iOS Gaming November 2013: Runs in 1136x640 / 2048x1536 natively, no up-scaling needed
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chickdigger802
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wonder if you can somehow flash the icade to be an ios7 controller
I wonder what's up with my phone, then (in regards to the timing).
Yeah I was a little upset that the game made me create an Imperial floor and then the price for the next floor that I wanted doubled. Also, now my next mission from the Emperor is to create another Imperial floor and I'll get a measly 400 coins for it. It's too bad that I can't do any other missions instead, and nothing else that I accomplish that might go towards a future mission will count until I complete that one.
No the current model doesn't carry any data, its just a blutooth keyboard essentially.
I'm actually surprised ION hasn't revealed an updated version with controller API functions.
So I guess that means the current model will not be supported much anymore?
The whole iOS controllers scene is in a bizarre state of silence. API support is in, but there's absolutely no controller announcements, not even cheap knockoffs. We know they exist, we've seen the leaks, but why is everyone silent? Did Apple ask them to wait?
Thanks, aett, sounds like it's something on my side then. Neither reinstalling the game or deactivating the system restriction on IAP purchases worked.
Now I'm playing the game in English instead of Portuguese and by changing that I managed to fill slots that were crashing previously, so maybe it's a language specific bug. Let's see if it keeps this way, downside is that I have to change the entire device to English to do that and I like using it in my own language.
Now I'm playing the game in English instead of Portuguese and by changing that I managed to fill slots that were crashing previously, so maybe it's a language specific bug. Let's see if it keeps this way, downside is that I have to change the entire device to English to do that and I like using it in my own language.
You have to assume that it could be that scenario (Apple request / NDA) till a certain time point; or maybe the API is a mess?
Yeah, that seems to have solved it but I really wish there was a setting for it in the game. I always play games in English by default too, I'm more comfortable with it as I'm used to the usual English words used in gameplay terms, items, menus, ammo and so on (and because some translations suck too, even though the Portuguese one in Tiny Death Star seemed good).
Maybe they'll update with settings for languages later, I remember at one point in Tiny Tower you couldn't turn the music off separately from the SFX and they put the option for that in an update.
PRICE: FREE | Download iPhone Version | Download iPad Version
WHAT THE PRESS IS SAYING:
"...the feel of the game is fantastic. The movement is fluid and easy and the gestures make sense. Hilariously, this over-the-top football game is the best controlling football game we've ever played on iOS."
Brad Nicholson, TouchArcade
"The nice thing is that games are quick to play, making Football Heroes a natural fit for mobile and tablets."
Glenn Wigmore, Operation Sports
FEATURES:
- Controls specifically designed for touch-screens! Arcade football with full control of your team: run, pass, throw, and tackle -- all at the touch of your fingertips.
- RPG mechanics that reward you with XP every time you do something awesome. Level up and your players abilities will increase.
- Build the ultimate team by collecting Hero Cards for your roster; Each Hero Card has unique skills and powers; Level each card to maximize their abilities.
- Deep fighting game system with special moves such as: Spinning Fists, Dragon Punch, Tornado Kick, Rocket Shoes, Lock-On Tackle, Time Bomb, Bullet Pass, Teleport, Proximity Mine, Oil Slick and many more!
- Build the ultimate football team and battle in Cup Mode or in Multiplayer; Customize your Team Name and City; Upload an image from your phone or tablet for your custom team logo. This will appear in your stadium and on your players' helmets; Customize all of your players' names and numbers.
- Single-player Cup Mode pits you against increasingly power teams with unique tactics and deadly special moves; Defeat each Cup and claim the coveted Cup Trophy.
- Multiplayer anywhere: Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GameCenter, Online (Coming Soon!)
- Cross device synching: Play with the same team on your smartphone or tablet!
MEDIA:
Special Moves Showcase
FrankCaron
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Both Football Heroes and Meltdown are OP worthy, IMO.
Football Heroes is like Mutant League Football mashed up with the awesome card system from the old Madden games on PS2. The controls are fluid and make punching through the defence (literally punching) very satisfying. The RPG mechanics aren't overbearing (your team's players are represented as cards and earn XP which ranks them up), the IAP isn't offensive (you can basically buy cash or boosters but don't have to as you can buy boosters with in game money just fine), and the multiplayer is awesome - especially locally. If they do a hockey one, it's day one for me.
Meltdown is the best third-person cover shooter on the platform. Amazing controls, great weapons and light RPG mechanics, randomly generated levels, and four-player co-op.
