With thousands of games appearing in the App Store everyday, it may be hard trying to create a list of the best ones to purchase. If you love action games, whether hack and slash or shooting games with a RPG twist, the games below are worth having on your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch.
1. Infinity Blade III
If you intend to show off what you can do on your iPhone 5s, Infinity Blade III is the right game to launch. This game, exclusive to iOS, is the concluding part of the hack-and-slash action game from Chair Entertainment. The concluding part of this epic trilogy has some great graphics worth commending.
2. Modern Combat 4
The fourth part of an addictive first person shooter game, Modern Combat 4 is definitely a must-have action game if you’re a real hardcore gamer. In this game, you can see both sides of the story as you play both the hero and villain. Your main objective is rescuing world leaders from a certain terrorist group.
3. N.O.V.A. 3
Another top-rated first person shooter game, NOVA 3 has a great storyline and you’re supposed to fight your way through a war-torn Earth to a frozen Volterite city in a bid to bring humanity back to your planet. It’s a great sci-fi action game to play.
If you’re an ardent follower of the Gangsta series, this title should be familiar. From Gangsta: West Coast Hustle, Gangsta Miami Vindication down to Gangsta Rio, Gangsta Vegas is no different from the others in what to to expect. Taking over the City of Sin is what you have to do and teaming up with the baddest guys in the city is a must.
5. Horn
Horn is a 3rd person action-adventure game that’s fun to play. You play as a young blacksmith’s apprentice named Horn who wakes up to find his village and lands over run by large fantastic, and sometimes humorous, monsters. Actually, it’s the people of the town who are cursed and your objective is to free them.
6. XCOM – Unknown Enemy
If you bought this $19.99 game and got nothing but crap, you have every right to sue these guys but seriously, you shouldn’t regret checking out this expensive game that feels more like playing a console game. This award-winning PC and console game is great to play on mobile. In a Earth threatened by an unknown enemy, you’re the commander of XCOM, a paramilitary organization created by the united Earth goverment. You must create a fully operational base, research alien technologies, plan combat missions, and lead your soldiers in fierce battles against a terrifying alien invasion.
7. Deus Ex – The Fall
Whether you’ve played the console version of this game or not, you’re gonna love it if you love hardcore action games. A hybrid action RPG/shooter game that lets you choose your tactics and playing style either as as a full action game or stealth, it’s a whole different story from the console version but still offers the same awesome gameplay.
8. The Walking Dead: 400 Days
The new episodes of this award-winnning adventure horror game is now available. To have this game, you need to already have The Walking Dead: The Game. It’s available as an in-app purchase from the original game for about $4.99.
This isn’t new and as a matter of fact, you probably have it installed already and you might have finished all the missions but still, it’s worth including on this list. You can call it a racing game, a 3rd person shooter game or (technically) an RPG, it’s one of a hardcore gamer’s favorites of all times.
10. Mass Effect Infiltrator
This may be considered old too because it was released last year but it’s worth including on this list because it’s one of the most challenging third shooter games till date.
You might want to check out the top iPhone / iPad shooter games or the superhero games for the iPad too. Are there other titles you think should’ve been included on this list?