with the games that
inspired it. Taken
on its own terms,
it’s a novel, smart,
mobile-friendly
take on a classic,
captivating set-up.
- Crashlands
Price: £3.99
While other RPGs
can require lots of
time and skilful thinking, Crashlands is
designed for the casual player. There’s
an unlimited inventory, so you can
scavenge where and when you want
without worry. And it’s Minecraft-
esque in ways, offering a build mode
that lets you fashion a personalised
base from the ground up with various
benches for crafting weapons, armour,
elixirs and more. Because of the
unlimited inventory, if you want to
move your base somewhere with
more resources, you need only pick
up all the pieces to your base and put
it in your bag. Simple.
The tap-to-interact aspect of
the game takes time to get used to,
especially when battling the many
monsters you’ll come across on the
alien planet, but it’s effective. You
get a toolbar for quick access to
equipment like potions or weapons- with varying cooldowns for each –
and a world map, which enables you
to zip between telepads at no cost.
This makes exploring the massive
open world easier, as you can nip back
to your base to recover/build new
equipment on the fly without worrying
about wasting time.
In all, it’s an accessible take on
the genre, which should have wide
appeal.
- with varying cooldowns for each –
SHOOTING AND FPS GAMES
- Backfire
Price: £2.99
We don’t want to alarm you, but a
massive idiot appears to have set
up your ship in a manner that’s not
entirely conventional. So rather than
your gun firing from your craft’s nose,
it instead does so from the rear. Also,
again, we don’t want to alarm you, but
30.