{"id":92961,"date":"2019-05-03T11:18:39","date_gmt":"2019-05-03T11:18:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pockettactics.com\/articles\/best-new-ios-android-releases-may-3rd-2019\/"},"modified":"2019-05-03T11:18:39","modified_gmt":"2019-05-03T11:18:39","slug":"the-weekender-lunar-rescue-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2019\/05\/03\/the-weekender-lunar-rescue-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"The Weekender: Lunar Rescue Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It\u2019s been a bit of a slower week this week but hopefully you\u2019ve all found something to your liking \u2013 not as many reviews as I\u2019d like but everyone is working on something, so the pipeline will keep spitting out new entries for the index and we’re working on a couple of new features as well.<\/p>\n

I especially like updating the Upcoming Mobile Games feature<\/a>, as it allows me to go back through the various bits of news we don\u2019t always get to cover, and get hyped for the rest of the year.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, in mobile gaming\u2026<\/p>\n

Out Now<\/h2>\n

SpellForce: Heroes & Magic (iOS<\/a> & Android<\/a>) \u2013 Full Review Coming Soon!<\/em><\/h3>\n

This game released last week but we forgot to give it a mention \u2013 the SpellForce<\/em> series can chart its origins to the wild days of 2003, where it\u2019s spent most of 15 years across 8 releases masquerading as a real-time strategy\/RPG. Now the series is making its mobile debuts with SpellForce: Heroes & Magic<\/em>, and it\u2019s ditched the standard flow of time to offers a turn-based strategy experience instead.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s leaving the story and lore of the SpellForce<\/em> universe largely untouched, and offers both a free play or a 13-mission adventure mode. There are three playable races, six neutral factions, and you have to build up your kingdom, explore the surroundings and defeat your enemies in turn-based hex combat.<\/p>\n

[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=X0RZ2k8HKCY?controls=0]<\/p>\n

SpellSwords Cards: Origins (iOS<\/a> & Android<\/a>) \u2013 Full Review Coming Soon!<\/em><\/h3>\n

This one ticks multiple PT Bingo boxes this week \u2013 it\u2019s got \u2018Spell\u2019 in it, like our top entry, and is a roguelike deck-builder RPG with card mechanics and procedural generation. One of it\u2019s unique hooks is reported to be \u2018Card Fusion\u2019, so you can finally summon that Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon that you\u2019ve been dreaming of all these years.<\/p>\n

On a serious note, this game is yet another newcomer in what\u2019s becoming a rapidly over-crowded genre. The aesthetic is certainly cool, but it depends whether the gameplay can back it up \u2013 we\u2019ll bring you our thoughts as soon as we can.<\/p>\n

[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Exse2lLogB8?controls=0]<\/p>\n

Lunar Rescue Mission (iOS<\/a> & Android<\/a>) \u2013 Full Review Coming Soon!<\/em><\/h3>\n

On PC I\u2019ve been a fan of games like Space Engineers<\/em> and Kerbal Space Program<\/em> for years. I don\u2019t quite have the fortitude (or the math) to play them as much as I\u2019d want to, but I\u2019m glad they exist and they are fun to drop into every now and then.<\/p>\n

Lunar Rescue Mission<\/em> is no KSP<\/em>, but it boasts realistic phsyics and several different vehicles that require mastering as you travel across sectors trying to rescue stranded colonists. Quite keen to get a review done for this one as it\u2019s different and something you often see, plus it\u2019s not even that expensive. It\u2019s been in beta on Android since at least 2017, but now its released fully on both platforms.<\/p>\n

[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tw8JMcg16-0?controls=0]<\/p>\n

Updates<\/h2>\n

Tropico (iOS Universal<\/a>) (Review<\/a>)<\/h3>\n

And last but certainly not least, Tropico<\/em>\u2019s iOS port is now available on iPhone, as well as iPad, making it a universal app. Just go to wait for that android version now\u2026<\/p>\n

[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Mg2zKSkRjTk?controls=0]<\/p>\n

Star Traders: Frontiers (iOS<\/a> & Android<\/a>) (Review<\/a>)<\/h3>\n

Now that Carriers are well and truly out the door the Trese brother\u2019s unrelenting pace of updates is back on track. Update #146 adds two new female faces, adds a new prototype Bounty Hunter story mission and a whole bunch of QoL fixes. The full change-log can be seen on steam<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Evolution: The Video Game (iOS<\/a> & Android<\/a>) (Review<\/a>)<\/h3>\n

Evolution<\/em> has had a few updates since it released, but the most recent one allows Premium users to play for free with any friends or family that are only using the \u2018free\u2019 version of the game.<\/p>\n

Sales<\/h2>\n

Asmodee Digital Spring Sale<\/h3>\n

Asmodee Digital are having a Spring Sale on both iOS<\/a> & Android<\/a>, with the following games going for up to 60% off:<\/p>\n