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[japtor]

Murder Area - Gameloft's visually stunning iOS take on Killzone 3 incoming!

No Eternity Sword?

I tried to explain my method earlier (maybe last page). Essentially what I did is try to get as little air as possible. You can do this by continue to hold down a little into uphills and press down right before you are about to jump. You keep doing this and you won't get any perfect slides and you should be able to survive long enough to make it to island 4.

My strategy was a mixture of this and, since I was too impatient to do that the whole way, just intentionally missing after big jumps. You can get a decent amount of speed and air with the blue thingys and just from riding a few hills...just have to avoid landing the jumps well.

 

[starmud]

I, too am in love with Battlehearts, I even enjoy grinding, which I don't think I have enjoyed in forever. So what teams are you putting together?


I like using Knight, Cleric, Wizard, Barbarian


Also, are you upgrading your weapons, your armor, both, neither?


Finally, how do you beat the huge Slime? He is practically one-shotting me with his gas breath thing.

battleheart is crazy addicting @____@ i want another update now! lol

your players will die pretty fast if you don't move them off of the sludge spots he puts on the ground. if you keep them moving it should be ok.

my main team is a knight, cleric, wizard and witch. lately i've been mixing the healing duties between bard and cleric. im starting to really love playing the barb instead. vengeful angel is great but you can easily run into trouble while running around on the cleric, leading to a main attacker dying from not being healed fast enough.

i didn't upgrade anything, i focused my money on buying support slot items. the fact two of a kind stack seems kinda broken. its a huge bonus equipping two of the same with high % trinkets.

i've gotten 5 or so rare weapons from doing arena runs but i have yet to see one of the rare armors... im guessing you need more than 70+ kills in arena 3 to get them? or maybe they come from one of the other arenas...

 

[soldat7]

World of Goo coming to iPhone/iPod Touch

http://2dboy.com/2011/02/25/world-of-goo-iphone/

Yes!

Battle for Wesnoth is 0.99, so I bought it. Apparently there is hundreds of hours in content. Originally it is a PC game, and from the little I played it seems well made.

It will be getting a Retina update at some point as well.

 

[Meier]

Has anyone unlocked the Lantern yet in Hot Springs Story? I am about 9 years in now without any luck yet.. haven't had any investment opportunities lately either so I am trying to target some of the types of people I'd ignored previously in hopes that might help. Also having some difficulty getting #1 in anything but the local guide which is frustrating.

AHHH damn, just got 2nd in the Prefectural Guide. Curse you #1!

 

[jonnybryce]

oh yes, can we play 'Name Gameloft's ripoff of that popular game' ?



I'll start, i name the Gameloft game, and you name the original:

Desire for Velocity: Scolding Chase
Marsupial Peninsula
Wyvern Times
Ballisticblizzard
Deceased Area

lmao, Desire for Velocity and Marsupial Peninsula are amazing. I need MOAR!

No Eternity Sword?

For some reason I can't even figure this one out even though I know it's probably so obvious. Maybe because I'm still laughing over Desire for Velocity. edit: Oh!

Spoiler

Nope got it wrong at first but now I get it..Infinity Blade! Nice one.

 

[neojubei]

I wish someone would wake up Q entertainment to make some more games for iOS. sigh.

 

[krypt0nian]

battleheart is crazy addicting @____@ i want another update now! lol

your players will die pretty fast if you don't move them off of the sludge spots he puts on the ground. if you keep them moving it should be ok.

my main team is a knight, cleric, wizard and witch. lately i've been mixing the healing duties between bard and cleric. im starting to really love playing the barb instead. vengeful angel is great but you can easily run into trouble while running around on the cleric, leading to a main attacker dying from not being healed fast enough.

i didn't upgrade anything, i focused my money on buying support slot items. the fact two of a kind stack seems kinda broken. its a huge bonus equipping two of the same with high % trinkets.

i've gotten 5 or so rare weapons from doing arena runs but i have yet to see one of the rare armors... im guessing you need more than 70+ kills in arena 3 to get them? or maybe they come from one of the other arenas...

Ooh I didn't know there were rares in the arena! I usually skip those.

My team is around lvl25 now with no more weap/armor upgrades purchasable. Are the rares more powerful?

 

[numble]

How do you get to 175k in Tiny Wings?!

