You play a hero with amnesia who slowly learns who he is as he quests with his robot cohorts and battles all manner of bad guys, but that's secondary to the hack-and-slash combat and delicious visuals. The graphics are gorgeous, built from more than 150 real-world physical dioramas that were painstakingly photographed and enhanced to become the setting for the game. Want to step inside an anime? Fantasian is perhaps the best of the Japanese RPGs you can play on your phone. None of the puzzles are especially hard, which means it's a nice diversion when you don't want to think hard enough to play Cut the Rope or Manifold Garden. Perhaps the game's best attribute is its simplicity. But the game has lovely narration which adds an extra layer of depth to every repair you perform, and the European setting is quaint and exotic at the same time. You're tasked with fixing an assortment of gadgets - phones, watches, a music box, and so on - in a colorful animated interface. One of the most entertaining puzzle games on any platform, Assemble With Care is a charming title that is more than it at first seems. But the real joy should come from introducing it to your kids so they can experience history in the palm of their hands. If you played the game as a kid, this version will feel familiar, but still has enough novelty to be entertaining. The Apple Arcade version has beautifully updated graphics, 15 playable adventures and a half-dozen new quests based on actual historical events. This is the official Oregon Trail game, a modern refresh of the famous educational title from the 1970s and onward. You won't play it every day, but it's fun to pull out every once in a while when you need a break from reality. What The Golf? may take place on the links and use familiar golfing mechanics to aim and power your shot, but it devolves into an acid trip universe of madness from there, with a crazy assortment of objects you need to get onto the green and an endless array of virtual gags that always one-up the craziness of the previous hole.
Technically a golf title in perhaps the strictest sense, you don't have to love golf to enjoy this surreal title.