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iOS Gaming March 2016 | Your backlog grows in tiny bits

Matt Frost

Matt Frost

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infiniteloop said:
Yeah, one of my favorite iOS games of all time. I'm glad they found success with Monument Valley.
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Definitely, and is awesome as well. I bugged them on Twitter for a long time, glad they listened. Been playing and hearing Willows making happy sounds again is a joy, and no more crashes. Going to play a lot more now :D SO HAPPY!!
 
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Pachimari

Member
Once again, no interesting games coming out.

It's okay though, as we got Final Fantasy IX out of the blue last month, and I have yet to finish it.
 
PittaGAF

PittaGAF

Member
infiniteloop said:
Yeah, one of my favorite iOS games of all time. I'm glad they found success with Monument Valley.
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LOL...never to late to learn something.
I never realized Whale Trail (that I liked a lot back in the days, my son too) was by UsTwoGames!!!

Thanks!
 
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Brakara

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No love for Clash Royale here? It launched here in Norway last week, and I've been able to squeeze in some games the last couple of days and it's pretty damn good so far. And this is from someone who hates Clash of Clans and its ilk. In fact, the combination here of deck building, card drawing and moba-like tower defence is actually really great.

I noticed a NeoGAF clan in-game, but it's invite only and I couldn't find any reference to it in any of the threads here. Anyone who knows anything about it?
 
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More_Badass

Member
Brakara said:
No love for Clash Royale here? It launched here in Norway last week, and I've been able to squeeze in some games the last couple of days and it's pretty damn good so far. And this is from someone who hates Clash of Clans and its ilk. In fact, the combination here of deck building, card drawing and moba-like tower defence is actually really great.

I noticed a NeoGAF clan in-game, but it's invite only and I couldn't find any reference to it in any of the threads here. Anyone who knows anything about it?
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Usually wait till the soft-launched games are launched worldwide before including them in the OT. But I do recall some positive impressions last month
 
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Saucycarpdog

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Not to rag on the android guys but I've become increasingly convinced that those who complain about discoverability on mobile have never been out of the Google play store. Between monthly highlights, editor choice category, and the explore tab I don't have really any problems finding great games quickly. I don't think google play has any of those things so that could definitely lead to those poor discoverability complaints.
 
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More_Badass

Member
Saucycarpdog said:
Not to rag on the android guys but I've become increasingly convinced that those who complain about discoverability on mobile have never been out of the Google play store. Between monthly highlights, editor choice category, and the explore tab I don't have really any problems finding great games quickly. I don't think google play has any of those things so that could definitely lead to those poor discoverability complaints.
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Not to mention the mobile-focused sites that highlight releases and upcoming games. Learning about games on mobile is no harder than learning about games on another platform; they all have the same means: sites, highlighted games on storefronts, genre categorizations, etc.
 
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awp69

Member
Saucycarpdog said:
Not to rag on the android guys but I've become increasingly convinced that those who complain about discoverability on mobile have never been out of the Google play store. Between monthly highlights, editor choice category, and the explore tab I don't have really any problems finding great games quickly. I don't think google play has any of those things so that could definitely lead to those poor discoverability complaints.
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More_Badass said:
Not to mention the mobile-focused sites that highlight releases and upcoming games. Learning about games on mobile is no harder than learning about games on another platform; they all have the same means: sites, highlighted games on storefronts, genre categorizations, etc.
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TBH, while people say Android is "catching up" in the gaming aspect, as a dual iOS/Android owner, the platform is still pitiful as a whole. There's just sooooo many games that never make it to Android.

I take the Google Play surveys where you can earn credit so I'm always looking to spend it and quite literally 9 times out of 10 the game I want that's on iOS is not on Android.

So regardless of how bad discoverability is and/or coverage on mobile sites to make up for it, it's just a sad situation even with any strides Android has made.
 
