{"id":66065,"date":"2018-11-30T14:37:05","date_gmt":"2018-11-30T14:37:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pockettactics.com\/articles\/best-new-ios-android-games-november-30th\/"},"modified":"2018-11-30T14:37:05","modified_gmt":"2018-11-30T14:37:05","slug":"the-weekender-back-to-regular-programming-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2018\/11\/30\/the-weekender-back-to-regular-programming-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"The Weekender: Back to Regular Programming Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"

Now that the chaos of Black Friday is over, we can return to our usual programming in the run-up to Christmas. It’s been a quieter week – we reviewed Royal Adviser<\/em><\/a> and Farabel<\/em><\/a>, but then nothing else aside from some news. On the horizon we’ve got reviews coming in for a few new projects, including C & C Rivals, but we’ll mainly be looking towards Christmas now for the big push.<\/p>\n

Out Now<\/h2>\n

The Elder Scrolls: Bla-<\/h3>\n

Oh never mind. As you may have heard by now, Bethesda has officially pushed back the launch of The Elder Scrolls: Blades<\/em>, until Match 31st, 2019 (at least). There hasn\u2019t really been anything official from Bethesda on this, we\u2019ve just got the iOS pre-order entry to go by.<\/p>\n

We\u2019re expecting preview code sometime soon, so if they do follow through with that at least we might be able to report back some early impressions before the year is up, but don\u2019t get your hopes up.<\/p>\n

Kingdom Rush: Vengeance (iOS Universal<\/a> & Android<\/a>) \u2013 Full Review Coming Soon!<\/em><\/h3>\n

This one was actually out last week but we didn\u2019t do a Weekender update because of Black Friday. Still, it exists, and Richard\u2019s reviewing it as we speak to expect the formal PT verdict to land sometime soon.<\/p>\n

Vengeance<\/em> is the next entry in Ironhide\u2019s Kingdom Rush<\/em> Tower-Defence\/RTS games, featuring new towers, upgrades heroes and countless other bits as the devs continue to try and innovate their brand of strategy. It\u2019s also fully playable offline, which is nice.<\/p>\n

[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hTdWNCxofTc?controls=0]<\/p>\n

Morels (iOS Universal<\/a> & Android<\/a>) \u2013 Full Review Coming Soon!<\/em><\/h3>\n

Another card game port, Morels<\/em> won a bunch of card game awards in 2012 and 2014 when it was originally release and depending what version you\u2019ve seen you might also know it as \u2018Fungi<\/em>\u2019. It\u2019s finally made the jump to digital platforms.<\/p>\n

This is a two-player game where you must forage mushrooms and acquire other ingredients and accessories to cook meals for yourself. The more and better quality meals you cook, the more victory points you gets. I\u2019ve played the physical version \u2013 it\u2019s a very easy, casual game for two people (although it needed a fair amount of room), but it wasn\u2019t quite exciting enough for prolonged exposure. It\u2019s not one you\u2019d have busted out a lot.<\/p>\n

The app seems to be ticking all the boxes though \u2013 a colourful design, a tutorial and in-app rulebook, new ways to play the game, and more importantly, plenty of different options. Solo player vs. an AI (with 3 difficulty levels), local pass & play and then online asynchronous or real-time versus another player.<\/p>\n

[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=s8T0bb_kspI?controls=0]<\/p>\n

Marching Order (iOS Universal<\/a>\u00a0 & Android<\/a>)<\/h3>\n

Finishing off this segment with another quirky logic puzzle, Marching Order<\/em> sees you as a rather stressed out band manager trying to get their troupe in order. It may not sound like a challenge, but every animal you\u2019re trying to sort has a specific set of preferences to keep them happy.<\/p>\n

The trick of the game is to put the animals in the correct\/optimum order, so that all animals are as happy as possible and the music is good when you eventually go on your march. The presentation and theme makes me think this one might be a good one for kids, but we haven\u2019t had a chance to try it out yet. If anyone does, do let us know what you think!<\/p>\n

[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UtTG35zljKA?controls=0]<\/p>\n

Sales & Updates<\/h2>\n

I would have thought you\u2019d all be sale\u2019d-out from last week, so I\u2019ve not looked this week to see if anything\u2019s going cheap \u2013 most of the good ones were part of Black Friday and Cyber Monday anyway.<\/p>\n

On the update front there\u2019s been no recent things that we can see worthy highlight, but we will use this as an excuse to drop in another bit of news that we know is relevant to your readers.<\/p>\n

You\u2019ll remember 2012\u2019s Plague Inc.<\/em>? Well developer Ndemic Creations are finally releasing a brand new game \u2013 Rebel Inc.<\/em> It\u2019s a bit of a departure \u2013 you\u2019re not the insurgency itself, but you\u2019re having the balance military and civilian priorities within your region to win the hearts of the people and stamp out the rebels.<\/p>\n

\"Rebel<\/p>\n

The official feature list is:<\/p>\n