Few games effectively exploit the balance between power and vulnerability. That’s Uplink, a remastered version of the 2001 PC hacker sim. Imagine the ‘90s cyber-crime movies Hackers or Sneakers in videogame form. That alone is the mark of a compelling strategy game.- Luke Larsen 18. Excellent use of multiplayer matchmaking aside, Hero Academy is a surprisingly deep tactical strategy game that forces the player to think, overthink and agonize over every move they take. Hero Academy is one of the first games to make that multiplayer format work in another genre-in this case, the strategy board game. Since the success of 2009’s Words with Friends, developers have been eagerly trying to find a way to implement its turn-based multiplayer format into other games and genres on mobile devices. It’s pure and simple pop gaming-addicting, sweet and crunchy, but sure to leave you with a mouth full of cavities.- Luke Larsen
The gameplay is repetitive, catchy and best in small doses. Pocket Planes buzzes like a good pop song. Here are the 20 best mobile games of 2012. Grant, Richard Clark, Stu Horvath, Mitch Krpata, Joe Bernardi, Dan Crabtree, Luke Larsen and Casey Malone. Ballots were cast by myself, Simon Ferrari, Ryan Kuo, J. Our list was voted on by a number of regular freelance contributors to Paste’s games section and then tabulated and compiled by Paste’s games editor Garrett Martin (aka me). Our list of the best mobile games of 2012 is full of games perfect for brief patches of free time, but with unlockable perks or deeper mechanics that will keep you engaged past those fleeting moments. It should also be quick and easy enough to pick up, plboyfrienday and then put away at a moment’s notice. It should be cheap enough to rack up impulse buys, like a candy bar or tabloid in a grocery store check-out line.
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