Android Magazine UK - Issue No. 49

Games

86

what we’ve

been playing

Build the most epic hero army of all time

Epic Heroes War

If you’re a fan of games like

Pokémon or Street Fighter,

you will probably get

hooked on Epic Heroes War, a new

fi ghting RPG. Starting out as a lowly

warrior with a few minions, you fi ght

your way through a series of fantasy

battles. Each victory earns you coins

to spend on armour, weapons and

your mini marauders.

Setting up takes under fi ve

minutes and then you’re free to do

battle in an imagined fantasy world.

You have four attacks available, each

offers something different, be it an

attack from a distance, one that

targets all enemies or just an epic

smash. These take a while to reload

so use them wisely. The battle

mechanics are simple but there’s enough to differentiate each attack.

This is a step up from the button-

mashing world of Street Fighter,

leaning more towards the tactical

battling of Pokémon.

After each battle you can upgrade,

giving you a rapid sense of

progression. You also have to make

tactical decisions on what items to

equip. Too little defence leaves you

exposed to attack, but not enough

attack means you lose out on a

bonus. The bonus mission option is a

nice touch. The missions range from

killing a certain number of enemies

to completing a battle without

summoning a single helper or losing

life. Successful missions earn you

gems that help you later in the game.

As with almost all free-to-play games,

you’ll progress faster by paying for

coin and equipment packages, but

you aren’t stopped moving forward if

you don’t. An excellent game that

looks good and plays well.

» Price Free + IAPs

» Designed for Tablet

» Requires Android^ 2.3

Asphalt Overdrive

Free

We’re revisiting one of the fi rst

games we played on Android: Asphalt.

Fast paced, awesome graphics and a

succession of sublime motors, makes

this a classic racing game.

Big Hero 6 Bot

Fight Free

This ties-in with Disney’s

latest animated adventure. It’s a classic

match-em-up game but it is full of colour,

cool characters and missions to make

this extremely appealing to all ages.

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Powerful attacks can easily send your

enemies running for cover

Build up your weapon store and army, and achieve Conquer targets

»PriceFree

» Designed for Tablet

» Requires Android 3.2

The Kesselberg run in

three minutes

The Kesselberg is a

well-known hill climb in the

motor racing world.It’s also

the scene for Kesselberg Legendary

Racing, one of the most stripped

down racing games you’ll ever play.

It’sjustyou,acarandatwistyroad.

The controls take practice as they’re

completely invisible. Steer via screen

taps and braking by tapping the

bottom of the screen. However, it’s

easy to accidentally tap the brakes

andheadintoaskid,andtheycan

beunresponsive–anicontohelp

you see where the brake is would be

helpful. The sounds are excellent,

although the constant revving is

unrealistic. With more visible and

Keeping the car on the straight and narrow isn’t so easy

responsive controls this could be a

good game, if a bit limited.

Kesselberg

Legendary

Racing

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