badcrumble
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It's simply a smart thing to include because it'll push people to purchase more games if they see that their friends have been playing and enjoying them.Tobor said:
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Infinity Blade |OT| Free Updates TF2 Style, First Update Next Week
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badcrumble
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That's lame.Mik2121 said:Damn.. I just killed the God King for the second time (now him being lv 100) and all I got was the Odin Wisdom's helmet. Weak..
I want the Infinity Blade but it's way too expensive..
So are there actual combos when sword swiping? I've played through the first bloodline and I'm just randomly swiping the screen as fast as I can. Does the game have actual combos depending on which way you swipe (right, left, up, down, etc.)? Or should I just keep swiping randomly?
I believe it gives you more points the more directions you use while attacking. Also depending on your enemies, certain directions work better. For example, the Feral Troll (guy with the 3-sided axe thing) will block your side attacks easily, but if you swipe your finger up and down, you can get more hits.Doodis said:
My max final combo is +156, I got it by just swiping my finger on all directions :_D
Edit - I just beat the God King again and he gave me a Zeus Loop (I think that was the name, anyway). Weaaaaaak.
badcrumble
Member
The +3 damage +30 Drain sword is soooooo handy.
Very impressed with Infinity Blade, much more than I thought I would be after the Epic Citadel tech-demo.
From a technical level I find it more impressive, very impressive character models and good art design all round. But the most impressive thing is the game itself, wasn't expecting it be as well thought out as it is. Very intuitive and rewarding controls, you get a real feel for the combat and just know when to parry and if it's going to work or if it's going to miss. Always a good sign when you can learn the feel of a game.
Really like the structure of the game as well, the relatively short play-through works well for a game on the platform and the levelling up and items makes it a very powerful 'just one more go' game.
Only minor grumble really is the dodge buttons, bit fiddly and I think would work better as a quick-tilt option. Or at the very least changed their position or size. And more branching paths would help with the repeated playthrough as aspect.
Apart from that, it's a damn good first effort with a lot of potential. More areas, more pathways, rare drops, loads they can do with this.
One thing, in the middle of combat a couple of times it's come up with 'stab'. Anyone know what that is about? It seemed to be something different, but it's happened so rarely I can't tell. You also get the blue circle come up on the opponent sometimes like you are meant to touch it, not sure if it's linked with that.
From a technical level I find it more impressive, very impressive character models and good art design all round. But the most impressive thing is the game itself, wasn't expecting it be as well thought out as it is. Very intuitive and rewarding controls, you get a real feel for the combat and just know when to parry and if it's going to work or if it's going to miss. Always a good sign when you can learn the feel of a game.
Really like the structure of the game as well, the relatively short play-through works well for a game on the platform and the levelling up and items makes it a very powerful 'just one more go' game.
Only minor grumble really is the dodge buttons, bit fiddly and I think would work better as a quick-tilt option. Or at the very least changed their position or size. And more branching paths would help with the repeated playthrough as aspect.
Apart from that, it's a damn good first effort with a lot of potential. More areas, more pathways, rare drops, loads they can do with this.
One thing, in the middle of combat a couple of times it's come up with 'stab'. Anyone know what that is about? It seemed to be something different, but it's happened so rarely I can't tell. You also get the blue circle come up on the opponent sometimes like you are meant to touch it, not sure if it's linked with that.
ChackanKun
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DECK'ARD said:
You do that, and you stab the enemy causing him to become dazed!
Also, yes I have some issues with the dodge buttons, sometimes I loose because I tap to dodge in the right direction but the character just stands there doing nothing. Dunno if it's lag or something.
I agree with you DECK'ARD, I really feel like quality/depth-wise it's a top AAA title by a top notch developer but with a really sharp focus on making a small game that fits the profile of everything a mobile touch game should be. Though the game doesn't feel entirely 'complete' as a top notch AAA title, but that's something which I think future updates will take care of.
Barkley's Justice
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anyone having problems with the achievements?
i was well into bloodline 3 when i finally activated game center
but now some achievements won't trigger...like blocking 10 times?
i was well into bloodline 3 when i finally activated game center
but now some achievements won't trigger...like blocking 10 times?
harriet the spy
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game is fun, but oh god the music fucking sucks. i am beginning to wonder if this is a bug. That fucking 3 second loop over and over dowoowoop tam. dowoowoop tam. with a shitty piano progression in the background. god my ears.
Love the game but it is indeed too short and the post-fight transition is a little too stark for me. Oh, and why am I finding bags of $$$ and not gold? I'd love to find bits of lore laying around as well. It would be cool to have a third item to find that would add some flavor (lore), maybe further enticing you to continue through multiple bloodlines in order to get all the pages. Great game otherwise.
harriet the spy
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to add further to the bad music, there is the comically bad HURRRRRRR!!!!!! of the assassin.
Though I will admit, it is indeed so bad I find it kind of charming. :lol
Though I will admit, it is indeed so bad I find it kind of charming. :lol
TheChewyWaffles
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Game looks pretty, but it's on rails? Really? Pretty disappointing after free-roaming in Epic Citadel.
