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Android has an awful lot of games, and each month new ones are released. Knowing which ones are any good can be tricky. So we've put together a list of the best games that we've discovered on the Play Store—just three each month to ensure that only games we've played make it onto the list. This month, we've added Gladiabots, Gleam of Fire, and Final Frontier!
As the gaming summer comes to an end it would be amiss not to mention the arrival to Android of gaming's biggest phenomenon, Fortnite Battle Royale. If you'd like to know how Epic Games' smash hit plays on Android, check out our full review. But even if you're not a battle royale fan, we've got some great titles to recommend for your gaming pleasure this month.
Gladiabots is a fun strategy game in which teams of robots battle each other, but with a special twist—these robots are autonomous, so rather than control them directly, the follow the AI that you have programmed for them in advance. Programming? Not so fast. You don't need to take a coding course before enjoying Gladiabots, but you still might learn something about AI along the way.
The programming instructions for your robot team is done via simple flowcharts where you can set actions and conditions that dictate how each bot behaves in different situations. It sounds complicated but the game teaches you the basics through a well-designed sequence of tutorial levels that introduce you to different concepts step by step until you're ready to program a full team.
Once you're ready it's time to throw your team into battle against CPU and human opponents (cross-play is supported with the Steam and iOS versions of the game). There are several different robots to choose from with different strengths and weaknesses, so your team makeup and positioning matters, but the main challenge is making your robots smarterthan the other side, since your enemy only has access to the same units you do.
After playing Gladiabots, I swear I'll never laugh at the stupid AI in video games again now that I have got an idea of just how tricky it can be. Aside from this insight, Gladiabots is a great strategy game, and really addictive and challenging as you refine your AI to make the perfect competitive team. Be warned, that this is still a Beta version, so many things could change (hopefully for the better) before the final release.
Get it on the https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.GFX47.Gladiabots&hl=en
Retro action platformers and Metroidvania style games have enjoyed something of a renaissance in recent years and Gleam of Fire is the latest treat for fans of this style. The game has actually been out for a couple of months, but it took some time to discover its depths before I could present it to you here. Taking place in a dark world punctuated by the bright neon light of magical effects, you guide our suspiciously batman-looking hero through the 2D environments using abilities such as your sword, arrows and dash to evade traps and defeat your enemies.
Gleam of Fire has a distinct visual style that it pulls of with flair, or is it flare? Lighting up the gothic shadowy realms with flashes of electric blue and splashes of red blood looks really cool, and the levels are well designed so as to keep the action at an engaging place and introduce new monsters and challenges at the right intervals.
Be warned though, your journey will not be easy. Gleam of Fire is particularly unforgiving when it comes to checkpoints, as in...when you die, you're back to the beginning of the level, even if you were seconds away from finishing. There's just a touch of Dark Souls-style harshness here, which will be a bonus or a sore point for different kinds of gamers.
While not a true Metroidvania game (you can't backtrack to different levels), Gleam of Firerewards you for exploring with upgrade powerups and secrets, so there's plenty to do within the 30 levels you get for the price.
After Doom and its clones birthed the first person shooter, and Dark Souls inspired the Souls-like genre, are we seeing a similar thing with Reigns? Because it's impossible not to play Final Frontier without thinking of it as a version of the royal strategy/RPG/card game...in SPAAAAACE!
And sure, it kind of is. Instead of ascending the throne, you're placed in command of a space colony and have to make important decisions that are presented to you by a variety of different characters, from scientists to military officers and even the alien natives that may be present on humanity's future home.
As with Reigns, the different decisions increase and decrease various resources and please/displease different characters and factions. You're also expected to die-a lot-as the consequences of poor decisions catch up with you and you assume the role of the last commander's replacement and experiment with a different approach.
Just because Final Frontier has copied a successful formula, I'm happy to see another game join this nascent genre, as it still means a new setting, stories and characters to discover. Final Frontier also has a unique modifier mechanic that allows you to tweak the situation in further run-throughs. All in all, this game stands up in its own right and is worth a try for fans of the Reigns series looking for more or anyone seeking a fun challenge.
