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The iPad/iPhone/iPod Touch Gaming |OT2| Part II
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Minsc
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Zzoram said:
It sorta plays like Chrono Trigger I guess, you have your overworld with enemies, and you trigger turn based battles when you get close to them... the turn based battles have a attack order in them to show you who goes when, and the leveling system is pretty crazy.
There's a short video review of the iPhone version here showing the above aspects of the game that's pretty high quality. There's a PSP version of the game here reviewed here, which you can see the leveling system in place around 3:20. Of course you can find plenty more videos of the game as well.
You can save at any time in the game, so that helps make up for the lack of iOS 4 multi-tasking support.
Depending on how fast you go through games, it is not very long for an RPG, I read around 20 hours, but many other places put it at 30-40, if you want to go at a slower pace and do more stuff.
As far as is it good? Most people say it's not anything great, but it's not bad either. Like a good B RPG, but when it comes to the iPhone's selection, you're sorta limited, so that helps it in some sense.
The interface unfortunately isn't great, but there's a chance it may be improved down the road. You have trouble with shops because you have to swipe up to scroll down, and swipe to pick commands in battles, it could have been much better, but some people don't mind it as much as others. You can see the interface in action in the iPhone video linked earlier for battles, or here (on an iPad), or here towards the end. I can't find any videos showing the shopping interface.
Musashi Wins!
FLAWLESS VICTOLY!
Anyone tried GTA Chinatown Wars on iPad?
Dacvak
No one shall be brought before our LORD David Bowie without the true and secret knowledge of the Photoshop. For in that time, so shall He appear.
I don't know if this is the right place to post this, but I played a bunch of the games on the Windows Mobile 7 phone at PAX, and it's pretty much garbage. I mean, it's a step above gaming on the Android, but it doesn't touch the iPhone. The games are even capped at 30fps.
Tis a shame.
Tis a shame.
Minsc
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EpicWin got another update submitted to apple (v1.2):
Not bad! Should be getting close to where it should have been by v1.5 or so
- Retina Graphics
- A much better Levelling Up curve
- Repeated quests reappear immediately when completed, and are more robust
...- A new tab to store Completed Quests
- Mute for Sound Effects and Background Music + More Audio Sets
- Fixed bug with playing iPod music at the same time
- Multi-tasking crash fixed
- Completed Quests gives Gold to collect
- Moar Loot
Not bad! Should be getting close to where it should have been by v1.5 or so
Zzoram said:
I like it a lot. One of the better JRPG:s I've played for a number of reasons: no random battles, no 10 year old characters, nice music, very nice graphics, ok story and a simple battle system that is not too easy. Altough the controls are a bit iffy compared to the PSP (no shit) but nothing that makes the game too cumbersome or anything.
At $4 it's a must buy. The best RPG on the Ipod/phone.
Gamecocks625
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RBH said:
NCAA Football 11 is currently on sale for 24 hours at $0.99.
http://itunes.apple.com/app/ncaa-football-by-ea-sports/id376106802?mt=8
Downloading now and fully expecting it to suck
VeryGooster
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There was an update for Stair Dismount Universal last night that now upgrades the game for Retina and apparently uses less memory now.
I remember this game back in the days of Windows 95. I was stupidly hooked then, and hooked now. It's fun for a free app, and if you want three more different-shaped characters it's 99 cents.
I remember this game back in the days of Windows 95. I was stupidly hooked then, and hooked now. It's fun for a free app, and if you want three more different-shaped characters it's 99 cents.
I hope somebody hasn't already posted this, but I just saw it :lol . The game actually looks like it might be worth checking out, so I may give it a shot.
Steve Young Football for iPad ($4.99), iPhone, and iPod ($.99). Here are some ads for it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78a4oNF2lpM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UE99Ho6CY70
Steve Young Football for iPad ($4.99), iPhone, and iPod ($.99). Here are some ads for it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78a4oNF2lpM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UE99Ho6CY70
goldenticket
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Gamecocks625 said:
yeah i jumped on it since it was 99c but didnt like it and deleted it fast
I have 3 GC-compatible games, but only one of them (Flight Control) shows up in the list. The other two (Azkend and Fieldrunners) do not, even though I have switched Fieldrunners over from OpenFeint to Game Center and started games of each.
Is there something else that needs to happen?
Is there something else that needs to happen?
