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Into The Blue

Posted February 3, 2010

$0.99 - 2D Rockers - - v1.0



  • Graphics and Sound - 3/5
  • Strategy - 4/5
  • Fun - 5/5
  • Re-playability - 4/5
  • Overall - 4/5

Speaking of unique game designs, Into The Blue (like Major Warhead) combines a tower defense genre, RTS and line drawing. The game provides an excellent use of touch contr…

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Major Warhead

Posted January 31, 2010

$0.99 - Drillbit Studios - - v1.2



  • Graphics and Sound - 3/5
  • Strategy - 3/5
  • Fun - 4/5
  • Re-playability - 3/5
  • Overall - 3/5

I love seeing a unique take on the genre and Major Warhead definitely creates a new game out of the Tower Defense and Line Drawing genres. The goal is to defend your…

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Palm Heroes

Posted January 18, 2010

  $5.99 - Palm Heroes Team -   -  - v1.3



  • Graphics and Sound - 3/5
  • Strategy - 5/5
  • Fun - 4/5
  • Re-playability - 4/5
  • Overall - 4/5

If you've ever played a Heroes of Might & Magic game, you'll be familiar with Palm Heroes. The style is very similar, giving you turn-based control over fanta…

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Red Conquest

Posted January 11, 2010

  $3.99 - Cat in a Box Games   - v1.0.1



  • Graphics and Sound - 4/5
  • Strategy - 5/5
  • Fun - 3/5
  • Re-playability - 5/5
  • Overall - 4/5

John Kooistra, the brains behind iPhone classics such as Blue Defense! and Blue Attack! has recently released Red Conquest!, the first RTS from his new compa…

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BattleBotz

Posted January 6, 2010

 $0.99 - Havana Apps    - v1.0


  • Graphics and Sound - 2/5
  • Strategy - 2/5
  • Fun - 3/5
  • Re-playability - 3/5
  • Overall - 2/5

Ahhh.. No.

What can I say, it's a good first experiment into the world of iPhone game programming and might turn into a fun game in a few versions, but BattleBotz i…

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Medieval

Posted December 28, 2009

$0.99 - Brisk Mobile Inc.   - v1.0.9



  • Graphics and Sound - 3/5
  • Strategy - 2/5
  • Fun - 5/5
  • Re-playability - 3/5
  • Overall - 3/5

Medieval is part of a new type of iPhone game that combines the tower defense and tank genres with an arcade action feel. The game is fairly simple, but fun. Th…

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Catan

Posted December 2, 2009

$4.99 - USM   - v1.1



  • Graphics and Sound - 3/5
  • Strategy - 5/5
  • Fun - 3/5
  • Re-playability - 4/5
  • Overall - 4/5

The ever popular board game "Settlers of Catan" has made it to the iPhone. Overall it's a pretty good experience, although not as much fun as playing the actual board game. The…

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Wargame

Posted November 2, 2009

$2.99 - Jemast Software  -  - v1.1.5



  • Graphics and Sound - 2/5
  • Strategy - 5/5
  • Fun - 4/5
  • Re-playability - 4/5
  • Overall - 4/5

A new world domination game has recently be released onto the iPhone gaming scene: Wargame, a world domination style strategy game offering more complexity and…

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Sentinel 2: Earth Defence

Posted October 8, 2009

$2.99 - Origin8 F.A.S.T. -- Fleet Air Superiority Training! - v1.2.2



  • Graphics and Sound - 4/5
  • Strategy - 5/5
  • Fun - 5/5
  • Re-playability - 4/5
  • Overall - 5/5

Origin8 recently came out with an update to their hit tower defense game: Sentinel. This time the battle takes place on Earth, and although the graphics and sound haven'…

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F.A.S.T.