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Saucycarpdog

Member
More_Badass said:
Not to mention the mobile-focused sites that highlight releases and upcoming games. Learning about games on mobile is no harder than learning about games on another platform; they all have the same means: sites, highlighted games on storefronts, genre categorizations, etc.
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Of course but I was also talking about finding games just within the App Store. But even when I mention that the common complaint is still "well if I'm new to mobile gaming how do I know what I'm looking for?" which in itself is a weird complaint. If I was new to PC/console gaming how would I know what I'm looking for? How would I know that I would like rogue-likes, strategy games, tactical shooters, or open-world RPGs? You shouldn't enter a new space without doing some research first, it's common sense.
 
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nampad

Member
awp69 said:
TBH, while people say Android is "catching up" in the gaming aspect, as a dual iOS/Android owner, the platform is still pitiful as a whole. There's just sooooo many games that never make it to Android.

I take the Google Play surveys where you can earn credit so I'm always looking to spend it and quite literally 9 times out of 10 the game I want that's on iOS is not on Android.

So regardless of how bad discoverability is and/or coverage on mobile sites to make up for it, it's just a sad situation even with any strides Android has made.
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Regarding new releases, Android is quite a mile behind the iOS ecosystem.
It has some of its own perks though. Amazon is giving out a lot of free and good stuff (though this also happens on iOS) and being open, there are some unofficial ports I would love to have on iOS like Undertale, RTCW and Jedi Knight II.
 
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More_Badass

Member
nampad said:
Regarding new releases, Android is quite a mile behind the iOS ecosystem.
It has some of its own perks though. Amazon is giving out a lot of free and good stuff (though this also happens on iOS) and being open, there are some unofficial ports I would love to have on iOS like Undertale, RTCW and Jedi Knight II.
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I don't see how that's a good thing...
 
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Emarv

Member
Brakara said:
No love for Clash Royale here? It launched here in Norway last week, and I've been able to squeeze in some games the last couple of days and it's pretty damn good so far. And this is from someone who hates Clash of Clans and its ilk. In fact, the combination here of deck building, card drawing and moba-like tower defence is actually really great.

I noticed a NeoGAF clan in-game, but it's invite only and I couldn't find any reference to it in any of the threads here. Anyone who knows anything about it?
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I have no interest in Clash of Clans, but I'm pretty interested in Clash Royale.
 
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8sanders

Murderer's Gut Feeling™
Brakara said:
No love for Clash Royale here? It launched here in Norway last week, and I've been able to squeeze in some games the last couple of days and it's pretty damn good so far. And this is from someone who hates Clash of Clans and its ilk. In fact, the combination here of deck building, card drawing and moba-like tower defence is actually really great.

I noticed a NeoGAF clan in-game, but it's invite only and I couldn't find any reference to it in any of the threads here. Anyone who knows anything about it?
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Yup. Been loving it. Just hit Arena 4 today. Good stuff. Really fun simplified MOBA. Once a real Neogaf clan is formed I'm definitely interested.
 
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More_Badass

Member
infiniteloop said:
get your socks on:

Lost Socks, $4.99
https://itunes.apple.com/app/id1074889855
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OT will be up in a bit

Saucycarpdog said:
Of course but I was also talking about finding games just within the App Store. But even when I mention that the common complaint is still "well if I'm new to mobile gaming how do I know what I'm looking for?" which in itself is a weird complaint. If I was new to PC/console gaming how would I know what I'm looking for? How would I know that I would like rogue-likes, strategy games, tactical shooters, or open-world RPGs? You shouldn't enter a new space without doing some research first, it's common sense.
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Speak of the devil
http://siliconangle.com/blog/2016/0...a-curated-indie-games-list-to-the-play-store/
 
SuperPac

SuperPac

Member
For a couple more minutes you can redeem a code for Adult Swim Games' Peter Panic (releasing Thursday for everyone) here - http://tokn.co/campaign/a6f5zp4m

It is free to play with one $2.99 unlock which enables saving. (Otherwise, you can play the full game.)