 

[tsigo]

24x or higher multiplier, plus a good game, I'd wager.

 

[Jonnyram]

Did anyone buy 6th Planet yet?

 

[Alts]

How do you get to 175k in Tiny Wings?!

x26 multiplier and end of 7th island gave me 174k, so...

 

[shawnlreed]

I hope none of you ever has to know the pain of finding out you missed the achievement because your fever was 33.9 seconds long.

 

[graywolf323]

Did anyone buy 6th Planet yet?

no but I did cave and get Carcassonne and Galaxy on Fire 2

 

[whitehawk]

How do you get to 175k in Tiny Wings?!

I'm at 28x multiplier, so now 175k is a bad run for me.

 

[gotee12]

Battle for Wesnoth is 0.99, so I bought it. Apparently there is hundreds of hours in content. Originally it is a PC game, and from the little I played it seems well made.

Thanx for posting. Bought.

 

[smokeymicpot]

34 seconds fever is a bitch in Tiny Wings. I am having trouble getting it too.

 

[Vard]

Just found out about Sword & Sworcery EP via Drawn. Looks great (video there): http://www.swordandsworcery.com/

It's from Capybara (the Critter Crunch lads).

 

[shawnlreed]

43 second Fever!
My painful 33.9 second Fever has been forgotten!

Spoiler

So..... now I have to make a great slide right after 5 island jumps in one game? Oh crap.

 

[whitehawk]

43 second Fever!
My painful 33.9 second Fever has been forgotten!

Spoiler

So..... now I have to make a great slide right after 5 island jumps in one game? Oh crap.

It's easier than you think. There are sure fire ways for every level. For example on island 8 I know you don't touch anything, and you will land perfectly. Some levels you have to tap slightly, and then hold the screen at the last second. You'll get the hang of it.

 

[Downhome]

Oh thank God, I just got to 175k and got to 28x finally! My score ended up being 177,127, so I just barely got there. I saw night chasing me before I hit it, and my heart started beating so fast, lol. Talk about nerve wracking!

 

[hyp]

I wish someone would wake up Q entertainment to make some more games for iOS. sigh.

isn't mielke an iphone hater? he's probably got an influence on those guys.

 

[neojubei]

isn't mielke an iphone hater? he's probably got an influence on those guys.

Is he? Just great. Q entertainment could be making boatloads of money. They are great at making short good puzzle games.

 

[Barry Lightning]

Just found out about Sword & Sworcery EP via Drawn. Looks great (video there): http://www.swordandsworcery.com/

It's from Capybara (the Critter Crunch lads).

oh yea...i'll be needin that.

 

[neojubei]

Anyone think there will huge game sales when the iPad 2 comes out ?

 

[Juice]

Glad to see so many others addicted to BattleHeart. A rare gem. I was looking for an RPG with a great story and got an RPG with great gameplay (and no story) instead. So addictive though.

 

[Jonnyram]

isn't mielke an iphone hater? he's probably got an influence on those guys.

No way, he loves iphone, but Q are crazy busy with other projects.

 

[neojubei]

No way, he loves iphone, but Q are crazy busy with other projects.

That's good to hear. I guess maybe on their downtime they might make an iPhone game or two.

 

[krypt0nian]

Glad to see so many others addicted to BattleHeart. A rare gem. I was looking for an RPG with a great story and got an RPG with great gameplay (and no story) instead. So addictive though.

I find myself having to self-ration. I don't want it to end.

Any news from MikaMobile about updates?

 

[Lijik]

Is anyone else preferring Hot Springs Story to Game Dev Story? The building aspect is a lot more appealing to me.

I prefer aspects of both, but I don't have a clear favorite yet.
While I do greatly enjoy the building aspects, I feel that Game Dev had a quicker pace and a more constant reward feedback that made it easier to sink time into.

 

[Leona Lewis]

No way, he loves iphone, but Q are crazy busy with other projects.

Was there ever an explanation for why the full Lumines game was removed from the app store while the demo was unaffected? I was going to buy it with the gift card I got a few weeks ago but couldn't find it.

 

[Meier]

Sonuvabitch.. I thought for sure I'd figured out that the lantern wasjust the light source on the walls but I still cant get the jacuzzi bonus even with 2 pachinko machines, the massage chair and the bath being right next to one. Bummer!

