Another week, another take on Clash of Clans. This one looks fantastic, but at the cost of performance, adding a little more gameplay depth but never breaking the mould.

Fast, fun, but ultimately familiar, I Am Vegend feels like a plate of tasty but lukewarm leftovers.

A solid Puzzle & Dragons copy that lacks that game's refinement and ability to ensnare you.

The flying pig motif is easy to get behind for a little while, but once it wears off there's nothing left but ground up snout and spare ribs.

Resisting the action-packed role-playing adventure awaiting you in Alien Syndrome is futile. While not terribly innovative, it's a solid title with flaws that can easily be overlooked in favour of a good time.

A slightly jumbled mix of ideas, Kapsula is fun, but it never manages to really get going.

Nanostray 2 looks gorgeous and is eminently playable, but sadly it lacks imagination and becomes disappointingly repetitive all too quickly.

Braveland does a lot of things perfectly adequately, and it's sometimes pretty fun, but that's not really enough to make it stand out.

Horde of Heroes features outstanding presentation, but that's one of the very few aspects of it that makes it stand apart from the crowd of match-3 games available already.

A game of matching and murdering. It doesn't do much new, but it does enough that if you're a genre diehard it's worth a gander.

Gravity Duck Islands is a feature-packed sequel, but it doesn't address the real problem with the original game.

If you're looking for some Game & Watch action, Retro Pocket will be just the thing you need. Otherwise, it's a fairly average collection of mini-games.

Fans of hardcore shooters will find a lot to like here, but there are too many omissions to make The DRM Death Ray Manta a must-buy.

Aurora Feint 3 gives you some idea of the potential for the RPG match-three fantasy series on iPad, but there's little meat on the bones as yet.

Angry Birds Epic is a fun, streamlined, and surprisingly deep RPG, but a dearth of variety and a wealth of in-app purchases will turn off genre junkies.

A great visual style and a whole heap of retro charm can't quite lift Recess Riot to the top of the playground pecking order.

Episode 2 isn't as well written or sharply plotted as the pilot, and your choices feel more hollow than ever. Telltale's got its work cut out if it wants to restore the season's energy.

An interesting idea in a solid package, Draw Slasher doesn't quite have the skills to really entice you in for more.

It feels almost wrong to give such a polished game a downbeat review but there's no avoiding the fact that Buzz! Master Quiz is a case of concept and hardware being lamentably mismatched.

A simple squad-based touchscreen shooter with the occasional nice touch, Elite Forces: Unit 77 provides a B movie experience.

A well put-together game that offers some quick puzzling fun, Blitz Block Robo doesn't have enough fresh ideas to keep you playing for long.

A light but fun and well-presented game that struggles under the weight of gratuitous IAPs.

While there is a decent bowling experience here, it gets a little lost behind unnecessary frippery and slippery controls.

This homage to the point and click adventure genre is painfully short, but undeniably entertaining while it lasts.

Star Wars: Uprising is a perfectly solid RPG, but it doesn't do much that we haven't all seen before.

A solid game and an astonishing achievement in mimicry. Play Cut the Rope again instead.

There are some great ideas here, but a cumbersome control scheme keeps Foxtrot! from achieving its potential.

Baller Legends is a reasonably slick swipe-to-shoot arcade basketball game. It's a little one note, a little clunky, and a little poorly balanced at times, but it's still fun.

Super Paper Pool has nothing to do with pool or paper, and it's not super either, but if you're looking for a novel physics-puzzler it's worth a try.

A cool concept let down by clumsy controls and difficulty sharper than the teeth of a Tyrannosaurus Rex.

Ice Age Village isn't an awful build-'em-up, but it's severely marred by a lack of character and an absence of social features.

This nitro boost has given the Monster Trucks Nitro series a kick up the exhaust after a lacklustre first outing, but this isn't robust enough to ensure it captures pole position.

Axion features good role-playing hampered by myriad design flaws including a poor interface and clunky controls.

A no-brainer if you're a fan of the series, but for anyone else it's really neither here nor there. If you like young girls with big guns and have a penchant for middle-of-the-road action-RPGs, this may well be for you.

It may be a solidly put-together experience, but Chaos Chronicle doesn't do anything different to the other RPGs out there.

Despite a few gaps in its defence, Z is a solid time-killer for the solo strategist.

Driver Renegade 3D has sparks of greatness in its Career mode, but the main Story mode is a disappointing experience.

Mixing casual real-time strategy, tower defence, and dungeon building, Ninja Raft is full of bright ideas, but its execution is a little messy.

Great visuals and sound fail to cover up a bland game - Jelly Jump is all style and no substance.

Sniper Elite by way of CSR. Kill Shot is dumb free to play fun, but don't expect anything truly ground breaking.

If you're looking for an idler that takes away a good deal of the idling, then you're going to enjoy Tap Busters. It looks amazing, some of the character design is top notch, and there's a decent chunk of sci-fi humour running through it too.

Though simplistic in nature, Buddy Rush is charming enough to fill a few moments with basic hack 'n' slash role-playing.

A rushed port of a clumsy adaptation can't disguise the quality game shining underneath.

Why Does it Spin has its moments, but you'll have to get to them through gritted teeth.

A competent stunt racer that's a little too nondescript and derivative for its own good.

Captain America: Sentinel of Liberty has strong core concept in terms of its gesture gameplay, but rough edges blunt its appeal.

A short, sharp shot of one-touch mobile gaming that does what it sets out to do pretty damn well.

ShakePop is a simple and slightly weird game, but it can be surprisingly difficult to put down at times.

Robot Unicorn Attack Heavy Metal Edition has all the elements of a good endless running game, but an underwhelming sense of style ruins its appeal.

