The Eternal Night tries its best to capture the classic Spyro recipe, but is let down by poor design, an unfair camera and infuriating difficulty spikes.

City of Brass has a great whip, but the rest of the game could do with some polish.

The ability to play Arkanoid online is extremely welcome but ultimately this somewhat lightweight DS instalment fails to improve on previous versions of Taito's classic Breakout clone.

The kids might pester for anything starring the eponymous goat, but if you already own the original game, resist their nagging. There's nothing new here.

While solid and bracingly difficult, A Knights Dawn is a very average tower defence experience.

While the mini-games in the package really sparkle, Moops is let down by some below par three dimensional adventuring sections.

Avoid the poor multiplayer modes and occasional single-player slowdown, and Pro Evolution Soccer 6 offers a solid enough footy experience.

Simple, addictive and entertaining concept that could have been dangerously compulsive with a little more balance and polish.

There are some neat ideas here, and Beat Stomper is fun, but it doesn't quite justify the investment it asks from you.

An undeniably good-looking and kid-friendly flight game, Crash Birds Islands stalls thanks to a miserly in-app payment system.

Alice has visual flair, but she's a vapid romp, with platforming gameplay weighed down by its puzzles rather than uplifted by them.

A slick adaption of a classic boardgame that's hampered by poor AI and dodgy online matchmaking, making it far too tough to enjoy with any consistency.

In spite of some appealing presentation and a suitably epic quest, Illusia possesses a generic nature and ill-conceived controls prevent it from contributing much to the genre.

After a few games, the veneer peels away and you realise that Starship Battles, while fun for a bit, doesn't have the depth to keep you interested.

A game that sometimes shines, but remains handicapped by some inconsistent failures.

Give it Up! is a super-frustrating rhythm game. Some of that frustration is intentional, but unfortunately some of it isn't.

A great looking and well-designed spatial puzzler marred by curiously sloppy and stodgy controls.

Lumi has the looks, it has the music, and it has the ideas, but it just doesn't have the controls to back them up.

Clearly a clone of Advance Wars, Front Wars doesn't try to hide its influences. Nevertheless, it's worthy of investigation.

Hexy: Puzzle Adventure is a nice, simple puzzler with some unfortunately basic flaws.

Splash or Crash does exactly what it says on the tin, but it needs a lot more to keep us coming back.

It can conjure moments of brilliance, but ultimately The 3rd Birthday is bogged down by indecisive design choices.

It might not have the longevity of its legendary cast of characters, but as long as you don't mind punching things a lot, Justice League: Earth's Final Defense will keep you entertained for a while.

Spirit Stones is a solid puzzle-battle game, but progression is difficult if you don't want to spend money on new cards and stamina refills.

Iron Finger doesn't snatch Wario's mini-game crown, but with some retooling it'd be a decent mini-game collection.

It may not have any ideas of its own, but Song of Swords is still entertaining. However, you're better off downloading Battleheart, the game from which it borrows so much inspiration.

Though it marks a steady improvement over the first game, Ghosts'N Goblins: Gold Knights 2 hasn't taken the strides necessary to lift it above decent status.

A competent and polished beat-matching game in which the core action isn't quite snappy or compelling enough to make a dope impression.

There's some fun to be had here, but too often Ghost Racer is a source of frustration rather than enjoyment.

If your favourite take on Batman is the 'biff-bang-pow' kind rather than the 'world's greatest detective' kind, then you'll find plenty to like in this straight-forward button-mashing brawler.

Excellent gameplay and precise controls impress, but a skewed overarching structure means that Splishi Splashi is best enjoyed in small doses.

Mudd Masher has a solid idea at its core, but it doesn't do enough to build on it.

A bright and fun casual runner that lacks the variety and depth of the best games in the genre.

Another solid but unremarkable Games Workshop game hits the App Store.

Spirit Lords is a solid enough game, but it's not as much fun as it could be.

Spellfall is a pretty looking match-3 puzzler that's not without its charm, but its free to play elements get in the way much of the time.

Dawn of the Plow is a simple arcade challenge with surprising depth. It's just a shame that it isn't as responsive as it should be.

Despite some broken levels, Ragdoll Blaster 3 still sometimes captures the spirit that made the original great, but nostalgia isn't enough to make it a must-play.

Rogue Trooper Redux is an odd one for sure. It's far from the classic Rebellion claims it is, but it's un undeniably charming and entertaining blast from the past nonetheless. It's the videogame equivalent of watching an 80s action movie and simultaneously laughing at how ridiculous it is, while also feeling misty-eyed nostalgia for the days of yore. So take from that what you will. It's ugly, not a good cover shooter by today's standards, and a lot of the time it doesn't even work properly. But it's very reminiscent of the period, and will provide fun for those who remember it.

Gore splattered and over the top, Desert Zombie: Last Stand is an enjoyable, clumsy waste of a couple of hours.

A bafflingly overpraised auto-runner that looks good but soon becomes tiresome.

While Ghosts 'N Goblins remains a perfectly reasonable platformer, it struggles to bring anything new to the table other than its innate difficulty made harder by awkward controls.

Trucker's Delight Episode 1 makes the most of its naughty music video source material, but doesn't really add up as a racing game.

There's a decent endless runner here, but despite its twists, it's still just an endless runner.

Jacob Jones 2 offers a rich world, and a handful of fun puzzles. But a brazen lack of content and no advancement in story turns this into a throwaway app.

If you want to sit with friends for an evening and waste a few hours while getting wasted, this is a great way to do it.

Sine Mora EX remains an interesting bullet hell shooter that's only improved by fancier visuals and couch co-op, but the extra content isn't worth it.

A well-constructed social freemium game, but one that becomes more awkward and less appealing as the game progresses.

