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App reviews for strategy games

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  • Monkeys pop balloons in tower defense game; needs tutorial.

     
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    Platforms: iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch
    (App, 2012)
  • Aggressive push to purchase drags down dull clone in series.

     
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    Platforms: iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch
    (App, 2012)
  • One of the best tower-defense games gets even better.

     
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    Platforms: iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch
    (App, 2012)
  • Tower defense game breaks mold with heavy focus on strategy.

     
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    (App, 2012)
  • Tower defense games meet Angry Birds, with so-so results.

     
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    Platforms: iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch
    (App, 2011)
  • Tower defense app is cute, fun -- but a combat game at core.

     
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    Platforms: Android, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, Kindle Fire
    (App, 2011)
  • Tower defense game entertains with bloodless combat.

     
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    Platforms: Android, Kindle Fire
    (App, 2011)
  • Well-done pirate app most appropriate for teens and up.

     
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    (App, 2011)
  • Intuitive style gives city-building game wide appeal.

     
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    Platforms: iPad
    (App, 2011)
  • Clever twist on tower defense genre; violent, but no blood.

     
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    (App, 2011)
  • Exotic locales contribute to great time-management sim.

     
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    (App, 2011)
  • So-so strategy game with notable control issues.

     
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    Platforms: iPad
    (App, 2011)
  • Challenging tower defense game best for older kids.

     
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    Platforms: iPad
    (App, 2011)
  • Keep wolves away with zany weapons in tower defense game.

     
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    (App, 2011)
  • Unique strategy game contains frenetic, explosive action.

     
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    (App, 2011)
  • Bloody but unique tower-defense game isn't for little kids.

     
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    Platforms: iPad
    (App, 2011)
  • Penguin puzzler with some pep, but a sense of sameness.

     
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    Platforms: iPad
    (App, 2011)
  • Well-done strategy app with dubious politics, some violence.

     
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    (App, 2011)
  • Fun time management sim set in busy movie theater.

     
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    (App, 2011)
  • Familiar favorite Flo in a difficult-to-use package.
     
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    Platforms: Android
    (App, 2011)
  • Time-management fun for aspiring air traffic controllers.

     
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    (App, 2011)
  • Addicting strategy game with some violence in collisions.
     
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    (App, 2011)
  • Great strategy adventure with physics lessons built in.

     
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    Platforms: iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch
    (App, 2011)
  • Players serve drinks in time-management sim set in bar.
     
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    Platforms: iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch
    (App, 2011)
  • Strategic adventure with a fun, unique way to travel.

     
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    Platforms: Android, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, Kindle Fire
    (App, 2011)