Marvel Snap

I really thought that this game will last me 5 years

Game no: 506
Genre: Board
Platform: iOS 
Release Date: 2023

Sitting down right now I am thinking what I am going to write about this game. This game that consume my entire waking life for 7 months. My family was annoyed at me because that's all I was doing on my phone. The word "SNAP!!!" keeps on playing every time I have a good hand and thinking I can win only the be bamboozled at the last minute with their better card choices (sometimes I get the upper hand as well). Winning provides a dopamine rush and losing gives the same effect but on the frustrating side. 

This game basically a card game where each card represent a mainstream or obscure Marvel character that I

haven't heard before that provides an ability (weather On reveal or Ongoing or none) that helps you win the game. The objective of the game is easy there are three locations each with its own set of rules and you need to win 2/3 locations by playing the card is a specific way.

Since this a free to play (f2p) mobile game you can play with cards that are given to you. The cards that are given to you mostly all of the other players have. In order to be different then the rest of the pack you need to either grind or pay to win (p2w) in order to get newer cards which provides abilities that can either make or break the game. For example Galactus which was my favorite card for 4 months that will
destroy the two other locations and wrecks havoc in the opponents gameplay. The problem with that card is that it cost 6000 tokens which translate to 2 months of grinding or $100 of real money.

What I liked about this game. There is a lot. The sudden rush of winning a game. The effects of each card. Even leveling up a card making it more stylish also provides a rush of excitement in this lizard brain of mine. Every chime and colorful colors make me more excited to play again and again. Sometimes I can finish hours just
snapping again and again. I could start at level 70 and 2 hours later still be at level 70 after going as high as 78.  But as any mobile game the developers need to tweak and change in order to balance the game so that it won't seem broken and where people will only use one deck on and on again. Yesterday one famous card called Wave (which effects will make all cards 4 cost but works well with others lower cost reducing card that will make using her part of the meta) which effects a meta (the ability to win or lose with the combination of cards) has been nerf. That means you can no longer perform a combo move when you use her. Because of this a lot of players started to complain that Second Dinner (the developer) is destroying the game. But that usually what happens every time a buff or a nerf happen so that is already expected. 

So what made me hard quit? The way I describe the game is more like a dopamine rush and I could play this game forever. But that's it. Sometimes you release that a game stop being fun and what you doing is actually a chore. You wake up everyday to finish the daily missions in order to collect credits to give you the ability to level up and rinse and repeat. After a while I found that most of the opponents that I am facing are playing almost the same deck. Is like you can anticipate what they are going to do next since there are not that many combinations of decks you can play. So you mostly know what they are going to do. Plus the RNG (Random Number Generator) where each card is assigned to you randomly makes winning is not just a game of skill it is always a game of luck. If you are lucky you can choreograph an epic game that makes you win and sometimes the card you need is not coming out which makes you lose. After a while this card game became to repetitive and honestly not fun. So today I deleted the game and say goodbye to this game. I will still consume this game but this time just via YouTube since there are a lot of awesome content creators that have all the money to buy all the cards. Just fun watching them play. 

I finish this game with CL 5470 and have spend a good $100 in the 7 months I've played this. I am glad I got the opportunity to play this awesome game but I am also glad that I am out of it because there are more awesome games that I want to play. This is my longest review I have done and I am giving this game a S-Rank. This game will be in my top 10 games of the year due to how much is sucked me in. I take it positively and negatively as well. All is good 

RaymanMini

 A very hard runner 

Game no: 401
Genre: Action 
Platform: iOS
Release Date: 2019

What is it about?
Guide Rayman from point A to point B where he will tackle a lot of obstacles 

What I liked?
Gameplay is simple but very hard to master. 
When you get a perfect run, the feeling is awesome 
The stages visuals are really a treat for the eyes 
The music is a mixed of beats and insect noises
Stages are short

What I didn't liked?
The game really don't teach you on how to navigate the stages. It is mostly you'll end up dying again and again 
To get 100 lums you really need to study the stage and jump at the right time 
The bonuses are great but too bad you need to be good at the game which I am not
Stages are short if you don't die/ If you die it can last up to 30 mins  

