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The iPad/iPhone/iPod Touch Gaming |OT2| Part II
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Mushi Bug Panic is out, $4. Doesn't appear to be showing up on the store on my iPad (even running 4.2) but is on my iPhone.
...and my phone doesn't have enough space to download and install. doh.
...and my phone doesn't have enough space to download and install. doh.
I've played it a bit. It's really fucking hard, but it's insanely fun. It's kind of like a twin-stick gauntlet, I guess - big levels with areas that open up after defeating waves (kind of like getting keys in gauntlet). The huge chain reactions are very satisfying, and the twin-stick controls are handled pretty well too.japtor said:
Yeah Rage and Rage HD (<- iTunes links) should be out everywhere now. Downloading the HD one on my iPad right now, probably don't have enough space on my phone for it.burgerdog said:
Also tested out Mushi on iPad, works there (in 4.2) so it's just not showing up in the store on there.
If you want an arena type experience Mushi has that too once you pass each Adventure mode world it seems. I opened up the first one so far, gets pretty hectic. Has time attack and endless modes.
wonderkins
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Why are your links tagged with a partner and site ID?
Rage HD: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/rage-hd/id400707675?mt=8
Rage: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/rage/id396956740?mt=8
Rage HD: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/rage-hd/id400707675?mt=8
Rage: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/rage/id396956740?mt=8
Link generator, trashed them.
Anyways finished the first level on iPad (took a second try to survive it), it's pretty damn crazy. I never really got into Doom Resurrection cause it was kinda slow while Rage gets into the action pretty quickly.
One trick to survive a bit if you need to reload (particularly the shotgun) is to hold up on the throwing object guys and just keep dodging while reloading. Probably won't work on the later levels (seems to throw a lot of guys at you at once) but if you have the opportunity you might as well use it.
Control wise I'm not sure how I feel about it yet...corner button placement is kinda uncomfortable on the iPad, while touchpad (scroll to aim) feels like it might be a disadvantage, and tilt seems pretty difficult during hectic segments, like going for bulleyes or powerups off to the side. A lot of the time I just focused on killing cause it was a crapshoot whether I could tilt it right to get the powerups...which are pretty important. I just barely got through the first level by conserving (other than one segment where I said fuck it and mowed down a bunch at once with the machine gun).
edit-also found a small bug with Mushi, if you lock the device while the game is open it kills the sound for it. Going home and opening it again doesn't work to bring it back, you have to open the app switcher and kill it from there (tap hold for the jiggle, hit the minus) and relaunch.
Anyways finished the first level on iPad (took a second try to survive it), it's pretty damn crazy. I never really got into Doom Resurrection cause it was kinda slow while Rage gets into the action pretty quickly.
One trick to survive a bit if you need to reload (particularly the shotgun) is to hold up on the throwing object guys and just keep dodging while reloading. Probably won't work on the later levels (seems to throw a lot of guys at you at once) but if you have the opportunity you might as well use it.
Control wise I'm not sure how I feel about it yet...corner button placement is kinda uncomfortable on the iPad, while touchpad (scroll to aim) feels like it might be a disadvantage, and tilt seems pretty difficult during hectic segments, like going for bulleyes or powerups off to the side. A lot of the time I just focused on killing cause it was a crapshoot whether I could tilt it right to get the powerups...which are pretty important. I just barely got through the first level by conserving (other than one segment where I said fuck it and mowed down a bunch at once with the machine gun).
edit-also found a small bug with Mushi, if you lock the device while the game is open it kills the sound for it. Going home and opening it again doesn't work to bring it back, you have to open the app switcher and kill it from there (tap hold for the jiggle, hit the minus) and relaunch.
http://www.ohgizmo.com/2010/11/18/pinball-magic-appcessory-now-available-for-the-ipad/
I might buy that.
edit - so long as it works with all pinball apps and not just the one they made it for.
Also, looks like the purchase link doesn't work anymore? The store must have pulled the listing for some reason.
I might buy that.
edit - so long as it works with all pinball apps and not just the one they made it for.
Also, looks like the purchase link doesn't work anymore? The store must have pulled the listing for some reason.
^ Oh my goodness. I need one. Slayer Pinball HD would rock on that.
I'm loving Rage on the iPad but I've also stuck it on my iPhone to play at work and I'm not quite as impressed. It's difficult not to accidentally catch the pause button because there's not much screen real estate for the buttons. Still, a great way to spend £1.19.
