Welcome again to my weekly cellular sport advice thread 🙂 These are a few of the most fascinating video games I performed and that had been coated on MiniReview this week. Hope you may take pleasure in it.
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This episode features a neat roguelike RTS, the port of a traditional level ‘n click on journey, an amazing new Tower Protection sport, a roguelike journey RPG, and a singular card-based Match-3 indie sport.
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Let’s get to the video games:
Xeno Command [Game Size: 288 MB] (Free Trial)
Style: RTS / Roguelike / Technique – Offline
Orientation: Panorama
Required Consideration: Full
tl;dr assessment by NimbleThor:
Xeno Command is a superb real-time technique sport with a slight roguelite twist made by the builders of Soul Knight.
The sport is cut up into campaigns that every encompass a number of missions. The objective is to finish these missions with out dropping all of the HP of our base, which is persistent throughout missions.
In the beginning of a marketing campaign, we decide one in every of 4 fully totally different heroes that every have a singular set of buildings, items to spawn, and abilities to make use of. And the extra we play these heroes, the extra their tech assortment will increase, that are everlasting power-ups we purchase each time they degree up.
Every mission has a particular goal, similar to defeating the enemy base of withstanding a number of rounds of assaults. We accomplish these targets by strategically inserting defensive buildings, producing items, and shifting our troops across the map to occupy useful resource factors and defeat all enemies. After every mission, we get to select one in every of three random upgrades that final for the remainder of the marketing campaign.
The sport’s three pre-built campaigns are available in three issue tiers, whereas the fourth marketing campaign is all the time randomly generated for infinite replayability.
The easy controls work properly for a cellular RTS, with all items managed on the identical time. This additionally provides the sport a little bit of simplicity that makes it extra approachable for these new to the style with out sacrificing an excessive amount of strategic depth.
Xeno Command is free to strive for 2 missions, with the remaining unlocking by way of a single $4.99 iAP. Sadly, though we will restore our buy, there isn’t any cloud save.
Its 10–15-minute missions match the cellular format properly, and I had loads of enjoyable with the sport. Co-op and extra content material would take it to the following degree, nevertheless it’s already a no brainer for any RTS fan.
Test it out on Google Play: Right here
Test it out on MiniReview:: Right here
Whispers of a Machine [Total Game Size: 789 MB] ($3.99)
Style: Journey / Level ‘n Click on – Offline
Orientation: Panorama
Required Consideration: Some
tl;dr assessment by AlexSem:
Whispers of a Machine is the port of an old-school point-and-click journey a few younger detective investigating a serial assassin in a darkish futuristic sci-fi world.
To perform that process, we examine crime scenes, look at proof, discuss to witnesses, gather helpful gadgets, remedy puzzles, discover the world, and attempt to unravel the true causes behind the occasions occurring round us.
Probably the most uncommon gameplay mechanics revolve round utilizing cyber implants to have an effect on individuals and objects, or a wise scanner to investigate and match items of proof towards clues from totally different scenes. This scanner additionally reveals the guts charges of the individuals we discuss with, permitting us to detect the phrases that make them nervous.
True to the point-and-click style, the sport options stunning hand-drawn areas, atmospheric soundtracks, an fascinating storyline, and plenty of colourful characters with absolutely voiced dialogues – all of which assist create a deeply immersive expertise.
As well as, each determination we make alters our character, which in flip allows totally different choices in a while. This implies the sport could be completed a number of instances with barely totally different outcomes.
Whispers of a Machine is a $3.99 premium sport with out adverts or iAPs. Regardless of some insignificant management and UI points, it’s an amazing old-school journey for these keen on the style.
Test it out on Google Play: Right here
Test it out on MiniReview:: Right here
Sweet Catastrophe TD [Game Size: 495 MB] ($4.99)
Style: TD / Technique – On-line
Orientation: Panorama
Required Consideration: Full
tl;dr assessment by NimbleThor:
Sweet Catastrophe TD is a singular tower protection technique sport centered round inserting springboards, wall spikes, human cannons, and different wacky traps to defeat waves of enemies.
The sport is cut up right into a sequence of marketing campaign ranges with three issue tiers. Earlier than getting into a degree, we decide 9 traps to take into battle, a few of which could be positioned on the bottom, whereas others should be positioned on partitions. Equal for all of them is that they price gold, which we earn by way of slaying enemies – both by lowering their HP to zero or pushing them into water.
There are many traps to select from, they usually may even work together, similar to an enormous fan blowing a powerful wind that modifications the path of an arrow shot by a crossbow. Mixed with the truth that many ranges embrace shifting objects to position traps on, this creates a excessive degree of strategic freedom.
