Best-looking mobile games
In today’s next-gen world, developers have more tools than ever when it comes to crafting beautiful-looking games. While graphics aren’t an automatic indicator of fun gameplay, they can still blow the socks off people who never expected they’d be holding such a good-looking game in the palm of their hands. Here are a few that have wowed us recently.
- Spider: The Secret of Bryce Manor This action/puzzle game for the iPhone looks even better on the iPad, where you can see all the details that developer Tiger Style worked in. You take control of a spider spinning his way through the aforementioned manor. Gnats, ladybugs, wasps, and more fly through the foreground, and the background is made up of decorative columns, platforms, and mysterious objects like wedding rings and picture which add to the story.
- Broken Sword: Director’s Cut The Broken Sword series dates back to 1996, and has garnered critical acclaim since then. Due to the simple point-and-tap nature of gameplay, there’s a lot of room for beautiful graphics as you uncover a mystery related to the Knights Templar.
- Newton’s Cannonball This game features 3D graphics and an NVIDIA PhysX engine to squeeze all it can out of the iPhone system. As the cannonball races across the screen taking out hordes of Egyptian monsters, you’ll forget that the phone can actually make calls, too.
- Meow Meow Happy Fight If you enjoy Japanese art styles, you’ll love this frenetic shooter, where you play a giant Happy Cat from the future that comes back in time and wreaks havoc on Tokyo. The game’s unique style is even more impress considering its size, with 24 levels and 15 different characters.
- Street Fighter IV The fact that this game can look even better than SNES-era Street Fighter still amazes us, and has to be seen to be believed. Honestly, they speak for themselves.