Pocket Gamer: We all know how platformers work. Since time immemorial we've known what to do when we see a pit in the ground, or a sinister-looking creature with a vulnerable head. All our basic gaming instincts tell us to stick to the formula – go from left to right and try not to croak it.
Not so in Mr Karoshi. This platformer is not only a clever and darkly comic puzzler, but it’s also one of the most subversive games to grace the Xperia Play. The objective here is not to make progress, but to die.
2011's ten best Android games so far.
Here's my list:
Order and Chaos Online
Backstab
Nova 2
Starfront Collision
Mr Karoshi
Battleheart
9 Innings Pro Baseball 2011
Symphony of Eternity
Plants vs Zombies
Cut the Rope
Pocket Gamer - He’s been impaled on spikes, squashed under heavy blocks, and electrocuted into a charred black heap for three years, but poor Mr Karoshi still can’t find a way to end it all.
The suicidal salaryman (a Japanese term for cubicle office workers) first landed in a bloody heap on PCs in 2008.