 

[Dash Kappei]

The accelerometer of course, which is why flipping the screen has to be manually done in settings and isn't automated like other games. I didn't find it difficult to adjust but you could always cheat by holding your phone upside down at your torso and leaning down to kinda see it upright.

What?!
I just flipped the screen in settings, and then rotated my iPAD so it wasn't upside down.
You get the achievement and I honestly thought it was an "intentional" cheat since you can see a smiley at the end of the achievement description.
Either way, it works.

 

[hyp]

No way, he loves iphone, but Q are crazy busy with other projects.

okay, good to know! i could swear he was bashing it in some interview... glad to be proven wrong though.

 

[Yoshiya]

Any word of where the fuck the IB update is? Kind of shitty to hype the post launch support before release, leading many people (including myself) to look past the game's shortcomings, and then to have said support turn out to be a handful of in-game items and micro-transaction gold.

 

[Jswanko]

Just started playing Carcassonne, looking for some people to play it with. My "Nick" is Jabe if you want to add me.

EDIT: Hmm do you need email account? Dont quite get how adding friends works.

 

[krypt0nian]

For the Battleheart freaks like me, not sure if this has been posted but on the 27th, @mikamobile tweeted:

@eviemartin4 I'm hoping to have the archer done in a week or two.  Doing the special effects is the slowest part.

Huzzah! Content coming!

 

[Jonnyram]

Apparently 100 Rogues ver 2.6 has been submitted and should hopefully be out by the end of the week. A number of bug fixes, and I believe a new mode, though I can't find the source now.

 

[krypt0nian]

Apparently 100 Rogues ver 2.6 has been submitted and should hopefully be out by the end of the week. A number of bug fixes, and I believe a new mode, though I can't find the source now.

Nice! My other love gets an update. Hopefully even less crashes. They improved that last update, but I still get a few more than I'd like. <3

 

[Reese-015]

Any word of where the fuck the IB update is? Kind of shitty to hype the post launch support before release, leading many people (including myself) to look past the game's shortcomings, and then to have said support turn out to be a handful of in-game items and micro-transaction gold.

It's coming soon, mark rein has been tweeting about it. The game is friggin' perfect to me though and the update will just mostly be a free 'expansion', not exactly a 'fix' for any sort of shortcomings you think the game may have.

Oh and I saw some people talking about this here: the best strategy with gear/leveling is to suck the xp out of all gear, beginning with the weakest stuff. So don't just save up for the infinity blade, buy and max out all gear. Well, of course you dont have to but this is the only way to get your level the highest since you can't level up without mastering gear.

Also someone quite a few pages back was asking about the healing ring and potions: healing ring is for doing healing spells while fighting, has nothing to with potions. Though there are helmets that do increase the amount of potions you'll encounter.

 

[Yoshiya]

It's coming soon, mark rein has been tweeting about it. The game is friggin' perfect to me though and the update will just mostly be a free 'expansion', not exactly a 'fix' for any sort of shortcomings you think the game may have.

I'd consider lack of content a primary shortcoming.

 

[jax (old)]

For the Battleheart freaks like me, not sure if this has been posted but on the 27th, @mikamobile tweeted:

Huzzah! Content coming!

that's bloody awesome. I can't wait for more bosses + map areas though. That's be sick

re: arena items. Its hard to get the game to drop what you really want. That last arena.. I've only ever managed to kill 56max and I did get a rare weapon. But most times, you get stuff you can sell for a lot of change but yeah...

 

[Reese-015]

I'd consider lack of content a primary shortcoming.

Imo that's not what the game focuses on. The game's focus is on the combat with it's ever-increasing difficulty. I understand how some perceive it differently though, since it has a lot of the look and feel of a game that you expect to have a grande epic storyline for example. Imo it's similar to how people complained about Rage only having three levels, while, if you see it as the Time Crisis-like score attack game that it is, it makes perfect sense (in fact I've played it a lot and I'm still focusing on the first level and still having a blast with it).

 

[japtor]

I hope none of you ever has to know the pain of finding out you missed the achievement because your fever was 33.9 seconds long.

Thankfully it didn't take me too many tries:

I think the achievement came up in mid air on a big jump and I blew the landing immediately afterwards.

The real annoying thing is that I've had >34 second fevers in previous games, kinda wish it just had a standard achievement list (or sets of 3).

