GAMING
one that doesn’t quite come off;
but there’s also a daily puzzle for
Dissembler fanatics who exhaust the
game (and solutions the following
day for us mere mortals).ROLEPLAYING GAMES
- Baldur’s Gate
Price: £9.99
If you’ve been lamenting the lack
of a really meaty, old-school and
gloriously geeky roleplaying game on
your iOS device, look no further than
this semi-remake of one of the 1990s
true classics.
The game does sometimes betray
its originals – the busy interface and
tiny characters can be awkward, as can
the save system. But stick with it and
you find an adventure of uncommon
breadth, with some great characters
(both serious and ridiculous) and
massive flexibility in terms of your
party of heroes and their abilities.
It’s the complexity and sprawl that
really hits home with this old-timer.
So while it may not look as exciting
as more modern fare, this is a game
that offers weeks, if not months, of
tactical combat, agonising choices and
frenzied goblin-bashing. And if you
find it does eventually pall but you
hanker for more, the sequel is on the
App Store, too.- The Bard’s Tale
Price: £2.99
This iOS port of a classic and much-
beloved PS2-era RPG is memorable
not so much for its sparkling graphics
or revolutionary
gameplay (though
both are perfectly
serviceable, and even
sort of charming)
as for its absolutely
fantastic writing.
Imagine a mix
between The Princess
Bride and Robin Hood:
Men In Tights; this game
sets out to skewer just
about every fantasy
and RPG trope it can