INSiGHT: Introducing GameStore for Android

Additionally, fans of Square Enix's Go series will be pleased to find all three of the titles available through the service. Additionally, the mobile Call of Duty releases, and the original Tomb Raider adventures are available. There are plenty of indie titles, also, like the second and third Stupid Zombie and Mini Metro. While the library could use more in the way of well known hits, there are plenty here to justify the cost.

There are a few ways GameStore handles the various pay models, and in order to break them down, further clarification is required on the most common pay models on mobile platforms. They are full priced, free with adverts, and then the dreaded IAP. The latter two groups often drift together, and on rare, but alarming, occurrences, full price games feature IAPs. Fortunately, GameStore removes all of those concerns, as you will never have to pay anything for any of the offerings.

Take a game like Deus Ex GO, for example. The player is able to buy hints, and should they run out of hints, they can purchase more if they have accumulated the cash. This works fine, but in other instances it fails to work so smoothly. An example of this is Stupid Zombies 3. This title uses a life system, the same as Candy Crush.

The problem is, if you run out of lives, and you have no in-game currency to buy more, it's important to still have some funds saved back, or you will be stuck waiting the 30 minutes for additional lives. This is to be expected, as this system is baked into the game. It doesn't make the weird allowance system the game gives you any less frustrating in these cases, however.

Still, the GameStore is a great little app that just needs its kinks worked out. It's remarkably easy to navigate the store, and its minimalist design makes it very fluid to find new titles, even ones you would never have heard of, and never would have guessed were so good. GameStore feels more like a flea market than a proper store, pedalling some goods many would expect, and some hidden treasures never imagined.