A disappointing effort that manages to stall on nearly every count from lacklustre racing to limited content to technical issues preventing play.

Full of rough edges and built on a poor facsimile swing system, Real Golf 2011 comes a distant second in most of the areas that matter despite its online multiplayer.

Like an elderly man with arthritis, Rayman's platforming adventure is afflicted with stiff controls that prevent enjoyable play.

Limited character customisation dulls Ravensword: The Fallen King, a trade between accessibility and depth preventing this enjoyable adventure from being truly epic.

Hot Springs Story secures Kairosoft's position as the god of iPhone management gaming. Far too addictive for its own good.

Combining arcade racing thrills with kart racing spills, Raging Thunder 2's well-featured single player mode and accomplished online multiplayer modes ensure its place among the iPhone racing elite.

Everything you'd expect from a sequel to a million-selling game, although it doesn't quite have the immediacy of the original.

Radio Flare REDUX comes close to generating a connection between music and gameplay, though its entertaining action pulsates more with style than sound.

Competent touch controls and new options to dull the painful difficulty make this port of arcade shooter R Type generally pleasing.

Chock full of longevity, colour, and charm, Qwak flies successfully from Amiga onto iPhone and iPod touch.

Queen's Crown boasts a polished presentation, but some of the lustre is removed by insignificant quests, error-strewn dialogue, and devious in-app purchases.

Qbism convincingly makes use of the touchscreen for simple, yet astonishingly addictive puzzle play that will suck you in for hours.

A superior sequel in almost every way, Puzzle Quest 2 offers a combination of role-playing and match-three gameplay that is only let down by some niggling technical issues.

Despite its iintriguing take on match-three puzzle play, Puzzle Cosmos is just too hard to be enjoyable.

Straightforward colour-matching mechanics, challenging modes, and excellent replay value make Push Panic highly recommended.

Although it doesn't feel completely at home on iPhone, Prince of Persia: Warrior Within is an impressive conversion of an excellent console game.

Renders a classic unplayable by virtue of horrendous controls.

This exuberant mixture of role-playing and real-time strategy is immaculately presented and intensely gripping, it just doesn't last very long.

Crooked House is a competent enough puzzler, but overly simplistic gameplay and unsatisfying controls keep it from making much of an impression.

A groundbreaking, though generic online role-playing game that needs a robust combat system and creative quests to make the portable MMO fantasy a reality.

An ambitious game that for various big and small reasons fails to deliver on its considerable potential.

Spires wraps together high production values, a brilliant story and compelling gameplay to create a statisfying and challenging tactical experience.

Thanks to charming presentation, tight rhythmic gameplay, and keen replayability, Tiny Wings is well worth flapping onto the App Store for.

Although it's blessed with many of the positive attributes of its predecessor, Carnivores: Ice Age is also doesn't do enough to differentiate itself aside from the change of scenery.

Fans of Monster Hunter are in for a decent alternative to their favourite action RPG, but a lack of imagination traps Lords Of Arcana on a plane of relative mediocrity when compared to its bigger cousin.

The battle between flora and undead fauna remains as fun as ever in this accomplished iPhone and iPod touch version.

While it doesn't win any awards for originality, Pizza Boy is a well-executed, if too short, tribute to classic 2D platform gaming.

Part Mario, part Space Invaders, part every 2D game you can think of, Pix'n Love Rush's complex set-up will likely charm just as many players as it bamboozles.