Status: Finish the game until world 5

Fun Factor: A great mobile game. Worth a play 

Mini Motorways

My 400th game

Game no: 400
Genre: Strategy 
Platform: iOS
Release Date: 2019

What is about?
A city management simulator where you need to build roads to connect the coloured houses to the same colour building 

What I liked?
The game is simple to play but difficult to master. It is fun to see your road get built 
The strategy that is involve in making the city, traffic lights, tunnels, motorways 
It finished once your building is overflowing which is great. A game can last anywhere between 5 minutes to 30 minutes

What I didn't liked?
The game puts a wrench by providing two different colours on opposite sides of the land which cause a lot of problems.
Just when you get a groove you hit a roadblock. Literally, you will cause a congestion with too many cars on the road

Status: Finish the game with all the cities played 

Fun Factor: A great mobile game. Worth to be played  

Cricket through the Ages

What the fudge did I play 😳

Game no: 339
Genre: Other (I have no idea)
Platform: iOS
Released Date: 2019

Gameplay
First person hits the other gets a point

What is it about? 
It’s a faux documentary about cricket through the ages. Narrated David Attenborough style

What I liked?
The story is very funny
The gameplay is short and funny
There is no win or lose. Just enjoy yourself

What I didn’t liked? 
Controls are shit but I think that the part of the game
The gameplay is just trying to hit

Status: Finish the main storyline

Fun Factor: It’s a quick game so... that’s it I guess

Assemble with care

A very nice interactive story

Game no: 338
Genre: Puzzle
Platform: iOS
Released Date: 2019

What is it about?
A story about a girl trying to fix everything that is wrong with her life and the others around her

What I liked? 
The story is interesting
The puzzles are complicated but they become easy when you figure it out
Voice acting is nice

What I didn’t like?
Nothing at all

Status: Finish all 13 chapters

Fun Factor: It’s one of the great iOS games to play

Grindstone

One of the best puzzle games for the iOS

Genre: Puzzle
Platform: iOS
Release Date: 2019

What is it about?
You play as a warrior who needs to climb grindstone cave

What did I liked?
Gameplay is easy to learn but tough to master
The boss battles are challenging
Power-ups provide a certain element of strategy
Upgrades gives different power-ups that help you navigate the mountain

What didn't I liked?
The mountain is hard. You'll end up dying multiple times.
Every time you die you'll grindstones and eventually will make climbing the mountain challenging
Some upgrades requires a lot of resources that you don't have

Status: Stuck at level 87

Fun Factor: Its a great game but I suck at it. Its time to move on

Operator 41

Man this game is short

Game no: 337
Genre: Action (Stealth)
Platform: iOS
Released Date: 2019

What is it about?
There is no storyline so my guess is your a spy and need to go to the phone

Gameplay mechanics
Point and click
Stealth

What I liked?
Art style
Game play is relatively easy

What I didn’t liked?
No depth
No story... really we are just getting from point A to point B
Ends abruptly

Status: Finish all 14 levels

Fun Factor: well... there are a lot of other games

The Get Out Kids

One of the good adventure games I've played for a while

Game no: 335

Genre: Adventure

Platform: iOS

Release Date: 2019 

What is it about?

A point and click adventure about a couple of kids who wants to have some midnight fun 

What I liked?

The story is interesting. Made me want to finish the game 

The gameplay is simple enough and each chapter is around 5 minutes 

You can't go wrong with the gameplay.. Is all trial and error

What I didn't liked?

The story really doesn't make that much sense. 

The ending was cut short. It seems like they run out of funding. 