The style is also worth lauding; it has cool cell shaded character art akin to Borderlands and some fun animations that remind me of Warhammer: Space Marine. The level design and art is less inspired, and environment reuse is a bit disappointing with this initial version, but the devs are openly teasing more content.
In spite of its shortcomings, next to Trigger Fist, it's one of the best shooters on iOS bar none.
Football Heroes is like Mutant League Football mashed up with the awesome card system from the old Madden games on PS2. The controls are fluid and make punching through the defence (literally punching) very satisfying. The RPG mechanics aren't overbearing (your team's players are represented as cards and earn XP which ranks them up), the IAP isn't offensive (you can basically buy cash or boosters but don't have to as you can buy boosters with in game money just fine), and the multiplayer is awesome - especially locally. If they do a hockey one, it's day one for me.
Meltdown is the best third-person cover shooter on the platform. Amazing controls, great weapons and light RPG mechanics, randomly generated levels, and four-player co-op.
The style is also worth lauding; it has cool cell shaded character art akin to Borderlands and some fun animations that remind me of Warhammer: Space Marine. The level design and art is less inspired, and environment reuse is a bit disappointing with this initial version, but the devs are openly teasing more content.
In spite of its shortcomings, next to Trigger Fist, it's one of the best shooters on iOS bar none.
Eh. I was impressed at first. Nice visuals, solid gameplay... but the game is just another kill kill rinse and repeat grind feat. All the levels looks samey. It's randomly generated but I can swear it always looks and feels almost exactly the same. Always same assets too.
Game is fun, but not that great IMO.
FrankCaron
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Admittedly, the levels are a bit bland but variety does come in the later missions with bosses and differing layouts. The devs are already teasing more content in game, mind.
FlashFlooder
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Football Heroes looks awesome, will definitely check it out!
PRICE: FREE | Download iPhone Version | Download iPad Version
WHAT THE PRESS IS SAYING:
"...the feel of the game is fantastic. The movement is fluid and easy and the gestures make sense. Hilariously, this over-the-top football game is the best controlling football game we've ever played on iOS."
Brad Nicholson, TouchArcade
"The nice thing is that games are quick to play, making Football Heroes a natural fit for mobile and tablets."
Glenn Wigmore, Operation Sports
FEATURES:
- Controls specifically designed for touch-screens! Arcade football with full control of your team: run, pass, throw, and tackle -- all at the touch of your fingertips.
- RPG mechanics that reward you with XP every time you do something awesome. Level up and your players abilities will increase.
- Build the ultimate team by collecting Hero Cards for your roster; Each Hero Card has unique skills and powers; Level each card to maximize their abilities.
- Deep fighting game system with special moves such as: Spinning Fists, Dragon Punch, Tornado Kick, Rocket Shoes, Lock-On Tackle, Time Bomb, Bullet Pass, Teleport, Proximity Mine, Oil Slick and many more!
- Build the ultimate football team and battle in Cup Mode or in Multiplayer; Customize your Team Name and City; Upload an image from your phone or tablet for your custom team logo. This will appear in your stadium and on your players' helmets; Customize all of your players' names and numbers.
- Single-player Cup Mode pits you against increasingly power teams with unique tactics and deadly special moves; Defeat each Cup and claim the coveted Cup Trophy.
- Multiplayer anywhere: Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GameCenter, Online (Coming Soon!)
- Cross device synching: Play with the same team on your smartphone or tablet!
MEDIA:
Special Moves Showcase
Grats on releasing the game, looks great!
Why didn't you make it universal though?
StarCreator
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I'm finding this to be a bit jankier than when I did the switch from iPad 2 to 3rd gen - Groove Coaster Zero outright declined to let me restore purchases because apparently I had downloaded the app from the Japanese store but all my purchases were on my US account, so it's currently in a half-broken state where the store claims I've never bought anything but just about all the songs I've bought are playable anyway. It seems the only way to truly fix this is to delete the app and redownload it with my US account, but then I lose my scores...
The missing songs in taiko+ seem to be freebies that got rotated out, and somehow none of my save data made the jump from my iCloud backup. Restore purchases there got my purchased songpacks back, but not the free stuff I had before.
jukebeat/jubeat plus had no restore purchases option the last time around at all - and this time, the button literally does nothing but populate a separate list of songpacks you've purchased, and you still have to go down the list and redownload them one by one. This isn't fun when you have 20 pages worth of songs on each version of the game.
