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Zeth

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Reckless Racing 2 is amazing. Tons of upgrades. Cars get much faster now. (especially after PI 370ish)

I'm really enjoying it using the half wheel + chase cam. Physics are just as great as ever. Luckily the tracks seem to be designed with the much faster cars in mind.

Also IAP is almost burried. It's neither intrusive nor necessary, the way it should be.

edit: Reckless, not Real.
 
nicoga3000

nicoga3000

Saint Nic
Zeth said:
Real Racing 2 is amazing. Tons of upgrades. Cars get much faster now. (especially after PI 370ish)

I'm really enjoying it using the half wheel + chase cam. Physics are just as great as ever. Luckily the tracks seem to be designed with the much faster cars in mind.

Also IAP is almost burried. It's neither intrusive nor necessary, the way it should be.
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Yup, RR2 is REALLY great. Huge incentive to keep playing, too (versus RR1, which was more just play because it was awesome).

One question...Are you playing with "smart" AI? I was at first, but I'm finding the curve is pretty intense. First place on the one race I did was almost 1/3 of the course ahead of me when I finished.
 
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Zeth

Member
nicoga3000 said:
Yup, RR2 is REALLY great. Huge incentive to keep playing, too (versus RR1, which was more just play because it was awesome).

One question...Are you playing with "smart" AI? I was at first, but I'm finding the curve is pretty intense. First place on the one race I did was almost 1/3 of the course ahead of me when I finished.
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Absolutely. Some upgrades effect the appearance of your car. You can paint cars, buy rims. Multiple modes on top of what appears to be a pretty chunky career.

I tried the dynamic difficulty but it ramps up pretty fast and I don't like coming in 3rd through my whole career, so I ended up settling around 65-70%. I can usually come in first after a battle, but one mistake usually means 3rd or worse.
 
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Dynamite Shikoku

Congratulations, you really deserve it!
Zeth said:
Real Racing 2 is amazing. Tons of upgrades. Cars get much faster now. (especially after PI 370ish)

I'm really enjoying it using the half wheel + chase cam. Physics are just as great as ever. Luckily the tracks seem to be designed with the much faster cars in mind.

Also IAP is almost burried. It's neither intrusive nor necessary, the way it should be.
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real racing 2 or reckless racing 2?
 
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Nelo Ice

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Wario64 said:
Shieet, I'm already down to 1.7 GB free on my 32GB iPhone. Wish I could just back up my Infinity Blade 2 save and delete the game.
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If u jailbreak ur phone there a free app to backup ur saves. I just tested it myself with Don't Run with a Plasma Sword and after deleting the app and reinstalling my data was gone but I just restored from backup and my datas back again.

Also thanks to Psy-Phi for mentioning it since data deposit has definitely made having a 16GB so much easier to manage.
 
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attractivetb

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Some initial thoughts on Awesome Land...

Played through the first 2 worlds...definite Mario clone (duh). Controls reasonably well with left right and jump buttons, (I'm convinced this is the way all platformers need to be controlled on iOS - no up and down on the d-pad). The problem I'm having is that the level design is pretty dull. Maybe I've been spoiled by actual Mario games, but I would say that original SMB had significantly better levels and it's 25 years old.

I think I'll play through it, but your platforming dollars are better spent on Mos Speedrun or Pizza Boy.
 
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Wario64

works for Gamestop (lol)
Zzoram said:
So Infinity Blade 2 doesn't use iCloud to backup saves?
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It does but I believe deleting apps locally on the iPhone deletes the iCloud app data too, unless I'm wrong.

I don't plan to jailbreak my phone....though I really should. I'm just afraid it'll make my phone prone to errors and well...I find my phone kinda important
 
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Leona Lewis

Banned
Wario64 said:
It does but I believe deleting apps locally on the iPhone deletes the iCloud app data too, unless I'm wrong.

I don't plan to jailbreak my phone....though I really should. I'm just afraid it'll make my phone prone to errors and well...I find my phone kinda important
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I jailbroke earlier this week so that I could tether my phone for free and use my data the way I see fit...within reason, of course, so as not to alarm AT&T :p

As long as you don't install random crap from non-reputable, non-Cydia based third-party package lists, your phone should run as smoothly and as reliably as when it wasn't jailbroken.
 