I'm loving Rage on the iPad but I've also stuck it on my iPhone to play at work and I'm not quite as impressed. It's difficult not to accidentally catch the pause button because there's not much screen real estate for the buttons. Still, a great way to spend £1.19.
Man oh man... Rage is the shit. Imo this is a huge deal for iOS, such a good-looking fun game at that price is pretty amazing.
Also, even though the environments aren't all that imaginative, the artists did such a good job utilizing the engine's megatexturing. It's the first time I'm convinced by a game world on the iPhone in the same way that the greatest pc fps's can have you convinced of their 'reality' and much has to do with how beautifully and organically detailed and lit the levels are, combined with the smoothness in animation of everything that moves.
Also, even though the environments aren't all that imaginative, the artists did such a good job utilizing the engine's megatexturing. It's the first time I'm convinced by a game world on the iPhone in the same way that the greatest pc fps's can have you convinced of their 'reality' and much has to do with how beautifully and organically detailed and lit the levels are, combined with the smoothness in animation of everything that moves.
Diablohead
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I spent about 45 minutes + over an hour last night playing the game and it's hella complex, I wish the dungeon runs were more common and not limited to 5 a day! fuck that.Minsc said:
I can understand sega wanting a depth game with plenty to pay towards but this is a bit too much, i'll just wait for them to port over phantasy star zero or something for my PSO fix :/
Jedeye Sniv
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Played a very little bit of Rage HD on my iPhone this morning. The graphics are seriously damn impressive, it's so close to what I'd expect the console version to look like I'm staggered by it. The gameplay seems good enough, this is the first shooter I've played on the iPhone so I don't really have anything to compare it to but the touch controls seem pretty functional and boiling the game down to a rail-shooter makes a strange kind of sense, even though the FPS fan in me misses being able to run around like a lunatic. Seems like it will be good as a score-attack game, there is loads of stuff in the environment that I missed on a first run.
This is so worth £1.19 it's ridiculous, makes some of the pricier games seem like awful value.
Speaking of pricey, I've been looking at the music creation apps available and most seem really dear, I wish I could try out some kind of demo before I buy them. Can anyone recommend a good music-creation app? I'm a big fan of the Korg DS-10 so something like that would rock.
This is so worth £1.19 it's ridiculous, makes some of the pricier games seem like awful value.
Speaking of pricey, I've been looking at the music creation apps available and most seem really dear, I wish I could try out some kind of demo before I buy them. Can anyone recommend a good music-creation app? I'm a big fan of the Korg DS-10 so something like that would rock.
ChackanKun
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Bah, Kingdom Conquest still not available in the Portuguese store
I've just noticed, it has active reload. There's a little bar at the top and you get a cash reward and double damage for a successful reload. Handy to know.Jedeye Sniv said:
I just think the App Store is a treasure trove of great apps at silly prices. I agree though, this is even better value for money than normal. Ridiculous.
You might want to speak to Fusebox, he seems to be 'the man in the know' for this. There were rumblings of a thread dedicated to such apps. I bought the iMS-20 just to play around with and I love it but I can't recommend it because I've no idea what I'm talking about and nothing to compare it to.
is cut the rope universal or still separate apps for SD/HD?
It seems ridiculous to add retina graphics to the 'standard' game yet still make me buy a separate 'HD' version which probably uses the same graphics.
Wonder if an updated ipad OS will let us play retina graphics versions at 1x instead of blowing up the low res version 2x?
It seems ridiculous to add retina graphics to the 'standard' game yet still make me buy a separate 'HD' version which probably uses the same graphics.
Wonder if an updated ipad OS will let us play retina graphics versions at 1x instead of blowing up the low res version 2x?