Between ranges, we will spend a forex earned by way of gameplay on completely leveling up our traps. Each level-up supplies an enhancement level that may be spent on bettering particular person stats, such because the lure’s worth, harm, or cool-down. And the additional we get, the extra traps we unlock.
The lovable art-style, nice animations, mini boss-fights, and small story being instructed by way of cutscenes assist create an amazing environment and general setting for the sport.
Sweet Catastrophe TD is a $4.99 premium sport. A free model additionally exists, however that one is closely monetized with many incentivized adverts that present an amazing assist, a life-based vitality system, and a number of other iAPs for extra traps and sources.
Finally, it’s an amazing tower protection sport with a refreshing trap-over-towers focus that I’ve had loads of enjoyable with. The free model is held again by its monetization, although, so I like to recommend the paid model. Sadly, each require on-line entry.
Test it out on Google Play: Right here
Test it out on MiniReview:: Right here
Life in Journey [Game Size: 119 MB] (Free)
Style: Journey / Roguelike – Offline
Orientation: Portrait
Required Consideration: Some
tl;dr assessment by AlexSem:
Life in Journey is a text-based roguelike journey RPG the place we information our hero to fame and fortune all through a sequence of randomly generated occasions and encounters.
After creating our character, we head out on a journey the place we’re introduced with random text-based occasions and a number of other actions to pick, similar to attacking, asking additional questions, and extra. For a lot of of those actions, the prospect of success relies on our characters’ stats. Sure gadgets or beforehand accomplished quests additionally often current extra choices.
If our motion succeeds, we’re awarded expertise, gold, or gadgets, whereas failing damages our well being and sanity – each of which must be saved at constructive values to keep away from dying. Some encounters additionally finish in fight, the place the result relies on the category of our weapons and armor, and the way properly their traits are backed by our personal stats.
There are few ways to the battles as all of them occur routinely. Nonetheless, we will shift the percentages with a cube roll, which can both assist us or make issues a lot worse. I see this as an amazing addition to the core gameplay.
The sport options loads of totally different endings, guaranteeing that no two adventures really feel alike. However the pool of encounters is slightly restricted, leading to conditions the place we undergo the identical occasion greater than as soon as throughout a single playthrough. We additionally typically face such an unfavorable streak of occasions that it turns into not possible to win – regardless of how laborious we strive.
Life in Journey monetizes by way of occasional adverts, and iAPs for a premium forex used to re-roll the fight cube, refresh the retailers, and buy beginning traits and background tales for our heroes. A $2.99 iAP removes the adverts and unlocks varied everlasting perks.
With new content material always being added, the sport supplies loads of leisure for followers of text-based adventures and roguelike RPGs.
Test it out on Google Play: Right here
Test it out on MiniReview:: Right here
SUIT UP (Sport Dimension: 108 MB] (Free)
Style: Card / Match-3 – Offline
Orientation: Portrait
Required Consideration: Full
tl;dr assessment by Solitalker:
SUIT-UP is a singular mashup of a Match-3 strategic board-clearing sport and conventional solitaire, with a little bit of Yahtzee set-building the place we attempt to fulfill requests for particular card units by way of cautious card placement.
Playing cards are performed from our beginning hand onto a 3×5 grid in an try to make vertical and horizontal units of not less than 3 playing cards which might be both in numeric order, or all match in shade.
As well as, we begin with one job at a time that duties us with creating a particular set of three playing cards inside a restricted variety of turns. In a short time, the variety of energetic jobs will increase whereas the variety of turns to finish them decreases. If we’re cautious with our placement, we will rating a number of units without delay, and set off extremely rewarding cascades.
Card placement shortly will get extra fascinating as we earn stars that may be spent on upgrades in-between video games. Elevated hand sizes and longer deadlines for jobs are instantly useful, however probably the most satisfying chain reactions come from upgrades that permit us earn additional playing cards for clearing a column or enable us to clear all jobs with a 3-of-a-kind set. These result in for much longer runs that really feel actually earned as they rely much less on luck.
SUIT-UP monetizes through occasional adverts that seem so occasionally that they don’t frustrate, and a $3.99 iAP to take away them fully. Not one of the content material, such because the three extra sport modes, is locked behind a purchase order.
SUIT-UP is a quick-to-learn card puzzler with a clear and easy-to-read artwork fashion that anybody searching for a little bit of technique of their solitaire can actually sink their tooth into.
Test it out on Google Play: Right here
Test it out on MiniReview:: Right here
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