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iOS Gaming October 2013: Wipe that print off your screen, next-gen is already here!
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I bought xcom on steam a while ago, but never got around to playing it.
How playable is it on phones? It sounds like something better suited to a more comfortable setup.
Which characters did you buy? Did you get them all?
You may have said, but what team do you run with? Can you change your team on a dungeon by dungeon basis?
Very few titles take advantage of the 5s hardware so far, aside from increased framerate. Call of Duty: Strike Team was just updated with bonus 5s features.
That's why I included the iPhone 5.
PittaGAF
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I got them all, but to be honest just to support them hoping for new expansions (and someday the Bretonnian Knight).
What I use?
Nothing...my main team is just the initial four, because I like them more and that's what I played back in the day.
So my party is:
Marauder
IronBreaker
Waywatcher
Grey Wizard
I'm pretty happy how they turned out in my main game, so I'm sticking with them.
I was tempted by the Shadow Warrior, but it's no replacement for the Ironbreaker (now the character I like least in my party).
I'll kick him out when and if the Bretonnian Knight will come.
I know many bought everything and they just random swap chars every dungeon...slowly levelling them up and trying everything.
To be honest my wife would just kick me out from home if I would do so.
EDIT: After reading better your question, maybe you were looking for this.
When you buy a new character, he is added to the roster...so when you swipe your chars left and right in the town screen or immediately before entering a dungeon...you can select and deselect characters (you can do this already selecting LESS than 4 chars to do a dungeon)...so you can choose up to four characters out of all you bought.
Pratically...you move around in the map with everyone (additional characters provide additional 'bad events' targets and more inventory slots) but just four enter the dungeon...the others are supposed to be waiting outside for you to come back.
chris121580
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Any chance we can get a separate OT thread for Warhammer Quest?
That's why I included the iPhone 5.
Ah my bad, I completely missed that. What kind of genres are you into?
Galaxy on Fire 2 seems to have been updated for 5s as well. The amount of support this title has received over the years is mind-boggling. It came out back in 2010, and I remember playing it on the original iPad. And they've been adding more features and support for every idevice iteration ever since.
More_Badass
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AranhaHunter
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Are there any games that support gamepad yet? Any good gamepads for iOS out there?
I'm hoping for an official gamepad release from apple and for some games to get that patched in.
I'm hoping for an official gamepad release from apple and for some games to get that patched in.
BenjaminBirdie
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Is dis RingRun Circus any good? From I think the Kingdom Rush team??? :0
More_Badass
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Looks very nice. Been following this on Toucharcade. btw, is like every indie dev a NeoGAF member or what? It's like every other day, I learn of a new developer who's also a GAFfer
chickdigger802
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Costume Quest iphone 5 impressions
first time playing this. Love the writing, and everything is just adorable. Controls are tap and drag to walk (diablo style) and tap to interact. combat is a bit challenging mainly because everything is fucking tiny on iphone UI wise. font is tiny, buttons are tiny etc. But you eventually figure stuff out and its fine.
framerate is mostly smooth, some hitches but its fine, probably even better on 5S and future ipads.
Fun game. Would probably play better on ipad, but iphone is perfectly playable after a bit.
Will try on my mini when i get home.
first time playing this. Love the writing, and everything is just adorable. Controls are tap and drag to walk (diablo style) and tap to interact. combat is a bit challenging mainly because everything is fucking tiny on iphone UI wise. font is tiny, buttons are tiny etc. But you eventually figure stuff out and its fine.
framerate is mostly smooth, some hitches but its fine, probably even better on 5S and future ipads.
Fun game. Would probably play better on ipad, but iphone is perfectly playable after a bit.
Will try on my mini when i get home.
Anyone have any suggestions? Must be some dudes in this thread who can get input from their wives if nothing else! I was surprised at how many apps she has that I've never heard of. Swackett was one in particular.
Never heard of this game before. What is it like?
So, one of our games, Into the Dead, is part of a new Mobile Gaming Championship for iOS and Android where the overall top scorers for each game will be entered into the Guiness Book of World Records. There are also additional prizes of Jawbones, phones, and other stuff.
"Play Into the Dead from tomorrow to be in with a chance at a Jawbone JAMBOX, and a Samsung Galaxy S4."
Rules are here.
The 3 other games in the competition are Mega Jump, Lane Splitter and 7x7.
"Play Into the Dead from tomorrow to be in with a chance at a Jawbone JAMBOX, and a Samsung Galaxy S4."
Rules are here.
The 3 other games in the competition are Mega Jump, Lane Splitter and 7x7.
More_Badass
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Another awesome game is from a GAFfer?! Into The Dead is amazing, thanks for the great game!
Thanks.
We have a couple of new updates landing in the next month and a bit including some new content and a new mode - Torchlight Mode - which is pretty self explanatory.
AranhaHunter
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Was GTA Chinatown Wars pulled from the app store? I went looking for it and couldn't find it.
More_Badass
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Great! I was hoping it would get more content. Any new areas to run through? Always thought a farm or foggy marshland would fit well with the aesthetic. You guys sure nailed the atmosphere though, I think that's my favorite aspect
Mind if I share that news on the Toucharcade forum or did one of the devs prefer to do that?
Lord Error
Insane For Sony
Is someone going to bite the bullet and buy Type:Rider? Last week I did everyone a favour by buying The Cave and warning everyone that's pretty much unplayable on ios. I'm a little worried this type rider will be all novelty / crap to play.
dreamcastmaster
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I just had a look and it's not there under Rockstars games.
