There are a lot of options for turn-based and real-time strategy games on the App Store, and plenty of quality role-playing games too. But if you're looking for a combination of the two, your choices are sorely limited (unless you want to count the Sega rerelease of Genesis classic Shining Force [$2.99] that just [...]
Archive for the ‘$2.99’ Category
Turn-Based Strategy Game ‘Highborn’ Free for a Day, iPad Version Now Available
30 Jul 2010 at 04:41
Jared Nelson
$2.99, News, Sales, free, iPad Games, iPhone games, iPod Touch Games, strategy
One of our favorite turn-based strategy games, Highborn, has just received a new update and has gone free for today only. Released in early June of this year, Highborn has a wonderful art style, clever writing, single player campaign, and an asynchronous multiplayer mode. Using the typical top-down grid view of most strategic [...]
‘Graveyard Shift’ Review – A Fun Physics Puzzler with Great Style
29 Jul 2010 at 12:15
Jared Nelson
$2.99, Puzzle, Reviews, iPad Games, iPhone games, iPod Touch Games, universal
Graveyard Shift [$2.99/Lite] is a new physics puzzle game where you are literally working a graveyard shift in a graveyard putting back skeletons that have inexplicably decided to pop out of their coffins. It features a charming art style that's Retina Display ready, a multitude of levels, and best of all some great level [...]
‘Gravity Hook HD’ Review – A Great Universal Game From the Makers of ‘Canabalt’
28 Jul 2010 at 23:23
Eli Hodapp
$2.99, Action, Games, Reviews, iPad Games, iPhone games, iPod Touch Games, universal
Semi Secret Software seem to be making a name for themselves as developers of games with great pixel art graphics, fantastic music, and high-score centric gameplay that in the case of Canabalt [$2.99] has kept me coming back for just one more try for the better part of a year now. Gravity Hook HD [$2.99] [...]
Sega’s ‘Shining Force’ Sieges App Store
If you've been waiting for a game wrapped in Sega's mediocre emulator that's finally worth buying, that day has come. Shining Force [$2.99] hit the App Store mere moments ago, and as mentioned in our preview yesterday, it's amazing how much the overall experience of playing these emulated games is improved when playing a slow-paced [...]
Modern Conflict HD
28 Jul 2010 at 10:07
Chris Kirby
$2.99, Modern, Reviews, chillingo, conflict, game, iPad, iPad Apps and Games, iPad Games, modern conflict, modern conflict hd, war, warfare, wargame
It’s sure to please some lovers of basic terrestrial combat, but everyone else will want something more.
[ Modern Conflict HD is a post from 148Apps ]
Paradise Quest HD Review
27 Jul 2010 at 11:06
Chris Kirby
$2.99, Puzzle, Reviews, environmentalism, game, hd, iPad, iPad Apps and Games, iPad Games, iplay, jungle, match 3, match three, matching, rainforest
Saving the world while playing a match three game isn’t as hard as it may sound.
[ Paradise Quest HD Review is a post from 148Apps ]
Chopper 2 Review
27 Jul 2010 at 09:05
Chris Hall
$2.99, Games, Helicopter, Reviews, chopper 2, iPad Apps and Games, iPad Games, iPhone Apps and Games, majic jungle
If you were a fan of the original Chopper, Chopper 2 will make you very happy.
[ Chopper 2 Review is a post from 148Apps ]
‘Chopper 2′ Review – A Game That’s More than Universal
26 Jul 2010 at 23:14
Blake Patterson
$2.99, $4.99, News, Reviews, iPad Games, iPhone games, iPod Touch Games, shooter
David Frampton and his Majic Jungle Software first crossed our radar when his aerial shoot and rescue title Chopper [App Store] debuted two years ago as one of the more notable App Store launch titles. Chopper was very well received from the start and quickly became one of the true App Store success stories, seeing [...]
Plunderland Review
24 Jul 2010 at 16:11
Chris Hall
$2.99, Games, Reviews, iPhone Apps and Games, johnnytwoshoes, pirates, pocket god
Plunderland is the pirate equivalent of Pocket God. It’s just as menacing, just as pretty… and just as pointless (but not in a bad way).
[ Plunderland Review is a post from 148Apps ]