Wrestlemania
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Does anyone actually have save sync working? I don't want to play about with it too much just in case I lose my progress
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Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective. ios. Universal. Worldwide release. $10. Out today!
- Thread starter chickdigger802
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Did you see the "Tap to resume" screen when you restarted it? If so try selecting quit from the menu and select continue from the main menu.
This happened to me once before where the auto-save that is in place for if you close the app and need to resume it got behind when I actually saved, but once I actually selected continue from the main menu it brought me back to where I saved.
Yeah, which button I need to select to sync progress to iCloud? Thanks.
Just download it yourself, it's free. The graphics are crisp and clean
Mr Touchdown
Member
I just finished the original DS version
What exact problem did some people have with the final sequences? Game was amazing throughout. Ending made me want to crawl into a ball of emotion, like most Shu Takumi games seem to.
What exact problem did some people have with the final sequences? Game was amazing throughout. Ending made me want to crawl into a ball of emotion, like most Shu Takumi games seem to.
StarCreator
Member
Found a graphics glitch in Chapter 7, after the first Fate Change - a foreground sprite doesn't get rendered completely. Wonder if this happens in the DS version?
Presenting as a link for those who haven't gotten that far and don't wanna see yet.
http://i.imgur.com/yQlQQ.jpg
Presenting as a link for those who haven't gotten that far and don't wanna see yet.
http://i.imgur.com/yQlQQ.jpg
That didn't happen to me in either the DS version or this version. I wonder what caused it.
StarCreator
Member
It has to be after the first Fate Change.
The outline is from when after the crash, the goons are hiding under the table. When you don't trigger the fate change, they obscure that portion of the trunk when they hide. If you trigger the first fate change but NOT the second, the goons have relocated to the other table and are hiding there instead.
StarCreator
Member
Out of sheer curiosity - can someone screenshot what the journal looks like on iPhone? It's one of the few places where the game actually seems optimized for iPad and I'm wondering how they did the interface on smaller screens.
jokingbird
Member
I am chapter 8, but someone may have spoiled the game for me. This might be a spoiler so please do not read unless you have finished the game:
Are you a cat? And is the other ghost a dog?
Here you go:
And while I'm posting screenshots, I guess Sissel gets a new ghost power in this version that wasn't in the DS version:
He has the ability to go on Twitter whenever he wants despite being dead.
StarCreator
Member
I hope whoever spoiled it for you has life insurance. Not going to confirm nor deny what he said for your sake though.
Thanks, looks like it's exactly the same. Was thinking it would be too small to read but guess not!
And yeah, I had a laugh at the placement of the Twitter button. Obviously I want to post on Twitter instead of rewinding time. Sissel obviously has his priorities straight.
yup
StarCreator
Member
Pretty much exactly what you'd expect. You can write a message to post on your Twitter account. If you use it in-game, it pre-fills the text entry box with some nonsensical notation that's supposed to indicate your position in the game.
Since the game doesn't target iOS 5 it uses a third party library for its Twitter functions, the credits for which take up 1/4 of the Help section (Matt Gemmell, wherever you are, we hardly knew ye). It also requires you to enter your Twitter username and password on first use each time you start the app.
jokingbird
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It was an off handed comment, but I cannot tell if they were messing with me. It just seems too unlikely and would ruin how I have been feeling about the story if true.
I came here just to see if anybody had this issue.
I installed the game on iPhone and iPad but they don't sync, tried every option many times
4 has something to do with death in Asia. It's kind of like the number 13 being unlucky here.
The number four is pronounced the same as death in Japanese, the characters used for writing it is different though.
StarCreator
Member
Also, the total value of all achievements is 444. I hope there isn't anything else because Japanese number puns get old pretty fast
Riposte
Member
And while I'm posting screenshots, I guess Sissel gets a new ghost power in this version that wasn't in the DS version:
He has the ability to go on Twitter whenever he wants despite being dead.
hahaha, that's amusing to me. Almost tasteless in terms of being a blatant addition, but funny.
The Hermit
Member
I am going to inaugurate my iPhone 4 with this!
Btw how does it run on iOS5 on the iPhone 4?
Btw how does it run on iOS5 on the iPhone 4?
Fine. Haven't noticed any issues on my phone besides it being a bit laggy when you resume it for a few seconds and the volume bugs out if you get a notification while playing.
StarCreator
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What's annoying is, the lagginess is for the most part programmed in. The game has no trouble rendering at 60+ fps for certain sequences, yet most animations in the game are capped to around 15-20.
However, I have noticed that, on occasion, the game starts stuttering seemingly without explanation after it's been running for a long time. Force closing it then restarting it seems to make it run normally again if this happens.
StarCreator
Member
Ah... on an iPad 2 there isn't really much of an issue if I multitask (note I don't use the multitasking gestures since they don't play nice with jubeat) - I get presented with a "tap here to return to the game" screen and everything's normal from there on out.
Unfortunately this seems to affect pretty much all iOS games with GC support (iPhone 4 here), so much that I actually have to take the stuttering in consideration when I resume action games like Super Crate Box.
As near as anyone can tell, the autosave is kinda busted. Just skip the prompt and press Continue instead.
Is it safe to stop playing whenever I feel like it and resume from that exact spot when I decide to jump back in? I only saw the save option at the end of the chapter, it would be great if I can save anytime.
You can save at any time by clicking the book icon in the game.
iPad. nice big screen is more comfortable to travel around and enjoy the visuals as well.
You guys made this seem awesome, when it was overall nothing special or interesting. Sad
YOU MAKE ME SAD
You guys made this seem awesome, when it was overall nothing special or interesting. Sad
Wha?
You guys made this seem awesome, when it was overall nothing special or interesting. Sad
Are you insane?
Neuromancer
Member
Just got the game tonight and it's kind of awesome
chickdigger802
Banned
restore purchase on iap page
Freakinchair
Member
Recently beat this game on DS - BUY IT. It just kept getting better and better. Hands down one of my favorite games, right alongside the PW games.
You guys made this seem awesome, when it was overall nothing special or interesting. Sad
Now people are going to call you out as being somehow 'abnormal', even though Ghost Trick is absolutely a problematic title...
...Bingo.
Ghost Trick looks amazing animation wise and soundtrack wise, but has a typically atrocious, plot-hole ridden japanese wacky storyline that uses extremely poor rationalizations for various significant character decisions and plot "twists" that appeals to a very specific subset of gamers, and the gameplay is just in dire need of rework. A series of ever increasingly illogical guess me puzzles in which you can rarely figure out the solution by logical means, as half the time it's impossible to truly guess the way something will react to one of your interactions, and so you sit there experimenting, failing, and then tediously replaying segments you already replayed ten times before until you fit your circle into the square hole and eventually get the exact sequence the game wants you to have.
People will say something like you lack a soul, that you somehow don't understand joy or some shit. But the reality is it's a really rough package. I love puzzles and point and click adventure games, but in these titles writing is paramount since it's so central. Ghost Trick has terrible writing (
the reason whats-his-face was able to be convicted of the crime and continued to blame himself was the most bs, illogical garbage I've ever seen - no human being would react that way