I have played many games in the past year on my iTouch. Apple has opened up a new platform for games since the first iTouch was created. There are so many game, utility, entertainment, and education apps available for purchase. Today I am sharing my favorite top 5 games. These games are challenging, frustrating, wacky, original, but most of all fun.
Mirror's Edge, originally a first person platformer available for home gaming consoles, has been reimagined for a whole new adventure on iOS devices. The main character, Faith, is a runner who is trying to prevent the "perfect society" from stopping the flow of information. Players jump off buildings, run up walls, and most importantly kick ass. The game is inspired by parkour, overcoming obstacles with speed and efficiency. Mirror's Edge has a distinct style which looks incredible. The game contains 6 chapters and can be completed in a couple hours. It becomes quite repetitive after jumping between millions buildings. The controls are solid and the soundtrack goes with the game well. Fans of the original game will love the new adventure as much as I did. New players will like the simplicity and visual appeal.
4. World of Goo
This Tim Burton esque game is one of my all time favorites. The game is as strange as it sounds. Players use millions of "delicious" goo balls to create towers, bridges, and other structures to navigate the terrain and obstacles. These goo balls are trying to reach a pipe which sucks them away to the World of Goo Corporation. This is where they are made into numerous products, like energy drinks. The game is made up of 5 chapters, that contain many levels. There are many types of goo balls, each with a special ability. Every level has its own soundtrack and unique graphical design. The objective of every level is to collect a certain amount of unused goo balls for the Corporation. Excess goo becomes available to use in a sandbox mode. People all over the world compete here to build the largest goo tower.World of Goo is one of the best apps available. Check out the trailer here,
World of Goo Trailer, to really understand how unique this game is.
ZOMBIES! They are invading the lawn, backyard, roof, and any other vulnerable surface of your house. Their mission is to eat your brains! Luckily, the plants are ready to fight back. These plants use special abilities to block, freeze, throw watermelons, even eat zombies. In order to plant the plants, players must collect sunlight from sunflowers or the actual sun. The better ability of the plant, the more sunlight is needed. When the night falls, it becomes more difficult to defend your house. Sunlight to use for defending plants is only produced by sunflowers and fog rolls in. Each level takes place in a different area around the house. Zombies arrive in waves and the plants do their best to defend the home. Each time a level is won, money is awarded. This can be used towards a bunch of extras from Crazy Dave's car. There are plenty of mini games, achievements, and extra plants to be bought after adventure mode. The $2.99 price is an incredible deal for this game. Be prepared to fight to the death. Zombies are coming, are you ready?
This poor little fellow has little wings that prevent him from flying. His dream is to fly! How can we help him? Well, there are bunch of hills around. He can use them to get a jump start on flying! The objective of this game to help Tiny Wings jump from hill to hill and island to island. When the sun rises it is time to fly. Players hold the screen down as he slides down each hill and let go when he goes up. Pesky gravity will pull him down, forcing players to perfect his landing and so he jump closer to the clouds. As Tiny Wings jumps from hill to hill, he eats mini suns to rack up points and gains boosts of speed from blue orbs. Tiny Wings flies to multiple islands, each with varying hill shapes. There are achievements that keep Tiny Wings from becoming repetitive. They challenge player to hold the device upside down, reach island 9, or earn so many points. One cool feature of this app is that the color of the hills change every day. Try to fly as far as possible. Night is looming and Tiny Wings will go to bed once it arrives.
What's number 1? Well you will have to tune in tomorrow to find out!
