Ittle Dew

Genre: Adventure | Price: 4.49 € | Quality: Very Promising | I haven’t played this

Ittle Dew is openly a Zelda clone. Just look at the pictures. Need I say more?

Actually, yes I do need to add that not merely contending to copy its source of inspiration, Ittle Dew has a lot of personality that’s all its own. There is a lot of humor, and top quality writing. The hand-drawn graphics style looks even better in-game. All in all, Ittle Dew is a very intelligent and well polished game that’s really worth it, with quite a lot of content, for all of us grown-up Zelda fans; it seems to touch a lot of right buttons, adding a hefty dose of self-irony on top. And it’s so damn cute.

Verdict: I think I’m gonna buy this. I’ve been itching for a Zelda on my iPod.

Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP

Genre: Adventure | Price: 5$ | Quality: Awesome

A pixelated audiovisual jewel, a mini-world that fits in your pocket, an engaging story, a short but satisfying adventure, employing big themes as destiny, moral choice and self-sacrifice, making good use of bite-sized servings of color, humor, danger, level design, changing weather, dynamic background music, the exploring of dreams, delicious contemplative moments, cute forest creatures, astronomy, tense battles, mysterious and evil bosses, and world-changing magical powers, Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP is a game (or just a piece of interactive art, for the cherry-picking) that expertly mixes a variety of ingredients into a minimal but completely fulfilling experience.

Score: 100/100
Worth buying: Hell yeah! Why aren’t there more games like this?