PP_PackingPeanutFactory_4.gif
 
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bestpersonevar

Member
Lost Socks keeps freezing for me at the start of the second level when it says Choose a Level and a new gun...When i go to the select the new gun it locks up.

I'm on a 6S+
 
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awp69

Member
bestpersonevar said:
Lost Socks keeps freezing for me at the start of the second level when it says Choose a Level and a new gun...When i go to the select the new gun it locks up.

I'm on a 6S+
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Hmm...I've been playing on my iPhone 6 and haven't had any issues. However, I read in the TA "upcoming" thread that the game uses some kind of on the fly unpacking during gameplay. I'm thinking this probably means that you should have some free space. Maybe low storage space is causing it?
 
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bestpersonevar

Member
awp69 said:
Hmm...I've been playing on my iPhone 6 and haven't had any issues. However, I read in the TA "upcoming" thread that the game uses some kind of on the fly unpacking during gameplay. I'm thinking this probably means that you should have some free space. Maybe low storage space is causing it?
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I just uninstalled it and re-downloaded and that seemed to fix the issue.
 
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Remy

Member
For those talking about Clash Royale clans: it's a real GAF clan, it's just set to "invite only" to discourage the casuals from joining and taking up the 50 spots in the clan.

Except that "Invite only" doesn't actually mean "someone needs to invite you". It means you can request to join.

So just request to join, and mention your user name here and we'll let you right in. There's three people that can approve invites, including myself.
 
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Brakara

Member
Remy said:
So just request to join, and mention your user name here and we'll let you right in. There's three people that can approve invites, including myself.
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Thanks for the heads up. I sent a request, with the same username as here.
 
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8sanders

Murderer's Gut Feeling™
Remy said:
For those talking about Clash Royale clans: it's a real GAF clan, it's just set to "invite only" to discourage the casuals from joining and taking up the 50 spots in the clan.

Except that "Invite only" doesn't actually mean "someone needs to invite you". It means you can request to join.

So just request to join, and mention your user name here and we'll let you right in. There's three people that can approve invites, including myself.
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Count me in - 8sanders

EDIT: thanks for the invite Remy!
 
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bestpersonevar

Member
Lost Socks is rad. It's kinda like the Raynan runner games mashed up with metal slug... The animation is nice and smooth too. And the screen is constantly filled up with cartoon chaos and exploding onamonapia bubbles
 
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More_Badass

Member
YEESSS!
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Caves of Qud working on mobile.

It's the next roguelike from the devs of Sproggiwood, currently on Steam Early Access, and it is insane

It's an incredibly deep far-future science-fantasy roguelike. My character is a mutant with extra arms, photosynthetic skin, and I can manually adjust my adrenaline flow

http://store.steampowered.com/app/333640
- Assemble your character from over 70 mutations and defects and 24 castes and kits—outfit yourself with wings, two heads, quills, four arms, flaming hands, or the power to clone yourself—it's all the character diversity you could want.
- Explore procedurally-generated regions with some familiar locations—each world is nearly 1 million maps large.
- Dig through everything—don't like the wall blocking your way? Dig through it with a pickaxe, or eat through it with your corrosive gas mutation, or melt it to lava. Yes, every wall has a melting point.
- Hack the limbs off monsters—every monster and NPC is as fully simulated as the player. That means they have levels, skills, equipment, faction allegiances, and body parts. So if you have a mutation that lets you, say, psionically dominate a spider, you can traipse through the world as a spider, laying webs and eating things.
- Pursue allegiances with over 60 factions—apes, crabs, robots, and highly entropic beings—just to name a few.
- Learn the lore—there's a story in every nook, from legendary items with storied pasts to in-game history books written by plant historians.
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nampad

Member
The Sailor's Dream

Device 6 has to be my favorite mobile game. The way it told its story intermingled with some of the most novel gameplay I have ever experienced was an eye opener. I played Year Walk after that and thought it was decent.