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Wario64

works for Gamestop (lol)
Leona Lewis said:
I jailbroke earlier this week so that I could tether my phone for free and use my data the way I see fit...within reason, of course, so as not to alarm AT&T :p

As long as you don't install random crap from non-reputable, non-Cydia based third-party package lists, your phone should run as smoothly and as reliably as when it wasn't jailbroken.
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What would happen if a new iOS version comes out? Would I be able to update or do I have to play the waiting game?
 
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Leona Lewis

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Wario64 said:
What would happen if a new iOS version comes out? Would I be able to update or do I have to play the waiting game?
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Waiting game unfortunately - updating restores the phone back to factory firmware settings. An untethered 4S jailbreak just came out two weeks ago, so the hacker scene isn't as speedy as, say, Dark Alex was during the height of the PSP hacking saga.
 
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Nelo Ice

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iTunes Gift Cards are 20% off at best buy again.

Just ordered a $50 myself since I got rid of my B&N GC and had a $5 off coupon from my back ordered dead space.
 
ultrazilla

ultrazilla

Member
thewesker said:
Spice Invaders will probably be my new TD addiction. Soooo good.
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Agreed. I'm a TD junky and this is really solid. Great interface, smooth controls,
tons of tower upgrades, enemies and FREE!

Elf Defense is getting good reviews as well. I'll be grabbing that shortly.
 
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snack

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Anyone have a pic of the NES controller that connects to the iPhone 4? It's just artwork but it looked so awesome. Trying to show it to a friend.
 
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axxxj

Animator in Waiting
Gorilla Gondola has just come out on the UK app store. Looks gorgeous.
Finally a game that makes good use of the tilt. I can see it taking quite a while to master the controls to build good combos.

alpine.jpg
 
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Fuu

Formerly Alaluef (not Aladuf)
Wario64 said:
Shieet, I'm already down to 1.7 GB free on my 32GB iPhone. Wish I could just back up my Infinity Blade 2 save and delete the game.
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Just go the iExplorer way and backup the save data, it's not the most elegant solution but it works and you don't have to jailbreak.
 
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Pachimari

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Seriously, it feels like I got all games on the platform. I spent a whole lot of money on apps last Christmas. I got all the top-tier games on the dashboard and I haven't even touched them yet.. This is not good. :p
 
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Dynamite Shikoku

Congratulations, you really deserve it!
Anastacio said:
Seriously, it feels like I got all games on the platform. I spent a whole lot of money on apps last Christmas. I got all the top-tier games on the dashboard and I haven't even touched them yet.. This is not good. :p
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I've only got an ipod touch, and recently I've been looking at games I haven't played yet and thinking, 'I'll save that for ipad 3' Been hardly playing anything.
 
Jedeye Sniv

Jedeye Sniv

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Anastacio said:
Seriously, it feels like I got all games on the platform. I spent a whole lot of money on apps last Christmas. I got all the top-tier games on the dashboard and I haven't even touched them yet.. This is not good. :p
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Simple solution - play them.

I've been stopping myself pressing that buy button on a lot of apps recently, knowing that there are loads on my iPad that I would like to finish. Finish what's on your plate before coming back for more.
 
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SmokyDave

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Jedeye Sniv said:
Simple solution - play them.

I've been stopping myself pressing that buy button on a lot of apps recently, knowing that there are loads on my iPad that I would like to finish. Finish what's on your plate before coming back for more.
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Same. I have a several hundred strong backlog* and I'm not buying anything else until I've cleared at least one screen of games on my phone. Except Ghost Trick. And Reckless Racing 2. And Ghost Recon, if that hits.


*I'm not kidding. About 2200 apps, of which several hundred are games that I paid for with the intention of playing 'one day'. Damned impulse buys.
 
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Cheebo

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Am I the only one who hopes Apple spin-off's games into it's own Store on iOS like how Music/Video and Books get their own store? I don't like how on the iOS store you can't view the top selling lists by genre like you can in iTunes. It's become so large it feels too big to be lumped in with the rest of the apps and deserves it's own place like the music, movies/tv, and books get.
 
