 The multi-stage gameplay of Vlambeer's appropriately named fishing game remains as addictive as ever, as you start by avoiding fish by tilting your phone as your tackle descends towards the ocean floor, then on the ascent you try to hook as many fish as you can, whilst avoiding jellyfish. The final flourish comes as you hurl your catch into the air and fill it with lead, each fish, crab or deep sea monster only counting once it's been shot to pieces. The remake adds improved visuals, new sea creatures, and a few more fishing power-ups at the shop. Plus, there's the Pro Tour, a sizeable chunk of progression to work on once you've fished all the species from the other regions. Score: 8/10 Luck Be A Landlord iOS & Android, £4.99 (Trampoline Tales) This wonderfully offbeat fruit machine-based roguelike has you paying your rent – which goes up at the end of every month – using a steadily evolving slot machine. After each spin you can add a new symbol, and unlike one-armed bandits you might have played in a pub or seedy cab office, in this one the icons that pop up trigger secondary interactions with their neighbours, which get more complex as you populate it with more symbols. Accompanied by ambient trance music, it's one of those games where you can slip into the zone and not realise an hour's passed, making this a somewhat dangerous distract){kind=link}
August may be a slow month for console releases but that’s not true of mobile apps, with the superb Roto Force and Supercell’s new Clash Mini.
Good old mobile gaming. While console publishers all but pack up for the summer, touchscreen gaming has another world class haul of goodies, with Supercell’s Clash Mini finally going on global release and the return of idle gaming gem Spaceplan. Ridiculous Fishing and Monkey Island are also back this month, while innovative twin stick shooter Roto Force is another must-have app.
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The multi-stage gameplay of Vlambeer’s appropriately named fishing game remains as addictive as ever, as you start by avoiding fish by tilting your phone as your tackle descends towards the ocean floor, then on the ascent you try to hook as many fish as you can, whilst avoiding jellyfish.
The final flourish comes as you hurl your catch into the air and fill it with lead, each fish, crab or deep sea monster only counting once it’s been shot to pieces.