Last year when the iPhone 7 came out, we posted this article detailing some of the most graphically impressive games on the App Store to stretch the legs of the increasingly powerful GPUs inside of these devices. With today`s launch of the iPhone 8, we`ve assembled another article that has been updated with some new games that will be great for pushing the limits of the iPhone 8.
Oddly enough, the Infinity Blade trilogy is still some of the best eye candy available on the App Store, and chances are if you`ve been an iOS gamer for a while now you own at least one of the Infinity Blade games if not all three. If you`re looking for cool games for your iPhone 8, definitely hit up our list.
While a whole bunch of new iOS games were released this week, the iOS port of The Witness is without a doubt the biggest. Whether or not it`s the best is up for discussion, as our 4.5 star review of the game has been far more controversial than we originally expected.
If this is the first you`ve heard of The Witness, a great way to describe the game is that it`s a modern version of Myst from the creator of Braid. It takes place on a mysterious island filled with puzzles at every turn, and even the island itself is a puzzle. The Witness sells for $39.99 on every other platform it`s on, but the same great game can be played on your iPad or iPhone for $9.99 - a pretty great deal, overall.
We`ve been following classic iOS games that are still in need of 32-bit updates, and when we had all but given up on 2K to update any of its titles (given how Bioshock was left to die on the vine), XCOM: Enemy Within gets updated. The entire XCOM series of games is pretty legendary in its own right, but it`d be easy to argue that Enemy Within is among the best strategy games (if not the best strategy game) available on the App Store.
We reviewed the game back when it was originally released in 2014, and it`s really only gotten better over the years. ...
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