iCloud/gamecenter does nothing for me w/r/t playing on android devices, unless there's something I'm missing. I dunno what the issue is. Just create a fake facebook account for these things like everyone else. Takes a few seconds.
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iOS Gaming December 2015 | F2P is frightful, but the sales are so delightful
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iCloud/gamecenter does nothing for me w/r/t playing on android devices, unless there's something I'm missing. I dunno what the issue is. Just create a fake facebook account for these things like everyone else. Takes a few seconds.
More_Badass
Member
Nice to hear you're enjoying it. The combat is so much fun. Wait till you do new game plus and you can really experiment
PittaGAF
Member
Yeah this!!!
So far you can only battle other players decks which is cool but I really wish to be able to fight against friends.
Async would be awesome.
Interfectum
Member
Does MTG post to your Facebook by default?
No. At least it didn't for me and wasn't among the permissions listed.
nicoga3000
Saint Nic
So is multiplayer MtG PQ just serverside player decks?
More_Badass
Member
Have to reiterate the praise for Power Hover. I'd argue it's the best premium runner since Boson X. Each level is different and even within a level, perspective and hazards change, making each stage feel like its own adventure. The low poly art style is lovely.
More_Badass
Member
Oooh, Blackbar is getting a prequel/sequel, Grayout
Here's a cryptic GIF
Here's a cryptic GIF
Was hoping someone else was playing this gem!
You guys have convinced me. Downloading now!
More_Badass
Member
Yeah the game is awesome. So slick. Wasn't sure about the price but it's really quite unique. No regrets. Fantastic release at the end of the year. Thinking it might robbed of year end awards, no?
Maybe we should be like the oscars and actually wait until the END of the year to talk about GOTY...?
Glad you like it. It is really awesome. Right now I put it in my honorable mentions for GoTY, but contemplating swapping it out for a spot in my top 10.
More_Badass
Member
More_Badass
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That reaction to that Tron Runner that was revealed during The VGAs is really interesting.
Like it's just an endless runner. Nice visuals and animations, but it's still just a behind-the-back endless runner and it's $10 on Steam
If it had been a mobile game that had been ported to PC, you just know people would be shitting on it for being overpriced. But because it's Tron and it's on PC, the reception is positive, even though mechanics-wise, it's like dozens of other endless runners you'd find on mobile
Same with how a mediocre game like Fallout Shelter was praised and well-received in the GAF threads
Like it's just an endless runner. Nice visuals and animations, but it's still just a behind-the-back endless runner and it's $10 on Steam
If it had been a mobile game that had been ported to PC, you just know people would be shitting on it for being overpriced. But because it's Tron and it's on PC, the reception is positive, even though mechanics-wise, it's like dozens of other endless runners you'd find on mobile
Same with how a mediocre game like Fallout Shelter was praised and well-received in the GAF threads
So true! People are blinded by marketing and crazy biased against mobile here on GAF. Oh well.
PittaGAF
Member
I just noticed for the first time something I never did before.
I was trying on iPad Rayman Adventures when I turned on the screen on my iPhone.
In the lock screen, bottom left, there is the handoff or how it's called feature that let you continue something on the other device (continuity?).
There was a little cross button like a game boy...so I pulled up the screen and the screen told me: connecting to Rayman Adventures on iPad.
Unfortunately that's all it did....I assume it was loading some sort of controller mode. (But it's just an assumption).
Anyone knows what is it?
I'll take screenshot next time.
I was trying on iPad Rayman Adventures when I turned on the screen on my iPhone.
In the lock screen, bottom left, there is the handoff or how it's called feature that let you continue something on the other device (continuity?).
There was a little cross button like a game boy...so I pulled up the screen and the screen told me: connecting to Rayman Adventures on iPad.
Unfortunately that's all it did....I assume it was loading some sort of controller mode. (But it's just an assumption).
Anyone knows what is it?
I'll take screenshot next time.
infiniteloop
Member
It's controller forwarding:
http://www.slashgear.com/heres-how-ios-8-turns-your-iphone-into-an-ipad-gamepad-06332420/
Been around since iOS 8
Would be nice if people said what game they were talking about. Posting a gif with no text or title isn't very helpful.
Though, it does look fantastic.
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Power Hover, got it.
Saucycarpdog
Member
Naw, mobile games are 100% trash.
On a completely unrelated note have you guys seen these totally new indie games Horizon Chase and Downwell? They look really cool!
One Foul Note
Member
I've put a little bit of time into that and I quite like it. It isn't the most complex of survival simulators but their is a nice flow in the way you have to balance your factions growth, defenses and supplies. Kinda reminds me a little of Rebuild but your team is perhaps a little more punchy.
gingerbeardman
Member
Just finished Super Dangerous Dungeons. Loved it.
https://appsto.re/gb/TMa-7.i
(free with IAP to remove ads)
Great stepped difficulty curve, over four worlds each containing 10 levels
. Tight controls, faultless platform placement and level design. Some nice tricks to learn and clever design throughout. Surprisingly good final level, too.
Well worth the money to remove the ads.
Just love this kid's games.
https://appsto.re/gb/TMa-7.i
(free with IAP to remove ads)
Great stepped difficulty curve, over four worlds each containing 10 levels
plus boss plus secret level
Secret level locations are well hidden, with hints just before there final level in case you miss them.
Well worth the money to remove the ads.
