Knight Girl does a few interesting things with its gameplay, but it's simply not enough. The rather unfriendly monetisation doesn't help, either.

Celleste offers the player a whimsical world, but its gameplay is confusing at worst, and basic at best.

Visually disappointing, lacking in challenge and generally not that much fun, Iron Man singularly fails to communicate the excitement found in its big screen counterpart.

Dull action and technical quirks do nothing to galvanise the iPad version of Iron Man 2.

A frustratingly limited take on footy management that's completely lacking in tactical intelligence.

Evoland does a wonderful job referencing the RPGs we grew up with, but it neglects to make its core adventure worth playing.

NBA Playgrounds is a half-baked arcade basketball game that's lacking in content and features. Only the die-hard fans need apply.

A run-of-the-mill beat-'em-up saddled with iffy controls, dull progression and a somewhat controversial theme. Cast it into limbo.

Xeodrifter isn't very inventive or creative, and unlocking bits of the map feels like busywork.

Shorn of many of last year's features and lumbered with an awkward control method, Tiger Woods 09 singularly fails to improve on its predecessor and in many respects is a definite regression.

A reasonably inventive take on the one-finger puzzler that's let down by monotonous, uninspired level design.

Arenas, Trial of Valor is far too poorly designed for us to appreciate the potential depth.

Sub-par controls and uneven presentation keep 2K's NBA series from finding the net for another year.

A cartoonish platformer that drifts aimlessly through space and never really leaves the atmosphere of familiar gameplay.

Ink Spotters' unique approach to the detective game suffers from severe flaws in execution.

Littlest Pet Shop's routes to success are paved with crummy video ads for other freemium games, or painfully slow, tiringly repetitive grind. It looks lovely, but so do the adverts on TV, and you don't enjoy wasting your time watching tens of those to get to the content you want, do you?

A competent and challenging 2D shoot-'em-up that fails to add anything of note to the genre.

A deeply generic and uninvolving pirate-themed shooting gallery that's destined to flounder in a vast sea of similar apps.

It's difficult to get too enthused about Crazy Kangaroo, on account of it being so middle of the road. It's fun enough in small chunks, and while there's nothing atrociously bad here to get upset about, there's little new that's exciting either.

The odd nostalgic moment isn't enough to recommend this outmoded Amiga strategy.

A cynically deceptive experience that promises deep strategy while delivering the same old social freemium 'gameplay'.

Lost Echo is an adequate point-and-click adventure with a few good puzzles, but it's let down by poor writing, a bland world, and a raft of uninspiring head-scratchers

Good fun that gets old quickly, this old-time baseball sim could certainly benefit from some variety in gameplay.

It may be mildly diverting and moderately entertaining, but this latest entry in the Mystery Dungeon series sadly fails to improve on its already disappointing predecessor.

Puzzle Bobble Universe offers familiar bubble popping gameplay, but with a distinct lack of game modes.

Renders a classic unplayable by virtue of horrendous controls.

Jewels of the Ages is satisfying for a short while, but the lack of gameplay variety means boredom is not far off.

Dull, repetitive, and lacking content, Foosball 2012 might get the feel of the physical game right, but it doesn't do much else.