Top 10 big-screen games for Lumia 1320 and 1520
The Nokia Lumia 1320 and Nokia Lumia 1520 both have one thing in common; they both pack six-inch displays – ideal for pinning more tiles to your Start screen and adding an extra dimension to gaming, as these ten top titles prove.
GTA: San Andreas – $6.99 / £4.99
We all know Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, right? It’s one of the best-selling games ever, and now taking control of the streets, and the local gangs, is easier on the jumbo-screen Nokia Lumia 1320 or Lumia 1520.
Don’t just take our word for it, read this five-star user review:
“Simply awesome on the Lumia 1520… frankly any game you play on the 1520 is just amazing. The size and full-HD screen quality is out of this world.”
Wordament – Free
Wordament is a great game, regardless of which device you’re using. However, a bigger screen makes it even easier to pluck out those words from the game board.
Confronted by a four-by-four grid of tiles, each one containing a letter (or sometimes more), you must trace your finger across them to spell out words – as many as you can – in the two-minute timeframe.
Played completely online you compete against thousands of other players simultaneously, who are also locked into the same game board.
An addictive game where you’ll often find yourself muttering, “One more try…”
Halo: Spartan Assault – $6.99 / £5.49
Part of the Halo franchise, Halo: Spartan Assault throws you into a universe full of combat and survival.
Rather than the typical first-person-shooter view you’re familiar with in other Halo games, Spartan Assault delivers a new top-down view approach, which is ideal for mobile gaming.
On a bigger screen explosions look more destructive, lasers look extra intense, and you’re less likely to miss an alien sneaking up on you.
Angry Birds Go! – Free
When it comes to avian-related games, there’s little better than Angry Birds.
However, rather than the usual bird-catapult-pig-face interaction, Angry Birds Go! is a downhill racing game.
Starting with a standard soapbox car, you can add modifications as you progress through the races to eventually build a super car – even one that flies!
Each Angry Birds character has a special ability that, when used wisely during a race, will help you in your conquest for first place.
Playing on a bigger screen allows for a greater chance of noticing overtaking opponents, giving you plenty of opportunity to nudge them out of the way before you steam to victory.
Asphalt 8: Airborne – Free
What’s better than speeding around a virtual racecourse, performing stunts and surviving crashes? Doing it all on a bigger screen!
Asphalt 8: Airborne puts you in the driving seat of 47 high-performance cars. It uses a clever physics engine that gives an experience of what it might be like to be behind the wheel of one of these cars. From the comfort of your couch, of course.
Dungeon Hunter 4 – Free
Immerse yourself into a world of role-play, dungeons and demons, all of which looks simply glorious on a big-screen Lumia.
Choose from four character classes, each with a unique combat style, then fight shoulder to shoulder with other players from around the world. Play in co-op mode, or come face-to-face with opponents as you show off your battle skills in PvP mode.
As with many RPGs, you kill, you loot, you win to save the kingdom – hopefully. Onwards!
Doors – Free
An unusual game but one that, once you start playing, you won’t put down.
The premise is this: you’re stuck in a room, the only exit is out through the closed door in front of you. In order to open that door you must first complete a task by solving hidden mysteries.
Some levels may require you to turn the phone upside down, enter the right keypad combination, or correctly match eight pairs of animal cards without getting one wrong. As you’d expect, the difficulty level increases as you progress.
The more screen space you’ve got, the more details you’ll notice to complete the tasks ahead.
Battle Monkeys – Free
Imagine a world that’s not ruled by humans, but monkeys (we reckon that’ll make a good film…). Can’t picture it? No problemo, that’s why Battle Monkeys was built.
To become the most powerful primate you must fight with other apes to show your strength and dominance.
With 3D graphics and multiplayer action, this is a joy to play on a large-screen Lumia.
Tetris Blitz – Free
A classic game that’s stood the test of time. The latest iteration, Tetris Blitz, is just as much fun as the game of old, but comes loaded with added extras.
Like before, position the falling bricks to stack nicely against other blocks. When a line is complete, it’s bye-bye row! What’s new is the ability to collect power-ups, such as lasers, magnets and time shifting properties to clean up the board faster.
Watching the vibrant blocks, explode when you complete a level, replete with celebratory fireworks look wonderful on a large six-inch screen
Strata – $2.99 / £2.29
This is a uniquely elegant puzzle game that requires you to overlay coloured ribbons onto a coloured canvas. Unusual-sounding? Yes. Calming and cathartic? Absolutely.
As you interact with the screen and position the ribbon into place, softly played piano keys deliver a meditative sense It’s brilliantly done and works really well on a large screen.
If you’ve got a Nokia Lumia 1320 or Nokia Lumia 1520, take advantage of their super-sized screens and give all of these games a try – you won’t regret it.