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iOS Gaming July 2015 | Apple bans the revolution
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More_Badass
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Controls really well, only two caveats: you can't lock your aim and sometimes it's very difficult to choose paths to add aiming points when you have multiple paths overlapping
But overall, an excellent port with cross-platform saves so you can import your progress from the PC version and vice versa
so I can not recommend Adventures of Pip, I just played a copy of the steam version, and it is ok, but not worth £10 and very samey, plus on IOS I can imagine the controls being a big negative as there is a lot of tight jumps required with pin point accuracy...
the price is off, I think they wont see many at all at £10
the price is off, I think they wont see many at all at £10
infiniteloop
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Looks good!
Website is live:
https://www.ubisoft.com/en-GB/game/rayman-adventures/
Game is out this fall, made by Ubisoft Montpellier. Seems like there will be musical minigames and a focus on exploration. Plus planned updates.
Rayman Adventures seems to be iOS exclusive for now.
Edit:
Holy S***: Don't Starve Pocket Edition coming to the iPad this thursday for 4.99$:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Z-A6LaPwh4
https://www.ubisoft.com/en-GB/game/rayman-adventures/
Game is out this fall, made by Ubisoft Montpellier. Seems like there will be musical minigames and a focus on exploration. Plus planned updates.
Rayman Adventures seems to be iOS exclusive for now.
Edit:
Holy S***: Don't Starve Pocket Edition coming to the iPad this thursday for 4.99$:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Z-A6LaPwh4
More_Badass
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And it even includes the Reign of Giants expansion (which alone is $4,99 on PC). Excellent deal
"pocket" edition
Someone's gotta have some big ass pockets to fit even an iPad Mini.
Have it on PC from a bundle, but never could get ino it. Just not into these kind of survival sims.
That said I'm always happy to see a popular PC/console game ported to iOS. I figure if a lot of console and PC gamers see high profile ports on mobile they may eventually start to respect mobile more. And once they get into mobile gaming, they'll see that there really are a ton of top notch premium games and not just the stereotypical F2P crap,
Card Wars - Adventure Time Card Game is free. Has always had a F2P gem system, though.
It will be live today.
More_Badass
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According to PG, 40% of Her Story sales were from IOS
That's really impressive. Perhaps a sign that paid games are becoming more viable nowadays?
But overwhelming amounts of great games is a good problem for a platform. Reminds me of indie games on PC, I literally learn about something new everyday
That's really impressive. Perhaps a sign that paid games are becoming more viable nowadays?
Seriously. I was expecting Don't Starve later this summer, not like a week after Klei teased it.
But overwhelming amounts of great games is a good problem for a platform. Reminds me of indie games on PC, I literally learn about something new everyday
Magic Duels:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/magic-duels/id881106329?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo=4
The newest game from Illusion Labs (Mr Crab, touchgrind, blast-a-way) is called "Nono Islands" and out now:
https://t.co/ajcs3ni0P7
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/magic-duels/id881106329?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo=4
The newest game from Illusion Labs (Mr Crab, touchgrind, blast-a-way) is called "Nono Islands" and out now:
https://t.co/ajcs3ni0P7
I'm trying to recall an iPad game... I think it was sprite based, and it was a word game where you battle creatures and the like. (Side-scrolling and it was not available on iPhone, just iPad.) I'd say it's maybe 1-1.5 years old?
Can anyone help? I tried digging through some of the iOS archives, but haven't been able to find it yet.
Can anyone help?
I tried digging through some of the iOS archives, but haven't been able to find it yet.More_Badass
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Sounds like Words for EvilI'm trying to recall an iPad game... I think it was sprite based, and it was a word game where you battle creatures and the like. (Side-scrolling and it was not available on iPhone, just iPad.) I'd say it's maybe 1-1.5 years old?
Can anyone help?
Edit: looks like it might have been removed from the store. I'd also recommend Word Mage
PittaGAF
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Not a game but it actually contains some AR games, and it's pretty amazing from a rapid try.
