Kevin C. Wong

Apple Arcade Reviews

Apple Arcade - Cat Quest II (2019) [+] Simple RPG where you control a cat-person and a dog-person (two people can play at the same time) as they fight monsters, explore dungeons, and try to reclaim their kingdoms. Combat is Zelda-like, arcade-style where you attack, cast spells, and dodge in real time. Nice graphics and story, good mechanics and gameplay. Played it for a couple of hours but time to move on.

Apple Arcade - Big Time Sports (2019) [/] Kind of reminds me of Track and Field. Various "sports" boiled down to simple mechanics using one or two buttons (mostly tap, some tap+hold-to-aim+release-to-shoot). A couple dozen sports though most are kind of boring but most only take a minute or two to play. One or two players so I can see it being fun for two kids competing.

Apple Arcade - Cricket Through the Ages (2019) [-] A bit of a joke app. Narrator tells the history of humanity, which is really the history of cricket from neanderthals to the future. Meanwhile we get two combatants trying to kill each other with a ball and a bat in various combinations. You can only tap and hold to get your guy to start spinning his weaponed arm and release to throw if you have a ball. I can only imagine that this game is aimed at three year olds.