Another Valentine’s Day has come and gone and it is time for Den of Geek’s Top 5 Mobile Games of the Week: Valentine’s Day Edition. And what better way to say “I love you” than by having you and your sweetheart clear out a bar full of zombies or dismember gladiators in a Roman coliseum? Okay, so maybe none of the best new games this week had anything to do with love and relationships, but I can’t help if I’m still a romantic at heart! Sadly, it seems like Valentine’s Day has left Android users to take a cold mobile shower this year, as all of this week’s picks reside strictly on iOS platforms. So break out the flowers and chocolate, because here are our Top 5 mobile picks for the week of Feb 8 – Feb 14:
Late in 2010, Chair Entertainment released an iOS game called Infinity Blade to immense and immediate financial and critical success. Since this game is still sadly an iOS exclusive, here’s a quick rundown of the core gameplay for those of us with superior taste in mobile devices: the focus is on one-on-one melee duels; you can’t move freely, but you can tap buttons to dodge left and right, tap another button to block a limited number of times per battle, or swipe in a direction that matches your opponent’s strike to parry. Successful parries throw your opponent off balance and give you an opening to attack; to execute combos, you must chain direction-sensitive swipes in the right rhythm. Think Devil Meets Cry meets Fruit Ninja meets Parappa The Rapper and you’re in the neighborhood.
The wildly popular I, Gladiator action-RPG for iOS devices just received its first major update in the form of a new global multiplayer arena (update not yet available for Android version.) Fans of the hack-n-slash, cell shaded action focused game will now be able to challenge other gladiators from around the world to intense multiplayer battles that come with leaderboard support.
If you’re unsure of I, Gladiator’s prowess make sure to check out some new screenshots after the break. You'll surely see the Borderlands 2 meets Spartacus art style.
Ryse sure is in you Sony fanboy's mouth a lot. How many games do you know of where you can say the word "help" and your squadron comes to your defense? It's really innovative and looks good. Ryse is a great game that y'all try to downplay but give praise to anything Sony related.
Oh man, I'm so jealous of not having QTE-yse on the PS4!
Lol
@funatic did you played Ryse so you know it's that great? Yea, i thought so. Sit down and let the elders talk. And fyi i have both systems so no fanboy crap here.
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