Castle Smasher

Castle Smasher is a thinking game. It is much less about quick reflexes and more about brain power. Of course, you have to be quick to win, but you also have to be clever. This is a game that is easy to use and lots of fun when downloaded to a mobile device like a cell phone or PDA.

As the name suggests, the object is to destroy a castle filled with enemy soldiers. Your weapon is a catapult and a limited number of stones. You use the numeric pad (or mouse if you are playing from home) to aim, build up power, and release the catapult. Depending on how well you chose, the stone either knocks down a section of the castle or misses it. If you run out of stones, you lose.

After you begin hitting the castle, enemy soldiers run toward you and try and capture the catapult. You must start to shoot faster. You have a few soldiers defending you, but they won't last forever. If you destroy the entire castle, you win the level. Before starting the next level (which is, of course, a bigger castle and more enemy soldiers), you get to choose one of three possible upgrades. Either start with an extra rock, get bouncier rocks, or get one more defending soldier. I recommend bouncier rocks. They can take out more sections of the castle with one shot. When you get an extra rock, that only matters if you get down to your last throw. Usually, if you are down to one more rock, you have more than one castle wall to take down and you can't win.

Castle Smasher is fun, challenging, and doesn't take up too much time. In short, all the features you want in a fun mobile game.