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Tower defense games are one of the most well-suited genres for playing on the go. Relative to other genres, they are fairly passive, and they allow the player to plant their towers, defend their bases, and only half focus. Today, we're putting two of the more popular tower defense games on the App Store head-to-head: in an interesting clash we have Fieldrunners 2, which comes with a $2.99 price tag, and Towers N' Trolls, which is a free-to-play.
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Zombie first-person shooters: A license to kill and blow up everything that limps its way toward you wearing tattered clothes and a half-rotted face. There's nothing quite as stress relieving as this - just shooting everything first, and asking questions later. Don't want zombie cooties? Well then get out your Android phones and tablets, and follow along with me as I explore 6 of the finest zombie shooting games Google Play has to offer.
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When people talk about iOS games, and how much their popularity has grown, Angry Birds is generally one of the first examples cited. Those crazy birds with their various gimmicks have become something of a sensation, with shirts, plush toys, and all kinds of other merchandise available. In the background are the pigs, the bad guys of the Angry Birds world who just don't get the same attention as their bird counterparts. That is until Rovio gave them their own game called Bad Piggies.
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Although it is not an actual movie tie-in, Dredd vs Zombies was released for several gaming platforms in 2012 and has recently become available for Windows Phone. While there are similarities between the game and the movie (the single-word reference to the character’s name, the “clean-up” of enemies and the persistent progress through locations), this isn’t a tie-in. It’s something else entirely!
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Those pesky zombies – even when they’re not described as such, have become the de facto earthbound opponent in many video games, and that’s the case in Extraction: Project Outbreak for Windows Phone in which a bunch of "bio-engineered weapons" have gone rogue and escaped. The result is that you take charge of a military contractor who drops in to exterminate the zombies, in a sort of action/strategy game combo.
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Let's face it, touch controls are terrible for many games. Have you ever tried playing a platformer game on a touchscreen? It's an exercise in frustration. The good news is that you can connect a game controller to your Android device and play games the way they were meant to be played, whether they're controller-enabled Android games or old games played via an emulator.
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One of the more popular genres of iOS games is known as time management. Most people think of Farmville when they think of these types of games, and it's certainly one of the more popular titles in the genre. However, many gamers would not exactly describe Farmville as "good". If you are looking for a time management game that actually brings something exciting to the table, check out Middle Manager of Justice.
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Despite being considered a platform with "hardly any apps", Windows Phone has a remarkable amount of good games available. Among these is Doodle God, a quirky little title that originally found life on the iPhone in June 2010 before quickly spreading to Windows Phone in November of that year. Sticking the word "god" into the title of a game adds a certain element of power, quality and all-round awesomeness, things that aren't always well-deserved.
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A lot of games tend to be rehashes of the same concept. Meon isn't one of them.. Fact is, it's rare to find new concepts in mobile gaming; instead, we usually just end up with refinements which are admittedly nice, but sometimes we need breaths of fresh air. Meon may have its flaws, but it presents a new gameplay concept that I haven't seen before.
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Are you looking for an iPhone game that delivers something beyond the same old? Are you sick of matching multicolored gems and destroying objects in physics-based puzzlers? Maybe you want game with a deeper story that will keep you on the edge of your seat while still delivering interesting gameplay. If you're looking for a beautifully crafted puzzle game with a story to match, Ghost Trick is the game you want to play.
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Touch controls are great for games that require thought rather than quick, twitch movement. You can plot moves, activate abilities and direct units all with the touch of…well, your touch. You’d expect that to mean excellent strategy games dominate the platform but, in fact, the most popular titles tend to be lighter fare or free-to-play games defeated with cash more quickly than skill. Here are a few titles that stand out for their quality rather than price.
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While not specifically marketed for tablets, let's face it - to fully experience any FPS game, you really need the larger screen of a tablet. You can purchase from a long list of great first person shooters for an Android Tablet, but if you're looking for the affordable option - aka free - Critical Strike is the way to go. The quality of the game jumps right out at the main window when you launch the game.
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Temple Run is one of those rare iOS games that went completely viral on the App Store. The fact is, there are new games released continually on iTunes, and most of them never even make a blip on the radar for iOS gamers. However, every so often the stars align just right, and a game absolutely breaks out in popularity. Temple Run is a great example of this.
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I can't remember the last time I wrote an entire MakeUseOf post about a single game. But here I am, dedicating this whole post to tell you about just one game, because it's that good: Quantro for Android. You won't find mention of it on the Quantro page, but it's a Tetris clone. It's not just a dumb clone, though - it's even better than the original. They can't tell you it's Tetris, supposedly because of copyright issues, so here I am to lay down the truth.
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Apart from a handheld console like the PlayStation Vita, your tablet or smartphone is probably the best way to game, and keep yourself entertained on the road. After all, a very decent-sized chunk of the iOS app store is filled with games. Some of these games lend themselves better to the iPhone's or iPad's touchscreen interface than others.
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