Your explorers are apparently the cast of You Can’t Do That on Television
After a lengthy examination of my life, I’ve determined that I really suck at a few things: caulking bathroom tile, raising children, and writing Out Tonight posts here at Pocket Tactics. Obviously, getting the Out Tonight posts correct should be my top priority, so I’m doing what I can to make sure that you, loyal readers, know what’s up on the App Store.
Without the blinding lights of XCOM: Enemy Within holding me frozen like a fawn on a back country road, I’ve been able to gather together some other titles worthy of our attention.
Adventure, puzzles and simulations await you after the break.
The first game to get additional Out Tonight treatment is a retro sci-fi adventure game called Space Age: A Cosmic Adventure. The game tells the tale of an intrepid group of stellar explorers who stumble onto planet Kepler-16 and discover that it’s both strange and yet strangely familiar. It’s a classic point-and-click adventure game with inventory, NPC dialog and all the stuff we were used to back in the days of Monkey Island and Grim Fandango. Space Age: A Cosmic Encounter is available for iOS Universal and costs $4.
The next game in our new game-apalooza is Framed. Oh, wait, I mean FRAMED. FRAMED is a very cool looking puzzle game that involves you switching around the frames of the story like a comic book, altering the story and getting the noir-ish protagonist out of harm’s way. It’s hard to describe, but the trailer does a great job of showing just how cool this one looks. FRAMED is available for iOS Universal for $5.
Crystal Siege HD is another one of those mash-up games that combines a few different genres into a new game. This time it’s tower defense and role-playing. Each map sports the usual tower defense tropes but you also get to control a hero that can maneuver around the map, fighting battles and picking up loot. It seems a crazy combination that, wait for it, just might work. It’s currently available for iPad, but an iPhone version is expected to hit fairly soon. It will run you $5.
Airline Director drops you into the dog-eat-dog world of airline management. Yes, now all of you who said you wanted to run an airline when you grew up can realize your dream, albeit through your iPad and nowhere near an airport, which is a good thing. As a simulation this one sounds pretty cool with a lot of stuff packed into it. There are over 90 different aircraft you can buy/sell and a campaign that begins in 1955 and runs up to present day. You’ll need to manage your fleet in the face of external forces such as competition from other airlines and changing fuel prices. Airline Director is currently only out for Android devices, but should be going live on iOS in the next week or two. It costs just under $3 on Google Play.
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