infiniteloop
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GDC 2014: MOBILE IS EVERYTHING IF YOU ARENT ON MOBILE YOU ARE A FUCKING IDIOT.
GDC 2016: *IMAGE*
https://twitter.com/hodapp/status/709467640176074752
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iOS Gaming March 2016 | Your backlog grows in tiny bits
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GDC 2014: MOBILE IS EVERYTHING IF YOU ARENT ON MOBILE YOU ARE A FUCKING IDIOT.
GDC 2016: *IMAGE*
https://twitter.com/hodapp/status/709467640176074752
I'm sure the context is "What did people think about mobile" or something to that effect. Just a troll/click baity tweet, that's all.
Still waiting on Titan Quest for me.
More_Badass
Member
7 Mages is the real deal, guys. Really enjoying it so far
It does look good but I still have the Legend of Grimlock in my backlog.
Donald Bubbins
Member
I need a good tower defense game to play.
Anyone got any commendations for something new?
Anyone got any commendations for something new?
Not sure what you've played, but assuming you probably have the Kingdom Rush games.
If you have an iPad, Crystal Seige is good. Sleep
Attack TD and Tiny Guardians offer cool twists on the genre.
More_Badass
Member
Can't think of any new really good releases. The Kingdom Rush devs are working on a sci-fi RTS; allegedly they were aiming to release this month
Sleep Attack, Crystal Siege, and Sentinel 4 are all pretty good
Quickly realizing how much I suck at games with puzzle elements that aren't either on the same screen or fairly obvious where to go to at least get started.
I really like White Knight but some of the puzzles require looking all over the school to even find clues. Didn't expect a horror game to have this difficult of puzzles to solve. I don't mind having to think through challenging puzzles but goose chases to progress are annoying.
Need a walkthrough but everything out there is for the PC version which is vastly different.
I really like White Knight but some of the puzzles require looking all over the school to even find clues. Didn't expect a horror game to have this difficult of puzzles to solve. I don't mind having to think through challenging puzzles but goose chases to progress are annoying.
Need a walkthrough but everything out there is for the PC version which is vastly different.
More_Badass
Member
How'd you handle The Room games?
Not very well TBH.
I have only played the first one and at least you didn't have to walk aimlessly around looking for something without even having an idea of what you may be looking for.
I like certain type of puzzle games like Portal or The Talos Principle are great. Puzzle platformers, games like Swapperoo, number based puzzles like The Mesh, Shadowmatic, Perfect Paths, Divide by Sheep, Furdemption, etc. Really all kinds of puzzle games.
But I really haven't been in love with games like The Room, which I know is blasphemy to mobile gamers, but just not my thing.
Saucycarpdog
Member
Was just checking out a video for 9th Dawn, is this like an action RPG or something? It's hard to discern from the small clip I watched.
More_Badass
Member
It's reminiscent of the Ultima games. Real time combat, expansive world, create your own class through skills and such, etc.
orthodoxy1095
Banned
So I've played 80 Days, the Sorcery! games and the Hero Choice Of games. Is there anything good left for me to play similar in style?
Donald Bubbins
Member
Yeah played all the Kingdom Rush games, first three Sentinels, Tiny Guardians, Cursed Treasure and Demons av Fairyland.
Maybe I'll check out Sentinel 4
If you liked the Sorcery! games, you might want to check out Joe Dever's Lone Wolf.
More_Badass
Member
Personally I liked Heavy Metal Thunder
Ryan North's To Be or Not To Be is hilarious, and definitely worth checking out
Blood & Laurels is interesting, but not as visual-heavy as 80 Days, Sorcery, or some of the others
Fallen London is coming out next month. Now that's a huge one to keep an eye on. Going to give 80 Days and Sorcery a run for their money
orthodoxy1095
Banned
I'll check all of those out, thanks!
I hadn't heard about Fallen London, but I'll keep an eye on it!
More_Badass
Member
You can actually play it now in your browser
http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/
It's from the developer of Sunless Sea if you're familiar with that game
orthodoxy1095
Banned
Yoooo very familiar with Sunless Sea. That's awesome!
More_Badass
Member
Sunless Sea is actually the spin-off. And Fallen London is HUGE
How huge? 80 Days, after all the updates, was around 750k words of content
Fallen London has 1.5 million+ words, more than double.
orthodoxy1095
Banned
I had no idea that that Sunless Sea was a spinoff of anything 0_o
Mind blown. Diving in now.