TWEWY told me I hadn't played in over 400 days. Oops.
chickdigger802
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i agree with meltdown. been having more fun than i'd thought. definitely reminds me a bit of gears of war, but top down and faster. It does get quite tough too.Shame online is a bit ghetto atm.
football heroes looks rad. Might give it a shout, even though my interest in football is pretty much blitz. Are there any defensive strategies against these super moves?
football heroes looks rad. Might give it a shout, even though my interest in football is pretty much blitz. Are there any defensive strategies against these super moves?
chickdigger802
Banned
it says LTE at the top if its on network. you see the standard wifi half circly thing if its on wifi. if there is a known wifi thing in range, it goes wifi and turns off LTE.
don't needa toggle.
OKay and what are the 5 dots in the top left? I have 3 full, then the word verizon and then the wireless icon.
chickdigger802
Banned
signal strength.
So although I am not using the signal it tells me what it would be if I were?
chickdigger802
Banned
yessir
If you still have your old iPad you can probably dig out the downloaded IAPs from the equivalent Documents or cache folder inside the apps. I've done that before a few times with say The Walking Dead when moving device just so I don't have to re-download all the IAP episodes.
I'll add Meltdown and Mutant Lea--Football Heores later today.
(how about LEGO: LOTR? The Batman game was a nice port)
PittaGAF
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Thanks to the OP and the great as always Tunesmith work, I 're'-discovered Sorcery! (first chapter) and I'm really really digging it (so far that I'm sure I'll buy the second chapter).
I can't say I've been a fan of choose your own adventures digital games because I hate repeating stuff over and over till the right path...but I must admit they really took care of it with the various frequent checkpoints and gameplay dynamics.
The gorgeous presentation surely helps a lot.
Too bad it doesn't support iCloud...that's a real bummer for me...I now must choose where to play.
I can't say I've been a fan of choose your own adventures digital games because I hate repeating stuff over and over till the right path...but I must admit they really took care of it with the various frequent checkpoints and gameplay dynamics.
The gorgeous presentation surely helps a lot.
Too bad it doesn't support iCloud...that's a real bummer for me...I now must choose where to play.
Square Triangle
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My wife bought an in app purchase for Death Star and it didn't download, what do I need to do? iTunes did charge my card.
Square Triangle
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SpoonyBard
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Okay, I just got one of those new airpads... Are there any must have classic (Sierra/Lucas) style adventure games for this device?
I have got the same problem as you when I purchase stones in puzzle and dragons. In my case, the problem was solved about an hour later when I tried to make the similar purchase. I heard its a fairly common problem with iap recently.This should be enough, no?
FrankCaron
Gold Member
There are defensive super moves, as well, and there's a lot of strategy to how and when to punch on both offence and defence. It's surprisingly deep.
Is there a restore purchases option somewhere?
DeviantBoi
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The Broken Sword series is available for the iPad. They were on sale recently.
Diablohead
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Impressive HDMI out stuff, with Riptide GP 2 if you drop the graphics settings a little bit and lower the res by 5 (out of 12 or so) you can get a smooth 60fps HDMI out feed on iPhone 5, so fun to play the game on a big tv like that.
SpoonyBard
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Thanks, I already downloaded Broken Sword 2, as it was only 90 cents. I recently played BS1 on Wii, so I don't want to replay it anytime soon, but more games like these would be nice.
More_Badass
Member
Check this out
Principia (on Android, coming to IOS and PC)
Trailer - http://youtube.com/watch?v=nB0d5aAxo6M
Android link - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bithack.principia
Principia (on Android, coming to IOS and PC)
Trailer - http://youtube.com/watch?v=nB0d5aAxo6M
Android link - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bithack.principia
JohnOfMars
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Should I get Final Fantasy IV or Final Fantasy Tactics? I can't make up my mind. I've never played either.
More_Badass
Member
Oh wow, the Football Heroes dev is a GAFfer! Saw your game on Toucharcade, it's so much fun
Square Triangle
Member
Weird, I left my wifi and then it loaded the IAP
Mr. Return
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The game is impressive, the water physics and graphics are very Waverace like. All this for just 2.69 , I feel like a thief.
Diablohead
Member
The game is impressive, the water physics and graphics are very Waverace like. All this for just 2.69 €, I feel like a thief.
Along with Aqua Moto Racing 2 they are both great water based racers, love em.
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