Rekwest
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Hero Academy http://t.co/QfsfCiIT is FAAD's Discovery App of the Week! Enjoy!
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The iPad/iPhone/iPod Touch Gaming |Thread4| NOT Doomed
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Dash Kappei
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Super easy, takes less than 5 minutes to create a US account.
Another thing to update the OP with, I guess... For now google it?
basically on iTunes/Appstore log out of your account, then New Account, choose US, fake address (restaurant, whatever) and choose the non credit card bound option related to payments.Someone word it better and it's going straight to the first post (credited to you, of course), FAQ section.
Super easy, takes less than 5 minutes to create a US account.
Another thing to update the OP with, I guess... For now google it?
Someone word it better and it's going straight to the first post (credited to you, of course), FAQ section.
IIRC you actually have to log out, then try to purchase a free game. Then there will be a prompt to ask you to either create a new account or use an existing one. IMHO thay is the only way it won't ask you for either a gift card or credit card to confirm your payment area, simce you're buying a free product. That's how I did it at least
There's a step by step tutorial on apple's site, it's probably best to copy the info from there or just link to it on the OP:Super easy, takes less than 5 minutes to create a US account.
Another thing to update the OP with, I guess... For now google it?
Someone word it better and it's going straight to the first post (credited to you, of course), FAQ section.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2534?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
divisionbyzorro
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FWIW: I just downloaded the free Dominion app. I'd never actually played the game before; it took a couple of games to get the basic idea down (deck efficiency) but I'm kinda starting to enjoy it now. It says it has an online mode, but I don't think I could do an asynchronous game - too easy to lose track of what's going on.
chickdigger802
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it's pretty slow.
Not as engaging imo. Good game to play while watching a tv show or something.
Walter Matthau
Member
The extra books in freemium Wind-up Knight are $1.99 a piece when the original game was 99 cents? You can technically play through the game without paying a cent, but after S ranking every stage in Book 1 I have 1300 "notes" and unlocking book 2 costs 1200 notes or $2. I don't mind S ranking everything as that's the point of the game, but it is disappointing to know that after I'm done I won't be able to purchase anything of value from the armory.
Gully State
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Do SE games ever go on sale? If so, usually how big is the discount? I'm thinking of picking up FF:Tactics for iPad.
Walter Matthau
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The sale prices are generally around 20% to 50% off depending on the popularity of the title. For the time being you may want to hold off on buying FFT as SE is still working on some enhancements for a future update. If you don't already own FFT, it's easily worth $18. Hopefully they port Tactics Ogre at some point.
Just came out so it's not going on sale for a long time. I bought it and say it's worth it. The only real problem I have is the blockiness of the battle sprites, which is one of the planned updates.
Ninjagorilla
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Aha!
There's no stage in the game where you can get stuck (spent a lot of time making sure about that). But that stage is tricky!
The basic behaviour of the rhythm-o-porter works like this: After you've stepped in to it, you'll teleport to the next one that activates.
So...
So try to notice how the one in next to the blue gate zaps. There's two zaps just after eachother, which will only send you back to the same rhythm-o-porter - The trick is to enter on the second zap...
Franklinator
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A Tactics Ogre port would be great
Is Dominion by Donald X. Vaccarino bo longer on the US appstore? It's still on the NZ store.
http://itunes.apple.com/nz/app/dominion-by-donald-x.-vaccarino/id447395574?mt=8
It's lacking in frills, but for the most part is surprisingly functional. It makes a lot of good choices on how it plays, and instills confidence that a game with a proper budget can make it work well.
Oh, the multiplayer is only 1v1, but I could never get it to work. I just play out strategies against AI. Also, it only has the base set.
Otherwise, is Battle of Gundabad on the store still? It was a Dominion clone.
krypt0nian
Banned
Aw hey, Dash is back!
Played around 2 hours of Venture towns last night, thought I was doing really well then suddenly the mmoney really dried up, unsure what I did wrong, but hey.
To be honest all Kairosoft games should have GameCenter leaderboards, I felt like I really wasted my time yesterday, especially since without GameCenter integration you have absolutely no idea how well you're doing (on in my case, not doing)
To be honest all Kairosoft games should have GameCenter leaderboards, I felt like I really wasted my time yesterday, especially since without GameCenter integration you have absolutely no idea how well you're doing (on in my case, not doing)
Yea, I bought this game on the strength of the reviews in this thread and was not disappointed. Hard to be disappointed when it's only .99. But, it's a very solid racer.
BobJustBob
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I finished Venture Towns but always felt like I was missing something. A lot of the businesses seem to be absolute garbage and it seems like they have to have hidden benefits somewhere else. Otherwise why would you bother with businesses that take five or six visits a month to be profitable when others only require two? Also, be very careful not to expand too quickly, because opening new businesses often leads to older businesses no longer attracting visitors. Be ruthless in removing underperforming locations.
Edge (more specifically, Jason Killingsworth) has reviewed Ziggurat:
http://www.edge-online.com/reviews/ziggurat-review
http://www.edge-online.com/reviews/ziggurat-review
Ziggurat is just sublime.
Love how it the music is timed to the action onscreen. Its like a 16-bit music video.
If you told me two years ago I'd be acting like a fanboy over a game Tim Rogers designed, I would have incredulously laughed my ass off.
But the man put his money where his mouth his and actually turned out something really amazing for a first attempt.