VeryGooster
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Macho Madness
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FarmVille showed for me after I jumped out of the app then back into it.NIGHT- said:
tetrisgrammaton
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Has anyone tried to run a Cave game on the new Touches?
I'm guessing they don't run but maybe someone will surprise me.
I'm guessing they don't run but maybe someone will surprise me.
shouamabane
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tetrisgrammaton said:
Why wouldn't they run?
Haven't played the game in question...but you drag down to scroll up everywhere on iOS.animlboogy said:
I have the iPad one, it's decent. Watch some videos of it to get a better sense of the gameplay, I couldn't tell what it was like from screenshots but it's pretty obvious when you see it in motion.Gooster said:
Yeah it was designed for 256MB on the 3rd gen touch. It's had some memory issues on launch but that seems like an OpenFeint issue as much as anything else. Rebooting the device should free up enough memory on first launch to get past the initial OF screen.Ledsen said:
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
I love how instead of redoing GUI stuff at a higher res, they just mapped everything to 1 pixel, so what were once huge buttons with medium text, are now tiny buttons with incomprehensible text. :lolGooster said:
Gamecocks625 said:
Controls are buttery smooth.. Definitely worth checking out!
I can't even describe how in love I am with iOS gaming as of late. (and this feeling is mostly
uninfluenced by the fact that I'm developing for the platform..).
If I could travel a few years back in time and tell my younger gamer-self that *mobile games* would become my most played platform
... I'm pretty sure that information would shock me more than the existence of time travel :lol
VeryGooster
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cjelly said:
Pretty much! :lol
MrCheez said:
I've not turned my PS3 on since i got my iphone, god help me if i ever let myself pay more than 59p for a game. I spend more time checking Freeappreport and appshopper than anything else.
Pizza Boy looks good but there's only supposed to be 30-45 mins worth of content?
Spirit seems great, got it a long time ago but I really haven't played it much yet.
Ever since I've started using the great Kindle app to read on the device, I have been playing games less... But my current favorite games would be:
SpeedForge (still love it, by far best wipeout-like game in the app store, plus it's only $0.99 and is a total steal for all the content and polish it has, just turn off Motion Blur in the display settings if it's on, it messes up the silky smooth framerate)
Ozone (beautiful chill abstract game, hard to describe, very comparable to Osmos but very different at the same time)
Mirror's Edge (even though it's very different from the pc version, I feel like it totally catches the atmosphere, speed and 'flow' of it, love it)
Robot Unicorn Attack (no comment)
Jet Car Stunts (the most engaging platforming and the most fun I've had with tilt controls on the device thus far, this game is so damn fun!)
Ever since I've started using the great Kindle app to read on the device, I have been playing games less... But my current favorite games would be:
SpeedForge (still love it, by far best wipeout-like game in the app store, plus it's only $0.99 and is a total steal for all the content and polish it has, just turn off Motion Blur in the display settings if it's on, it messes up the silky smooth framerate)
Ozone (beautiful chill abstract game, hard to describe, very comparable to Osmos but very different at the same time)
Mirror's Edge (even though it's very different from the pc version, I feel like it totally catches the atmosphere, speed and 'flow' of it, love it)
Robot Unicorn Attack (no comment)
Jet Car Stunts (the most engaging platforming and the most fun I've had with tilt controls on the device thus far, this game is so damn fun!)
Sinnce getting the iPhone 4 I've been gaming less. Most of my games don't support the Retina Display, and they look fricken ugly. Not to mention the loads of pixelated icons scattered everywhere.
Disappointing. From now on I won't buy any game or app that doesn't support Retina.
Disappointing. From now on I won't buy any game or app that doesn't support Retina.
VariantX04
Loser slave of the system :(
Call it what you want but I also tend to avoid games that don't have Retina support. Shit's an eyesore once you adapt.Minsc said:
Oh, that's definitely not the case. I may have exaggerated it a little. It's just that Retina games looks much better than regular games. See this for example;Minsc said:
Carcassonne (Retina): http://qkpic.com/98876
Monster Dash: http://qkpic.com/563c9
Dashboard w/ awesome icons: http://qkpic.com/65574
Folder w/ some nasty icons: http://qkpic.com/1b74f
The difference is huge IMO. Is MonsterDash unplayable? Hell no, it's an awesome awesome game. But god, looking at Carcassonne makes me want a Retina version of my favorite apps ASAP.
