Filed in archive Computer Games , iPad Game Apps on May 24, 2010

Part 2: Great Games On Your iPad

© Veronica Belmont

Here are some more hot games available to iPad users.

Flight Control HD

This was a great success on the iPhone. But Firemint to Flight Control to an even greater level with greater resolution graphics on the iPad. It's still easy to learn how to play the game and it's just as addictive as the phone version. You now track flight paths for planes and helicopters using your fingers and with the bigger screen, this becomes really just easy on the eyes. You also now have eight airfields, most of them coming in a higher-resolution format. And the bigger screen allows more room for two players to either fight with or against each other.

NOVA

Many games benefitted from the larger iPad screen and this is one of them. The bigger screen allowed for beautiful high-resolution graphics and a more intuitive interface in NOVA's iPad version. You see more of the graphical detail and less of your thumbs. You also end up playing this game at a more comfortable position so it's easier to catch faraway aliens. Other game elements are still the same as in the iPhone version, but that's a good thing. Thirteen levels of play and a rich multiplayer experience makes NOVA really worth buying!

Plants vs. Zombies HD

This is a unique $10 from PopCap Games. It combines gardening with the slaughter of the the undead. It's a great strategy game that make you plant peapods and sunflowers. Plants Vs. Zombies HD also supports up to 11 simultaneous touch points so you can plant, collect sun, launch corncob rockets, or grab coins even faster than you're able to on an iPhone or console.

Sam & Max Episode 1: The Penal Zone

Sam & Max take their unique brand of comic adventures to the iPad in the first episode of their latest season of ongoing adventures. The game comes with fantastic visuals and a great sense of humor. Sam and Max are a crime-fighting duo made up of an anthropomorphic dog in a trenchcoat and a crazed rabbit-like creature. Their escapades are filled with numerous absurd characters, razor-sharp satire, and unbelievable but hilarious plots. With the bigger iPad screen, the characters look and play better than ever. Nothing can quite compare to this game!

Words With Friends

Nope, this isn't Scrabble although it does look familiar to that addicting lexical word game. But Newtoy made some key upgrades over the board game for just $3. With the larger iPad screen, you and your online opponent, who may be three feet or three thousand miles away see the entire board from very easy angles without worrying about inadvertently jostling tiles. And now you don't have to stare at your friend's scrunched forehead as he struggles to find optimal Triple Word Score. Push notifications and in-game chat make this game truly friendly and truly an excellent mobile word game.