GameRating

Minecraft is a game much like a Virtual lego set. Everything is made of blocks and you can create anything. As long as you can dream you can build. The game has 2 main objectives: To survive and to find a portal to ‘The End’ Realm and beating the Enderdragon.

This is the first handheld playable version of the GTA series. It is a universal app, meaning that is available on the iPod touch, iPhone and iPad. First question anyone would ask, what do you do in it?

Nintendo and Pokemon go hand in hand. The same is true for Pokemon and their many Spin-Off games. These amount to over 30 games and one of the most up and coming series in this area are the Rumble series. These follow a different scheme all together. Instead of having actual creatures, you catch and train wind up Pokemon toys that battle each other, much like actual Pokemon would. You must fight your way to the fierce boss battle at the end of every level and try to win. Once you have strong enough toys you can challenge the battle royale.

About a week ago I was trolling around looking for some sort of strategy game. During this I found two tittles; Army of Darkness, and Rise of Heroes. As I started to play, RoH started to look promising. After the strange story intro, you get plunged straight into the game. You and a band of merry men there to help you (and you will need help as you can’t personally damage the enemy castle) are on one side of a valley with a castle that you must protect whilst also pushing the enemy back to their castle on the other side of the valley.

Whenever you say to someone’ What is the greatest game of all time?’, what will they say? Call of Duty? No. Super Mario Bros.? Nope. GTA? Once again no. Truth is that most people who know their games well will say the same. Legend Of Zelda Ocarina Of Time. Every single rating gives it perfect to near perfect rating. It even got something that only 4 games in the history of the world have ever achieved.

Another game brought to us by our friends at Chillingo, and I have to say I am impressed. Normally I don’t really like arcade layouts on games but the retro style simply blew me away! The grunge effect was also a nice touch. The 3D graphics are really quite interesting to give a kind of “Nintendo 3DS” kind of feel but the graphics of the actual wrestling should see improvement.

What do you think there is in your iPod/iPhone? Hard drives computer chips with pocket god? You can think again - Pocket God is a whole new world in your hand containing pygmies, dinosaurs, and the odd ice monster.

This is one must have app if volcanoes are your thing, maybe if you have a taste for lightning or maybe you just find flinging roasting, poor, helpless people darn right funny.

This app contains 42 episodes and counting. Episodes (missions, really) for people who don’t know - they’re a number of quests for you to complete in order to earn idols, which are pretty much the aim of the game (you can upgrade them). With these idols, you then go on your map, tap on the temple and if you have four you can play against the gods.

The other things you can do are for you to discover asI don’t want to spoil the experience and if you are ever stuck you can tap on the help button. All considered this is one game no iPod/iPhone can live without

Super smash brawl is not only an amazing game but most of all is a celebration of all things Nintendo. In this game you will get cross overs unlike any other game. Whether it’s Yoshi fighting Mario and link or if it’s 4 Yoshi’s brawling to the bitter end there are endless possibilities. In the series, this game boasts the most levels, characters and items. Not only is there the chance to play as your favourite characters from Nintendo, sonic and snake have joined the brawl.

When you’re not rubbing in your victories solo players might like to compete in classic mode where you face 12 enemies and build up your trophy stash. Not only can you compete in classic mode but you can also do the story mode (subspace emissary) that unites all of the Nintendo kingdom to face off against characters from pretty much anything Nintendo.

This game has also an online mode and if you’re feeling creative there is also there an extra that allows you to make your own stages. One of my favourite items are the poke’balls and item trophies which give you a random character to help you.

Not only do I think it is an amazing game but ONM (Official Nintendo Magazine) gave it 95 % ‘Even looking at it with a cynical eye, it's incredibly hard to fault Brawl. You're going to adore this game.’

This is a game for anybody even vaguely interested in Nintendo and is personally a game that no Nintendo fan is complete without.  

Originally released for GameBoy Colour in 1999, Prince of Persia is now downloadable on the Nintendo 3DS E-Store for £5.40 in the virtual console range. It is a fun but annoying game to play, with good graphics for its time and a gameplay to match.