I still love my iPhone. Hell, no, wait, that's an understatement. I live by it. I just want mah Retina :-(
Best entertainment gadget I ever bought (iPhone in general, not just the 4).
345triangle
Member
would the pixel art in monster dash even look any better with retina display support than it already does?
Minsc
Gold Member
AgentWhiskersX said:
It just seems silly to me to have some criteria where you write off every iPhone/PSP/GBA/NDS/PSX/SNES/GEN etc game ever made because it isn't 300dpi or higher (and even newer gen console titles don't have the clarity of the iPhone if you really want to go there).
I'd kill for an Ogre Tactics port to the iPhone (given the same treatment as the FF:T one), huge pixels of the PSP version and all. To have some sort of condition where if the pixels are too big the game isn't playable seems pretty awful to me.
VariantX04
Loser slave of the system :(
Don't get me wrong, games don't become instantly unplayable. I just don't feel inclined to play a game I spent money on unless retina support was included. One of the main reasons I upgraded to an iPhone 4 was the gorgeous display. I'd love to see it get as much use as possible.Minsc said:
I still can't believe how awesome the Retina display is. I held my 3GS and 4 side-by-side and the white looks like sepia on the 3GS. Literally, sepia. The damn thing is impressive. I especially love reading on it now, everything looks and feels crisp and clean.
Btw: Gravity Runner is free for a limited time, grab it while you can. I bought it 2 weeks ago and it's fun.
Btw: Gravity Runner is free for a limited time, grab it while you can. I bought it 2 weeks ago and it's fun.
Well, I think I figured out what was wrong with Azkend and Game Center -- the new version is a buggy piece of shit. I tried playing a quick game of Survival to generate some kind of score event, hoping this would communicate to Game Center and get it to recognize the game. As soon as the game completed, it started throwing code errors in model notification boxes -- WTF.
I "played" a game of Fieldrunners -- suicide, basically -- to see if it would register, and it also threw an exception. In retrospect, though, I don't know if ending with a final score of 0 might also be a problem.
I "played" a game of Fieldrunners -- suicide, basically -- to see if it would register, and it also threw an exception. In retrospect, though, I don't know if ending with a final score of 0 might also be a problem.
Guys, it appears there's a new "Tappi Bear" game with a special 1$ launch price. It has all the 4 Tappi Bear game plus a new one.
I don't have any Tappi Bear game but this seems like a very good deal, because each individual game is sold for 1$, while this app has them all for a buck for a limited time. Edit: supports Game Center.
LOL I have 0.81 in my account, time to stock on gift cards.
I don't have any Tappi Bear game but this seems like a very good deal, because each individual game is sold for 1$, while this app has them all for a buck for a limited time. Edit: supports Game Center.
LOL I have 0.81 in my account, time to stock on gift cards.
VariantX04
Loser slave of the system :(
Bought. I can gift it to you if you want. It's only $0.99.Echoes said:
X Invasion 2 is free today. Any good?
Picked up Project Sanctuary for $0.99 yesterday, and it's a surprisingly good game. Top-down, dual-stick third person post-apocalyptic shooter with leveling, skill trees, weapon upgrades, multiple game modes, and 4 playable characters. 24 unique stages, 1 unlockable character, 3 difficulty levels, unofficial achievements, good graphics and controls. Good value.
Picked up Project Sanctuary for $0.99 yesterday, and it's a surprisingly good game. Top-down, dual-stick third person post-apocalyptic shooter with leveling, skill trees, weapon upgrades, multiple game modes, and 4 playable characters. 24 unique stages, 1 unlockable character, 3 difficulty levels, unofficial achievements, good graphics and controls. Good value.
Thanks a lot for the nice offer! Got me a 50$ card as soon as I typed the post (though I'm officially broke nowAgentWhiskersX said:
). Such a fantastic deal, 5 fantastic games (with tons of Donuts!) for just a buck. Get it, gaffers!I also got Steve Young Football. Fun game, though not sure if I want to recommend it yet.
VariantX04
Loser slave of the system :(
I'm totally loving StarDunk. More people need to buy this game. Super slick controls, you get better every time, and online play is addictive as fuck. Supports Game Center, too.
EDIT:
Still haven't tried it yet, though.
EDIT:
Read your tweet and went ahead and picked it up.Echoes said:
Still haven't tried it yet, though.- Status