Bastion and Blast-A-Way are the top-reviewed iPad games for August
If you were wondering what the best-reviewed iPad games on the web last month were, here's the iPad Quality Index round-up for August to fill you in.
The iPad Quality Index boasts over 40,000 reviews from websites like 148Apps, Pocket Gamer, and IGN, and uses a unique metric to create a single definitive score for each iPad title.
Blast from the past
Taking one of the best-loved Xbox Live Arcade games and squeezing it onto the iPad with some style, the developer of lush 2D action-RPG Bastion almost guaranteed itself the top spot in the iPad Qi game chart for August 2012 by default.
Down in second, Illusion Labs's Blast-A-Way successfully mixes head-scratching logical puzzles with a gorgeous 3D world and plenty of explosives.
In any other month, charming speedrun platformer Mikey Shorts might have expected to take top spot, but on this occasion it comes in a still-respectable third. Oh, darn that stiff competition.
At #6, meanwhile, is epic Zelda-esque adventure game Horn, which brings a beautiful 3D fantasy world and a rip-roaring plot to our August leaderboard.
Qi's Top 10 iPad games of August 2012
| Pos. | Game
|
Qi rating | Reviews |
| 1 | Bastion | 9.6 | 6 |
| 2 | Blast-A-Way | 9.2 | 3 |
| 3 | Mikey Shorts | 9.0 | 13 |
| 4 | McPixel | 8.9 | 3 |
| 5 | Cafe International | 8.8 | 3 |
| 6 | Horn | 8.7 | 18 |
| 7 | Organ Trail: Director's Cut | 8.7 | 11 |
| 8 | Wannabat Plus | 8.7 | 4 |
| 9 | Draw Breaker HD | 8.7 | 3 |
| 10 | Walking Dead: The Game | 8.6 | 16 |
N.B. While we only display the average score to one decimal place, the list is generated to further significant figures. We just don't show them all.
And, naturally, this is a static graph based on live listings which are subject to constant change as new releases and reviews emerge.
In order to provide a regular marker of the critical zeitgeist, however, we will continue to round up the best of the iPad games released each month to provide the definitive Quality Index top ten.