STORY:
The story is following the main plot of the original movie, where a sorcerer has put a curse on the beautiful Jaffar, daughter of the sultan who was the ruler, and you have exactly 60 minutes to Marry her or she will perish! Unknown to her however you are currently in her dungeons.

SOUNDS:
Its like most games of its era has a nowadays - retro feeling with 64bit sounds. It shares this with most of the other games in the GameBoyColour Virtual Console Range.

GRAPHICS:
Not much to be said for the graphics front. It has a retro charm with 128bit visuals also common to the range.

GAMEPLAY:
This let me down a little. It has controls that if impatient will make you want the money back. However complicated this is solved by going through the training. I WOULD RECOMMEND DOING THE TUTORIAL FIRST. Once you have grasped controls of the game, quit the tutorial and select new game. However even with the tutorials, an annoying feature is that it is difficult to just walk one place forward but other than that the controls are rather easy.

SUMMARY:
This game isn't exactly my kind of game but I am enjoying it a lot. For the small price to pay this fun little game I would say it is worth it.

WOULD RECOMMEND TO:
- People who enjoyed the Prince of Persia movies
- People who want a little game to play
- People who like movie games

OTHER GAMES TO PLAY:
- Super mario bros. / land / land 2
- Legend of Zelda DX: Links Awakening

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Office Jerk is a free app on the iPhone/iPod Touch. The aim of the game is to hit the ‘Office Jerk’ as many times as possible, with things as small as a rubber or as large as a computer screen. You can buy packs which include dynamites and chocolate cupcakes to throw at the jerk, or you can find objects and touch them to obtain them in your inventory. There are different versions of the games, for example, Office Zombie which is for Halloween and there is a holiday edition. When it first came out, it had three stars on the Apple store, but now it has almost five. There has been over 7.5 million downloads of the game.

When most people hear about a game made from a movie (even on an iPhone) they immediately think disaster. But army of darkness by the infamous Backflip Studios is a semi-original side-scrolling shooter-tower defence bag of fun that’s been keeping me busy in my spare time for the past week.

Plants vs. Zombies (PvZ) - Not necessarily a phrase you hear all the time in the real world, but a winning combination in the gaming world. Zombies are becoming ever popular with the casual gamers (Zombie Taxi, Zombieville) and the hardcore gamers (CoD: Zombies, Left 4 Dead). PvZ definitely falls into the casual gamer category.

Four days ago a family member told me about this new iPhone game called Contre Jour, so I checked it out. It was a 69p game made by our buddies at Chillingo (Angry Birds, Cut the Rope). Those of you gifted with the power of language will be able to work out that the meaning of “Contre Jour” is something close to “counter day” or, in English, “night”. This is unsurprisingly where it is set - at night.

When people mention Chillingo, people usually refer to it as the Ferrari in the app world. The creators of some of the best-selling games of all time - Cut the Rope, Angry Birds etc. Because of this, I was very excited about this game and knew full well that it held a lot of promise.

Paper toss is an app in which you throw paper (who would have thought it?) in a bin. This game is made by Backflip studios and is completely free - for anybody who wants a good flash game on the go this is perfect. This game also comes in different editions for people who can’t get enough out of this game.

Mario kart has been known all around the world for its world renowned reputation of its amazing graphics and is still known for how it made history in 1992 in its first game in a long series to come.

Pokemon -one of the biggest franchises known to man. In their fifth generation they made a major jump - 156 brand new Pokemon, a whole new region and much more. It is like nothing before. Starting your adventure in Nuvema town, you are joined by your friends Cheren and Bianca. On your desk there is a giant gift. In the box there are 3 Pokeballs of which you choose your starter Pokemon. This Pokemon will accompany you throughout your journey through the Unova region

This weekend I went and picked up Gratuitous Space Battles. I heard about it from snooping around looking for a strategy game to waste my time on and found an indie spaceship builder, in which you design a craft from multitudes of different hulls and hundreds of different weapons, shields, armour classes and special items.

Monster hunter tri is a game in which monsters are not just giant monsters but, to Hunters, they are giant living, walking resources. Monster hunter is made with some of the best graphics on the Wii you can get. Monster hunter has won awards around the world for its hardcore RPG style gaming.