 

[Gazunta]

Hey guys, I wanted to give a shout out to a new game that came out on the App Store today. I've got nothing to do with it besides doing some early Beta testing, BUT it was made by a couple of ex-Krome folk, AND it's awesome

Poker Invaders - YouTube Trailer

It's called Poker Invaders, and like the title suggests it's a cross between Poker and Space Invaders. Aliens come down the screen, and to destroy them you have to beat them at poker.

Each alien space ship has a poker hand displayed on it, and you have to assemble a better hand with your available cards. It's pretty damn addictive!

It supports OF and GC and is 99cents on the App Store. YAY FOR NEW GAMES!

 

[Fjordson]

Just saw the news about Hot Springs Story. YES! I'll totally buy this -- even if I only play it for a few days like I did GameDev, it's still worth that price. Looking forward to checking it out.

That's awesome to hear. GameDevStory had me addicted for a good week. Can't wait.

Also, bought Tiny Wings like plenty of others in here. It's all I'm playing now. Currently getting stuck on island 6, but it's so fun.

 

[Adam J.]

Been playing the hell out of Infinity Blade and finally beat that prick God King (felt so good run a sword through his gut.)

Needless to say I'm really excited about the upcoming expansion. Hope there are new areas of the castle to explore--I'm also hoping they further flesh out whats going on with the "story" (the ending was super neat, btw).

 

[Rlan]

Hey guys, I wanted to give a shout out to a new game that came out on the App Store today. I've got nothing to do with it besides doing some early Beta testing, BUT it was made by a couple of ex-Krome folk, AND it's awesome

Poker Invaders - YouTube Trailer

It's called Poker Invaders, and like the title suggests it's a cross between Poker and Space Invaders. Aliens come down the screen, and to destroy them you have to beat them at poker.

Each alien space ship has a poker hand displayed on it, and you have to assemble a better hand with your available cards. It's pretty damn addictive!

It supports OF and GC and is 99cents on the App Store. YAY FOR NEW GAMES!

Bigger images:

Hopefully it'll help my obliviousness to some hands when I play actual poker

As Gaz said, it was developed by some of the Krome Adelaide guys, who I used to work with. Support Adelaide game development!

 

[Reese-015]

Been playing the hell out of Infinity Blade and finally beat that prick God King (felt so good run a sword through his gut.)

Needless to say I'm really excited about the upcoming expansion. Hope there are new areas of the castle to explore--I'm also hoping they further flesh out whats going on with the "story" (the ending was super neat, btw).

New areas are confirmed and I'm hoping for more story clues as well! And after the coming update they're gonna try to bring out multiplayer.

 

[Jimrpg]

loved game dev story so i immediately bought hot springs story

from the 2 minutes i played - it still uses the square resolution (rather than the widescreen or portrait format)

and the menus and everything are basically laid out exactly the same....

its almost a reskin... but i do like onsens so looking forward to exploring this game.

oh and battleheart is fantastic - even at $2.49 is a steal ($2.99 for aussies)

some really good games on the iphone now... i would say maybe a year or two ago not so much.

 

[jonnybryce]

What?!
I just flipped the screen in settings, and then rotated my iPAD so it wasn't upside down.
You get the achievement and I honestly thought it was an "intentional" cheat since you can see a smiley at the end of the achievement description.
Either way, it works.

Oh. Either the achievement means flip the screen in settings and play and I misunderstood, or your supposed to play with the visuals upside down and that's another glitch. Idk.

Been playing the hell out of Infinity Blade and finally beat that prick God King (felt so good run a sword through his gut.)

Needless to say I'm really excited about the upcoming expansion. Hope there are new areas of the castle to explore--I'm also hoping they further flesh out whats going on with the "story" (the ending was super neat, btw).

Congrats on beating him! I came so close a few times and finally beating him was so satisfying. I thought

Spoiler

I'd get the Infinity Blade from him but turns out you don't...but you can always buy it in the store which I find really dumb. Oh well, they want their money.

I thought the ending was cool in multiple ways,

Spoiler

I know there is a little uncertainty but I'm of the belief that you are now the God King and your son, believing you died since you never returned ("Now they'll come for you"), is coming for you. The digital thing was bad ass.

The game was a blast and I want a new campaign very badly.