{"id":2299,"date":"2014-10-30T15:42:30","date_gmt":"2014-10-30T15:42:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/?p=2299"},"modified":"2015-12-04T09:57:54","modified_gmt":"2015-12-04T09:57:54","slug":"4-incredibly-fun-new-mobile-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/2014\/10\/30\/4-incredibly-fun-new-mobile-games\/","title":{"rendered":"4 incredibly fun new mobile games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s a whole world of games sitting in your mobile phone, just waiting to be played.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, finding the decent games among the hordes of clones, rip-offs and generally awful titles is a momumental task that would cause most people to break down in tears and swear off gaming for good.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t worry, though: you\u2019ve got musicMagpie on your side. We\u2019ve trawled through the rubbish to pick out the finest mobile gaming nuggets from the past month or so. You can thank us later.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>Ghost Blade (\u00a32.99)<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/ghost-blade.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2300\" src=\"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/ghost-blade.png\" alt=\"ghost-blade\" width=\"800\" height=\"473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/ghost-blade.png 800w, https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/ghost-blade-300x177.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><i>Ghost Blade<\/i> is a stylish action game inspired by <i>Devil May Cry<\/i> and <i>Ninja Gaiden<\/i>. You take control of a ninja who kills hordes of zombies and other beasties with increasingly cool combos.<\/p>\n<p>Action games tend to suffer on mobile due to the limitations of touch screen controls (which are more suited to puzzle games than lightning-speed beat-em-ups), but <i>Ghost Blade<\/i> is surprisingly easy to control. You use a virtual stick to move around, swipe on enemies to hit them and swipe up to jump \u201d\u201c it\u2019s that simple.<\/p>\n<p>Admittedly, you won\u2019t be launching into 100-hit combos straight away, but the game is very rewarding once you\u2019ve mastered it.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s also worth noting that <i>Ghost Blade<\/i> looks incredible; seriously, it\u2019s one of the best looking iOS games we\u2019ve ever seen!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/gb\/app\/id915281140?mt=8\">Ghost Blade on iTunes<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>Zombie Highway 2 (Free)<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CDa9SxqyUMQ\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><i>Zombie Highway 2<\/i> has a simple premise: zombies have taken over the world (again), and you need to drive as far as you can so they can\u2019t munch on your brains. Along the way, various rotting corpses will try and tip your truck over because&#8230;well, they\u2019re hungry.<\/p>\n<p>Your sole objective is to get the zombies off your truck, and you can do this in a number of ways: scrape them off on obstacles, use a nitrous boost or let your handy co-pilot shoot them with their limited supply of ammo.<\/p>\n<p><i>Zombie Highway 2<\/i> is free to play and doesn\u2019t halt your progress with ridiculous objectives and goals either. Of course, you can pay to progress if that\u2019s your idea of a good time too.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/gb\/app\/zombie-highway-2\/id892092770?mt=8\">Zombie Highway on iTunes<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>South Park: Pinball (\u00a32.49)<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VaXP6_7v5cY\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><i>South Park: Pinball <\/i>is the latest adaptation in the ever-popular <i>Zen Pinball <\/i>series (previous adaptations include <i>Marvel<\/i>, <i>Star Wars <\/i>and <i>The Walking Dead<\/i>).<\/p>\n<p>The game comes with two tables: one based on <i>South Park<\/i> in general and other based on the best character in the show, Butters.<\/p>\n<p>As you might expect from anything <i>South Park<\/i>-related, there are loads of crude jokes and references. Some of them even form the basis for missions, such as the mission in which you have to stop Stan being sick when trying to kiss Wendy (which probably sounds quite weird to people who\u2019ve never seen the show&#8230;).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/gb\/app\/south-park-pinball\/id916162407?mt=8\">South Park: Pinball on iTunes<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.zenstudios.SPPinball&amp;hl=en\">South Park: Pinball on Android<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>RETRY (Free)<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vyeMUo8hMpE\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><i>Flappy Bird<\/i> clones are ten-a-dozen on both iTunes and the Play Store, although it\u2019s probably worth paying attention when Rovio, the creators of <i>Angry Birds<\/i>, make one.<\/p>\n<p><i>RETRY<\/i> sees you guiding a little plane through various maze-like levels, with the added bonus of contending with rain, wind and the occasional rock. Like <i>Flappy Bird<\/i>, you simply have to tap to keep your plane airborne.<\/p>\n<p>As the title suggests, you die a lot in <i>RETRY; <\/i>it&#8217;s quite a frustrating experience, but the lure of trying to conquer the game\u2019s ridiculously difficult levels will soon draw you in for another go.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/gb\/app\/retry\/id853027301?mt=8\">RETRY on iTunes<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.rovio.retry&amp;hl=en\">RETRY on Android<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Have you played a decent app game recently? Share it with us in the comments.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s a whole world of games sitting in your mobile phone, just waiting to be played. Unfortunately, finding the decent games among the hordes of clones, rip-offs and generally awful titles is a momumental task that would cause most people to break down in tears and swear off gaming for &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":2300,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[593,4],"tags":[1559,1552],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2299"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2299"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2299\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5155,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2299\/revisions\/5155"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}