Saucycarpdog
Member
Sounds cool, will check it out.
I enjoyed GemCraft as a TD.
More_Badass
Member
How is Bad Hotel? Really enjoyed Nightmare Cooperative, but never checked out Lucky Frame's other games (and now they're disbanded ;_; )
Any rumours of a Sunless Sea port?
See what I did there?
I've got it already, but haven't even fired it up yet, in front of a compter all day, so prefer comfy couch gaming these days.
There's also a new TD out today called Onion Force that looks interesting. Apparently one of the devs was an animator for Disney.
More_Badass
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orthodoxy1095
Banned
Does Ghost Trick actually work again? I just remembered that I haven't finished it yet.
rainking187
Member
If anyone plays Bejeweled Blitz I wouldn't update it, I just downloaded an update and now the game crashes every time I try to start it.
orthodoxy1095
Banned
Excellent! Time to finish that puppy up finally.It does
Started playing Dragon Land on my iPad this morning. Graphics are cute, but it ultimately feels like a flaccid mix of Spyro and Mario 3D Land. The F2P hooks start quickly. It has a rechargeable lives system, so a couple of stages into Episode 2 it started nagging me to pay for more lives, or to wait for a timer.
PittaGAF
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For the ones interested, Lost Socks dev is pretty active on TA and they seem *really* committed in making their game even better AND more approachable by a general audience.
Here is a video of button customization at work:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNjU9yNA6tg
Besides that, they are apparently working on adding iCloud sync, MiFi controller support and rebalancing the whole game to be less hardcore (not sure if this will be an alternative mode, probably yes).
The easier mode focus on rewarding much more the player that 'just' complete a level without perfecting it, plus other changes to make life easier and let everyone enjoy the game...so hopefully people who got it and were frustrated may like the game once the update is live.
While I've already completed the game, I welcome a less hardcore mode if this means more people enjoying it and let them do more stuff like this!!!
Here is a video of button customization at work:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNjU9yNA6tg
Besides that, they are apparently working on adding iCloud sync, MiFi controller support and rebalancing the whole game to be less hardcore (not sure if this will be an alternative mode, probably yes).
The easier mode focus on rewarding much more the player that 'just' complete a level without perfecting it, plus other changes to make life easier and let everyone enjoy the game...so hopefully people who got it and were frustrated may like the game once the update is live.
While I've already completed the game, I welcome a less hardcore mode if this means more people enjoying it and let them do more stuff like this!!!
infiniteloop
Member
Will give it another go when the balance is better + MFi. They should try to get it on tvOS too.
The dev is really involved which is always great to see. I'm having trouble getting past 2-8 but really want to try to beat it as it is today (and not wimp out). Probably one thing I'd like tweaked, even in the current "hardcore" mode, is unlocking the 5 hearts earlier.
I think the difficulty of the levels overall is perfect but unlocks could be easier to obtain or have an alternate way to obtain them through high gold prices or something (NOT IAPs!).
Matt Frost
Member
Hard as nails but a fresh take on the base building/tower defense game. I loved it. Really recommended.
First gameplay footage of Iron Marines. Can't wait. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9n4hwMdWMQ
Sounds like a June/July 2016 release date. I had hoped for a release this month, but I'll be there day 1 regardless.
I nearly finished 100%ing the first world of Lost Socks, man this game is fucking hard. It's damn satisfying though. I really like the combo and points system, and despite having on-screen buttons I haven't felt like the controls have screwed me over yet (my hands started cramping up though).
Main complaint I have is the chest/3 challenges which makes you back track to older levels to complete them before rotating out new ones (levels which already have an incentive to go back with the stars & points awards). Would rather they just have different challenges for each level or have a giant list of them that you complete as you go.
Otherwise I definitely recommend trying it if you're looking for a hardcore platformer, and/or liked the Rayman games/Earthworm Jim. It's very polished and can take up a lot of time if you're going for full completion. Just be prepared to get your ass beat.
Main complaint I have is the chest/3 challenges which makes you back track to older levels to complete them before rotating out new ones (levels which already have an incentive to go back with the stars & points awards). Would rather they just have different challenges for each level or have a giant list of them that you complete as you go.
Otherwise I definitely recommend trying it if you're looking for a hardcore platformer, and/or liked the Rayman games/Earthworm Jim. It's very polished and can take up a lot of time if you're going for full completion. Just be prepared to get your ass beat.
More_Badass
Member
try dungeon of the endless? it's really good tower defence / rogue like / rpg