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GAMES<br />
CAPITALS – FREE WORD BATTLE<br />
Above Thethrillofthebattlewasenoughto<br />
keep us interested<br />
DICTIONARIES ALONE WON’T<br />
SAVE YOU HERE<br />
Turn-based mobile multiplayer<br />
games are either made or damned<br />
by their respective communities.<br />
A game could be genuinely great<br />
but if it doesn’t have a good amount of players<br />
floating around, then no one is going to be able<br />
to play it. Thankfully Capitals has managed<br />
to entrance many a wordsmith and provoke a<br />
rather healthy player base, which is good news<br />
as the game is rather brilliant.<br />
Capitals requires a mind for strategy as much<br />
as it demands a dictionary; on each of your<br />
turns you form words using the hexagonal<br />
tiles on a grid in order to expand your territory<br />
– the endgame being that you take over your<br />
opponent’s ‘capital’ tile. You can choose any tile<br />
on the board in order to deny letters from your<br />
opponent, but your territory only expands if<br />
you use letter tiles which are adjacent to your<br />
territory. It’s a refreshing take on the word<br />
puzzler and one that we are quite fond of.<br />
If you are that kind of person who demands<br />
agameofScrabbleatfamilyeventsthen<br />
we can’t recommend Capitals enough. The<br />
game does lack single player, which worries<br />
Left Big<br />
word scores<br />
alone aren’t<br />
enough<br />
for a win.<br />
You have<br />
to pick the<br />
tiles by your<br />
territory<br />
us as it throws the game at the mercy of its<br />
aforementioned community, but that makes us<br />
recommend it more – if only to keep it alive.<br />
As much about strategic placement as it is<br />
about words, Capitals will bend your brain<br />
in more ways than one.<br />
iPhone+ | iOS 8.0 | Freemium | v1.0.6<br />
http://bit.ly/capitalswordios<br />
TIL MORNING’S LIGHT<br />
BUFFY MEETS RESIDENT EVIL IN LUIGI’S MANSION<br />
Poor Erica, in classic teen horrorstorystyleshe’sbeentrickedby<br />
schoolmates and is locked inside<br />
a haunted mansion. Armed with<br />
onlyatorchandherwits,shemustmakeher<br />
escape before the mansion claims her life. Til<br />
Morning’s Light kindofplayslikea‘MyFirst<br />
Above Monster battles unfold in what are essentially quick-time events<br />
SurvivalHorror’,similartothelikesofLuigi’s<br />
Mansion but spliced with the likes of Resident<br />
Evil or AloneInTheDark. Erica must explore<br />
eachnookandcrannyofthedustyoldmansion,<br />
solving puzzles and collecting keys with<br />
symbolsonthemtounlockthecorresponding<br />
doors.Ofcourse,Ericaisn’taloneandmustuse<br />
“The combat in Til Morning’s Light is varied enough, as<br />
each monster requires a different approach”<br />
38<br />
Above Artifacts will help you unearth secrets<br />
hertrustyflashlight(youcanfindother,more<br />
dangerous weapons) to defeat the various<br />
monsters that inhabit the house of horror.<br />
Thegamestrikesanicebalancebetween<br />
combat and puzzles. The combat in Til<br />
Morning’s Light isvariedenough,aseach<br />
monsterrequiresadifferentapproach,for<br />
exampleonemonstermayrequireyoutoswipe<br />
iconsattherighttimewhereasothersmay<br />
promptyoutotapmultiplelocationsinquick<br />
succession. The puzzles, on the other hand, feel<br />
like glorified fetch quests with the occasional<br />
‘push-block-to-do-something’ activity thrown<br />
in.Thisisasurvivalhorrorforthemore<br />
proactiveplayer,youknow,theonewholikes<br />
to clobber beasties with torches or cleavers.<br />
Whilenotscaryintheslightest,thegame<br />
hasanundeniablecharmandisvaried<br />
enough to hold your attention.<br />
iPhone+ | iOS 8.0 | £4.99/$6.99 | v1.0.1<br />
http://bit.ly/tilmorningslightios
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