In this day and age, it’s quite hard to think of a better football game than FIFA or PES. These games rule this part of the gaming world and bring mobile gaming to the next level.

Everyone loves an underdog. But an underdog that actually challenges the big boys…That takes something special.

The Lost Warrior is probably the best arcade game for all the Android OS users out there. If you love role playing games, then you are definitely going to love this! Part of the Nezah series, this game features the warrior Nezah who finds himself trapped in the Dead Zone during the Holy War. Nezah must make it through the Dead Zone to find the main troops.

You need to tap the screen in order to move the warrior around. In order to kill a monster you have to touch it. To win the game, kill all the monsters around you before they start to regenerate.

Winds of Steel is an Android based game developed by DeckEleven Entertainment that brings the thrill and excitement of a WWII action/shooter to the viewpoint of Japanese and American fighter pilots. Once you get into the mood of the game, you will encounter hours of addictive game play.

Just like a console based game, the main menu is comprised of a Campaign feature, Instant Action feature, Options feature, and to get more games from that developer, a More Apps feature.

Hope you are all enjoying EuroBasket 2011. I found an awesome app to keep basketball fans updated on stats of your favorite team of the Championship. Yep, when the EuroBasket 2011 Championship began in Lithuania, I started Googling for some EuroBasket iPhone apps and I found that most of them had a lot of bugs. Then, I finally found a great app at the iTunes Store named 'EuroBasket Live’ launched at the perfect time by Itero IT. This flawless app provides live stats on EuroBasket scores and it is worth its cost. Let's see more about its awesome features and outstanding performance.

DanceOff is an application from the top UK Chocolate company, Cadbury. Most of you will have seen the newest of the Cadbury adverts - the one with the dancing clothes! Well, this iPhone application is very similar to the adverts themselves, however you pick the music!

It’s amazing to think that a little less than 20 years ago, the gaming public were being wowed by a console about the same size as a small brick which could play Tetris in full black-and-white, on no less than six double-A batteries. Fast forward to 2011, and it’s even more amazing to think that we’re now able to play fully 3D games on a device about half that size (although battery technology doesn’t seem to have improved that much - more on that later).

This is Nintendo’s 3DS, the long awaited successor system to the monumentally popular DS, which was released a little over six years ago. The 3DS carries over many of the features of the previous iteration - dual screens, a touch sensitive lower panel and the DSi’s cameras - but adds possibly the boldest and most revolutionary feature on a handheld to date - glasses free stereoscopic 3D. So, without further ago, let’s get started...

It is impossible to consider the Samsung Galaxy Tablet without comparing it to its rivalrous older brother – the iPad. One can’t help but feel that the Tablet is simply a response to the success of the iPad; an assault on the monopolistic trends of Apple. “Whatever you can do, we can do better” say Samsung, albeit even if they’re merely copying Apple’s successful formula.

A short review for a short game. The average time played on the iPhone game 'Canabalt' is not measured in minutes but in seconds. The was the game is set out forces this to happen.

The Graphics are awful the theme tune music is terrible but yet the GameRating staff are addicted, sometimes simplicity is all you need.

Billabong, brought to you by Chillingo, is a captivating sports action game. The journey starts at the popular destination 'Huntington Beach' - This is where you get to grips with the controls, and learn from tips & tricks explained by the Billabong’s very own A-team pro surfers. Once able to master the waves in 'Huntington', you and your surfer unlock a new destination.

With 17 World wide beaches to explore and unlock, it's hard to lose interest as you surf and conquer each beach! Out of these 17 beaches, 11 of them are featured in the 'World Champion Surf Tour' so you can surf in the hottest locations.

Cube Runner – a lemon or a peach? A simple game where the sole objective of the game is to avoid block in front of you by tilting the device in a left or right motion, and to try and beat you previous high score – So is it worth your time or not?  

TapDefense! – A top down real time strategy game on the iPod and iPhone is a game from Tapjoy, LLC. This game is a gem that can sometimes be overlooked – alright it’s not the best game ever but you can’t argue with the price. Plus it’s like any good app it’s highly addictive!

But is it any good?