Some puzzle they don't give you what do you need to do. You just have to trial and error

Status: Finish the game 

Fun Factor: A enjoyable game from start till the end. Nothing much more to add than that

Bleak Sword

A Demon souls like game for your phone

Game no: 333
Genre: Action
Platform: iOS
Release date: 2019

What is it about?
A kingdom cursed and it’s up to the unnamed hero to break the curse

What I liked? 
The diorama art style
The simplistic controls and yet fast paced gameplay.
The storyline... they can say a lot without saying anything at all
Varieties of enemies which provides different set of challenges
Each boss battles are fun and unique
Parrying...
RPG elements like levelling up and item equipment
Each stage have different environmental hazards and elements

What I didn’t liked?
This is not a point on the game... I just didn’t like dying when I was so close in winning
Experience points disappear if you die more than twice on a stage
There is no new game plus but you can grind a lot of times

Status: Finish 90 stages with level 23

Fun Factor: One of the best mobile game I played in a long while. A good game of the year contender

Sneaky Sasquatch

An awesome game but fundamentally flawed in certain aspects

Genre: Adventure
Platform: iOS
Released Date: 2019

What is it about?
You play as a Sasquatch who tries to get food and save the park while staying away from the rangers

What I liked? 
The gameplay is fun. You can gather food, ski, race cars, canoe, dig for treasure
The sneaking mechanics is great
Using coins to get extra items to advance the story
The open world map is filled with hidden secrets

What I didn’t liked? 
The controls is a bit sensitive. Controlling the car sucks
The game stop being fun when we need to grind for cash... everything needs cash to advance and that requires a lot of grinding which kind of sucks

Status: Played 5 hours of it and gave up when I saw I need a lot of coins to grind

Fun factor: A great game if you don’t mind the grind

tint.

A very relaxing puzzle game involving colours

Game no: 332
Genre: Puzzle
Platform: iOS
Release Date: 2019

What is it about? 
A 50 page book where you need to connect the colours from point A to point B

What I liked? 
The ambiance of the game. It’s very relaxing...
The puzzles are easy but not too easy
Each 10 chapter is a different style of animation

What I didn’t liked?
How brain farting I am when I comes to solving puzzles

Fun Factor: A great puzzle to pick up and play... Highly recommended 

Sayonara Wild Hearts

So I finally did it. I subscribed to Apple Arcade and this is a start of something beautiful

Game no: 331
Genre: Action
Platform: iOS
Release date: 2019

What is it about?
It’s a story a girl with a broken heart and how she overcome her fears

What I liked?
The art style is awesome.
The music has some rhythmic tunes and deep beats
The variety of gameplay. It’s still on rails but with a certain sense of control to avoid obstacles
The boss fights are varied and interesting
Quick time events are great
Each stage has a different element of gameplay
The ending is awesome a

What I didn’t liked?
Touch control sucks.... we need to tap lots of time to move the character to the left or right
Some stages the action is so fast that you will die multiple times again and again
The repetition is some stages. It gets tedious after a while
You need to have crazy like reflexes to get the gold rank which is hard

Fun factor: First game I tried on Apple Arcade and it’s very enjoyable from start to finish. Must download

Drop Flip

My daughter played 70% of this game

Game no: 290
Genre: Puzzle
Platform: iOS

  

What is it about:
Its a physics based game where you drop a ball in a bucket

Phone game review:
Mostly phone games are here to waste time while waiting for something.
So this game delivers with it colorful nature and fun puzzles.

Status: Completed all levels

Fun Factor: A great phone game that really waste your time, well my daughter enjoyed it

Framed

A unique mobile game 

Game no: 278

Genre: Puzzle

Platform: iOS

What is it about?

Is a interactive comic book set in a film noir style where you play as an agent who needs to transfer some documents while avoiding the police. 

What's Great

- You move frames in order to determine the right sequence for the page. 

- Each panel gives different types of animation which is fun to watch at first.

- You can change the frame while the animation is moving. Which is cool 

- Music is great... Lots of smooth jazz.

What's not so great

- There are a lot of trial and error and if you miss a sequence, you need to try again. Watching a 1 minute animation again and again can get tedious

- No idea what's the story is about since there is no dialogue

Great for: Those who like comic books and puzzles 

Not so great for: People who doesn't have any patience. This game moves at a slow pace.

Status: Finish the game 

Fun Factor: A great game to waste your time.

Mini Metro

Guess who's back... After a long hiatus break I am back in gaming

Game No: 202
Genre: Puzzle
Platform: iOS

What's the game about? 
- It's a puzzle game based on real life metro systems. You are given a sets of lines, tracks, tunnels and trains. The aim of the game is to survive the longest before your train station comes crashing down.

