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iPhone Game Friday: New Releases

2012-02-03 08:00
Although we 8217;ve made it to the tail end of winter, the weather around the world has been making it easy to come up with excuses to stay in and play some awesome games. Just to help you out in your procrastinating endeavours, we 8217;ve collected another set of fine App Store games to play for this week. Hop in and get your game on! Blot Blot is a clone. It 8217;s a strange, artsy clone of the very famous Jetpack Joyride from Halfbrick Studios, and somehow that doesn 8217;t detract from its charm or fun. You 8217;ll control a blob of ink called Blot, and using the one-touch controls you will struggle to keep him safe as he speeds through gorgeous hand-sketched landscapes, avoiding floating pencils, pins and all sorts of obstacles. Collecting coins is a good way to work toward purchasing cool costumes and tools in the shop, and there are also boost buddies to keep an eye out for - they 8217;ll help you achieve an invincible, Mario-style ultra mode where you can breeze along without fear. One interesting aspect that differentiates Blot is the inclusion of ink colours. Dipping Blot in various colours will grant him certain abilities that help make progress easier against certain obstacles. This, combined with the tools you can buy are what makes Blot feel special, and with any luck the developers at Majestic Software will focus on these distinguishing elements for their future updates. Blot remains a very fun, if familiar, game. Price: $0.99 Developer: Majestic Software Download: App Store Paper Monsters Paper Monsters is one of the rare ones, folks. Somewhere between LittleBigPlanet and Paper Mario, this new title from Crescent Moon Games is an impeccably crafted side scroller with incredible visuals, charismatic characters, secretsand strong music. The responsive controls will allow you to make your way through the game 8217;s four worlds, and besides the usual running and jumping, you occasionally find yourself controlling vehicles, which add some diversity to the experience. Perhaps the coolest part is that, alongside the main game, there 8217;s a separate mode called Dash that turns the game into an endless runner for some extra excitement. Though it plays like an homage to the Mario series through and through, Paper Monsters is overwhelmingly beautiful and has emerged from its long development period as a perfectly tuned example of the genre, one that no one should miss out on. Price: $0.99 Developer: Crescent Moon Games Download: App Store My Army What happens when you mix a war game with social gaming Well, something like My Army. At its core, it 8217;s a game where you use a clever combination of tilt and swipe/tap controls to guide your squadron through hostile territory, but what makes it special is the fact that your squad is made up of friends that you recruit yourself - from Facebook. As you tilt to steer your men through the action, you 8217;ll have to tap on incoming mortar shells to detonate them before they strike you, and yo...
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