New Android games this month
DOWNLOAD Every month we'll bring you scorching hot new games, plucked from the undiscovered depths of Play Store obscurity, to help you stay on the cutting edge of what's worth playing on your Android smartphone. Be the one to tell your friends what's worth playing right now by checking the article at the link below.
New Android gamesBest Android puzzle gamesCut the Rope 2: our current favorite:
Our current favorite puzzle game on Android is Cut the Rope 2, in which you feed candy to a little green critter known as Om Nom. How do you do this? By cutting rope, of course.
This free-to-play title features painterly graphics and fiendishly clever puzzles, whose solutions are often right before your eyes.
Don't be fooled by the cutesy visuals, Cut the Rope 2 gets seriously tough by the time you reach the later levels. But because success is only ever a few snips away, this one never gets old.
Cut the Rope 2 is our current favorite Android puzzle game. / © ANDROIDPITCut the Rope 2
If you're after some other great puzzle games for Android, there are plenty to choose from. Puzzle games are great for your morning commute or while you're waiting at the doctor's office. Sometimes they offer brainless fun, and other times they're more complicated than you would think, but they are as essential as your phone itself. Hit the link below for our favorites.
Best Android puzzle gamesBest Android tower defense gamesPlants vs Zombies 2: our current favorite
DOWNLOAD Plants vs Zombies is one of the classic free-to-play tower defense games and its sequel might be the shining star of this genre. Plants vs Zombies 2 sees you employing the services of assorted shrubbery to defeat an encroaching zombie army.
PopCap delivers a colorful, addictive, well-balanced strategy game which is endlessly replayable and continuously inventive. Each stage has its own set of unique traits, which means that progressing through them always throws up interesting challenges.
As far as free-to-play games go, Plants vs Zombies 2 is pretty generous in terms of the unlocked content that is freely available. And it's also a helluva good time.
Plants vs Zombies 2 is one of the kings of the tower defense genre. / © ANDROIDPITPlants vs. Zombies
DOWNLOAD 2Defense Zone 2 HD: for those seeking a serious challenge
Defense Grid 2 HD is a more realistic tower-defense game, with a modern military theme. In comparison to its cutesy competition, it certainly has more grit, but it also has the excellent gameplay to match.
There is a lot of tactical depth to the game, which may make it difficult to get into if you've never played a tower defense game before. However, I suspect that genre veterans will relish the challenge it presents.
Defense Zone 2 HD costs US$2.99 for the full version, but there is a light version available if you want to check that first. It’s definitely one of the best tower defense games on Android.
Defense Zone 2 HD has the gameplay to match its excellent graphics. / © ANDROIDPITDefense Zone 2 HD Lite castle Defense: for beginners
The enemies walk along a fixed path which you must line with towers to prevent them reaching the end. The graphics and audio are just okay, but with more than 100 levels, three difficulty settings and an exciting upgrade system, Castle Defense will still keep you coming back for more.
Sadly, the Castle Defenders graphics are quite low-res compared to the competition. / © ANDROIDPITCastle DefenseBest Android RPG gamesDragon Heroes: Shooter RPG
Essentially a vertical-scrolling shooter with RPG elements, Dragon Heroes: Shooter RPG lends some welcome depth to an inherently simplistic genre. By progressing through the levels, you can unlock a variety of heroes and upgrade their skills in a bid to save Dragonia from a spate of Dragons, who are also the bosses on each level.
The shooting game play is simple, colorful and kinetic and there are seemingly endless buttons to press in the menus, lending it a nice arcade vibe. The only gripe is the absurd loading time the game requires, particularly when starting up. It's quickly forgotten once you're blasting merrily away at dragons, but it can be frustrating when you want to dive in for a quick game and you have to wait several minutes to get onto a level.
The game feature several different modes, PvP battles and Guilds, so there's plenty to get your teeth stuck into.
Vertical-scrolling, dragon-obliterating mayhem. / © ANDROIDPITDragon Heroes: Shooter RPGThe
DOWNLOAD The Walking Dead Road To Survival provides the basis for another Android game, as well as more evidence that franchises thrive as well as zombies on the post-apocalyptic earth. The Walking Dead: Road to Survival is probably the richest Walking Dead Android experience yet. It functions mostly as a base-building game, and Woodbury is the setting in which you construct the usual workshops, training grounds and farms to get humanity back up on its feet.
Outside the base, there are missions and raids. The former finds you exploring the surroundings through story-led turn-based combat, and the latter lets you face off against opponents online, fighting for reputation and supplies. The story mode lets you make decisions at key moments, and will prove particularly enjoyable for fans of the comic books.
Overall, the game is pretty involving to start out with, and its dynamics function well, but its Pay-to-Win nature becomes apparent after a few hours of gameplay. There have been complaints about the random chance of characters and equipment you acquire and the cost of doing so. We would advise you to enjoy the game as far as possible for free, and try to avoid dropping any (or at least too much) money into it.
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