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Rlan

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Cheebo said:
Am I the only one who hopes Apple spin-off's games into it's own Store on iOS like how Music/Video and Books get their own store? I don't like how on the iOS store you can't view the top selling lists by genre like you can in iTunes. It's become so large it feels too big to be lumped in with the rest of the apps and deserves it's own place like the music, movies/tv, and books get.
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... Don't you just go to Categories and then choose something other than games? It has Top Paid and Top Free in there.
 
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ParityBit

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SmokyDave said:
Same. I have a several hundred strong backlog* and I'm not buying anything else until I've cleared at least one screen of games on my phone. Except Ghost Trick. And Reckless Racing 2. And Ghost Recon, if that hits.


*I'm not kidding. About 2200 apps, of which several hundred are games that I paid for with the intention of playing 'one day'. Damned impulse buys.
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Ditto! Ugh! More on the paying for apps and never playing and the huge backlog. I will always buy apps! Stupid addiction.
 
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Cheebo

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Rlan said:
... Don't you just go to Categories and then choose something other than games? It has Top Paid and Top Free in there.
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I mean top selling by game genre. On itunes you can go by top selling rpg games, top selling arcade games, etc. You can't do that in the app store.
 
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Fuu

Formerly Alaluef (not Aladuf)
Cheebo said:
Am I the only one who hopes Apple spin-off's games into it's own Store on iOS like how Music/Video and Books get their own store? I don't like how on the iOS store you can't view the top selling lists by genre like you can in iTunes. It's become so large it feels too big to be lumped in with the rest of the apps and deserves it's own place like the music, movies/tv, and books get.
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http://9to5mac.com/2012/01/04/apple...tion-went-on-sale-prematurely-issues-refunds/

At first it sounded like just an internal testing tool but the "available for sale prematurely" in Apple's explanation makes it sound like they have plans to eventually make a separate game store app. Who knows when/if that will happen though.
 
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Enco

Member
Meh Don't Run With a Plasma Sword is pretty average.

The menu sucks, the style is ugly and the gameplay is nothing amazing.
 
C

Cheebo

Banned
Fuu said:
http://9to5mac.com/2012/01/04/apple...tion-went-on-sale-prematurely-issues-refunds/

At first it sounded like just an internal testing tool but the "available for sale prematurely" in Apple's explanation makes it sound like they have plans to eventually make a separate game store app. Who knows when/if that will happen though.
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Makes sense, I wouldn't be surprised if they have a little game collection app where all the games go to instead of the main home screen like how it is with books and movie downloads as well.
 
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Majine

Banned
I'd like to know what the universal part of Ghost Trick is. Looks pretty fuzzy and doesn't fill out the whole iPad screen.
 
R

Row

Banned
Enco said:
Meh Don't Run With a Plasma Sword is pretty average.

The menu sucks, the style is ugly and the gameplay is nothing amazing.
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It's definitely an ugly game, but I really disagree about the gameplay as it's essentially devil may cry in endless runner form.
 
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Utako

Banned
Majine said:
I'd like to know what the universal part of Ghost Trick is. Looks pretty fuzzy and doesn't fill out the whole iPad screen.
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I am also disappointed by the very low-res assets. Everything is derived from 3D or hand-drawn originals, so how much overhead can really be involved in generating some decent-quality images?

At the very least, so that the game can be re-released for years to come. It's just good business sense.


Capcom Q3 F12 report (big declines)
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...

Oh, right. Capcom.
 
GeekyDad

GeekyDad

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Row said:
It's definitely an ugly game, but I really disagree about the gameplay as it's essentially devil may cry in endless runner form.
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We must be playing different games. I disagree with some of what the previous poster said about the game, but it's definitely pretty average as far as actual gameplay goes. Maybe I just didn't invest enough time into unlocking things, but I don't see a whole lot of depth. Tapping a single button to swipe a lightsaber isn't quite DMC for me.
 
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Row

Banned
GeekyDad said:
We must be playing different games. I disagree with some of what the previous poster said about the game, but it's definitely pretty average as far as actual gameplay goes. Maybe I just didn't invest enough time into unlocking things, but I don't see a whole lot of depth. Tapping a single button to swipe a lightsaber isn't quite DMC for me.
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quick transitions between double jumping, using dives to cancel out of jumps while sliding around and attacking enemies. It's a ton more involved than pretty much every other runner out there.
 
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