Top 15 iPhone Games of Last Year
Which is the best iPhone game for 2011? That is a very tough question to answer. Needless to say, both Angry Birds and Fruit Ninja are popular. But there are still a couple of games are really cool, then I decide to create a list about the top games. You should know the top iPhone games of the past year. Some apps also work on an iPad. Do you have both iPhone and iPad? If you like the games quite a lot, you also can sync iphone to ipad in that case.
Tiny Tower
The main point of this resource-management game is to build a tower, complete with floors of apartments, entertainment, eateries, retail shops, and so on. The addicting gameplay blends well with the retro 8-bit graphics and a quirky elevator music-style soundtrack. Game Center integration helps players find new “Bitizens” to face off against in this freemium title.
Tiny Wings
In addition to being the game that officially dethroned Angry Birds as the No. 1 paid app in the iTunes App Store, Tiny Wings is a simple and addictive arcade game that is well worth the 99-cent download cost. Players assume the role of a tiny bird with tiny wings that really wants to fly. The game is incredibly simple: hold down the touch screen to make your tiny winged bird descend and pick up speed. Release the screen on an upward slope to use the hill as a ramp, sending the bird airborne. Tiny Wings has a perfect, zen-like rhythm to it. Dive, climb, dive, climb. Hold, release, hold release. The goal is to see just how far the bird can fly until the sun goes down.
Plants vs. Zombies
The tower defense genre has proved to work particularly well on touch screens, and Plants vs. Zombies is probably the world's favorite tower defense game. Plant an enormous variety of vegetables in order to ward off a zany cast of brain eaters. It's addictive and charming, containing that elusive "special something" that gets its hooks in you and convinces you to forego food, sleep, and other essentials just to see what the next level has in store. There is nothing original about tower defense or zombie games, and yet Plants vs. Zombies manages to stand out.
Dead Space
A truly horrific visual style wrapped inside a science fiction story -- that’s Dead Space, EA Mobile’s iPhone and iPad entry into its Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 hit series. Putting players in the third-person shooter role of a secret operative code named Vandal, the game weaves a story of monsters and dismemberment, and is sufficiently gory to match. Dead Space is definitely not for young children, but it’s also the best horror experience you can get on an iOS device, and it creates a harrowing world in which disgusting and twisted creatures, once human, must have their limbs cut off to be killed. Dead Space is like playing a full console game on your phone -- its production values and visuals are first-rate, and it’s packed full of foreboding atmosphere and popcorn-tossing scares.
Age of Zombies
"Dual-stick" shooters are in no short supply on the App Store, so it's really saying something when I assert that Age of Zombies is the best one currently available. In the game you'll play as Barry Steakfries, a foul-mouthed character with a penchant for guns and one liners. The game uses the same virtual joystick controls that many other iOS games rely on, but they work much better in this case than in some other releases. Crisp pixel art, a varied selection of weapons, and great humorous writing make Age of Zombies a shooter no iPhone owner should miss.
Cut The Rope
This game isn’t just a rehash of Cut the Rope, one of the most commercially successful games to ever debut on the iOS platform. Experiments introduces new tools and items to use in the game’s 75 levels, adding a great new challenge to the title while keeping it easy enough for seasoned rope-cutters to pick up quickly.
Osmos
Games like Osmos are the reason you have an iOS device. The music is paradoxically haunting and relaxing, and the gameplay is utterly addictive. Guiding your tiny globe through the universe requires such finesse, and Osmos still stands today as one of the most intuitive control schemes for any game in the App Store. So many mobile games are throwaway experiences, titles you pull out before a doctor's appointment or the like, but Osmos is the sort of game you get sucked into for hours. It might be one of the best dollars you ever spend as a gamer.
BackStab
BackStab from Gameloft delivers an open-world, pirate-themed sandbox game that reminds me of Assassin’s Creed. You take on the role of Henry Blake, who’s out to find and destroy Edmund Kane, a fellow officer who betrayed Henry back in the day. After both arrive on a massive island, Henry sets off on a bloody quest to track down his prey. Getting from one side of the island to the other is where the adventure lies, and each mission offers up new set pieces and tons of button-mashing goodness.
Helsing's Fire
If you're looking for a completely original game with a unique and engaging mechanic, look no further than Helsing's Fire. As the Sherlock Holmes-inspired Dr. Helsing and his jovial companion Raffton, you must place torches in 2D, top-down levels to illuminate and destroy the creatures hiding in the darkness. Light shoots out in all directions from your torches, but obstacles like frail maidens (which you must avoid, of course) will force you to position your torches carefully.
Asphalt 6
In the mold of Real Racing 2 and Need for Speed Hot Pursuit, this title from Gameloft delivers a fresh spin to the racing game genre. Arcade style graphics, comprehensive gameplay elements to choose from, and exotic locations help speed freaks pass the time until Real Racing 3 eventually arrives.
Bumpy Road
At first, Bumpy Road seems like a simple game. Even though its central (and only) mechanic is completely novel, it’s still easy to explain. A cartoony couple drives their car on a road that looks like xylophone keys. Touch anywhere on the screen, and a bump forms in the road. You then use this bump to push the car around, like a wave pushes a surfer. The game features several modes that curb monotony, and developer Simogo has updated it dutifully since its release.
Dark Nebula
There are plenty of games on the App Store that center around rolling a ball around a level using tilt controls, but the Dark Nebula games blow everything else out of the water in terms of overall quality. Levels generally focus on you getting from one side to another, and you'll have to solve a seemingly endless selection of increasingly interesting puzzles as you go.
Asteroids: Gunner
Atari re-imagined the classic Asteroids game for iOS devices with surprising and pleasing success. Compared to its predecessor, Asteroids Gunner has graphics that are out of this world. Nostalgia junkies yearning for the arcade era and fickle mobile gamers alike have reason to tap into this one.
Artillery Brigade
In Artillery Brigade, you’ll take your place at the controls of a WWII-era heavy weapon, rotating your artillery piece a full 360 degrees to locate and destroy incoming German forces. Sometimes you’ll face light infantry coming in bunches, other times it’s planes, tanks, and other vehicles. The difficulty ramps up nicely as the levels progress, adding additional types of enemies spread out all around you.
Jetpack Joyride
The art style and effects in this running game are simply gorgeous. It’s full of tongue-in-cheek humor and references to other iOS titles, including main character Barry Steakfires who was introduced in last year’s shooter game Monster Dash. The soundtrack to Jetpack Joyride is also fantastic. Developed by Halfbrick Studios, creator of Fruit Ninja, Jetpack Joyride is a game that is nearly impossible to put down.
Have you ever played these ones before? I recommend you try it, soon. When you got tired of games, you may copy dvd to iphone for enjoying on the go.
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