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iOS Gaming February 2016 | Crashlands Bandicoot
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Polara may have something to say about that.
Pitta, have you tried Rex Rocket? The interface is kinda cumbersome but it's a sci-fi, story driven Metroidvania style game so might fit the bill for you.
Polara may have something to say about that.
Pitta, have you tried Rex Rocket? The interface is kinda cumbersome but it's a sci-fi, story driven Metroidvania style game so might fit the bill for you.
Polara is pretty cool too, but not as good.
So they adjusted prices/gold output? That's fantastic.
Worst thing a great premium game can do is be needlessly grindy
Not just gold, also mats required for crafting, various weapons attack power and the like, too. It's a really fantastic update!
I think the App Store is kinda screwed up at the moment. Was going to update Dungelot and Horizon Chase and immediately after I press "update", it spins for a split second and goes back to update.
Urggh. Really want to check out the Dungelot update especially. Well, at least I have Greedy Cave and Space Grunts to keep me busy on the roguelike front.
Urggh. Really want to check out the Dungelot update especially. Well, at least I have Greedy Cave and Space Grunts to keep me busy on the roguelike front.
More_Badass
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Titan Souls devs are working on an IOS puzzler
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=P3UWyRbZBFU
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=P3UWyRbZBFU
Thanks. Seems to be working again.
Wonder if they'll ever port Titan Souls if it's not against their agreement with Nvidia for their Shield products. The Shield version requires a controller though so guess that would be against Apple's rules.
Matt Frost
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Too bad to hear about Space Grunts buts I guess OrangePixel will fix it soon. Wishlisted.
I am tone deaf so thats why I didnt get it, I get it now. Music games are my nail in the coffin. Man I dont have any rhythm at all. When I sing people tell me to stop lol. I am bad. So if All Is Lost leans toward that I understand why I didnt like it.
Polara, so many great memories playing that game, and so many frustraring memories becuasr of the difficulty, but ultimately loved it. On my all time favorite iOS games.
I am tone deaf so thats why I didnt get it, I get it now. Music games are my nail in the coffin. Man I dont have any rhythm at all. When I sing people tell me to stop lol. I am bad. So if All Is Lost leans toward that I understand why I didnt like it.
Polara may have something to say about that.
Polara, so many great memories playing that game, and so many frustraring memories becuasr of the difficulty, but ultimately loved it. On my all time favorite iOS games.
Yep. Updated due to the Chinese New Year's levels but now am getting the restore error. Worked fine after the first update when they made the switch. Hope they can resolve it now. Could be bad if the update removed whatever switch there was to show that it was purchased if they can't determine it again.
Have you guys watched this?
It looks amazing I cannot believe this is coming to iOS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2p96mhUCv3o
AC 2 is one of my all time faves and this looks so similar I am very excited
It looks amazing I cannot believe this is coming to iOS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2p96mhUCv3o
AC 2 is one of my all time faves and this looks so similar I am very excited
After spending some time with it and fiddling with control customization a bit I found them more than sufficient.
I'd definitely consider picking it up now, especially while its on its 50% launch sale
Played the soft launch, was overly grindy and uninspired.
However that was a year ago, and the game is supposedly becoming premium for its release so that may change
The more I play Crashlands, the more I realize it really is a pretty shallow game. Crafting is largely cosmetic, and I just don't care about that aspect of it. Whenever you are able to craft a new workstation, you are given four new pieces of armor, one, sometimes two, weapon, two-three bomb like items and a bunch of furniture to craft. The armor upgrades never give me a sense of progression. They just increase your HP with some random buff/resist stats, but they never really make you feel like you're getting much stronger. Early stage enemies can still give you plenty of grief if you don't pay attention.
The lack of progression as you "level up" is disappointing. You don't ever learn any new techniques, but you do build some side weapons (a dart gun, ninja star, etc). For the most part, Flux just does the same attack over and over and over. It would be nice to be able to learn some new attacks or to have some variation in the animation.
