App Review No. 43 Cut the Rope

Strong Points:
Lots of content
Nice cartoony graphics
Good soundtrack
Good physics
A variety of levels
Great replay value
All mechanics are explained to you when you get to them

Weak Points:
Superpowers are very expensive and are required to 100% the game
Last season is only unlockable when you have 3 starred everything else (no longer a problem as of version 2.4.1)
Can get frustrating

App Review No. 42 Polara

Strong Points:
Nice platformer
Challenging
Colour aspect makes it more in depth than some other platformers
Variety of obstacles
Interesting storyline
Checkpoints are spread out nicely
Endless modes and extra objectives expand the (already considerable) games length even further
Boss battles are quite good

Weak Points:
Graphics are ugly
Sounds are ugly as well
Too many levels between story clips
Can get frustrating

Cheats and Codes No. 3 GTA V

Below is a list of all the cheat codes for GTA V. Left and Right correspond to the buttons on the D-Pad. If I have missed any or got any wrong, then please comment.

Cheats and Codes No. 2 Lego City Undercover

These are the cheat codes for Lego City Undercover. If I have missed any or made a mistake on one, please comment.

App Review No. 41 Pic Combo

Strong Points:
Lots of pics
Levelling system makes the game seem more polished
Cleaner layout than 4 Pics

Weak Points:
Coin system is gone from 4 Pics and you instead have a certain amount of hints

Ads pop up all the time meaning that you can only do 3 or 4 icons before accidentally going to the app store

Some pics are really obscure

App Review No. 40 Icomania

Strong Points:
Lots of icons
Levelling system makes the game seem more polished
Cleaner layout than 4 Pics


Weak Points:
Coin system is gone from 4 Pics and you instead have a certain amount of hints

Ads pop up all the time meaning that you can only do 3 or 4 icons before accidentally going to the app store

Some icons are really obscure

App Review No. 39 4 Pics 1 Word

Strong Points:
Lots of pics
Hints are helpful
Daily hints help you get past difficulty spikes
Daily bonus gets you more coins

Weak Points:
Ads pop up all the time meaning that you can only do 3 or 4 pics before accidentally going to the app store
Some pics don't make any sense and so can have you stuck for ages

App Review No. 38 Angry Birds GO!

Strong Points:
All your favourite Angry Birds characters, now in 3D
Great Angry Birds physics
Fast paced action
5 modes
Lots of races
Challenge levels makes it even longer

Weak Points:
Graphics can look pixly at times
The energy system prevents you from playing for too long
The CC unlock system can get annoying after a while
You can only face friends through Facebook in multiplayer

App Review No. 37 Temple Run 2

Strong Points:
Good graphics
Good soundtrack
Nice endless runner
Changes to the gameplay make it less tedious
Minecart, rope and water sections are nice
Characters now give different boosts
Powerups when you get enough coins is better than a score multiplier
Daily challenges as well as better objectives and a levelling system (giving you rewards) makes you want to keep playing
Artefacts add even more bragging rights

Weak Points:
Upgrades are still quite expensive
Can lag in places
Can get repetitive
Some characters can only be unlocked with real money

App Review No. 36 Temple Run

Strong Points:
Nice endless runner
Good graphics
Good soundtrack
Good upgrades
Addictive

Weak Points:
Very repetitive-run, slide, jump and repeat
Upgrades get very expensive
Characters don't affect gameplay at all

App Review No. 35 Flappy Bird

Strong Points:
Very addictive!
Simple gameplay
Challenging
Nice retro graphics (except for the bird)
Based on pure skill - no power ups, check points etc.
Easy to learn, hard to master
Simplistic
Randomized layout means the app will always be different

Weak Points:
Pretty much impossible to master
Randomized layout means you can't memorize what you need to do
Sometimes too challenging
No tutorial or learning curve
Frustrating
No way to get rid of ads.
Leaderboards seem to be, again, hacked

Video Game Character of the Month - February 2014 - Olimar - Pikmin

Video Game Character of the Month
February 2014
Olimar
Pikmin

Overview:
Olimar is a strange hero. I mean, he doesn't even fight. What kind of hero forces an army of helpless creatures with elemental powers to do his bidding in order to fight other creatures? We'll ignore the Pokémon trainer for now. Anyway...
A quick bit of info on Olimar: