The found-phone mystery genre gets a new contender with Doctor Who: The Lonely Assassins!
I`ll be the first to admit that I don`t give one single heck about Doctor Who. I`ve seen a handful of episodes in my lifetime and, frankly, didn`t much care for it. I will even go so far as to say that I was not particularly excited to give a Doctor Who mobile game a try when I saw it on the list of upcoming releases. However, as a lifelong player of the Nancy Drew series, I adore mystery games, and I`m pleased to report that Doctor Who: The Lonely Assassins is not only an excellent mystery game, it`s among the best android games I`ve played so far this year.
One of the biggest strengths of Doctor Who: The Lonely Assassins is that it takes place entirely on `your phone.` As Insert Player Character Here, you are meant to have found someone else`s phone, which is getting hacked right as the game starts up. After this hacking succeeds, the phone rings. Once you pick up, boom, you`re in touch with...
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