Every week, Pocket Gamer sister site Android Quality Index (Android Qi) highlights the newest games to make a critical splash in the cool, seductive waters of the Google Play pool.
Grabbing scores and opinions from all corners of the web, including from Gamezebo, Know Your Mobile, and AndroidTapp, Qi answers all your Android-related questions before you've even asked them.
Today, we're going to focus on two new contenders vying to be crowned king of your Android device. Both are worthy, but do they have what it takes to win your head, your heart, and your wallet?
Jigsaw puzzle
Slotting straight into the top of the Android chart this week is block-sliding platform-puzzler Continuity 2.
The aim of this inventive brain-teaser is to navigate a stickman through an angular tunnel is search of a key capable of unlocking the exit.
The twist is that each level map is divided across a number of sliding tiles, which players must rearrange to create pathways from one tile to another.
Don't let the rudimentary visuals fool you - there's a thick layer of complexity beneath those sharp, right-angled corners.
Android Rundown's reviewer found Continuity 2 a welcome respite to the standard corridor-traversing fare, calling it "an ingenious platformer for those who want something different".
Future crime
Zooming into the middle of the charts with the fuzz hot on its tail is futuristic racer Busted!.
While most hover-racers involve boosting and blasting your way to pole position, this neon-tinged tunnel-runner is all about escape.
You must rocket along a transport tube, collecting power-ups and using speed bursts to evade the pursuing police officers for as long as possible.
Though easy to dismiss as yet another WipEout / F-Zero clone, the game's impressive art direction and responsive tilt controls are going down well with customers and critics alike.
Indeed, the folks at Gamezebo found that Busted!'s top-flight graphics, sound, and control unite to create a "cohesion that a lot of mobile titles lack".
You can get the up-to-date information about which games are reviewing best over at the Android Quality Index.
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