We've got another top roundup of the best Android games our Agents have enjoyed this month – and from cartoon gems to high-intensity platformers, we've got something for everyone to enjoy!
Adventure Time: Card Wars
£3.23
What time is it? If you yelled "Adventure Time!!" at your browser, you're about as excited as you should be!
Adventure Time: Card Wars is based on a card game of the same name from the popular cartoon series Adventure Time. Compete against the residents of the Candy Kingdom using both your cards and your wits to win the Cool Guy award – a mug filled with tasty goodies. Fail, and you must drink from the Dweeb Cup, filled with... everything else.
The concept of the game is simple: you have your own deck of cards, made up of buffs, buildings and creatures. Place your own creature cards on the game board opposite the enemy's creatures and win the quick-time events to smash your opponent.
There's a good combination of random chance and strategy to keep you entertained, and the board-game theme means you can pick up and put down this game whenever you like without forfeiting your victory. If you fancy yourself as the Cool Guy, grab your deck and start warring!
Pocket Mortys
Free
Another game based on a cartoon series, Pocket Mortys is an homage to Pokemon– but packed full of the wry humour you'd expect from this dark comedy show. You don't have to have watched the Rick and Morty series to enjoy the game, but it does lay the groundwork for what will become a pretty weird story by the end!
Rick is the carefree genius grandfather of the rather dim-witted Morty, and has mastered interdimensional travel using a handheld portal device. Unfortunately, so have all the other super smart Ricks from the other dimensions – and their new favourite hobby is collecting stray Mortys, training them and fighting them against each other. Does this sound familiar?
GTA: Chinatown Wars
£3.48
A spin-off of the Grand Theft Auto franchise, GTA: Chinatown Wars has its own unique story and characters for you to enjoy on your smartphone.
Unlike other GTA games which have appeared on Android, Chinatown Wars is heavily optimised for touch screens, which means it's very easy to start playing – and you won't need to fiddle around trying to add a controller to your handset.
The game itself is very similar to the other GTA titles, putting you in the shoes of a shady character who arrives in Liberty City to offer a family heirloom to the reigning Triad boss. As you'd expect from a Rockstar game, this plan quickly turns sour – and it's up to you to recover the heirloom and establish yourself as the new head of a crime family.
I particularly like this game as it reminds me of the classic GTAs 1 and 2 with its top-down camera angle and frequent 'Rampage' icons to pick up. Unlike those early games, however, Chinatown Wars does use 3D graphics throughout. It was originally released for Nintendo DS and Sony PSP, which means that the controls are already optimised for a handheld device.
If you can't get enough GTA and want to cruise the streets of Liberty City whenever you get some free time, you'll love GTA Chinatown Wars.
Savant Ascent
Savant: Ascent is an extremely fast-paced game of avoiding enemies and throwing powerful attacks at anything that moves. You take on the role of Savant, who is both a powerful hero in the video game universe and a real life musician whose music makes up the soundtrack to the game!
The controls are simple, but the gameplay certainly isn't: one button on the left of the screen will switch your player's position from one side to the other, and the button on the right controls the direction of your energy attacks.
Dodge incoming enemies by leaping left and right, and try to increase your score by staying alive. If you're successful, you'll restore Savant to his rightful place at the top of the tower. If you're not, you'll pull your hair out in frustration!
If you enjoy the frustration of shoot'em-ups and platform games, you'll love the intensity of Savant: Ascent.
Fotonica
£2.29
What drew me to Fotonica is the wireframe art style, which sketches out a 3D world that you must run through to reach the goal line. The colours are simple yet effective, and you get a truly immersive feel as you play the game. You can almost feel pillars whizzing past your head faster and faster the quicker you run the course!
There's only one button – but that doesn't make it an easy game to play. You'll need to get your runner's speed as fast as possible in order to launch yourself across large gaps and win the race against the clock, so learning how to use the controls effectively is key.
Hold your finger down anywhere on the screen to run faster, then let go at just the right time to leap from platform to platform. While you're in the air, hold your finger down to fall to the ground faster – that way, you can spend as much time as possible running at full pelt towards the horizon!
Each level is different, and is accompanied by its own rather nice soundtrack for you to race to. If you're like me, you'll need to try each race more than once before you know where all the big jumps are – and if you aren't running fast enough, you'll fall short and have to start all over again!
Frustrations aside, this is a really great game that's both atmospheric, visually attractive and quite addictive.
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