In December of 2016, the other TouchArcade writers and I each posted our Top Ten lists detailing our favorite iOS games of that year. One of my top picks was Mini Metro, which I wrote was ?an incredibly addictive little strategy game that has literally been the only thing on my iPad?s screen all week.? My life started to get really busy around that time and it wound up being the last thing I ever wrote for TouchArcade. Three years later, the newly released Apple Arcade has sucked me right back into iOS gaming and I couldn?t stay away from TA any longer. So what better game to review on my first day back than the sequel to one of the last games I ever wrote about"
Mini Motorways by Dinosaur Polo Club should look instantly familiar to anyone who loved Mini Metro. In fact, I didn?t even know it was coming out until I scrolled through the Apple Arcade section of the store last week and saw that familiar art style with the word ?Mini? attached to the screenshots. It?s every bit as crisp, clean, and bright as the original looked, although not quite as minimalist this time around. There are shadows and topographical features now (or is that grass") and a grid to help you place your mini motorways, and actual buildings that pop out of the ground instead of abstract lines and shapes. If Mini Metro looked like a subway map, Motorways looks a bit more like a board game. Overall it?s a very satisfying evolution of the previous game?s visuals that feels new and unique while st...