Claybook is gorgeous and playful, but its core gameplay focus simply isn't compelling.

Not the cheap cash-in you might have feared and yet still a portable game that runs contrary to all the aims of the PC original.

Oquonie is beautiful, unique, surreal, arch, and difficult in at least two senses of the word. Only gamers with a fondness for the avant-garde should bother.

An attractive and highly entertaining shooter, AirAttack is nonetheless liable to be shot down thanks to a lack of manoeuvrability.

This footie sim's quirks and grind will ensure it remains a downloadable curio, but the presentation and humour is something to see.

Batman is a pretty standard Telltale game, marred by a boring main character and writing that's either dull, bad, or overly familiar.

Sonic Mania is a love letter to fans of the franchise, who will no doubt lap it up. But it also feels like a missed opportunity to be what Sega has never achieved before: a truly great Sonic game.

An incredibly exacting endless flyer that may just be too punishing for most gamers to stomach.

Heavy Fire: Special Operations 3D is a decent arcade-style war shooter, though it lacks that winning edge.

A sparse quick-fire boardgame with plenty of interesting ideas, Damn Little Town is just a little too punishing for its own good.

A good choice for the hardcore casual adventurer, but those expecting a revelatory experience like that found in Cyan Worlds's best may well come away disappointed.

At times, Army Corps of Hell is an adrenaline rush of swift tactical fighting. It's also, however, incredibly repetitive and far too drawn out.

It's not the most original title you'll play all year, but it's well-made enough to constitute a decent but forgettable superhero movie tie-in.

BreakQuest impresses with creative level design and novel physics-based play but sadly suffers from fundamental control issues.

There's some interesting ideas here, but Spellcrafter: The Path of Magic doesn't manage to see them through.

This space trader creates an incredible sense of place, then wastes it with clumsy controls and frustrating combat.

While The Inferno's brand of fiendish maze-running possesses a stripped back, old-skool charm, clunky controls and poor animation place the game in a frustrating state of purgatory.

Drop That Candy is tasty, but you probably won't want to stuff your face with it.

While it does what it does very well, Pixel People doesn't have the balance or challenge needed to break the shackles of the genre it inhabits.

Likeable, fun rhythm game that uses clips from Warner Bros' most famous cartoon enemies to spice up the action. Bit simplistic and lacks any outstanding features, but it is universally playable.

A great-looking 3D maze game, Aerox is at its best when negotiating its flowing courses at speed - in spite of minor control and menu concerns.

Another decent-enough Ville game from Zynga, though one that feels much slower than previous entries in the franchise.

Spunk and Moxie may look cute, but it has a difficulty curve which is practically vertical. Seasoned platform veteran will want to test their skills here, but for everyone else caution is recommended.

Max Payne Mobile's repetitive gameplay and irksome controls definitely won't impress newcomers. But for gamers who enjoyed the original, this iOS edition is a strong enough port to bring back good memories.

A slick endless runner that borrows the best bits from its contemporaries but fails to inject any new life into its meticulously assembled corpse.

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Shadow Vanguard should be a good game, yet uncharacteristic lack of polish and attention to detail derail this tactical shooter.

It's unlikely to set the world alight with its formulaic approach to the freemium card battling genre, but if you're already a fan of this peculiar niche, you'll find it a decent time-sink.

A nice icebreaker for RPG noobs, but this short-lived fairytale will leave experts looking for other page-turners.

Though it suffers from loose physics and level design, The Package is inventive and challenging enough to be worth a purchase.

While it won't give Cut the Rope anything to worry about, Tasty Tadpoles is a solidly made and accessible casual puzzler that your children will probably enjoy.

Interesting controls and sharp visuals belie one of the hardest platformers on iOS. Brutal.

An interesting mash of ideas that never quite gels together, Mind Zero rambles on too much for its own good.

Death, Jr II inches its way closer to being a very good game but, too often, its action fails to match the creative promise of its scenario, character and art design.

Better on flash, 8 Ball Pool is still an enjoyable - if limited - game of pool to play on the move.

A beautiful-looking effort to bring the Corto Maltese comic books to life through exploration and puzzle solving that's hamstrung by a wafer-thin story and agonising dialogue.

There are some interesting moments in Episode 2, but it doesn't feel like Republique has really grown in the time it's been away.

Flick Champions World Edition is more polished than its predecessor, but the new line-up of events simply isn't as accomplished.

Bloodlines is a brave attempt at an open 3D world which, while visually breathtaking, is let down by repetitive gameplay and awkward camera controls.

Cloud Breaker's sense of focused urgency provides a neat new twist to the block-matching puzzler, but it needs a little filling out and sprucing up to really break through into clean air.

Mad Wheels is a decent racer with slick 3D visuals but it fails to provide enough features to support its technical achievements.

Space Grunts is a decent roguelike, but that's about it.

There's an interesting idea here, but Hundreds just isn't inspiring enough for you to want to stick around to find it.

A gorgeous-looking game, Badland doesn't quite have the moves to make it a classic.

Keyword VS. is a very well-made, but creatively bankrupt word game of the kind that you've played a thousand of before.

An undeniably competent stunt bike game that suffers through the sheer weight of superior alternatives.

Good graphical presentation and easier core gameplay makes Meteos: Disney Magic a kid-friendly puzzle game, but the spiky learning curve proves frustrating.

Link the Slug is a bright and polished puzzler, but its lack of spark and ingenuity leaves it feeling a little flaccid.

Unquestionably visually and aurally stunning, but in the end Final Fantasy II manages to somehow be simultaneously forward-thinking and painfully anachronistic.

Titan Souls is an elegant game with a unique identity, but all those brow-beating boss battles that end in seconds will leave you a little empty.

An awkwardly structured combat system and bland presentation undermine World in War in its attempt to provide an original turn-based strategy game.