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The iPad/iPhone/iPod Touch Gaming |OT2| Part II
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Agent White
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Haha you don't understand how lucky I got with that score. I got it on my first game when gamecenter was added.Gamecocks625 said:
mattiewheels
And then the LORD David Bowie saith to his Son, Jonny Depp: 'Go, and spread my image amongst the cosmos. For every living thing is in anguish and only the LIGHT shall give them reprieve.'
I guess there's a reason you have that tag. Guess that's the first thing you notice about a game? Such a curse.dark10x said:
And how can puzzle agent be updated for retina and still look 'crap' on iphone 4? Do people just not like the art style? Because the cutscenes seem wonderfully done, probably the biggest selling point since the puzzles supposedly aren't that great.
OrangeYouGlad
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whitehawk said:
Goes the same for iPhone 4. If I use any app for 5-10 minutes it takes a couple percent. I have every battery sucking feature off too.
Edit: Also, would anyone be interested in a My Life as a King clone for the iPhone? Or is there one around?
Keyser Soze
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Keyser Soze
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Cut The Rope HD is beyond awesome. Just finied Carboardboxm and 3 stared everything 
I have not played the iPhone version, but I feel like I could get annoyed playing it on a screen smaller than the iPad. Seems like the extra screen real estate makes a difference here.
I have not played the iPhone version, but I feel like I could get annoyed playing it on a screen smaller than the iPad. Seems like the extra screen real estate makes a difference here.
wondermega
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Military Madness:Neo Nectaris for iPhone reduced $4.99->0.99. Oldschool Turbografx-16 game that's the predecessor to Advance Wars.
(EDIT: Oh we posted at the same time)
For the GLU games, I grabbed the Bonsai Blast game - it is in the style of puzzloop/luxor/zuma. It's quite good actually, definitely grab it while it is still free!
(EDIT: Oh we posted at the same time)
For the GLU games, I grabbed the Bonsai Blast game - it is in the style of puzzloop/luxor/zuma. It's quite good actually, definitely grab it while it is still free!
VariantX04
Loser slave of the system :(
Is Hero of Sparta II any good?
app to get?Marty Chinn
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Mejilan said:
Spot on. Citadel looks visually impressive at a glance until you start breaking it down. No doubt I never thought I'd see visuals like this on a phone this soon and its impressive with that regard, but at what cost which you break down nicely. Not to mention that the lighting looks baked in this demo. If it's not, they certainly didn't do anything to show off dynamic lights.
Macho Madness
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WordAssassin
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Cut The Rope is easily, easily the best game I've ever played on the iPhone. It is just so, so well done, the gameplay and controls are flawless and couldn't be done on any other system, the difficulty ramp up is perfect, and the levels are SO WELL DESIGNED. Everything about this game is perfect. This is like, my perfect iOS game. I have never been drawn into an app like this except for possibly Doodle Jump, and Cut the Rope is just so, so much better at everything.
The only thing that saddens me is that I bought it yesterday, and I'm already on the 4th Box. It's not that it's short, it has 100 levels, but that just means I've been playing it non-stop and I'm sad it'll be over soon. But that outlined box promising more levels in the future has me hopeful.
This game is so good. This is what gaming is about. There are some levels that are hard, and you're like "YES" when you finally 3-Star them, but there are some levels that aren't so much hard as you just have to work quickly and pull off all kinds of tricks and you're just like "FUCK YEAH!!" when you do it because you just feel awesome. :lol
I hope it gets Retina Display graphics soon.
Also, in the later levels, does it load really slow for anyone else when you complete a level? Like, I'll get 3 stars, the candy drop into OM-NOM's mouth, he eats it, and then the game just stalls. The music keeps playing, but nothing is moving, and then after a few seconds the score screen comes up. I've tried rebooting my phone, nothing. I don't want to uninstall the app because I don't want to lose my save (I have 3 stars on all but 2 levels so far, wahaha). Anyone else?
Fake Edit: Just saw that the iPad version is out. Don't think I'm gonna bite because I totally feel like this should have just been an update to make it a universal app. There's no extra shit in the iPad version that's not in the iPhone version. It's Angry Birds/Angry Birds HD all over again.
And on that note, to the person who said they thought the extra screen space would be better: not necessarily. There are times when you needs to cut multiple ropes at once and doing that with both thumbs while holding the phone is much, much easier than resting the iPad somewhere to use both index fingers.
I also like this game more than Angry Birds. AB feels like it's more luck than skill. This game makes me remember what fun games can be when they're done right. That's not to say AB is bad, though, and I really, really hope that the team keeps it updated like AB has been. Imagine if they added a second monster in the box, and there were two pieces of candy you had to guide through the levels at the same time. Oh God the insanity!
The only thing that saddens me is that I bought it yesterday, and I'm already on the 4th Box. It's not that it's short, it has 100 levels, but that just means I've been playing it non-stop and I'm sad it'll be over soon. But that outlined box promising more levels in the future has me hopeful.