Just love this kid's games.
Anyone tried that new slitherine space game? It looks cool.
There's some cool stuff on sale (or at least the prices are reduced):
Her story
868 hack
Xenoshyft - been waiting to get this for a while, pocket tactics say it's awesome but has a bad interface, but the dev has been updating it a lot
Space age
There's some cool stuff on sale (or at least the prices are reduced):
Her story
868 hack
Xenoshyft - been waiting to get this for a while, pocket tactics say it's awesome but has a bad interface, but the dev has been updating it a lot
Space age
PittaGAF
Member
It's controller forwarding:
http://www.slashgear.com/heres-how-ios-8-turns-your-iphone-into-an-ipad-gamepad-06332420/
Been around since iOS 8
Thanks...but does it work?
With Rayman it tries to connect indefinitely.
More_Badass
Member
Picked up Xenoshyft a few week ago, it works really well as a solo game too.
The others are all must-plays IMO too.
I tend to find most people dumping on mobile to have had either little first hand or incredibly out of date experience, or are otherwise "low information". So easy to combat almost every argument a mobile game hater has with dozens of counter examples. Even the "no buttons" thing doesn't even really apply any more.
People aren't willing to actually try something until they basically have a good reason to and then, lo and behold, find out it's actually fun. Fallout Shelter was exactly that kind of thing where it took a game based on a major IP, the fact everybody has a smartphone in their pocket, and a NeoGAF OT to get people to try it out. And while good it isn't even great relative to the literally thousands of other better mobile games out there (well, that's a personal opinion obviously), so those haters could have been having fun on mobile a lot earlier.
It's somewhat similar in my opinion to the kneejerk negative reaction to a free to play label. People happily jumped on the Hearthstone bandwagon and quite possibly into free to play for the first time because Warcraft/Blizzard. Suddenly the devs aren't "greedy" and the gameplay isn't too grindy, even though there are literally thousands of other quality F2P games out there balanced exactly the same way. Valve somehow gets a pass too for Team Fortress 2 being "free to play done right", even though their monetization model isn't meaningfully different again from thousands of other F2P games out there.
Basically, people are willing to give something the benefit of the doubt if they are familiar with it (or the people behind it). And skeptical or downright dismissive if they aren't.
infiniteloop
Member
i believe it's only iOS, tvos and Mac.
It's far from the prettiest game around but if you liked the original Daredevil Dave, the sequel is out. And it's at an introductory price of $.99.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/daredevil-dave-2-motorcycle/id1013225596?mt=8
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/daredevil-dave-2-motorcycle/id1013225596?mt=8
infiniteloop
Member
Just Dance Now is out on Apple TV, if that's your sort of thing.
Saucycarpdog
Member
The Mobile awards voting thread seems to be going at a slower pace than last year's thread.
HamPster PamPster
Member
The thread for that Tron game has 64 post... I get that people look down on mobile but don't go seeing arguments that aren't really there. Gaf has about as much interest in an endless runner on Steam as it does on mobile not very much. Despite what a few overhyped psx posters would lead you to believe
Rodney McKay
Member
Yeah, what little hype that game was getting was mainly around the Tron license from what I saw
And it's back.
Is there a good universal controller?
I don't think you can find one (except by using a jailbroken device) since Apple "MFi" program prohibits hardware makers from creating a controller usable outside of Apple's platforms.
Cavernaut is currently free. A fun and challenging Lunar Lander style game in which you must navigate through caves to see how high you can reach.
And Air Attack 2 is on sale for $1 already. I just hope this doesn't mean it didn't sell well. The $1.99 price was already a bargain.
And Air Attack 2 is on sale for $1 already. I just hope this doesn't mean it didn't sell well. The $1.99 price was already a bargain.
More_Badass
Member
Air Attack, Spider, Aralon...
2015 is the year of a long-overdue sequels, huh?
I think they all probably suffered from not striking when the iron was hot. 5 years is an eternity on mobile.
Lol what already? Well glad I was a cheap ass and waited. Just bought it.
Interfectum
Member
LTTP: subterfuge is fucking great
Saucycarpdog
Member
That isometric thread in gaming discussion reminded me that Static Sky is still coming. Really excited for that.
One Foul Note
Member
You can add Mos Speedrun to that list.
Frostt
Member
Anything good that was released recently? (better if it is endless)... kind of lost track of time, space and iOS...
I would have been all over it if it were endless, level based no longer holds my interest. No time to deal with levels lol
Lol. Anyone wants to go to work in my place, for free? That way I will have time to play iOS, Destiny, Bloodborne, FallOut 4,...
Really addicted to Power Hover. It's just an utter joy to play. It has influences from games like Race the Sun and Journey (and a touch from Dune
I would have been all over it if it were endless, level based no longer holds my interest. No time to deal with levels lol
Lol. Anyone wants to go to work in my place, for free? That way I will have time to play iOS, Destiny, Bloodborne, FallOut 4,...
Dodonpachi Ichimen Bancho by Cave is surprisingly out worldwide now :
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/nu-shou-ling-feng-yi-mian/id1057408697?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo=4
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/nu-shou-ling-feng-yi-mian/id1057408697?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo=4
infiniteloop
Member
The World Ends with You: Solo Remix got updated for iOS 9:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/world-ends-you-solo-remix/id544695089?mt=8
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/world-ends-you-solo-remix/id544695089?mt=8