Farming ingredients is a giant pain in the ass and not at all fun. This is a constant problem in games like this, but god damn is it a boring pain in the ass. I have completed every quest that I can in Savannah and just need to go
, so I'm running around trying to craft some things before moving onward. The thing is is that many resources are placed totally randomly and there is no reliable way to find a particular item you need. You just have to run around until you run into it.
This would be a lot less annoying if I didn't pull aggro from EVERY SINGLE ENEMY ON THE SCREEN whenever I begin to mine a resource. The instant I hit a dusk shard, every Glidopus, Tartil, Wat, Zug, whatever, on the screen immediately begins to attack me. It doesn't matter if they are low level or high level enemies, every single one pulls aggro if I so much as cough. I have to run in and duck out, because it's just not fun to battle 5+ enemies at once. I just want to go out and farm some ingredients. I don't want to have to worry about every tiny Wompit attacking me, regardless of the fact that I can kill most anything with ease.
There are also the other issues with the quest log being hard to understand, the map not being user friendly, the crafting log being a pain in the ass, the inability to see what resources you have at any given moment.
It's a really great game, but it is far from perfect and becoming a major grind. Somehow, I keep finding myself going back, however...
The lack of progression as you "level up" is disappointing. You don't ever learn any new techniques, but you do build some side weapons (a dart gun, ninja star, etc). For the most part, Flux just does the same attack over and over and over. It would be nice to be able to learn some new attacks or to have some variation in the animation.
Farming ingredients is a giant pain in the ass and not at all fun. This is a constant problem in games like this, but god damn is it a boring pain in the ass. I have completed every quest that I can in Savannah and just need to go
to Higher Ground
This would be a lot less annoying if I didn't pull aggro from EVERY SINGLE ENEMY ON THE SCREEN whenever I begin to mine a resource. The instant I hit a dusk shard, every Glidopus, Tartil, Wat, Zug, whatever, on the screen immediately begins to attack me. It doesn't matter if they are low level or high level enemies, every single one pulls aggro if I so much as cough. I have to run in and duck out, because it's just not fun to battle 5+ enemies at once. I just want to go out and farm some ingredients. I don't want to have to worry about every tiny Wompit attacking me, regardless of the fact that I can kill most anything with ease.
There are also the other issues with the quest log being hard to understand, the map not being user friendly, the crafting log being a pain in the ass, the inability to see what resources you have at any given moment.
It's a really great game, but it is far from perfect and becoming a major grind. Somehow, I keep finding myself going back, however...
Glad it's not just me. Since it's a general bug hopefully they will fix it soon.
I think this could be due to the AppStore downtime. This is one of the reasons why I hate IAP premium unlocks, as soon as the online infrastructure goes down you stand to loose access to your game.
Side note on this game, I loved their "ITS STILL PREMIUM WE PROMISE GOD DONT HATE US" text tone of the bug fix updates after they changed the business model.
Yeah, I didn't appreciate the change. I get that they need to make money but they changed what I paid for, for the worst. Not that I paid a lot so whatever but it still bothers me a bit.
So is anyone else here playing The Greedy Cave? I'm really liking it a lot. Kind of gives me that same warm fuzzy feeling that Hero Emblems did.
It takes a beaten to death genre (roguelikes) and adds charm, depth and a little more strategy in to create something special IMO.
Granted, I wouldn't say I'm an expert in roguelikes by any means so that probably should temper my endorsement. And it isn't as big of a game changer as Hero Emblems was to the match 3 RPG genre. But it's been grabbing me more than other recent roguelikes such as Space Grunts and Dungelot.
It takes a beaten to death genre (roguelikes) and adds charm, depth and a little more strategy in to create something special IMO.
Granted, I wouldn't say I'm an expert in roguelikes by any means so that probably should temper my endorsement. And it isn't as big of a game changer as Hero Emblems was to the match 3 RPG genre. But it's been grabbing me more than other recent roguelikes such as Space Grunts and Dungelot.
I bought it back when it first came out. Deleted it off my phone before it went free to make space for other stuff. Just reinstalled it and I can't get the full version either.
