or two a day, but it’s not something you’ll likely be absorbed into from the get-go.

To-Fu 2? It's barely To-Fu 1.2. A major disappointment

Twenty years at the top and Madden is faltering badly – this 'update' offers little in terms of new content and should only be considered if you've passed on the previous PSP instalments.

Real Boxing looks and plays nicely, but flawed countering and training systems unbalance a promising beat-'em-up.

A somewhat empty clicker game disguised as SimCity.

A solid and cute if overly simplistic take on Peggle, which sacrifices tactile unpredictability for a more streamlined approach.

You won't want to rock and roll all night with this hand-cramping game that doesn't have the right tunes to back up an inventive slate of multiplayer modes.

It has some shocking flaws, but Skater Cat is still just about good enough to be worth a recommendation.

Those looking for more of the same will get just that, but if you weren't won over by the original, an alien footy team from outer space will be an even harder story to stomach.

Flite has its moments, but they never quite click into place as well as they should.

Nicely structured gameplay make Sam & Max Episode 1 playable, even if it's only mildly amusing.

An often-amusing love letter to the Zelda series, Anodyne Mobile offers plenty of 2D fun but is handicapped by the rushed nature of the port, which has resulted in faulty controls.

An über-casual time-waster which - like a knight tethered to a peg - ultimately fails to go anywhere, no matter how hard it tries.

Fun for the first few days, but you'll eventually find yourself wondering why you would want to spend so much money on rather basic gameplay. Thankfully, if you're patient you can enjoy what's on offer every now and again for free – and that's worth it.

A tough as old boots word game that's sometimes a little too cruel for its own good.

At its heart, Etheria: Restart is a solid turn-based RPG, but unfortunately, it doesn’t do much to elevate itself above its competitors. As a result, the immediate main story lull just isn’t worth it. You will need to invest a ton of time right away just to play three short stages of the story, and then you’re right back to grinding the joyless side content. You will have to be dedicated to the long haul right off the bat.

Those looking for more of the same will get just that, but if you weren't won over by the original, an alien footy team from outer space will be an even harder story to stomach.

The introduction of the undead gives Stenches an interesting change of pace, but more variety would have earned it a medal of distinction.

A solid enough arcade experience, but scrape away the extra freedom and it's just another arcade experience.

Fantastically funny and an unwavering faithfulness to the source material help make this rather average 3D action adventure worth a furtive glance – it's just a shame that it's over so quickly.

Lush graphics and free-roaming environments compensate for a steep learning curve, spotty controls, and a reliance on in-app purchases.

Fun enough to rise above mediocrity, but this golf game has too many flaws to make the cut and win a medal.

It's certainly a looker, but Paper Titans is a little too shallow once you get past its gorgeous facade.

While it has some impressive moments, Ballistic SE falls well short of reshaping the genre template it fits so snugly into.

It's not that the Emperor has no clothes, but in Master of Disguise, Wario's garb looks distinctly threadbare, despite some cute ideas.

As enormously flawed as ever, yet curiously enjoyable with it, Mad Dog McCree feels oddly at home on the App Store.

There are some signs of ingenuity and adventure in Abducted, but too often it gets lost in its own muddle of mechanics

An expertly restored Sonic-style platformer that nevertheless feels dated and unfocused next to the sharper examples of the genre.

The central premise of Mad Tracks works fine and once unlocked the races are varied, but getting to them takes ages, requiring you to re-play the same courses with the same monotonous AI too many times.

A little light on true 'classics' and over-reliant on shooters but excellently converted to PSP, which should at least delight the old-skool crowd.

There are a few enjoyable moments, but Oil Rush doesn't manage to thread them together into an entertaining whole.

A beautifully camouflaged, yet simplistic hack 'n' slash that looks great, and plays okay. If you yearn for the RPGs of yore, look elsewhere, but as a mindless brawler it's not without merit.

A promising if scruffy brawler with an ill-advised open world element tacked on, Corporate Fury is destined for cult status.

The same old Tap Tap beat-matching gameplay we love, applied to an oddly restrictive structure we don't.

Sky Tourist Blitz Trip is fun, but it's tempered by a lack of original ideas, and some really frustrating difficulty spikes.

A fast-playing, multi-faceted strategy game that works well on mobile, but which deserves more flourish and less bugs than it gets in this workmanlike conversion.

A fun feline firing fest, but lacking something special.

There's nothing broken about Silverfish DX, it's just that once you've got to the point where you want, no need, something more, it doesn't deliver. You'll find some fast arcade fun here, but in the end it wears out its welcome a little too quickly to recommend it in the most wholehearted terms.

Despite a couple of interesting elements, Picdun 2: Witch's Curse is the very definition of an average dungeon-crawler.

While it tries to tackle some of the problems inherent in the smartphone FPS, Razor: Salvation ends up feeling dull because of it.

Despite a bland single-player experience, Dead on Arrival 2's multiplayer is just enough to make it worth a look.

A bright and bouncy arcade brawler that never feels tight or deep enough to warrant the repetition.

Not the finest poker sim around but a solid and comprehensive effort nonetheless.

With time we hope that Capcom can nail down the problems affecting net play, but as it stands Street Fighter IV Volt is best appreciated by newcomers and should be approached with caution if you already own the original release.

While Hexanome is mechanically sound and technically tight, it remains a curiously distant and uninvolving puzzler.

Presenting colourful soccer action in a pleasingly strategic way, Soccer Moves just lacks a little of the fluidity and expansiveness of the great game.

An adorable prehistoric romp, Chop Chop Caveman has sharp, modern graphics and clunky, stone age controls.

Tarisland is a decent MMORPG with cartoonish graphics, intuitive controls, and a standard combat system. However, the game's characters and storyline aren't distinct enough to be memorable.