This game is so good. This is what gaming is about. There are some levels that are hard, and you're like "YES" when you finally 3-Star them, but there are some levels that aren't so much hard as you just have to work quickly and pull off all kinds of tricks and you're just like "FUCK YEAH!!" when you do it because you just feel awesome. :lol
I hope it gets Retina Display graphics soon.
Also, in the later levels, does it load really slow for anyone else when you complete a level? Like, I'll get 3 stars, the candy drop into OM-NOM's mouth, he eats it, and then the game just stalls. The music keeps playing, but nothing is moving, and then after a few seconds the score screen comes up. I've tried rebooting my phone, nothing. I don't want to uninstall the app because I don't want to lose my save (I have 3 stars on all but 2 levels so far, wahaha). Anyone else?
Fake Edit: Just saw that the iPad version is out. Don't think I'm gonna bite because I totally feel like this should have just been an update to make it a universal app. There's no extra shit in the iPad version that's not in the iPhone version. It's Angry Birds/Angry Birds HD all over again.
And on that note, to the person who said they thought the extra screen space would be better: not necessarily. There are times when you needs to cut multiple ropes at once and doing that with both thumbs while holding the phone is much, much easier than resting the iPad somewhere to use both index fingers.
I also like this game more than Angry Birds. AB feels like it's more luck than skill. This game makes me remember what fun games can be when they're done right. That's not to say AB is bad, though, and I really, really hope that the team keeps it updated like AB has been. Imagine if they added a second monster in the box, and there were two pieces of candy you had to guide through the levels at the same time. Oh God the insanity!
So some second impressions on pes2011:
Its good, but its dissapointingly only a small yearly adjustment compared to what it should be, it feels much more like a patch than a new game, which for the price point makes it near impossible to recommend. The goalkeepers and shooting are perhaps the most dissapointing aspect. Football games live and die on their shooting and keeping, most people can forgive anything, hell they did with previous pes versions over the years (no licenses, few teams, no options, no modes) because the gameplay, especially the scoring, was given so much finese. In pes2011 the shooting is automatic, save for penalties, and feels like there is only 2 ways to score, every shout gets the same 1 of 4 animations out of the keeper and the most likely goal comes from the parry into oncoming striker, bam, goal.
I dont know whether iphone sales for the franchise dont justify any real effort but its sad to see another year where Fifa gets the scoring right but fucks up the gameplay and pes gets the gameplay right but fucks up the scoring :/, makes both hard to recommend as both feel really incomplete and are hard to enjoy for prolonged periods.
Its good, but its dissapointingly only a small yearly adjustment compared to what it should be, it feels much more like a patch than a new game, which for the price point makes it near impossible to recommend. The goalkeepers and shooting are perhaps the most dissapointing aspect. Football games live and die on their shooting and keeping, most people can forgive anything, hell they did with previous pes versions over the years (no licenses, few teams, no options, no modes) because the gameplay, especially the scoring, was given so much finese. In pes2011 the shooting is automatic, save for penalties, and feels like there is only 2 ways to score, every shout gets the same 1 of 4 animations out of the keeper and the most likely goal comes from the parry into oncoming striker, bam, goal.
I dont know whether iphone sales for the franchise dont justify any real effort but its sad to see another year where Fifa gets the scoring right but fucks up the gameplay and pes gets the gameplay right but fucks up the scoring :/, makes both hard to recommend as both feel really incomplete and are hard to enjoy for prolonged periods.
Darkflight
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Yep, noticed that myselfWordAssassin said:
Keyser Soze
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I just played the hell out of Cut the Rope HD, and have three started all available levels except the very last one, which I two stared...
...MOAR LEVELS!!
...MOAR LEVELS!!
WordAssassin said:
Thats annoying, as it has game center support doesn't it? So having two separate apps means it won't track your progress properly. Anything with gamecenter should be a universal app.
I do prefer playing on the ipad, but there are some games that aren't automatically better for the larger size - I'm not a huge fan of flight control HD for example - too much movement involved, I like the flicks on the smaller ipod touch version.
VariantX04
Loser slave of the system :(
Cut the Rope needs a better title.
WordAssassin
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What do you suggest? That's the main gameplay mechanic. Though Angry Birds isn't called like, "Fling the Bird" or whatever. Feed the Beast?AgentWhiskersX said:
Diablohead
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Angry sweets?AgentWhiskersX said:
Gamecocks625
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So I'll definitely get Modern Combat 2 and Cut the Rope (and PES 2011 when it appears on the US store).
Is Sonic 4 worth the purchase? I've heard extremely mixed reviews on this one.
Is Sonic 4 worth the purchase? I've heard extremely mixed reviews on this one.
Liu Kang Baking A Pie
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Modern Rope 2.
Liu Kang Baking A Pie
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The battery life is way better on the iPod touch than your iPod nano. You're doing much more than playing music. Come on.YagizY said:
The touch can play 40 hours of music. The nano can play 24 hours.
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