Naturally, I was pretty hyped for The Sailor's Dream. I love artsy games and the premise sounded great. And unsurprisingly I felt right at home when I heard the wonderful music and saw the amazing art of the game.
But somehow something was missing this time. Maybe it wasn't gamey enough, maybe the storytelling was too slow or maybe there wasn't just enough content. I can't wrap my head around it but the experience didn't convince me thoroughly, which is a bit disappointed when the music is just so perfect.

I would give the game a 7/10.

BTW, that one room was so badly designed for OCD people like me who want to read every bit of the story. Or did I just not get the puzzle mechanics?
SPL-T is next on my list.
 
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More_Badass

Member
nampad said:
The Sailor's Dream

Device 6 has to be my favorite mobile game. The way it told its story intermingled with some of the most novel gameplay I have ever experienced was an eye opener. I played Year Walk after that and thought it was decent.

Naturally, I was pretty hyped for The Sailor's Dream. I love artsy games and the premise sounded great. And unsurprisingly I felt right at home when I heard the wonderful music and saw the amazing art of the game.
But somehow something was missing this time. Maybe it wasn't gamey enough, maybe the storytelling was too slow or maybe there wasn't just enough content. I can't wrap my head around it but the experience didn't convince me thoroughly, which is a bit disappointed when the music is just so perfect.

I would give the game a 7/10.

BTW, that one room was so badly designed for OCD people like me who want to read every bit of the story. Or did I just not get the puzzle mechanics?
SPL-T is next on my list.
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This is how I described Sailor's Dream when it released
Sailor's Dream isn't a game. It's not a text adventure. It's something...new, different. It's a narrative told in a way that could never be accomplished by a book, a story delivered piece-meal, in tantalizing parts. An experience that blends audio and visuals and the tactile nature of touch screen to establish a mood, create an atmosphere.
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awp69

Member
Damn. I had redeemed my early code for Lost Socks on my iPhone 6 and had to wait for the release to try it on my Mini 2....and whoa...it looks so spectacular on a bigger screen that I think I'm just going to play through all the levels again rather than wait for iCloud implementation (that the dev says will likely be added).

This game is just too sweet!
 
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Donald Bubbins

Member
Brakara said:
No love for Clash Royale here? It launched here in Norway last week, and I've been able to squeeze in some games the last couple of days and it's pretty damn good so far. And this is from someone who hates Clash of Clans and its ilk. In fact, the combination here of deck building, card drawing and moba-like tower defence is actually really great.

I noticed a NeoGAF clan in-game, but it's invite only and I couldn't find any reference to it in any of the threads here. Anyone who knows anything about it?
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There's a clan, go ahead and join!
 
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Saucycarpdog

Member
I rescind what I said about not being able to buy games after refunding them. Just tried to buy a game I once refunded ,but later regret doing, and it let me buy it. Apparently the purchase block after a refund has a time limit, I guess.
 
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awp69

Member
Saucycarpdog said:
I rescind what I said about not being able to buy games after refunding them. Just tried to buy a game I once refunded ,but later regret doing, and it let me buy it. Apparently the purchase block after a refund has a time limit, I guess.
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Good to know following the Zodiac fiasco, being one of my few refunds, that if that game ever actually comes together, I'll be able to rebuy it. Based on how horrible the rollout of the game was though, I'm not sure it ever will.
 
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heringer

Member
Man, I want a iOS port of Stardew Valley soooo bad. I could play it on PC, but this genre was meant for portable play.

More_Badass said:
YEESSS!

Caves of Qud working on mobile.

It's the next roguelike from the devs of Sproggiwood, currently on Steam Early Access, and it is insane

It's an incredibly deep far-future science-fantasy roguelike. My character is a mutant with extra arms, photosynthetic skin, and I can manually adjust my adrenaline flow

http://store.steampowered.com/app/333640
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Yay, another rogue lik... zzzzzzzzz

Just kidding. :p
 
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