What's great 
- Puzzles are fun and addictive.
- Lots of strategy is required to maximize the efficiency of your track
- A fast forward button that acts as a double edge sword. Too much it will cause your track to crash

What's bad 
- The game is super hard is some stages. Some are built on islands which requires more tunnels.

Status 
Finish all the tracks from each different country. Favorite track is in Japan

Verdict 
A great game to waste your time. Provides 5-10 minutes a good phone

The Room Two

The best iOS puzzle game is back

Game no: 183

Genre: Puzzle 

Platform: iOS

What's is it about:e

The escape room game where you are stuck in 6 rooms and you need to solve puzzle to escape

Gameplay consist of:

- puzzle solving

- using the monocle to see to hidden clue to solve more puzzles

- examining items to unlock more clues to solve more puzzles

What I liked: 

- The stages are well varied and there are a lot of different environment

- They provide you clues to help you to solve the puzzles

- I don't know if it's a horror story but the music and ambiance is damn creepy

What I didn't Liked:

- Nothing 

Status: Finish the whole game 

Score: A rare gem, need to be played at least once 

Deus Ex GO

Another fun GO game which is not Pokemon

Game no: 173

Genre: Puzzle

Platform: iOS

What's is it about:

Never played Deus Ex before. So its about some goverment conspiracy and the hero is kind of a cyborg. The story is not that important.

Gameplay consist of:

- Puzzle Solving

- Hacking 

What I liked: 

- The puzzle are damn fun to do. When you solve a puzzle, the feeling is so exciting. 

- Multiple enemies with different abilities

- Hacking 

- Using Stealth and the Electric gun to dispatch enemies

What I didn't Liked:

- Getting stuck on the same level after 1 hour and you keep doing the same thing

- The story really is not that engaging 

- The graphics are not as good as Lara Croft Go... Probably is the future setting

- Short around 54 level. But you can extend the replay by getting all gold in the levels.

Status: Beat the game until the end credits. There is a branching path at the end. So unless you follow the story. It doesn't matter. Got some items for Dues Ex Mankind Divided which I am not a fan

Score: Worth to be played at least once.

Lara Croft GO

Best iOS game to date

Game no: 154

Genre: Puzzle 

Platform: iOS 

What is it about: 

Follow Lara Croft as she navigates caves to find treasure. The usual tomb raider stuff 

Game consists of

- Puzzle solving 

- Shooting 

What's cool:

- The cell shading is awesome

- There animation this time.

- Puzzles are fun and interesting 

- Treasures are everywhere 

- Boss fight is fun

What's not so cool:

- There is only one boss

- It's short. It's over before you know it 

- There is no variety in weapons 

Status: Finish the game and now trying to get all the treasures 

Score: A rare gem, worth to be played multiple times 

Device 6

A trippy game with a trippy story

Game no: 136

Genre: Adventure 

Platform: iOS 

What is it about:

You woke up in a mysterious island and you solve clues to figure out what happen

Game consists of:

- Reading 

- Moving your iPhone 360 degrees 

- Puzzle solving 

- Listening (this game needs to work with headphones) 

What's good: 

- Puzzles are innovative 

- Story is wired 

- Creepy background 

What's bad: 

- The ending is open ended

- The ingame survey does nothing to the game 

Status: Finished the game with 600 points. Bought a doll with it

Score: Worth to be played at least once 

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Hitman GO

Finally a Hitman game that I can into

Game no: 130

Genre: Puzzle 

Platform: iOS 

Duration: 6 days (+28 days)

What's it about:

- A board puzzle game where strategy is the key complete you objective 

Game consist of:

- puzzle solving

- moving

- strategy thinking 

- item manipulation 

What's good: 

- stages are awesome. Each of them represent a board game. And the pices move like chess.

- the art design is 70's retro

- bad guys are different and brings a lot of variety 

What's bad: 

- it's over to quick 

Status: Beaten the game with 168 tokens 

Score: Worth to be played at least once 

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