Minsc
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BigNastyCurve said:
Yea, but the game isn't meant to be a open-world RPG, it's a action game, like most of the other stuff that sells well on the phone. Straight to the action, so you can load it up for 3 minutes and feel like you accomplished stuff. Free roaming wouldn't add much to that type of game.
Hopefully something else uses the engine for another more deeper game, but I wouldn't keep my fingers crossed. It's great for what it is.
It shouldn't have been marketed as an RPG. If anything, this is a Tekken-like one-on-one fighting game but with swords and swiping instead of button-mashing, with RPG-like levelling and accessory/armor/loot aspects.
But man I'm a big fan of this game... For a few years now I haven't been gaming much any more except for iPhone games when I have spare moments here and there. The only PC game I still played was Unreal Tournament 3 because I love the rush of the intense multiplayer action combined with the awesome visuals. It's a very specific kind of immensely enjoyable kick I got out of that. This game gives me the exact same feeling of awesome adrenaline-pumping action combined with absolutely gorgeous graphics.
But man I'm a big fan of this game... For a few years now I haven't been gaming much any more except for iPhone games when I have spare moments here and there. The only PC game I still played was Unreal Tournament 3 because I love the rush of the intense multiplayer action combined with the awesome visuals. It's a very specific kind of immensely enjoyable kick I got out of that. This game gives me the exact same feeling of awesome adrenaline-pumping action combined with absolutely gorgeous graphics.
badcrumble
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Welp, I've got every single piece of equipment mastered except for the Infinity Blade (which I can't afford yet, got about $120,000 saved up so far), I'm wearing the best of each class, and the God-King is level 150 and really, really fucking hard (immune to all effects, deals Shock damage so it's basically a requirement to wear the +36 anti-shock shield instead of the +50 shield). Do I actually keeo playing this just to get the Infinity Blade? It'll take like five more rounds of increasingly difficult grinding. :I
Maybe I'll try to beat the level 150 God-King, and then take this character and go back to Bloodline 1 so I can at least save up a ton of cash blasting through easy battles.
Maybe I'll try to beat the level 150 God-King, and then take this character and go back to Bloodline 1 so I can at least save up a ton of cash blasting through easy battles.
Ive given up trying to play past bloodline 4 on the ipad. Ill stick to the iPhone.I am simply incapable of hitting the dogs button targets on the big screen while still patting attention to the enemy attack patterns. I keep missing them by, seemingly, half an inch or less and theyre not registering.
it irks me that they made the hit tagets on the ipad version relatively small since the scene is so large and you need to move between the dodge buttons, the main screen for attacks and then the super/ magic buttons in the upper corners.
I never feel in control of the situation on the ipad anymore. too much hand movement is necessary and more button combos are needed at the higher difficulties.
iPhone version may run slightly slower but the limited screen space makes more sense with the controls laid out as they are.
it irks me that they made the hit tagets on the ipad version relatively small since the scene is so large and you need to move between the dodge buttons, the main screen for attacks and then the super/ magic buttons in the upper corners.
I never feel in control of the situation on the ipad anymore. too much hand movement is necessary and more button combos are needed at the higher difficulties.
iPhone version may run slightly slower but the limited screen space makes more sense with the controls laid out as they are.
Sevket-Erhat
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neojubei said:
Too bad that it does not work on my IPhone
Liu Kang Baking A Pie
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Text messaging barely works on the original iPhone and iPhone 3G.Sevket-Erhat said:
Yeah.. I've mastered most of the equipment already (got a couple swords left..) and I have some 340k+ $ ready to spend on the Infinity Blade, but this is taking too long.. :lol
Hopefully they release the extra content soon.. the same environment every 20 minutes can get a bit tiring after 10 times.
Hopefully they release the extra content soon.. the same environment every 20 minutes can get a bit tiring after 10 times.
Regarding the ending:
Am I to understand that the hero becomes the God-King after he learns of "an even greater danger", but his son thinks he's dead and comes to the citadel to avenge him? Or is the ending an actual ending, but you continue with another bloodline because "Hey, it's just a game"?
Splash Wave
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How's 3GS performance? I won't bother if it runs like shit.
Liu Kang Baking A Pie
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It's a videogame.Mejilan said:
Radogol said:That's what I saidBut does that happen, or doesn't it? As in:
did the ending really happen in the previous bloodline, or are we supposed to assume it could, but didn't (since the next bloodlines starts the same no matter what)?
Aaah, sorry, myeah, I'm not sure, in my mind it does happen
.@Jimmy runs wonderfully on the 3GS, not a perfect framerate but then again it's not perfect on the iPad or iPhone 4 either (some reports say it even runs slightly smoother on the 3GS than the iPhone 4 since the 3GS has the same GPU but doesn't have to deal with the insane retina resolution).
edit: the only actual problem that has been spotted in terms of the game's performance/visuals being significantly different when comparing the devices is actually that the iPad seems to lack some of the effects such as bump, parallax and reflection maps. Same occured with the Epic Citadel demo. Someone posted screenshots of this at the Epic Games forums, if anyone wants to see em I can try to look for em.
Neuromancer
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Why? I think it's a really cool idea.Mejilan said:
Great game. Looks and plays beautifully. Epic/Chair really knocked it out of the park with this one. One of few iPhone games I think I'm actually going to play all the way through.