Get it on the https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.generagames.ffrontier
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Android has an awful lot of games, and each month new ones are released. Knowing which ones are any good can be tricky. So we've put together a list of the best games that we've discovered on the Play Store—just three each month to ensure that only games we've played make it onto the list. This month, we've added Gladiabots, Gleam of Fire, and Final Frontier!
September
As the gaming summer comes to an end it would be amiss not to mention the arrival to Android of gaming's biggest phenomenon, Fortnite Battle Royale. If you'd like to know how Epic Games' smash hit plays on Android, check out our full review. But even if you're not a battle royale fan, we've got some great titles to recommend for your gaming pleasure this month.
Gladiabots
Gladiabots is a fun strategy game in which teams of robots battle each other, but with a special twist—these robots are autonomous, so rather than control them directly, the follow the AI that you have programmed for them in advance. Programming? Not so fast. You don't need to take a coding course before enjoying Gladiabots, but you still might learn something about AI along the way.
The programming instructions for your robot team is done via simple flowcharts where you can set actions and conditions that dictate how each bot behaves in different situations. It sounds complicated but the game teaches you the basics through a well-designed sequence of tutorial levels that introduce you to different concepts step by step until you're ready to program a full team.
Once you're ready it's time to throw your team into battle against CPU and human opponents (cross-play is supported with the Steam and iOS versions of the game). There are several different robots to choose from with different strengths and weaknesses, so your team makeup and positioning matters, but the main challenge is making your robots smarterthan the other side, since your enemy only has access to the same units you do.
After playing Gladiabots, I swear I'll never laugh at the stupid AI in video games again now that I have got an idea of just how tricky it can be. Aside from this insight, Gladiabots is a great strategy game, and really addictive and challenging as you refine your AI to make the perfect competitive team. Be warned, that this is still a Beta version, so many things could change (hopefully for the better) before the final release.
Get it on the https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.GFX47.Gladiabots&hl=en
Gleam of Fire
Retro action platformers and Metroidvania style games have enjoyed something of a renaissance in recent years and Gleam of Fire is the latest treat for fans of this style. The game has actually been out for a couple of months, but it took some time to discover its depths before I could present it to you here. Taking place in a dark world punctuated by the bright neon light of magical effects, you guide our suspiciously batman-looking hero through the 2D environments using abilities such as your sword, arrows and dash to evade traps and defeat your enemies.
Gleam of Fire has a distinct visual style that it pulls of with flair, or is it flare? Lighting up the gothic shadowy realms with flashes of electric blue and splashes of red blood looks really cool, and the levels are well designed so as to keep the action at an engaging place and introduce new monsters and challenges at the right intervals.
Be warned though, your journey will not be easy. Gleam of Fire is particularly unforgiving when it comes to checkpoints, as in...when you die, you're back to the beginning of the level, even if you were seconds away from finishing. There's just a touch of Dark Souls-style harshness here, which will be a bonus or a sore point for different kinds of gamers.
While not a true Metroidvania game (you can't backtrack to different levels), Gleam of Firerewards you for exploring with upgrade powerups and secrets, so there's plenty to do within the 30 levels you get for the price.
Final Frontier
After Doom and its clones birthed the first person shooter, and Dark Souls inspired the Souls-like genre, are we seeing a similar thing with Reigns? Because it's impossible not to play Final Frontier without thinking of it as a version of the royal strategy/RPG/card game...in SPAAAAACE!
And sure, it kind of is. Instead of ascending the throne, you're placed in command of a space colony and have to make important decisions that are presented to you by a variety of different characters, from scientists to military officers and even the alien natives that may be present on humanity's future home.
As with Reigns, the different decisions increase and decrease various resources and please/displease different characters and factions. You're also expected to die-a lot-as the consequences of poor decisions catch up with you and you assume the role of the last commander's replacement and experiment with a different approach.
Just because Final Frontier has copied a successful formula, I'm happy to see another game join this nascent genre, as it still means a new setting, stories and characters to discover. Final Frontier also has a unique modifier mechanic that allows you to tweak the situation in further run-throughs. All in all, this game stands up in its own right and is worth a try for fans of the Reigns series looking for more or anyone seeking a fun challenge.
Get it on the https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.generagames.ffrontier