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.