Muffin Knight is an arcade, 2.5D shooter/platformer game, where the goal is to get as many muffins as possible, whilst killing and/or dodging the enemies who are falling onto the platforms and slowly walking to their demise. This may sound familiar, as early last year Vlambeer made this exact same game, called Super Crate Box, which is coming to iOS soon.

Gameplay

Muffin Knight is very easy to understand and very easy to play. The controls are fantastic and go along very nicely with the style of game it is. Simply try to collect as many muffins as possible whilst trying to avoid, or kill the enemies who will be walking past you, you only have one life each time. Each time you collect a muffin, you will switched randomly to one of the characters which you’ve unlocked. Each character has a different attacking move, these vary from close range attacks to long range bursts of magic.

Graphics

One cool, appealing thing about Muffin Knight is the awesome 2.5D graphics. They really suit the style and setting of the game, and they’re retina enhanced for extra ease when jumping and shooting all over the place.

Longevity

The game has a total of 16 characters at the current time, and can be unlocked via collecting the specific amount of muffins. So immediately you’ll be dragged in to collect as many muffins as possible, and to improve and level up your characters to make them better, you’ll need to level up, this can be done by not only collecting as many muffins as possible but killing the enemies. These things alone will on their own have you coming back to collect muffins and kill enemies.

Cost

Muffin Knight is tonnes of fun and for the easy $0.99 asking price, this should be up the alley of anyone who is interested in it.

Conclusion

Muffin Knight is a great looking, and great fun 2.5D shooter/platformer which offers a lot of fun, and a long time on your home screen. Those who may have played Super Crate Box should definitely give this one a shot whilst you wait for the official version of that.

Final Rating 4/5 Stars

Buy it.

Muffin Knight
Developer: 24seven3D

Rated: 9+

Price: $0.99 Download

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Gameloft is well-known for basing their games on giants from the console world and Modern Combat is the iOS equivalent of the first-person shooter giant, Call of Duty. In the latest, and greatest installment of the series the United States are under attack from a trio of countries, those being Korea, Pakistan, and Russia. Like any country would do, the United States fight back to get the invaders out.

Gameplay

Lets begin with AI, it doesn’t seem to really be AI. The enemies seem to be stuck to a certain path, because they always seem to come from the same place and just shoot at you from the same position. The controls are good, the best part about them is that they’re customizable, so if you don’t like to ones you’re playing with you can try out another style.

Graphics

The graphics are up to, and if not, above the expected 3D par in this latest installment, unfortunately knowing the true power of the A5 chip, when compared to games like Infinity Blade, there is a large notable difference. The areas which you’re able to roam in are of high quality, the surrounding areas such as the city background are of lesser, but still good quality. The guns look fantastic, as do the menus and icons in-game.

Longevity

Once you’ve finished playing through the campaign, you’re free to jump right back in on a harder difficulty, or use mission select to play through your favorite mission again. If you’re not really into doing so, or you already have done so, then you can jump right into multiplayer. The game offers a few options, which doing so will give you many more hours of enjoyable action.

Cost

For the type of game that Modern Combat 3: Fallen Nation is, the asking price is well worth it, for the same price as a small or medium pizza, you’re getting a great game of high quality. Unfortunately though not everyone will be able to pay up such a high cost.

Conclusion

Modern Combat 3: Fallen Nation is a high quality, well polished first-person shooter. The game stacks up hours of gameplay, the campaign may not be the best but the multiplayer really picks up from that. The game looks great, and plays great. First-person shooter fans should seriously check this one out.

Final Rating 5/5 Stars

Buy it.

Modern Combat 3: Fallen Nation
Developer: Gameloft S.A.

Rated: 17+

Price: $6.99 Download

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In Eternal Legacy you play as the character Astrian, who is a rebel fighting against an oppressive government while also searching for his lost father. To me the storyline is pretty good, and it does seem to fit this kind of game quite well but is the game good too, just like the story? Continue reading to find out.

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I cannot say that Tux Battle is an unusual game because I’ve seen it several times before. Tux Battle takes the concept of games like Tanks and turns it into its own little version of that – Tanks may be a very popular and fun game but does this recreate that for the iPhone?