Love how it the music is timed to the action onscreen. Its like a 16-bit music video.
If you told me two years ago I'd be acting like a fanboy over a game Tim Rogers designed, I would have incredulously laughed my ass off.
But the man put his money where his mouth his and actually turned out something really amazing for a first attempt.
bigwinnerx
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Going through a few of my most recent purchases:
Can't recommend:
Midway Arcade - Content rich, but, controls stink. maybe still invest $.99 now and hope for an update later on?
Food Fight IOS - Nice implementation, but, game is kinda lame. I love Ascension, and this is from the same dev. Asynch games take forever and aren't very interesting. If you play it locally and your foe is your 7 year old son or daughter, it may still be worth it.
Consider it:
Gridrunner - If you're an arcade fan or an "older" gamer (Do we have a thread devoted to "Gamers of a Certain Age" (like >30) where we can safely still pine for things like Atari 2600s and 8-bit graphics but not in a hipster way?)
Must buy:
Reckless Racing 2 - With the recent $.99 sale, it's a bargain. Very content rich, well done. A steal at that price.
Beat Hazard Ultra - I just zone out playing the single stick version. It's gorgeous.
Can't recommend:
Midway Arcade - Content rich, but, controls stink. maybe still invest $.99 now and hope for an update later on?
Food Fight IOS - Nice implementation, but, game is kinda lame. I love Ascension, and this is from the same dev. Asynch games take forever and aren't very interesting. If you play it locally and your foe is your 7 year old son or daughter, it may still be worth it.
Consider it:
Gridrunner - If you're an arcade fan or an "older" gamer (Do we have a thread devoted to "Gamers of a Certain Age" (like >30) where we can safely still pine for things like Atari 2600s and 8-bit graphics but not in a hipster way?)
Must buy:
Reckless Racing 2 - With the recent $.99 sale, it's a bargain. Very content rich, well done. A steal at that price.
Beat Hazard Ultra - I just zone out playing the single stick version. It's gorgeous.
TechSamurai
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It is so cool to have Gridrunner on my phone. My Dad and I sunk a lot of time on this game back on our C64.
It is funny, but it is the sounds and music of these old games that I "pine for in a non-hipster sort of way".
I found it, got confused by the Chillingo clone... Also, according to BGG the developers said that the original will come out "in the next few weeks"... And they said that at the end of January. I have hope.
Sorry to read that - it's exactly what I was afraid of (and why I didn't drop the 99¢).
BrownieVonTurdmeisterIII
Neo Member
Fantastic suggestions! RwK = the tits.
Also, downloaded "Hero Academy" today on a whim and crammed it into my backlog. Does anybody have any impressions of it?
TechSamurai
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It is pretty well liked, see here for more info: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=459175
Dog Problems
Banned
Tobe & Friends Hookshot Escape is coming out this Thursday.
Gameplay trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azFkGxiKmOE
Flash demo of an older version: http://www.secretbase.com.sg/tobes-hookshot-escape/
Gameplay trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azFkGxiKmOE
Flash demo of an older version: http://www.secretbase.com.sg/tobes-hookshot-escape/
BlackBanditSho
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I want more games like this on the iPAD 2. This game looks fantastic!
a secret-boss
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toythatkills
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Hearing mixed things about this. Apparently it's fun, the presentation is great and the humour is spot on.
Also, though, apparently there are some things that can only be bought with premium currency, and premium currency is very, very hard to come by without using IAP. Even if you do IAP, you're looking at something like $15 for one building. Tiny Tower has set the bar very high for the way it uses premium currency and nothing's really come close.
Jedeye Sniv
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Holy craaaap! I top out at around 200,000, way to go man!
I agree though, Gridrunner iOS really is one of the best shooters I've ever played. It's so stripped down and simple while also being manic and complex, it's a masterpiece. Everyone that's into the Cave games should check this out too, it's God tier stuff.
And it's simply amazing on the iCade too.
Well said. Would love for this game to get more support and not just from the Minter fans. Too bad he doesn't make lite versions of his games to convert some people.
How does this game control on icade? Isn't icade a digital joystick? Wouldn't that be bad for this game since it has analog movement?
Jedeye Sniv
Banned
It works fairly flawlesly I'd say. I never really feel limited by it, there's a nice fine control as well as being able to zip about the screen. I feel that I'm a bit better with it so far. That predictability of movement is quite useful. And I like that old school arcade feel that using the cab gives to it
I'm continuing to wave the 4X flag in this thread by noting that Starbase Orion had a massive update yesterday that added tons of new features, among them pass & play, larger galaxies, 4 human vs 4 cpu players, 4 player survival co-op, improved AI.. well take a look at the notes..
More people should give this genius game a shot IMO.
iTunes link
More people should give this genius game a shot IMO.
iTunes link
Galaxy on Fire 2 HD
Well I hate venture towns, but enjoy edo towns, despite venture towns being a reskinned edo towns
for $.99 (if it's still on sale) I think it's a safe buy for a kairosoft fan
So it's no different than any other freemium. Cool. All those in-game things only available with premium currency are always obtainable with Tapjoy.
I generally like deliberately original themed freemiums over the ones with a famous or well-known theme. I only played the Smurfs one and the Peanuts one for a couple days before I got sick of them. Hopeful for this one, though, as Beejive isn't handling this one. Although, the horrendous Theme Park freemium also came out of this studio if I'm not mistaken.
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