Looking for a new game to keep you occupied while you’re on the bus/in the loo/a Home Affairs queue/supposed to be working?
Here are five recommendations that’ll keep your fingers tapping; whether it’s a massively online battle arena you’re looking for or a beautiful, complex puzzler or even a Star Wars RPG from yesteryear finally ported to iOS and Android, we have you covered below.
Vainglory
iTunes – Free with in-app purchases
Move over DOTA and League of Legends, Vainglory is here to eat your lunch. Vainglory gives MOBA fans a massively online battle arena to play on their iPhones and iPads, featuring epic 3 vs. 3 battles, plenty of heroes to level up and a clever set of rules that keeps the action going back and forth. Lush graphics make use of Apple’s Metal tech, maintaining high levels of detail and a smooth frame rate and showing off the artists’ creativity with gorgeous levels.
Rating: 5 Stars
[symple_column size=”one_half”] [symple_box] “The best MOBA for your mobile“[/symple_box] [/symple_column][symple_box] Download it now from the iTunes store[/symple_box]
The LEGO Movie Video Game
iOS – R59.99
Everything truly is awesome in this brilliant adaptation of the console game, itself based on the excellent LEGO Movie. In it, you’ll play through 45 different levels with over 90 LEGO characters from the film, smashing blocks and collecting LEGO studs with which to unlock other characters and abilities. Along the way you’ll harness the power of the Master Builders to construct some truly impressive LEGO creations, all while bumbling through as everyman Emmett on a quest to save the world from the Craagle.
Rating: 5 Stars
[symple_column size=”one_half”] [symple_box] “Stuffed with plenty of things to keep kids occupied“[/symple_box] [/symple_column][symple_box] Download it now from the iTunes store[/symple_box]
The Room Two
Android – R29.78
iOS – R36.99
The Room Two is one of the deepest, most challenging puzzle games available for mobiles. It expands on the single-object puzzling of the original by opening the game up to the Rooms hinted at by its title, bringing in more space to encounter puzzles in and more objects to stare at, rotate and poke and prod until their secrets are revealed. Its storyline even veers into horror territory, so if you love solving eerie puzzles on your phone or tablet, this is money well-spent.
Rating: 5 Stars
[symple_column size=”one_half”] [symple_box] “Truly ingenius puzzles, creepy atmosphere“[/symple_box] [/symple_column][symple_box] Download it on Google Play, iTunes [/symple_box]
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
Android – R115.18
iOS – R119.99
When Star Wars fans are actually proud of a game based on their beloved movie franchise, you know it has to be good. KOTOR first came out in 2003 for the PC and original Xbox, and is widely considered to be one of the best role-playing games ever made. It has the right blend of good writing, addictive strategic combat and all-round Star Warsiness, and it translates surprisingly well to the touch interface of phones and tablet.
Rating: 5 Stars
[symple_column size=”one_half”] [symple_box] “Offers dozens of hours of Star Warsy RPG goodness“[/symple_box] [/symple_column][symple_box] Download it from Google Play, iTunes [/symple_box]
Goat Simulator
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ux_i_1NBpG0
iOS – R59.99
Android – R59.99
Your dreams of living a virtual life as a virtual goat have just come true! Goat Simulator lets you play as a goat, licking things you shouldn’t, destroying anything that gets in your way and generally being a nuisance. There’s no real structure to the game beyond exploring the map and breaking things, jumping off things and watching as your Goat Self gets blown up and thrown across the scenery, but the laughs you’ll have are more than worth the price of entry.
Rating: 5 Stars
[symple_column size=”one_half”] [symple_box] “The best goat simulation tech for your pocket“[/symple_box] [/symple_column][symple_box] Download it now from Google Play, iTunes [/symple_box]
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