10 iPad Games That Are As Good As Anything On Consoles Right Now

5. 80 Days

What needs to be said about 80 Days can't be surmised into a few hundred words. Playing the personal assistant of Philleas Fogg, the game charts your adventures as you attempt to circumnavigate the globe in the fabled 80 days - but the game is so, so much more than this old premise alone. Gameplay is simple, you navigate your way through the various challenges with just a few rudimentary tools and options, but it's how the story unfolds in front of you that makes this one of the most unique games on any platform right now. This is interactive fiction, and you'll spend much longer reading the dialogue on the screen that you will dealing with it, but what dialogue it is. So wide and varied are the options presented to you that it's quite probable that no two players will have gone through the story in the same way. From the outset, every situation presents a number of different scenarios which will, in turn, offer you a number of different ways to deal with them. Developers estimate that each playthrough will let you see about 3% of the actual game. There's that much variety. There's action, mystery, suspense, murder, treasure, and a host of weird and wonderful settings to explore as you chart your own way across the globe. Arguably the biggest game available on iOS presently, it's a perfect introduction for gamers who are still skeptical about the depths a title can get to on a tablet. Developer: Inkie StudiosPrice: £2.99