Recommended: 5 Great Mobile Games We Played in March

March is now behind us and the first quarter of 2019 is behind us. Check out March’s mobile game roundup.

Finn & Ancient Mystery (Fenech Games)

Finn & Ancient Mystery is a 2D platform adventure where you play as a fox cub called Finn, who is on a quest to find crystals. Along the way, he encounters different obstacles and enemies and can fight them using his sword and magic. There are metroidvania elements. Playing platform games with on-screen controls is always a tough aspect to deal with. For one, the responsiveness becomes a problem and it’s easy to not press the controls in the right spot which will yield no reaction. While it might not be the fault of the game itself, the on-screen controls definitely hinder the experience a little as a mobile game experience. However, there is a lot of heart here. While it’s not a particularly challenging game, it does require a lot of focus in the level to explore. The story itself and game mechanics lack a little finesse.

Liar! Uncover the Truth (Voltage Inc.)

Liar! Uncover the Truth is an investigative romance visual novel. However, the investigation isn’t about an actual mystery but rather for our protagonist to investigate and accuse the 9 of the 10 guys to reveal their lies. While it gives a lot of dialogue choices, this one still has a whole lot of reading and feels like the story itself is on rails. The investigation angle is fairly simple also because of how it sets up each of the scenes and gives us the amount of evidence needed to proceed. The puzzles itself lack depth to say the least. A good point for Liar is that it does craft some funny and some ridiculously absurd ones as well which adds a humorous angle to it giving it a little boost in creativity. Visual novels are really for a select group. You either like to read this style or enjoy a little casual gaming.

The Birdcage 2 : Magical Creatures (Keycube/MobiGrow)

Following the award-winning game The Birdcage, The Birdcage 2: Magical Creatures is a puzzle game in which you have to solve all the puzzles on a birdcage to set free the bird inside the cage. In this sequel, there aren’t just birds although the first two packs are free and feature an owl and a crow. Just like the first game, further packs all are in-game purchases. The Birdcage 2 is pretty similar to the first game in terms of game mechanics. It’s still about puzzles and asks to collect three gems. The difference is that the game starts off the free pack’s first few levels as a tutorial however as the game progresses the difficulty curve increases. There are some complex puzzles here and if not, they are a lot more steps before releasing the creature. It also adds in a story element with each cage and the crystals collected open up a scroll.

Merged! (Gram Games Limited)

If you were to combine 2048 and Match-3 concept of games together, you would get something like Merged! Merged! is about matching up dice blocks and domino pieces for as long as you can. The dice blocks match up from 1 to 6 and then transforms into an M block where three of those will create a little explosion on the board to rid the pieces around it. Other than its slick design and minimalist look, Merged! is a game that is easy to learn but hard to master. It doesn’t have time limits and also can restart over again if needed. Merged! might look like a lot of the same but it does have the addictive nature of a mobile game to try to beat the challenge. It’s one decent logic and brain training exercise.

Hit the Light (Happymagenta UAB)

Hit the Light is similar to many other arcade mobile games out there. We have also mentioned quite a few with this same style in past mobile games roundups. The difference lies in the visuals and the angle it takes. Hit The Light takes it from showing us a lit up neon display and with a limited amount of balls and other items, the goal is to dim the whole display either by hitting the lights directly (hence the name of the game) or by some specials strewn across certain levels. These games mainly play themselves because some shots are launched and they go on for a while. It’s easy to pick up and requires a little physics and luck. There isn’t a lot of depth. For a mobile pick and put down game, it does fit the mobile game angle for people on the go looking for something casual and quick. Everything works as it should and the neon designs are pretty nice although they do start cycling after a while.