Jedeye Sniv said:
For me personally, these are the essentials in creating music on my iPhone:
ThumbJam - VERY EASY to make awesome stuff in this, comfortable learning curve
Dopplerpad - has some depth in terms of creating your own fx/synths, looks awesome, great for creating electronic-sounding bits
Beatmaker - hard learning curve if you wanna use it properly but it ROCKS and is the centerpiece of how I do all my work, I copy/paste ThumbJam & Dopplerpad stuff in here
Filtatron - came out recently, was the missing piece in my arsenal to really manipulate sounds and make them sound organic, warm, distorted and fucked up
Example of something I made using mainly Beatmaker/Dopplerpad/ThumbJam (without using a pc or anything else): http://soundcloud.com/reese015/daylight
Jedeye Sniv
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Reese-015 said:For me personally, these are the essentials in creating music on my iPhone:
ThumbJam - VERY EASY to make awesome stuff in this, comfortable learning curve
Dopplerpad - has some depth in terms of creating your own fx/synths, looks awesome, great for creating electronic-sounding bits
Beatmaker - hard learning curve if you wanna use it properly but it ROCKS and is the centerpiece of how I do all my work, I copy/paste ThumbJam & Dopplerpad stuff in here
Filtatron - came out recently, was the missing piece in my arsenal to really manipulate sounds and make them sound organic, warm, distorted and fucked up
Example of something I made using mainly Beatmaker/Dopplerpad/ThumbJam (without using a pc or anything else): http://soundcloud.com/reese015/daylight
Oh wow, thanks man that's really helpful. Your tune sounds pretty sick btw, love the bass sounds you've got going on in there. I need this stuff!
Every now and then my fingers itch to buy Street Fighter 4... this is one of those times. I must resist.
I just don't think I wouldn't be playing a lot, since I don't have any opportunity to play multiplayer on the iPhone. If only there was an online mode...
What solo modes the game offers?
I just don't think I wouldn't be playing a lot, since I don't have any opportunity to play multiplayer on the iPhone. If only there was an online mode...
What solo modes the game offers?
345triangle
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rc213 said:
yeah, it's a steal for the price, though i'd only want to play it on ipad.
unlike rage, which i think plays a thousand times better on phone than pad
Got Rage HD. It's pretty cool, better than I expected. Screenshots definitely don't do the game justice. It looks awesome.
Too bad there's only 3 maps. But they are divided into episodes and seasons, so I'm sure they will be adding more content in the future. I just hope it's free.
Though if they include online multiplayer one day I won't be able to resist. :lol
Too bad there's only 3 maps. But they are divided into episodes and seasons, so I'm sure they will be adding more content in the future. I just hope it's free.
Yeah, I'll pass on this once again.dark10x said:
Though if they include online multiplayer one day I won't be able to resist. :lol
Gamecocks625
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I have no idea how this is going to turn out but as a golf lover, I'm very interested. If Full Fat nailed the physics like PikPok did in Flick Kick Football, I'm so getting this.
Flick Golf
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IGN reviewed Mutant Bash TV.
7.5
http://wireless.ign.com/articles/113/1135393p1.html
Yeah, lack of leaderboard is definitely bizarre.
7.5
http://wireless.ign.com/articles/113/1135393p1.html
Yeah, lack of leaderboard is definitely bizarre.
The more I play Rage HD, the more I enjoy it. I was a little disillusioned at first because it felt better on my iPad last night but after spending a little time playing with the controls and associated options, I'm perfectly happy with it on the little screen as well. Seem's I've found a new fag break favourite.
Saw that Carmack also tweeted that the HD version should run 'ok' on the 3GS, decided to just put it to the test.
The hitches are minimal, the framerate is slightly lower and the loading times are about double. But the difference in texture detail is really really really hard to notice on the 3GS, only go HD if you're on iPad or iPhone 4!
The hitches are minimal, the framerate is slightly lower and the loading times are about double. But the difference in texture detail is really really really hard to notice on the 3GS, only go HD if you're on iPad or iPhone 4!
60_gig_PS3
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not 100% sure about this but I dont think ipad supports gamecenter yet. So you have to choose to support universal app or gamecenter.
Liu Kang Baking A Pie
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4.2 has Game Center, and it's coming out within the next few days. The beta's had it for a month now.60_gig_PS3 said:
60_gig_PS3
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dark10x said:
ok I'm confused then I wasn't able to get it working. I thought gamecenter support for ipad was coming this month in IOS 4.2.
Diablohead
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Rage mobile really needs leaderboards, once it has that i'll grab it I am tempted to trade/sell my 2g touch to cover half the cost on a 4g touch, really hope that amazon do a deal on one and at least knock a feq quid off, my 2g just isn't cutting it any more.
I am tempted to trade/sell my 2g touch to cover half the cost on a 4g touch, really hope that amazon do a deal on one and at least knock a feq quid off, my 2g just isn't cutting it any more.- Status