Consider it a testament to the power of mobile that developers still want to make and release games for it, despite the challenges of selling on it. After all, when games are customary a third of their price on other platforms, it's no wonder that games are rarely announced first for mobile. Severed [$5.99] was that exception, as mobile was a core platform for the game at its announcement. Then, it became a PlayStation Vita exclusive, before eventually being re-announced for mobile. And here it finally is. This first-person Infinity Blade [$5.99] meets Zelda type game ? is a really cool experience that feels like it should have been on mobile all along.

Severed puts you in control of Sasha. Sasha is having a bad day: she's found herself in a nightmarish underworld, her family has been captured by monsters, and oh yeah, she's lost her left arm. Don't worry, she's all right now! Thanks to a mysterious stranger giving her a powerful living sword, she has the ability to try and rescue her missing family. But she's not exactly handling the stress well, as she's taken to dispatching her foes, severing their limbs and collecting them to power herself up. Oh, and collecting heart and brain pieces to form into full sets that she can devour to increase her health and mana. Sasha might need some therapy when she's done with her mission, because...wow. Sasha having only one arm means that shields are out of the question, so her best defensive ability is a parry. And she's often surr...