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"Each week, Digital Spy rounds up the biggest mobile gaming releases with reviews and trailers. This week&amp;#039;s games include superhero puzzles, a relaxing run with a friend and strategic cavemen. Marvel Puzzle Quest: Dark Reign Reviewed on: iPhone 4S Platforms: iPad, iPhone, Android Price: Free Marvel Puzzle Quest: Dark Reign takes the match-3 puzzle combat of Puzzle Quest and sets it in the Marvel universe. Instead of choosing a single hero and leveling them up like in Puzzle Quest proper, the Marvel version lets you manage a stable of superheroes like Iron Man, Hawkeye and Black Widow into each battle.   Battles see you and your opponent taking turns matching colored gems, which both act as your attacks and build resources for special attacks. Each character has unique special attacks that can range from a powerful hit to rearranging the board, giving you some room to strategize who you bring into battle and which gems to prioritize first. Instead of earning experience to level up, after each battle you are rewarded with one of two different in-game currencies or character comic book covers. Comic book covers are used to power up each character&amp;#039;s special attacks, while the currencies can allow you to level up a character for each cover you collect. As is the case with practically every free-to-play game these days, the in-game currency is doled out at a snail&amp;#039;s pace, so building up your team of heroes is a slow process. This issue is exasperated by ridiculous spikes in difficulty, forcing you to replay previous battles dozens of times in order to stand a chance. For the die-hard Marvel fan, the annoyances will be worth pushing through. The puzzle combat is still immensely fun and the storyline loosely follows the Dark Reign plot from the comics, including fights against and alongside the Dark Avengers.  The leveling structure is a sticking point that makes the superheroes feel a lot less super, but as fanservice goes, Marvel Puzzle Quest: Dark Reign is better than most.  &amp;gt; Download &amp;#039;Marvel Puzzle Quest: Dark Reign&amp;#039; from the App Store &amp;gt; Download &amp;#039;Marvel Puzzle Quest: Dark Reign&amp;#039; from the Google Play Store       Buddy &amp;amp; Me Reviewed on: iPhone 4S Platforms: iPad, iPhone Price: \u00A31.99 / $2.99 Buddy &amp;amp; Me is an endless runner game with gorgeous art and a whimsical tone perfect for younger gamers. You play as a boy as he runs and jumps through a lush dream world alongside his flying beast friend Buddy. The setup draws immediate comparisons to The NeverEnding Story, focusing entirely on the playful friendship between the two instead of the darker tones of the book and film that inspired it.  Tapping on the screen makes the boy jump, and then double jump with a second tap, while holding your finger on the screen lets the boy use his coat to glide short distances in the air.  Along the way your goal will be to collect stars, collecting enough of which will let you ride on Buddy&amp;#039;s back for a short time without fear of falling from a missed jump. You can also collect a chorus of singing bunnies to follow you and Buddy, which act as extra lives and save you on those occasions when you do fall. The art and animation is fantastically drawn, letting Buddy &amp;amp; Me overflow with charm and personality. However, all of the wonderful artwork takes its toll, and the framerate tends to stutter more than it should. It&amp;#039;s a slower pace than most endless runners though, so don&amp;#039;t expect much of a challenge. Instead, Buddy &amp;amp; Me is a relaxing game that won&amp;#039;t test your reflexes so much as you take part in an interactive cartoon. With endless runners typically pushing to be the fastest and most challenging games in the genre, Buddy &amp;amp; Me takes the exact opposite approach, and should appeal to a new audience looking for a more serene experience.  &amp;gt; Download &amp;#039;Buddy &amp;amp; Me&amp;#039; from the App Store      Cavemania Reviewed on: iPhone 4S Platforms: iPad, iPhone, Android Price: Free Cavemania bills itself as a puzzle and strategy game hybrid, letting players lead a group of cavemen through prehistoric times. The puzzle part of the equation is a simple match-3 game, where you swap adjacent pieces on the board to create matching chains.   However, the game goes a little deeper by having every match build resources toward your settlements, such as matching carrots to earn food, trees to create lumber and stones to give you ore. Those resources are used to construct buildings and hire cavemen with specific roles, like warriors to fight and villagers to harvest resources faster.  It&amp;#039;s a clever setup, though the levels don&amp;#039;t give you much room to really make the most of it. Levels will give you specific goals, like constructing a particular building or defeating a certain number of enemies with your cavemen, and only a limited number of turns to complete those goals. The turn limit means that you&amp;#039;ll usually have a very single-minded focus, so there is very little experimenting or strategizing to discover which are the best buildings and units to use. The game simply tells you what you need to have, and once you have it the level immediately ends and you move on. Cavemania is still an enjoyable puzzle game, but it feels unnecessarily restricted, and as a result doesn&amp;#039;t quite capitalize on the strategy elements that could have made it stand out.  &amp;gt; Download &amp;#039;Cavemania&amp;#039; from the App Store &amp;gt; Download &amp;#039;Cavemania&amp;#039; from the Google Play Store      What mobile releases have you been playing recently? Add your comment below! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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