The best Android games this week - Impossible Road, The Walking Dead, Mikey Hooks
Impossibly hooked on the undead
Every Friday, Pocket Gamer offers hands-on impressions of the week's three best new Android games.
Impossible Road
By Pixels on Toast – buy on Android (£1.49 / $1.99)
A beautifully twitchy high score chaser, Impossible Road is just as beguilingly brutal as its title and stark blue and white style suggest.
You're trying to stop a ball rolling off a thin strip of path that twists, drops, and curls away into an often never-reached horizon.
It's tough, as you'd expect with a game that boasts about its impossibility, but we gave the iOS version a Silver Award because you can't help but try and better your score.
This is a beautifully balanced balancing game that will suck you in and spit you out over and over again.
The Walking Dead Season One
By Telltale Games - download on Android (free)
A grim and gritty point and click adventure that's set in the universe of the original comic book series, Telltale's The Walking Dead is a masterclass in morality and undead scares.
And now you can finally grab the entire first season on your Google powered phone or tablet. Better late than never, right?
If you've somehow managed not to play this on any other device, then it's well worth giving the first episode a try to investigate what all the fuss is about.
That first chunk is free as well, and if it bites down into your flesh hard enough you can buy the rest, including the episode that bridges season 1 and 2, 400 Days, as an IAP.
Mikey Hooks
By Noodlecake Studios - download on Android (54p / 99c)
A smart, fast-paced platformer that's not just about getting to the end of the level, it's about getting there as fast as you can.
You need to use a grappling hook to grab onto lumps of scenery and swing from A to B, dodging enemies and sliding through gaps as you do.
It's all presented in retro-tastic pixels, and there's a pure platforming beat to the neatly bite-sized levels.
For less than the price of a Mars Bar, or other lump of sugary confectionery, you can't really go wrong.