More_Badass
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My impressions are in the OP (I like it a lot)
And here are some more impressions from the Toucharcade forums:
And finally...
Kawaii Pet Megu is kinda like a Tamagotchi style game.
I bought this yesterday. I'll post impressions soon.
While you're here, I'd like to ask how you feel about this Into the Dead clone. When I first saw it, I thought it was a spin-off made by you guys, then I looked up the developer's name.
Hatchi may not have super-cute graphics, but it received very positive reviews.
The increase in iOS 3G download size has opened things up a bit, so we are looking ahead to what might be possible, but no specific new environment pieces in this next update.
Feel free to share the Mobile Gaming Championship news above.
Want to keep on the downlow about other updates for the most part as people start asking difficult questions like what and when
GAF is a little more easy going in that respect.Pray for Death said:
Yeah, has been spotted and has gone around the office on email this week. I haven't played it yet, but seems like a nice little spin on the formula.
Have no objection or ill will toward the developer. We have no claim over what we did. Indeed, Into the Dead itself had very specific and obvious inspiration from Dead Runner and Zombie Highway, so it would be hard for us to claim the moral highground anyway.
Some people seem to get uptight about clones in a "genre" that is underserved. We've be the "bad guy" in the past when people were claiming our Blood Drive console game was a "ripoff" of Twisted Metal for example. But nobody will make such a claim for the games that are much closer together in terms of features and content like in the FPS genre.
If they had called it "Into the Pyramid" and they had more closely emulated our art style, I might have a problem. As it stands, good luck to them.
TheFLYINGManga_Ka
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One of the first ios games I ever bought, Castlevania Puzzle Encore of the Night, still one of my favorite ios games!
Glad it still works even without any updates!
Glad it still works even without any updates!
Having a quick look at AppAnnie, the game was removed on Monday, October 7th:
http://www.appannie.com/app/ios/gra...13-10-10&view=rank&store_id=143441&vtype=hour
According to Appshopper, they had the message:
So either they're trying to sort that out now (which would require a pretty big update, as the game wasn't iPhone 5 screen sized as well as iOS7 incompatible) or it's gone for the foreseeable future.
Good game that, played it on my DS.
TurboLibre
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So the Marvel Puzzle Quest game.
I bought a new hero and he's rare. Problem is, I have no idea how to level him up. The covers that drop look preset to the starter characters, and I can't unlock new abilities without his specific cover.
What exactly do they want me to do here?
I bought a new hero and he's rare. Problem is, I have no idea how to level him up. The covers that drop look preset to the starter characters, and I can't unlock new abilities without his specific cover.
What exactly do they want me to do here?
Wasn't even retina res. supported. Here's hoping they bring it back up to snuff. It was the best iOS GTA game (3 and Vice are competent ports but I preferred CW).
We are starting our beta test very soon! Want to try out Castaway Paradise and provide is with your feedback? Sign up now for the iOS beta:
iPad only or?
Wow, you bought the add-ons and only use the initial ones? I was thinking of replacing my IronBreaker. He just seems to die all the time. Hes the Bard in my group, or Red-shirt!
My Marauder is only level 3 so far, but he kicks butt. Having 3 attacks, sometimes 4 and then using a bow he can clear a ton of mobs. Hes out pacing my other guys in xp.
Minsc
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This is why I decided to just be happy with the covers you can get from the Story mode and prizes from the versus modes. Have you checked the prize charts? They award some really nice covers through versus every few days, if you played a ton, you'd get a 4-star wolverine cover every couple days as the tournaments reset often (remember there's two groupings for prizes, ranking and just cumulative score, so you don't have to worry about being first place or anything, just getting to a score level). Maybe your hero's cover is a prize in one of the versus modes too, or will be down the road. Since this is still sorta a beta edition, they probably will add / change a lot of stuff along the way.
Rekwest
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Riptide GP is free https://t.co/gRnKfk4nUw
dakeedskee
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When is Baldur's Gate II out?
Diablohead
Member
I forgot all about that game, at the time it felt like a terrible cash in on the SotN lure, so it's rather good?
iDracula still get's some play time on my phone, one of the first few app's I paid for on my 2g touch.
Ah ok, glad it's still coming out for iPhone as well, looks like a lot of fun!
toddhunter
Member
Supposed to be around November 15 on PC and Mac with ios versions aiming for that date as well. I'd expect an extra couple of weeks but you never know.
Thanks, I'll let her know about it. I think the graphics are a big selling point for Megu to her but this is at least worth a shot!
chickdigger802
Banned
depends on which ipad you got, but with how shit it runs on my mini (which sucks when combat relies heavily on timing), I'm betting anything less than ipad 4 is gonna suck.
Bought Deadman's Draw yesterday.
A simple yet addicting card game in which you draw cards from a deck and keep the highest value ones. Some cards have a special effect (f.e. ''steal a card from your opponent''), and when the deck is gone the player with the highest score wins.
Fun! But I do wonder how the bug that you can't proceed with a game got through testing.
(I stopped playing yesterday after a loss, wanted to try again later to find out that I could not click on the game ''in progress'', only solution was to start the tutorial again, quit that, then retry)
A simple yet addicting card game in which you draw cards from a deck and keep the highest value ones. Some cards have a special effect (f.e. ''steal a card from your opponent''), and when the deck is gone the player with the highest score wins.
Fun! But I do wonder how the bug that you can't proceed with a game got through testing.
(I stopped playing yesterday after a loss, wanted to try again later to find out that I could not click on the game ''in progress'', only solution was to start the tutorial again, quit that, then retry)
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