Bubble Witch Saga 2 remains a fun and polished Puzzle Bobble-alike puzzler, but its random reward system and blatant IAP-milking structure prove a little tough to stomach.

A fleeting pleasure, Panda Picnic shows freemium can sometimes mean forgettable.

Dirac starts out brightly, but the further you get into it, the more you realise that it can't quite follow up that initial interest.

A cleanly presented auto-runner that's a little too slow off the mark.

A strange, if sadly under-developed twirl-'em-up that fails to exploit the potential at its intriguing core.

A perfectly playable climbing game, A Moon For The Sky doesn't do enough to make itself stand out from the crowd.

Tehra: Dark Warrior is a visual triumph, but the gameplay is as skimpy as the main character's clothing.

Spiral Episode 1 is a passable adventure game that calls to mind the story-led JRPGs of the late '90s, but it doesn't offer a great deal of gameplay meat beyond a reasonably fresh battle system.

Adds some ideas to typical Breakout-style arcade fare, but forgets to bring along excitement and colour.

It's Burn the Rope again, but this time with a bumped-up price point. Only grab if you don't own a mobile device.

Drop the Chicken looks good and has some interesting puzzles, but technical foibles and awkwardness of the reward system stop it from taking flight.

If you're up for another round of card battling fare, or want to experience the genre with a Star Wars skin, then go for your life, but Star Wars: Assault Team is otherwise rather forgettable.

A gorgeous looking game that's never quite as good as you hoped it was going to be, Last Inua is engaging, but not always entertaining.

Imprecise controls and a lack of lasting challenge hamper this otherwise perfectly adequate translation of the sport it's named after.

Blissfull is a neat, clever and challenging puzzler that simply doesn't go far enough to appeal to a broader audience.

What little game there is here is pretty enjoyable, but Here Be Monsters HD is a lot less than the sum of its potential parts.

Heli Hell doesn't have the poise of a bullet hell game, and the clumsiness it replaces it with makes it a bit of a slog.

Farming Simulator 2012 is slow, repetitive, ugly, and dull. But that doesn't mean it's not a relaxing and often addictive little diversion, too.

In an odd twist, the monetization in Brave Furries is actually more interesting than the puzzles themselves.

While there's nothing overtly wrong with it, Beeing is a fairly underwhelming addition to the seemingly endless list of cutesy casual games on iOS.

Whilst it has a few good ideas, Tiny Troopers isn't interesting enough to hold your attention for very long.

Ghosts of Memories has some nice ideas, but they're not as well implemented as those in its inspiration.

Stupid, glitteringly bright, and a little bit broken, WWE WrestleFest still manages to capture the slapdash drama and violent hilarity of the ring.

Brilliantly presented, and with some great ideas about asynchronous multiplayer, Sky Gnomes doesn't quite have the gaming chops to back up all of its clever concepts.

Too similar to the fluffy one's previous outings, Battle Bears -1 consists of overly familiar, repetetive gameplay in a sterile setting.

A laudably fresh physics puzzler, albeit one with deep-rooted problems.

Infantile visuals and a few issues where the game mishandles information detract from an otherwise decent brainteaser collection for grown-ups.

It doesn't reinvent the motorbike wheel, but Trial Xtreme 2 Winter Edition provides more petrol-fuelled hi-jinks for fans of previous games. We just can't shake the feeling that it would have worked better as a paid-for expansion to the existing Trial Xtreme 2 game.

Admittedly loyal to the band's latest release, Gorillaz: Escape to Plastic Beach is a scatterbrained affair that doesn't deliver in terms of gameplay.

It's about a million miles away from being the Citizen Kane of iOS game but whatever the hell Clear Vision is, it's kind of okay by us.

Ski Safari 2 is fine, but we've definitely seen this mountain before.

Beautiful and flawed in equal measure, Snailboy has its charms, but its slime trail can't be ignored.

Money Heist: Ultimate Choice offers an intriguing narrative that's affected by your choices. However, the unchallenging mini-games and Netflix's choice not to release all chapters upon launch bring down what is otherwise a fun experience.

With some retooling and rebalancing, Amber Halls could have a long future as a roguelike exemplar for folks that frequently find themselves stuck in queues.

A bright, breezy puzzle game that's sadly too short and lacking in variety to wholeheartedly recommend.

Gorgeous art and music make Seashine well worth playing, but expensive upgrades, unnecessary time pressures, and a genre that's all wrong prevent it from being truly great.

An odd mixture of solid pinball and grim multi-choice adventure that probably won't fully satisfy fans of either.

Instead of setting its sights on liberty, the game should have perhaps concerned itself with offering a more engaging experience. Still, decent multiplayer and great graphics prevent this from being simply ordinary.

Fans of classic point-and-click adventures will feel right at home here, but anyone else might find The Long Reach a little flat.

If you're aching for more SRPG action from the makers of Disgaea then this is a solid choice, but an eye rollingly bland plot and ironically.

Probably the most original and unique football sim to hit iPhone, Soccer Superstars sadly doesn't play quite as smoothly on the pitch, serving up an arcade take on the sport that feels a touch half baked.

Bioshock is a marvel of intelligent storytelling, creepy atmosphere, and stunning world design. You get all that in this iOS port, but not without compromise.

TwinBee is a fun little shooter, but rather quickly its lack of depth is exposed.

While you might scratch your head at some of the puzzles, Lost Toys is an odd mish-mash of ideas and themes that never quite gels together into an entertaining experience.

There's a great game here, but it gets a little lost in translation.

Virtual City is an unfocused take on time management that explodes with variety to its own detriment.

Starlight Inception aims for the stars, but thanks to a barrage of issues, never really makes it past lift-off.

Perfectly playable, but gameplay and economic niggles make it far from essential.

An accessible and fun racing game that places you in the driver's seat as you build, customize, and race cars on the streets.