Posted June 30, 2009

 $3.99 - SGN F.A.S.T. -- Fleet Air Superiority Training! - v1.5



  • Graphics and Sound - 5/5
  • Strategy - 1/5
  • Fun - 2/5
  • Re-playability - 2/5
  • Overall - 2/5

Has anyone else been screwed over by quick reviews of high profile games? After reading a few online reviews and app store reviews for F.A.S.T., it sounded like a great game.…

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Star Defense

Posted June 14, 2009

 $5.99 - ngmoco Star Defense - v1.1



  • Graphics and Sound - 5/5
  • Strategy - 3/5
  • Fun - 3/5
  • Re-playability - 3/5
  • Overall - 3/5

Just because ngmoco releases a $5.99 "premium" iPhone game, doesn't mean you should actually buy it. Star Defense is a pretty standard path-based tower defense game with o…

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Flashback

Posted June 6, 2009

 $4.99 - Manomio Flashback - v1.2



  • Graphics and Sound - 4/5
  • Strategy -N/A
  • Fun - 5/5
  • Re-playability - 2/5
  • Overall - 3/5

Although not exactly a strategy game, I had to review this one as it brought back many high-school memories. Flashback is a port of the 90's PC platform adventure that fol…

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Uniwar

Posted April 25, 2009

 $2.99 - Javaground USA Warfare Incorporated - v1.0



  • Graphics and Sound - 3/5
  • Strategy - 5/5
  • Fun - 5/5
  • Re-playability - 5/5
  • Overall - 5/5

Uniwar is a turn based strategy war game pitting humans against an alien species. Although the graphics and sound could definitely use some work, the features and …

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Sentinel

Posted April 18, 2009

 $4.99 - Origin8 Technologies Warfare Incorporated -  - v1.2



  • Graphics and Sound - 5/5
  • Strategy - 4/5
  • Fun - 5/5
  • Re-playability - 4/5
  • Overall - 5/5

Yet another Tower Defense game has been added to the iPhone mix. But this time, it's a game that includes the inherent fun of kicking alien ass. Sentinel

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The Creeps

Posted March 30, 2009

 $2.99 - Super Squawk Software -  Warfare Incorporated - v1.1.1



  • Graphics and Sound - 4/5
  • Strategy - 3/5
  • Fun - 3/5
  • Re-playability - 3/5
  • Overall - 3/5

The Creeps is a fun and wacky tower defense iPhone game with a slant towards the younger gamer comrades. The game is based on a path style and contains al…

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Warfare Incorporated

Posted February 21, 2009

 $4.99 - Spiffcode Inc. -  Warfare Incorporated - v1.5



  • Graphics and Sound - 3/5
  • Strategy - 4/5
  • Fun - 5/5
  • Re-playability - 5/5
  • Overall - 4/5

If you want to play a real RTS with a working UI, then Warfare Incorporated is the only real choice on the iPhone at the moment. The gameplay is what you would ex…

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Reign of Swords

Posted February 13, 2009

 4.99 - Punch Entertainment Reign of Swords - - v1.2



  • Graphics and Sound - 3/5
  • Strategy - 5/5
  • Fun - 4/5
  • Re-playability - 4/5
  • Overall - 4/5

In an apparently endless sea of shooters and puzzle games, Reign of Swords stands out as one of the few serious strategy games for the iPhone. Set in a fa…

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Westward

Posted February 6, 2009

 $4.99 - Astraware - Westward® - v1



  • Graphics and Sound - 5/5
  • Strategy - 3/5
  • Fun - 5/5
  • Re-playability - 3/5
  • Overall - 4/5

Westward is a casual family friendly cross between an RTS and a city building sim. Set in the wild west, the game features resources to collect and buildings to build, …

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Simcity

Posted January 30, 2009

 $7.99 - EA Mobile SimCity? - v1.3


  • Graphics and Sound - 5/5
  • Strategy - 3/5
  • Fun - 5/5
  • Re-playability - 5/5
  • Overall - 5/5

Although not strictly a strategy game, Simcity is one of the most in-depth and full featured iPhone games available. Very little has been removed from the PC/Console v…

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7 Cities TD

Posted January 27, 2009

 $4.99 - Neptune Entertainment 7 Cities - v1.1



  • Graphics and Sound - 5/5
  • Strategy - 4/5
  • Fun - 5/5
  • Re-playability - 3/5
  • Overall - 4/5

In many ways 7 Cities TD is a typical path based tower defense game, you build towers long a designated path and try to stop waves of enemy units, but what …

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