Star Wars by Disney
https://appsto.re/us/RyHo5.i
Star Wars by Disney
https://appsto.re/us/RyHo5.i
It was Words for Evil, thank you! Though, I remember it looking more interesting when I first saw it... I'll check out Word Mage instead, thanks again.
More_Badass
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Words for Evil is also available on Steam if you wanted to check it out on another platform
http://store.steampowered.com/app/335790/
Ashame Words for Evil was removed. Think it's my favorite of the word-based adventure/RPG game. Still have it on my iPad.
pretty good review here
http://www.pocketgamer.co.uk/r/iPhone/Magic+Duels:+Origins/review.asp?c=66374
More_Badass
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I hope "July 9th" means Don't Starve gets a midnight release.
More_Badass
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Sky Force got Metal support. Awesome.
Good month so far. Along with Don't Starve coming up, we've gotten Heroki, Adventures of Pip, The Executive, Divide By Sheep, and Spry Fox's new word game Alphabear. And at the very least, we're also getting This War of Mine later in July
Good month so far. Along with Don't Starve coming up, we've gotten Heroki, Adventures of Pip, The Executive, Divide By Sheep, and Spry Fox's new word game Alphabear. And at the very least, we're also getting This War of Mine later in July
Can't say I particularly enjoyed Lifeline.
The story was putting along just fine, but when you fail you have to start the day over and repeat that section of the game. This is (mostly) remedied by the game letting you enable a "Fast Mode" that lets you go straight through the dialog without roleplaying the real world time between actions. The problem is you only unlock Fast Mode once you've beaten the game, making it fairly useless toward this complaint.
Also, just a bit too much in the way of
when it comes to story dialogue.
If they ever let you enable Fast Mode after your first failure of a particular section, I'd probably recommend it. Without it, the game grinds to a halt after your first fail state.
The story was putting along just fine, but when you fail you have to start the day over and repeat that section of the game. This is (mostly) remedied by the game letting you enable a "Fast Mode" that lets you go straight through the dialog without roleplaying the real world time between actions. The problem is you only unlock Fast Mode once you've beaten the game, making it fairly useless toward this complaint.
Also, just a bit too much in the way of
when it comes to story dialogue.
If they ever let you enable Fast Mode after your first failure of a particular section, I'd probably recommend it. Without it, the game grinds to a halt after your first fail state.
New releases:
Alphabear by SpryFox (Tiny Town):
https://itunes.apple.com/app/id930003798
Don't Starve: Pocket Edition: (iPad Only)
https://t.co/aDGZGiA7w6
Cultures 8th Wonder of the World: (iPad Only)
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/cultures-8th-wonder-world/id990583453
Splendor (Boardgame):
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/splendor/id971215921?mt=8
Story Warriors: Fairy Tales:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id1001147167
The Mesh:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/the-mesh/id960744514?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo=4
Alphabear by SpryFox (Tiny Town):
https://itunes.apple.com/app/id930003798
Don't Starve: Pocket Edition: (iPad Only)
https://t.co/aDGZGiA7w6
Cultures 8th Wonder of the World: (iPad Only)
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/cultures-8th-wonder-world/id990583453
Splendor (Boardgame):
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/splendor/id971215921?mt=8
Story Warriors: Fairy Tales:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id1001147167
The Mesh:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/the-mesh/id960744514?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo=4
toddhunter
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https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/zero-punctuation-hatfall/id978386210?mt=8
Addictive Games bring us the ios/browser/"probably could do it with some string" game Hatfall. The premise is simple. You control a man who has to position himself under a falling hat. Besides removing irony from the title, this action gives you a point if the hat successfully falls on your head. If it doesn't fall on your head, you lose and start again.
If that sounds simple, well done, you have a grasp of gaming mechanics. It is also pretty accurate, because that is all you do. To add some challenge to the outing, the game attempts to confuse or outright troll you by having multiple people on the screen, forcing you to work out which is yourself as the hat falls down. To compound things further, not every descending object is a hat and things like fridges are best not stood under.
From there you'll get the flow of the game. It starts off easy, but then you'll get more people on the screen, more fake choices and less time to make a decision. It is classic stuff and works for the most part, which is probably expected given it is so simple.
