Best of 2012 - Forum Edition

[retr0spective]

Greetings,

Touch Arcade recently posted its Best iPhone and iPad Games of 2012 Roundup collecting all of the game category lists recently created by their talented staff. While I believe that they have done a magnificent job of highlighting and showcasing the year's best gaming apps, I could not help being surprised at the inclusion of some titles, and the exclusion of others.

I would like to invite interested forum members to contribute their own lists of the best games of 2012 using the TA categories as a model, or by adding your own categories. This would be an excellent opportunity to bring to our attention some of your favorites that you feel may have been overlooked or under appreciated. The existing categories are as follows:

Free-to-Play
Group Gaming
Strategy and Defense
Ports
Pinball
Shoot-em-ups
Racing
RPG and Adventure
Hill Climbers
Endless Runners
Fighting Games
Platformers
Shooters
Puzzle and Word
Action
Arcade
Miscellaneous

I look forward to reading your personal picks.