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Crusader Kings, Europa Universalis, the upcoming Stellaris, and other Paradox grand strategy games might be coming to mobile
http://toucharcade.com/2016/02/04/p...grand-strategy-games-to-mobile-in-the-future/
http://toucharcade.com/2016/02/04/p...grand-strategy-games-to-mobile-in-the-future/
I hate when this happens shortly after I bought it, even if the price is just something I waste one other stuff easily.
OMG OMG OMG!!!
More_Badass
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Here's the direct link. Seems they're still in the very early planning phase, so nothing concrete atm. But it does sound promising
http://www.gamereactor.eu/news/377213/Wester+Grand+strategy+on+tablets+hopefully+within+1-1.5+years/
So don't expect anything till at least 2017
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More content is coming this month
Matt Frost
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I hope an endless mode comes with it as well.
Great thing I didn't buy it... already have a grind in Destiny (quite fun playing with friends) and can't cope with more of that. And alone. Relief.
Now this seems interesting. A narrative game that's played with a physical book you purchase.
The Ice-Bound Concordance
The Ice-Bound Concordance
I also just now got the bug, where my purchased version of Horizon Chase is seen as the free trial, were the restore option doesn't work. I have emailed the developers.
I also recently began playing Wayward Souls for the first time. Oh my, was that an amazing experience. I got a question though, as I died, and woke up from the beginning. Is this a game, where I have to stay alive to get to the ending (alas get the whole story of the character told) and as soon as I die I start over and are stripped of my equipments and skills? That would be fine with me but I would like confirmation if this is the case.
I also recently began playing Wayward Souls for the first time. Oh my, was that an amazing experience. I got a question though, as I died, and woke up from the beginning. Is this a game, where I have to stay alive to get to the ending (alas get the whole story of the character told) and as soon as I die I start over and are stripped of my equipments and skills? That would be fine with me but I would like confirmation if this is the case.
Yep. It's a roguelike so it's permadeath. And not easy!
Game's now deleted from my phone. Never to return.
Rogulike was the word I were searching for. Nice, thanks for the confirmation.
Really? It's a bug, and is apparently being taken care of in an upcoming update, which have already been submitted to Apple.
There's so many awesome games on mobile - I think I currently have 100+ games on it, so I'm ready for my travelling in April. But then, I can't seem to find much that interests me from the past year, and I would like some game with a great narrative (already planning on getting Sword and Sworcery and Year Walk; I had these on Android) and probably Chaos Rings III and definitely Dragon Quest VI as well.
Honestly, I need Final Fantasy IX like right now, because then I know what I'll be playing on the plane.
What would you guys' say is the best game you can play with only one hand?
I often have to hold onto the handles on the London Underground so I only have one hand to use.
I've been playing a lot of Tap My Katamari, Neko Atsume and Threes, but I'd like something a bit more gamey. Was looking at SPL-T?
I often have to hold onto the handles on the London Underground so I only have one hand to use.
I've been playing a lot of Tap My Katamari, Neko Atsume and Threes, but I'd like something a bit more gamey. Was looking at SPL-T?
SPL-T have gotten very good feedback. I should probably look into it as well. The Dragon Quest games are also high quality one-handed gaming. I would say, the kings to me, are Crossy Road and Flappy Bird. Sneak Beat Bandit for a rhythm game maybe?
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Good time to jump in. The game will be coming to PC soon, so the IOS version will be getting updated with better animations, a new class, and game mode
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Card Crawl or 99 Bricks. Super addictive, easy to play, and a lot of fun
To PC as well!? Oh man, will I sink a lot of hours into it then!
More_Badass
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There are few
The Nightjar - https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/the-nightjar/id431598741?mt=8
Papa Sangre - https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/papa-sangre/id407536885?mt=8
Papa Sangre 2 - https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/papa-sangre-ii/id710535349?mt=8
Yeah, I were thinking of Papa Sangre. Thanks!
I'm having tremendous fun with Crossy Road and have had since it launched. I just bought a piggy bank character for real money, just to earn coins faster and to get those 1000 free coins. Such an addicting game.
I also set a new record of 210. What are your records?