I'm really excited about this game, Ragnarok Valkyrie Uprising. Some of you may remember this cute game from years ago, it had adorable 2.5D sprite graphics and painful, almost unbearable leveling speed. Well, they ported the game to the phone. This game is available on both iOS and Android, but they don't play on the same servers.

You start up the game, and you're already seeing Ragnarok's unique art style. The key thing about this game is that it's an MMO (Massively Multiplayer Online) game. You're actually playing in real-time with other people.

Log into the game using facebook and you'll quickly navigate to the character page. Here you can create a character of 3 different classes: swordsman, magician, and acolyte. Swordsman is the close combat warrior type, magician is the long range class that does a good amount of damage, and lastly, the acolyte is a healing class.

Once you start up the game, it looks very confusing, there's buttons everywhere. However, once you start playing around with it, it's not too bad. Clicking on the top left ( where your character level is) brings up the menu. From here you can access everything you need to about your character such as stats, skills, and items. Clik on the map on the top right of the screen opens up the map. To level up your character, you must either complete quests or kill monsters. Once you have the map open, you should see an exclamation mark. Tap that mark to move your character there. This is how you obtain quests. The rest of it is simple, simply follow the instruction each quest gives you and soon you'll be on your way to slashing through huge monsters, not some cute pink drops.

This game requires more time dedication than more casual games. However, it has some of the cutest graphics which may appeal to a younger crowd with more time on their hands.

3.5/5 stars, Reviewed by: Auster Chen, Apr 20, 2013.

Temple Run 2 is a great improvement over the first temple run. The core of the game is still there. You control a character that moves endlessly. You can tilt your phone left or right to make him run left or right, or swipe any direction to make your character go in that direction. While you're running, you're collecting coins, powerups, all for the goal of unlocking stronger powers and more characters.

New features include a rope section, you jump on the rope and tilt the phone left and right to grab the coins.

In terms of graphics, this game is a huge improvement over the original temple run. The landscape is much more defined, and the colors are vibrant. On some of the newer smartphones, you may find yourself staring at the scenery and running over cliffs.

The goal of the game is to collect as many coins as possible without dying in one run since coin values doubles and eventually triples. After a certain point, the difficulty of the game doesn't increase anymore, i.e. get faster or more obstacles. However, it does take alot of concentration not to mess anything up.

Overall this game is great for anyone, it doesn't take up much time (unless you're going for 5 million score or 10 million score).

Tip: When you have enough coins, first purchase as much of the double/triple coin value powerup as possible

4.0/5 stars. Reviewed by Auster Chen: Apr 20, 2013

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