Riptide GP 2 Review
The New Champ No one saw Riptide GP coming. Developed by a core team of only two people, the uber-indie racer managed to blow away the AAA developers in just…
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An archive of Hardcore Droid reviews of some of the finest games created we’ve covered. We cover the most seminal mobile titles.
Hardcore Droid’s rewind reviews cover Android RPGs, Android strategy games and Android action games. Hardcore Droid’s rewind reviews celebrate the absolute best in hardcore Android games.
We assess a mobile game’s value from the perspective of the average hardcore gamer’s experience. These are people who love RPGs, FPSs, and adventure and strategy games of various stripes. So the question of how the average core gamer would enjoy a game is always be in the forefront of our Android game reviews.
How a core gamer would enjoy a particular game is always central to our reviews. We evaluate the best and most critically acclaimed premium Android games and generally cover genres that are most popular in the core gaming sphere. In other words the types of video games found on PCs and consoles.
This concept of core gaming on Android speaks to the central theme of Hardcore Droid. We are looking to laud mobile games, more particularly Android games that contain the depth, richness and narrative complexity of core video games.
To this end, we prefer to cover and review premium mobile games over free mobile games. To this end, we are more likely to review and assess paid games over freemium to play games. As we are more likely to evaluate games that are sophisticated, multi-faceted and complex.
The Shadow Sun Review
A Mobile Gem Ossian Studios’ The Shadow Sun is a rare bird in Mobile gaming. In the main, Mobile gaming does not have vast, resource-rich development houses like Bethesda working…
Crystal Story Review
Indie Gem Ever since I started playing Crystal Story, I’ve been searching for the right way to describe how intensely addicting it is. I’m sure you’ve already seen the headlines—“Woman…
Crystal Story II: War of the Shattered Sky Review
Whacks the Mole on the Head A quick perusal of the Play Store shows us the hit-or-miss quality of JRPGs on Android. The grievances echo through many a player review.…
QuestLord Review
8-bit Elegance QuestLord, from Eric Kinkead, is an accessible – but not necessarily lite – retro role-playing adventure. The game opens with the sweet RPG classics. Your character is a…
Heroes of Steel Elite Review
Indie RPG Treasure A few months ago I had the privilege of reviewing a lovely old-school style RPG called Heroes of Steel. While it was only the first episode of…
9th Dawn Review
Indie Gem ValorWare’s new game 9th Dawn offers so much to love for fans of old RPGs. The world is huge and open. 9th Dawn provides a vast, contiguous world…
Dungeon Crawlers Review
Who You Gonna Crow? If you’ve never seen it, do yourself a favor and watch the movie Ghostbusters. Not only is it a comedy classic, but it’ll help you to…
Final Fantasy IX Review
The Final Fantasy series is a hallowed relic from the era of yesteryear, a series that has not necessarily gotten better with age, but is known for the ponderous gravitas…
LoneWolf Review
LoneWolf, developed by (take a deep breath) FDG Entertainment GmbH and Co.KG, is described by the company as a neo-noir sniper game, and, really, that is the best description for…
Vector Review
Vector is an arcade style free running game with a simple story, loads of diverse level designs, intuitive gameplay mechanics and beautiful aesthetics. Vector tells the story of a man…
Super Hexagon Review
Geometric crack. Full disclosure: though I always do my best to finish a title completely before reviewing it, I’ve only beaten the first stage of Super Hexagon. And the first…
You Must Build a Boat Review
Many videogame snobs will reject match-3 puzzle games like Candy Crush outright for a perceived lack of plot. But the plot of a videogame, like any form of storytelling, can…
Ultimate Briefcase Review
It’s easy to play fast and loose with what constitutes an arcade game, since not much seems to be required beyond the obligatory 16-bit aesthetic and MIDI file soundtrack. It’s…
Chased by the Sun Review
Get ready to start your tiny green spaceship engines and keep them going in Chased by the Sun, an android action game where, yes, you’ll be chased by a giant…
XCOM: Enemy Unknown Review
The Android port of the critically acclaimed strategy game XCOM: Enemy Unknown is a game-changer. I didn’t know it was possible to replicate a game like this without significant loss…
Die for Metal Again Review
Yes, You Must Die Again Last year, a fast-paced musically-themed game called Die for Metal was conjured into the world by a Norwegian musician/graphic designer/developer known as SinSquid Games. SinSquid…
Dariusburst – SP Review
In for a Rocky Ride For as much as the shoot-‘em-up genre remains stubbornly old-school to the casual observer, they’ve changed a lot since its ’80s and ’90s zenith. Where…
The Firm Review
Pixelated Poignancy Sunnyside Game’s The Firm is a trip. Three seconds of confused swiping and it’s already over. My trader has been fired. He’s also flung himself from the monolithic…
FRAMED Review
Graphic Puzzler Those looking for the smoky monologue-driven introspection of noir may want to look elsewhere. Noodlecake Studios’ Framed is a game of chase, of conked-out cops and mysterious briefcases,…