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iOS Gaming Thread March 2013: It's $1 per post, $5 for 8 posts or $10 for 20 posts
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Alexios
Cores, shaders and BIOS oh my!
How so? Previous versions played simply and great (on PC at least).
Not sure how switching clicks for taps changes much.
Although it may be too small on iPhone.
Sye d'Burns
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Maybe that's why he included the caveat:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mysterious-castle/id465647954?mt=8 said:
Sounds a little iffy on an iPhone, which is pretty disappointing. I love my roguelikes on the go. I'll wait until someone else gives it a go before I get the iOS version.
superrobot
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I'm actually having a lot of fun* with inethack on the iphone, which gets around a lot of the issues of being based around a keyboard interface by using a clever sliding menu.
I'd prefer a DCSS version though.
* i.e. died stupidly many times
chickdigger802
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Wait didn't gameloft just release a f2p card game based off their wow clone and now blizzard is... Bizarro.
Added these to the OP. The Star Wars Pinball table was previously part of Zen's Pinball Arcade app as IAP (where I got it), figured there might be some SW fans interested in this now as it's stand-alone. This version also has proper iPhone 5 support compared to the original release (comes with the Empire Strikes Back table, others are available as IAPs).
Waiting on impressions on Shin Megami Tensei if..., not at all my type of game and the information available on the port is sporadic it seems.
Jedeye Sniv
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Awesome! It's been ages since Minter put anything out, and he always just drops them out of the blue.
Minsc
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Thankfully, starting May 1st, all apps (& updates I hope) will be required to support iPhone 5 resolution (and retina displays), with Zen being one of the biggest culprits for me (it was unplayable on my last iPhone 4 - too choppy, and now it's unplayable on my iPhone 5 as well because of the dead space). So they won't be able to update it anymore until they stop being lazy and implement the proper resolution support.
Some interesting stuff coming out of PAX East.
Ms. Splosion Man coming out this month?
Tilt to Live 2 this year.
Wizards & Warp Drives from the Organ Trail devs ("Dungeons & Dragons and FTL while turning it into an arcade-style shooter").
Ms. Splosion Man coming out this month?
Tilt to Live 2 this year.
Wizards & Warp Drives from the Organ Trail devs ("Dungeons & Dragons and FTL while turning it into an arcade-style shooter").
These Japanese-only Megatens on iOS hurt so much. Looks like they forgot to put the warning in the description for this one like they did with the others.
It's wicked. Played it earlier today
iPhone or iPad?
Looks fun, but this kinda puts me off..
Alexios
Cores, shaders and BIOS oh my!
This is one of the games currently being fan translated by aeon genesis.
Not the iOS version of course...
NorrenRadd
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I played Blockheads for awhile and enjoyed it a lot, but I am tired of waiting for my guy to finish crafting items. I can't queue up hours worth of stuff to do and I don't want to check it every 5 minutes.
Jedeye Sniv
Banned
Goat Up 2 is fucking amazing! I didn't really like the first one that much since I don't really like endless climbing games, but this one is a lot more of a 'conventional' platformer. It's still fairly bonkers but it's mechanically quite nice and has some really neat platforming ideas. Each level has various cool secrets and it has that perfect Minter charm of hidden depth to the scoring mechanics to keep you going back for a perfect run. Really nice little package.
Sold, I trust your judgment and love me some Minter.
Dash Kappei
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I don't believe for a second that STAR WARS PINBALL trailer is actually the iOS version.
YianGaruga
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Super Hexagon ($0.99) and Sword & Sworcery ($0.99 Micro / $1.99 Universal) are on sale. I don't think they have been postet yet.
I've been waiting for these since I got my first iPhone a month ago. Great day.
I've been waiting for these since I got my first iPhone a month ago. Great day.
Thx for the info. Have been waiting for those as well.Super Hexagon ($0.99) and Sowrds & Sworcery ($0.99 Micro / $1.99 Universal) are on sale. I don't think they have been postet yet.
I've been waiting for these since I got my first iPhone a month ago. Great day.
