We've had our teeth sunk into Cat Quest [$4.99] here at Touch Arcade Towers for a while now. It's been just about a year since one of our first looks at the game at TGS 2016. Since then we also took a peek into the dev process Gentlebros went through to cook up this Action-RPG offering. A lot of times our Patreon supporters will ask us about games that shape or define a genre, and Cat Quest, for all its levity, has left an indelible paw print on that list.
Cat Quest is a beat em up dungeon crawling world travelling dragon killing game where you have to level up and find the loot that lets you kill the boss and save the girl. This is of course in a world inhabited by anthropomorphic cats set in a classic fantasy swords, spells, and staves backdrop. You have access to numerous small towns that each have their own concerns and tasks that a young enterprising feline can take up to gain further experience and gear.
You don't need much of a tutorial to pick up Cat Quest and just start smacking around enemies. In fact, it may be one of the most simple games I have enjoyed playing on my iPhone. Everything about this game is streamlined into just the essentials. Plot: You are a cat with a sister who gets kidnapped. Save her. Controls: Tap to move and attack, hold down to select spells. Setting: Cats vs. Dragons. What should strike you about this game is that for all of this, the game avoids being a one-note monotone experience. The game never feels thinly formulaic even though th...