However, that is really all there is to it. You can unlock things by collecting more hats, but they are not really worth doing so and are not even full of the Zero Punctuation "in" jokes that might have provided a bit of value to the title. Given that, you'd be best to stick with the browser version, which can be found here:
http://www.addictinggames.com/action-games/hatfall-game.jsp
Oh but you purchased it on itunes? Well for $2.50 you get your game which is fair enough. I've enjoyed the guy's comedy for years so I don't mind throwing a couple of bucks down for a pointless and limited experience. Heck I paid much more for Dragon Age Inquisition.
But here is the rub. Hatfall also includes a $0.99 IAP to "DOUBLE HATS FOREVER and unlock three unique shop items"!!!! Which is a bit of a fucking joke. As the store itself says "Like the game? Why not chuck us a measly 99 cents to double collected hats?" I'll tell you why, because I already bought the fucking game.
So yeah, browser it is.
More_Badass
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Don't Starve controls wonderfully. Smooth simple touch interface. Another one to add to the list of excellent PC-to-mobile ports
Hi all. I'm new to mobile gaming and have an android phone but my understanding is a lot of games are available on both kinds of devices. So this seems to be an active thread so I thought I might ask for a recommendation or two. I tend to like Nintendo sorts of games if that's helpful. I previously really enjoyed Monument Valley on my iPad but I tried Pip's Adventure and have found it just OK so far. That's the extent of my mobile gaming experience really. I've tried angry birds and fkappy bird and such but those aren't really my cup of tea. Thanks for any recs you can provide!
If you like those kinds of games I'd recommend Heroki. It oozes with charm and polish close to what you could expect from Nintendo.
infiniteloop
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Oceanhorn is a good Zelda-like.
I've heard of it and it looks great but I'm really looking for something on Android for my commute. Isn't that ios only?
infiniteloop
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Might want to check out the Android gaming thread.
infiniteloop
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Huge Alto's update:
More_Badass
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I'm playing Phantom Hourglass right now on DS, will Oceanhorn be a bit too similar? Thanks man.
I'll post in there, too. This just seemed more active. Thanks!
That's exactly what I was looking for. Thanks man!
How violent is Bastion? I was interested in it. Is it more violent than Zelda? I guess I am game for it. I was hoping it's on PS3 but it looks like PS4 only and it'll be ages before I get one...probably multiple years...so I guess I'll play it on Android if it's good there. The mobile port of it is legit?
Same deal with Broken Age and wanting to play it on a console. Too bad that one's not on PS3. I don't want to pay $10 for that one though, lol, with the mixed reviews.
More_Badass
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Bastion is a hack n slash. No puzzles really. All about the combat
If you're looking for something Zelda-like, I'd recommend Oceanhorn and Ittle Dew.
And if you enjoyed the tactile hands-on nature of Monument Valley, The Room series is fantastic.
Thank you. I think Ittle Dew is on Wii U so I'll plan to check it out there.
I'll keep Oceanhorn in mind but I think it will feel too same-y for me right now with playing Phantom Hourglass currently.
I'll take a look at The Room. Thanks man!
ETA: d/l'ing The Room and I'll report back with impressions. Eager for more recommendations in the meantime though. Thanks!!
Oh man, this is good.
They have a Crossy Roads system where you can win a new character on each level, and I believe a chance at the "Rare" tier of characters if you score high enough. The characters actually give you bonuses based on word length, and use of certain letters.
Give this one a spin if you like puzzle word games.
Just to clarify. If by "violent", you mean bloody or gory, it isn't at all. As More_Badass mentioned it is a a hack n' slash, but it's a great game if you are looking for an action RPG with a much different feel than Zelda. I'd check out reviews of even the console versions since it is identical in content tailored to touch screens.
PittaGAF
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Imminent in 'devs words'.
Usually it's a totally different timeline as our timeline.
So I guess it's not today but like 1-2 weeks.
(Hopefully I'm wrong).
infiniteloop
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Alto's Adventure is a gorgeous endless runner with no IAP.
Hero Emblems is a match 3, has a nice cartoony presentation.
If you like Ace Attorney, Dual Destinies is available