Yeah.. I love the controls and everything about Blockheads, except the timers. Although I'm glad that they keep going in the background now, I think it's stupid that whenever you come back he's almost always exhausted. Then you can't do anything without waiting longer because he works so slow until you find something to energize you and that gets annoying fast. The mechanics of the freemium model just don't work well with it. Which is sad, because the game itself is well done and has probably the best controls and mechanics I've seen for a game like this.
I have actually since revisited the actual Micecraft Pocket Edition Lite since exploring all the alternatives and though the iPhone version controls still suck, the iPad controls are pretty okay. My nephew is loving it and ever since I got it he's taken over the iPad. So I bought the PC version. The content is pretty different still between PC and iOS, isn't it? Lots of stuff missing from the iOS version. At least the controls are halfway feasible now. They were a mess a couple months ago/whenever it first launched.
chris121580
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X-COM enemy unknown is coming to iPad and iPhone this summer! The FULL game! http://aol.it/14l2vB5
PittaGAF
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Just came to post this.
If I hadn't saw the video I wouldn't have belived it.
Mindblown.
Was wondering when the announcement was going to happen, heard rumblings about this port before the game came out on PC. Took them long enough!
Why do they add long English descriptions to their games if they didn't actually translate the games? Also pretty nice not to mention the lack of English text anywhere. :/
Edit: Or is it? The description actually say "language: English". That's a pretty big and bad mistake if I've ever seen one if the game isn't actually in English.
Edit 2: Also, isn't the screenshot on that page actually from SMT1 or 2? Good job, Index.
But how are they gonna shrink 15 gigabytes to 2GB? (App Store restriction). I understand 2GB is compressed, and can be expanded beyond that when installed, but still?
At any rate, can't wait for the game!
Yeah might be tight. They will have to compress the crap out of the FMVs lol. It's also gonna be low res textures only I imagine since the iPad doesn't have the processing power. Still, tight fit.
Minsc
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I'm not 100% sure there's still a hard limit of 2GBs, as TWEWY is 2.36 GBs as an .ipa on my PC. But even if there was no limit, with no expandable memory and mere 16GB iPad models still for sale from apple, it's hard to make anything that's too much larger than 2GBs.
One concession they did make though, is to reduce the number of maps from the PC/consoles, but there were extra maps on PC/consoles, and I think they're claiming gameplay-wise it's a direct port, perhaps you just see repeat maps a lot sooner on iPad than you would on PC.
Jedeye Sniv
Banned
Holy fucking shit YES!!! Halfway through this on my 360 and I'm constantly thinking how perfect it would be for iPad. So excited!
It's a good game, but the touch controls are no fun.
I like it on PC. You'll be able to progress much more easily.
I noticed that iTunes stores IPAs in their uncompressed (installed) state. For instance, the download size for TWEWY on the App Store is only 656mb.
Will be interesting to see how they shrink XCOM (or hopefully Apple will raise the limit?)
PittaGAF
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I guess you already saw this but in case you didn't....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Mj9plya4Vdk
(15 minutes of Transistor gameplay)
It will be a damn long wait till 2014........
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Mj9plya4Vdk
(15 minutes of Transistor gameplay)
It will be a damn long wait till 2014........
NorrenRadd
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Yes, whichever iTunes account redeems the code will receive the app. It doesn't matter what email address you send the gift to.
not yet.. but the developer made the awesome Greedy Bankers.
both games are lotsa fun if you are looking for local multiplayer (as in sharing the same physical screen)
If you're looking for a point-and-click adventure game, The Journey Down: Chapter One just went free. Haven't played it yet but it seems to be well received.
Here's Giant Bomb's Quick Look of the PC version if you want to take a look.
Here's Giant Bomb's Quick Look of the PC version if you want to take a look.
Cthulhu Saves the World is a port, but is still great, and well worth playing.
I love my mini. Love love love love love. You won't be disappointed, especially after using it for a bit and then seeing how gigantic and heavy the regular iPad is in comparison.
Gaf is never short on hyperbole.
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