No one knew that a point and click adventure game could traffic in such emotional themes until Walking Dead: The Game came on the scene. Walking Dead: The Game (iOS, OS X) – $4.99 The fact that you can buy the game once, and not have to pay a monthly fee surely helps the case, as well, but it’s the well-written story lines, engaging dialogue, whimsical environments, and interesting combat and exploration mechanics that keep players coming back for more, month after month.
While the genre has been dominated by the likes of World of Warcraft, Guild Wars 2 brings enough polish to the table to make this a must play. Guild Wars 2 mixes a high fantasy setting, a massive world with several distinct races, and an over arching story of cooperation and tolerance for difference with a familiar, yet not entirely traditional, take on the massively multiplayer online game. The game play is familiar to anyone who has tried their hand at the game in any iteration, with gorgeous artwork, glowing animations, and both single and multiplayer modes available. Whether you come to this iPad version of the game from the world of competitive play on tables with rectangles of laminated card stock or from the console video game version, you’ll still admit that Wizards of the Coast have created a faithful representation of their card game while still adapting it well to the touch interface of the iPad. Magic 2013 (iOS) – Freeĭeck building games are all the rage lately, but Magic: The Gathering is the one most think of when we hear the term.
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What takes this game to the next level, however, is the narration by “the old man.” This old dude, sounding like he’s right out of an episode of Firefly, tells the story of “The Kid” and the dying world of Ceylandia, full of pathos and humor. The colors and art design is a visual treat, and the soundtrack, man, is one of the best video game soundtracks, ever. The game play mechanics are fun enough, with a hack n’ slash sensibility that doesn’t let up. If you haven’t played Bastion, yet, stop reading this now and grab it on Steam, on the Mac App Store, on iPad or iPhone, or on XBox Live. Strategy demands making words out of the subset of letters that your opponent chooses to steal points from their score and turn the red letters to blue. As each player taps letters to create words from a visually delightful grid, Boggle-style, the letters turn colors: blue for you, red for them. Letterpress rewards a varied and prolific vocabulary, but the killer feature is how cutthroat the game play can become. I’m easily bored with Scrabble clones where the only way to win is to know the shortest words with the highest score potential. Well, friend, this is the word game that essentially ended my search for any other word game. I know, I know, you’re wondering what a word game is doing on this list. Oh, and everything blinks and pulsates to the music. Game time is measured in seconds, and while it always feels like your own fault for crashing into one, there’s always another coming at you from another direction. Tap on the left or right side of the screen to rotate your triangle avatar around, avoiding the ever-rotating and collapsing walls.
Called a “minimalist action game by its developer, Super Hexagon, available on iOS or Mac via Steam, hits all the right note for a gamer wanting a retro-inspired experience that channels games like Tempest or Asteroids. Now here’s a brutally hard yet exceptionally brilliant game of quick reflexes, zen-like concentration, blindingly retro graphics, and a killer chiptune score, by an uber indie developer, Terry Cavanagh ( VVVVVV).
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