Free to play veterans will put up with the shenanigans Angry Birds Transformers tries to pull in the name of a quality shooter, but those just looking for a quick burst of fun may find the wait timers and slow progress distasteful.

An entertaining arcade game inspired by classics Pong and Breakout, no amount of charm can compensate for a lack of depth and long-term appeal.

It might not be the Fire Emblem game you wanted on mobile, but it's the one that we've got, and it's pretty solid.

An intuitive and absorbing puzzle game with a solid central concept. It just needs to branch out a little in order to join the puzzling elite.

A very good version of a great game, the 3DS outing of Swap Force is the portable port fans have deserved for a long time

Illusia 2 is a quirky and imperfect RPG that's worth far more than its free price tag.

A pretty and playable turn-based tactics game that needs to go rogue and break from genre conventions with new ideas and fresher gameplay.

A fast and reasonably flashy arcade blast with a few tricks up its retro sleeve.

If you’re not into puzzles, Tales of the Neon Sea is not going to be your cup of tea. You have to spend two hours in the intro and first chapter alone, and a whopping three hours for the second chapter. The puzzles don’t really get any less tedious, so it’s a shame you have to go through all of them just so you can appreciate the beauty of this cyberpunk world.

Stand O'Food 3 HD is an interesting, funny take on running a fast food joints.

A surprisingly fun little game that's as entertaining as it is cynical, Moneygrabber! is definitely worth a look.

Clustertruck may be fun for short periods of time, but it's also hard and unforgivable and eventually that can grind you down.

Sometimes great, sometimes hateful, Glint at least manages to be interesting all the time.

The single-player portion of Bomberman is a lot of fun, with varied stages and plenty of fast, hectic action. Unfortunately, this version is devoid of any sort of online play. The end result is a mixed bag. [Summer 2004, p.15]

Running about smashing things with your creature is fun for a bit, and the experience grind loop is certainly powerful here, but otherwise it's a pretty standard dungeon-crawler.

There are some really good ideas in Nano Golf, but its simplicity eventually means it runs out of steam a bit.

Demolition Crush is a solid physics game that revels in the art of blowing stuff up.

It's not the most realistic sim ever, but with a neat Story mode and solid gameplay, Flick Bowling 2 will fulfill most of your iPhone bowling needs.

An endless-runner in the Jetpack Joyride mould, Sea Stars's gameplay is solid and slick, but its reliance on in-app purchase sits uncomfortably with the game as a whole.

A fine little abstract for the mobile age, which trades a bit of depth and variety in exchange of accessibility.

An interesting take on the shmup that appeals to more than just the aficionados.

A well put together game for younger players, you might even enjoy the odd go yourself.

This is Scrabble X Street Fighter X Facebook, and it plays as good as that sounds. It's still not mass appeal enough to turn the heads of people disinterested in word games, though.

Samantha Swift and The Hidden Roses of Athena is perfect for hidden object fans, although it's rather on the short side.

It still has the fun factor of the series, but Asphalt Xtreme feels more like a game stuck in the past than a step forward.

Globulos Party offers great local multiplayer fun, but is a little too hit and miss as a single-player game.

Junk Jack owes a significant debt to Minecraft but has a personality of its own. A worthy companion to the real thing.

There's a lot to like about Infestor, and despite a few niggles it offers an engaging, novel platform experience.