September, 2015 - Softonic English

StarMaker, Walking Dead, and three more apps to try

This week on Five Apps to Try we have and intriguing handful of apps for you to try. While they may not all be fantastic, they are all interesting.

StarMaker (iOS|Android) starts us off this week, the app that lets you sing and record popular songs, and then compare your effort with others online. Plus, with it tied to American Idol you could even find yourself auditioning for Season 15. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.

This week’s game is Walking Dead: Road to Survival (iOS|Android) – but remember if you want more games head to Click-Swipe-Play. This free-to-play title lets you join in the adventures of Michonne, Rick, Andrea, and Glenn as they try to survive the zombie hordes.

ClearLock (Android) is the app to help you focus if you can’t stop checking your phone. This lets you lock specific apps stopping you checking them, even if you change your mind. Great when you have something you need to get done.

Our fourth app is Lopeca (iOS) an app designed to give you the chance of embarking on digital tourism by connecting you with people in countries you want to visit and allowing them to take them on a virtual walkabout. The only problems? Calls don’t work well and very few people seem to be using it. But an interesting idea that deserves a go.

Last we have Portal (iOS|Android), a handy app to easily share files, folder, music, videos, and loads more between devices over Wi-Fi networks.

Next week we have a special fitness episode of Five Apps, subscribe so you don’t miss that and leave a comment about any apps you think we missed.

Metal Gear Solid V, Mad Max, and Lara Croft GO: let’s Click-Swipe-Play

This week on the show I have a bag full of big names for you. There is a reinvented franchises, a classic movie license, and the end of a gaming icon – all reviewed in under three minutes. Let’s Click-Swipe-Play.

Based around Tomb Raider’s star, Lara Croft GO (iOS|Android) is a game designed from the ground up for mobile. It takes the premises of table top-gaming and mixes them with Tomb Raider’s action. The result is a turn-based strategy game that somehow still evokes the feel of the franchises classic adventures.

Mad Max (PC) is of course based on the movie franchise, but not on any specific movie – which probably makes sense as most of the films feel completely unconnected. Not that this matters, as really it is the Australian wasteland that is the star – and that is reproduced wonderfully. My problem is that I wanted an actual wasteland, but the game’s open-world is a little too full unimportant items to collect.

Aptly, we finish with the final part of one of gaming’s most beloved franchises, Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (PC). This moves the stealth action series into an open-world for the first time, offering you complete freedom in how you approach its missions. That’s right, you can lead Big Boss to his eventual fall from grace however you choose.

Add a little news and you have a show.

Next week I am out of the office, but don’t worry we have a preview show to highlight some of this Winters’s most exciting games. Be sure to subscribe so you don’t miss that, and I will see you then.

Month: September 2015

StarMaker, Walking Dead, and three more apps to try

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