

If it is, at least we went out on a good note. Few other action-RPGs can match the sheer speed and excitement of Ys, and we can only hope that DotEmu isn’t finished with its mobile ports of this classic series.


As usual for the series, the music is outstanding as well. Concluding the adventure started in the first game, Ys Chronicles 2 almost immediately changes things up by giving Adol a ranged attack, turning boss battles into a weird sort of RPG shoot-em-up. – Review – Forum Thread – It feels like Ys Chronicles 2 completely slipped in under the radar this year, and that’s too bad. Next week we’ll be publishing our own personal ten favorite games, so if you don’t see a particular niche title in this list, there’s way more year-end “best of" coverage to come. This list of 100 games was whittled down from a list of thousands of incredible games we covered this year, and the whole staff pitched in on writing the descriptions to fill out the list. From all of us at TouchArcade, we’d like to thank our Patreon backers from the bottom of our heart, and encourage anyone else who finds value in these sorts of articles to think about supporting our Patreon as well. Patreon is very much responsible for us being able to publish no-nonsense articles like this without needing to shove them into ad-laden slideshows and other annoying things that have become a necessity for small web sites to survive. You’ll get access to a special video version of our podcast, and other surprises we’re working on for 2017 as well as knowing you’re helping keep independent mobile games editorial alive. If you appreciate what we do around here at TouchArcade, please consider supporting us on Patreon. While all the links are to the App Store, practically all of these games are also available on Android and can be found via searching whatever storefront you prefer.Īrticles like these, along with all the historical linked content, straight up would not be possible without the backing of our fantastically dedicated Patreon supporters. We’ve reviewed the vast majority of these games, and this list represents the culmination of hundreds of man hours of work through 2016 as we consistently strive to make TouchArcade the place to go to find awesome games to play on your phone. Instead of just listing off the highest scoring games of the year, we tried to put together 100 of the best games spread across every genre we can think of, with an fairly even split between both mobile exclusives as well as fantastic multi-platform titles. With the iTunes holiday freeze upon us, we’re finally able to close the books on mobile gaming in 2016 with a massive list of the 100 best games released this year.
