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BEST
GAMES
of the
WEEK
December 14, 2017
The App Store is accelerating towards the winter freeze, and some big games are hitting the store to try to get featured for the holiday break. This week and next are two of the biggest release windows of the year, and we're all in for a treat. The early highlights include a suspenseful platformer, a 2D to 3D platformer, a time based decision game, a gorgeous puzzle challenge, and so much more.
Playdead's INSIDE
Playdead
The best part is that after a few sudden changes, you come to expect them, which builds up suspense as you move through the world.
Inside continues the 2D puzzle platformer formula of Limbo, and enhances it in nearly every way. Prepare for a suspenseful storyline filled with eerie moments.
FEZ Pocket Edition
Polytron Inc.
Fez has been ported to iOS to deliver classic 2D platforming with a 3D twist.
FEZ, the perspective-shifting puzzle platformer that started it all, has finally arrived on mobile.
Life Is Strange
SQUARE ENIX
An episodic decision based adventure game with the ability to rewind time.
An episodic decision based adventure game with the ability to rewind time.
Gorogoa
Annapurna Interactive
Inception level puzzling
Rearrange the panels to create a continuing storyline among beautiful artwork. Each shifting panel reveals new intricacies and mysteries in an ornately detailed puzzle game.
Like a Boss!
Versus Evil
An action RPG that flips the script to let you play as the boss.
Normally, you play as the hero ready to defeat big bad bosses. In Like A Boss, you get to be the boss taking on all kinds of heroes that are trying to take you down. Classic RPG upgrades, quests, and crafting are included.
Oddworld
Oddworld Inhabitants Inc
Oddworld has various adventures, and this one is a 2.5D platformer.
Guide Abe the mudokon, and try to save his fellow Mudokons with classic platforming skill mixed with special powers. You can take control of enemies to solve puzzle sequences in addition to the core platformer set up.
Brain Machine I
MSY Mobile
Play on a magic cube in this puzzle adventure that is full of ornate challenges.
Get lost in the 3D cube as you challenge your brain to move through the world. There's a subtle storyline as you move from cube to cube trying to navigate the pathways with all kinds of challenges in store.
Ace Attorney INVESTIGATIONS
CAPCOM
Ace Attorney returns with a new protagonist and set up.
Instead of playing as Phoenix Wright in the court room, you get to play as Miles Edgeworth at the crime scene. Figure out the puzzle sequences in the crime scene to solve murders.
Box Boss!
Noodlecake Studios Inc
Noodlecake has a new quick action game for you to try.
Swipe across the game board to collect cubes and dodge incoming boxes across 100 levels. There's a big bad boss every ten levels, so get ready for some action packed challenges.
QB - a cube's tale
Stephan Goebel
A minimalistic isometric 3D puzzle challenge in which you guide a cube from A to B.
Every few levels introduces a new mechanic to figure out how to use. The game stacks multiple mechanics, and yet you simply swipe to move the cube from piece to piece to flip, flop, and get to the exit.
