Don’t skip over this, as I did for many years, thinking it’s a collection of pointless, ugly, and half-broken Apple Watch games.
What you need to know is that this is the greatest collection of simple, straightforward sports games available in the world today. For any platform, period. The core gameplay mechanics are perfect, and the pixel art designs are lightweight, unobtrusive, and consistently pleasant to look at.
There are no ads, no microtranscations, no add-ons, no loot boxes; no nonsense at all. I find myself playing this throughout the day on my iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV, and it works seamlessly on them all. I don’t even have an Apple Watch, but I’m sure this app would work great on one.
The only issue with the sports collection is that it’s incomplete; the base Arcadia app has a version of Pong (or tennis, really) and two racing games that aren’t in the sports set. So, if you want all the sports, you need to get both Arcadia apps. Personally, I was more than happy to buy both and support this incredible developer. I can only hope that they’re working on more Arcadia game collections.
I’ve been playing iOS games for almost 15 years now, and I genuinely believe this is the best set of pick-up-and-play-anywhere-anytime games I’ve ever seen. It’s so delightful and refreshing; be sure not to miss it.
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