The bottom line is no. This game tried to be its own version of those style of games but while doing so has been the reason why it has failed. The player and computer are penguins, they throw snow balls at each other and you must adjust the angle of the throw and speed to hit the opponent, the only thing is the wind. If you adjust the bars correctly then you’ll find your snow ball on a crash course right into the AI’s penguin. If you don’t then you might find your snow ball going to the top of the screen and going the opposite direction of the AI.

The game only has one mode, not much movement at all and isn’t a straight up pick up and play game due to the fact it could take a while to actually know what you’re doing. I find the fact that there is minimal movement on screen quite boring, which for the player in this case myself a little off putting because nothing interesting is happening at all. I have to say the game doesn’t look that bad because the graphics are alight but then again it comes down the the fact that not much on the screen is happening and makes it easier to make it look good.

In the end there is not much to say about the game, one game mode and not a few animations on the screen happening at all doesn’t offer a very fun, long lasting and appealing game. In the end this game doesn’t seem to be worth the payment of $o.99 because it is so empty as a whole game.

I won’t say totally avoid this game because there are bound to be some people out there who like it. To me the game is too empty, more game modes and some more animations can for sure make this game better than it is. I wouldn’t put this on top of your list, maybe down the bottom somewhere because there are a lot of other games available for the same price but offer a whole lot more. These games include Doodle Jump and Flight Control.

It’s a game that doesn’t offer much, little animation and only one pretty boring game type. This leads me to unfortunately only giving Tux Battle 2 out of a maximum of 5 stars.

Score 2/5

Tux Battle on the App Store.

There is only one simple question that needs to be asked here, is sliding blocks fun? In this case yes. Blocks Mania Premium is a stunningly fun, addicting a good looking game that every iPhone gamer should have on their iPhone. Blocks Mania Premium is actually also a challenging game, and will for sure give the players of the game a challenge.

In Blocks Mania Premium you must slide the main block to the end of the level, I will refer to this as a checkpoint for the rest of the review. When you slide the block it will not stop moving unless it hits a crate, there are crates placed all over the level to stop your block from flying off the screen, which will kill you. The crates will stop you at certain points, and then you must slide once again to the next crate and so on until you get in a position to slide yourself into the checkpoint. You must find the quickest path to get to the checkpoint and after the first few levels there is a star which you can collect. Collecting these stars will add to your completed percentage of that level, you will unlock the next levels and packs quicker by getting 100% scores for the levels. Although if you try to collect the stars they will likely make your final score moves higher than the lowest possible, but you can actually get the star on the first attempt and then redo the level and try to finish it with the least moves possible. Even beginners will be able to pick this game up and simply play the game from the start. It has an easy to understand tutorial at the start of the game and very simple controls offering a great pick up and play experience.

The game looks great and is for sure up to scratch with the latest graphics. The graphics while playing the game are very nice looking and you won’t loose track of what you’re doing while sliding your finger across the screen.

The menu design is very nice looking too, probably one of the best looking menus I have on my iPod Touch. You can also pick out of two themes on the menu which are ‘Pixel Art’ and ‘Doodle’, I honestly prefer ‘Pixel Art’ which is the default theme on the menu when you first boot the game up, but ‘Doodle’ does look quite good. This theme will also change the way the game looks when you’re actually playing it, the picture to the right shows off the ‘Pixel Art’ theme. In game Doodle does look good but ‘Pixel Art’ remains to be the better looking theme of the game but it all depends on what you actually like. I think the overall idea of the themes is great, because it is not a very common thing in games and this game having the feature will for sure maybe the start some new theme features in future games.
This game has really been published to the finest standard and can see this game getting a long way in the Apple market. For a special introductory price this game should be on your iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch because this game is truly awesome and future updates will only make it better. You should really get in quick before the special offer finishes, this game is a great mixture of fun and simple gameplay along with some awesome looking graphics.

Blocks Mania Premium is a solid 10. This game is a whole lot of fun, it will be sure to give you a challenge and a must have on your iPhone or iPod Touch.

Rating 10/10 (5/5)

Blocks Mania Premium on the App Store.