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iOS Gaming July 2013: Filled with unethical beverages, like Lipton Brisk Iced Tea

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Quake1028

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PittaGAF said:
If you see it in the Documents part of the iCloud thing, it should do.
If you see it just in the backup part...no.
It just means that if you RESTORE the WHOLE backup, you will have the game with the save, at the date of the backup.

PERSONAL RANT: As Apple already store individually app's data in the whole backup...I always wondered why in the world they had a SEPARATE iCloud documents thing.
As they already had the data in the backup...they could support 'iCloud sync' for EVERY APP.
Or, if not iCloud sync between devices because of space restrictions, at least allow us to pull once data from cloud in a installed app.
This would solve immediately at least the problem 'I want to delete this big game but I do not want to lose the save for possible future expansions' in games that doesn't support iCloud by their own.

I never udnerstood why Apple took that (convoluted) route.

My personal number one wish for future iOS is that they solve precisly that problem, and they already have everything set (since a year, actually).

I even noticed that if you delete an app from iPhone, the data part of it store in the iCloud backup survives even several successive backups (without the app installed)..but if you resintall it, it doesn't pull the data (obviously).
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Well, there goes all of those saves. Stupid me for not checking and even stupider me for thinking the cloud actually did something for games. Oh well.
 
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dgenx

Made an agreement with another GAF member, refused to honor it because he was broke, but then had no problem continuing to buy video games.
Guys knights of the old republic is now $4.99!

Edit: beaten like the is no tomorrow
 
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infiniteloop

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Tunesmith

formerly "chigiri"
Tiny Thief is great, levels start off simple but get progressively more complex. Your goal for each is to ultimately get awarded 3 stars per level, achieved by stealing a primary object, a set of secondary objects and finding a squirrel. Each object is tied to a comical narrative that plays out depending on what actions you take and when you do them. Do things in the 'wrong' order and you'll probably miss out on the secondary objectives.

Added to that is a gorgeous and adorable art style along with hidden funny achievements which are triggered by doing random things in various levels (like timing a drop of a bucket on a guard's head).

You'll find a very enjoyable experience here.
 
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EleventhDoctor

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Tunesmith said:
Tiny Thief is great, levels start off simple but get progressively more complex. Your goal for each is to ultimately get awarded 3 stars per level, achieved by stealing a primary object, a set of secondary objects and finding a squirrel. Each object is tied to a comical narrative that plays out depending on what actions you take and when you do them. Do things in the 'wrong' order and you'll probably miss out on the secondary objectives.

Added to that is a gorgeous and adorable art style along with hidden funny achievements which are triggered by doing random things in various levels (like timing a drop of a bucket on a guard's head).

You'll find a very enjoyable experience here.
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Just came in here to post my thoughts, too! It's fantastic-the developers of this are very talented.
 
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More_Badass

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okno said:
Toucharcade gave Limbo 3 out 5 stars and people are piiiiiiissed!

Buying the game tonight (hurray, pay day!), absolutely cannot wait to play it. 3 stars just because the puzzles can be frustrating. A commenter mentions that this is the same guy who reviewed Badlands and gave that 4.5/5, and Badlands is just about as frustrating a game can be while still being engaging. Weird!
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I know, that's crazy. Learning through death is part of the experience, like in Super Meat Boy. I never found it frustrating.
 
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igor

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okno said:
Toucharcade gave Limbo 3 out 5 stars and people are piiiiiiissed!
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As much as I don't think this game is as amazing as people make it out to be, this review is bit hilarious. He acknowledges its a puzzle platformer yet he's got problem with the puzzles. This is not rayman, this is pretty much a simpler Heart of Darkness (actually... THIS GAME NEEDS A REMAKE on iOS) but with a cool art style. It's not really a platformer as such and death is part of the game. I do see his point that the puzzle more often than not require dying 20 times to get all the 20 steps in the puzzle right, though.

I think he expected a pretty game that is not too hard on your brain, like Badlands (which to be honest, I don't think is as great as people claim it to be, and I spent full price on it) a creepy mix of loco roco and jetpack joy ride.
 
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More_Badass

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Tunesmith said:
Tiny Thief is great, levels start off simple but get progressively more complex. Your goal for each is to ultimately get awarded 3 stars per level, achieved by stealing a primary object, a set of secondary objects and finding a squirrel. Each object is tied to a comical narrative that plays out depending on what actions you take and when you do them. Do things in the 'wrong' order and you'll probably miss out on the secondary objectives.

Added to that is a gorgeous and adorable art style along with hidden funny achievements which are triggered by doing random things in various levels (like timing a drop of a bucket on a guard's head).

You'll find a very enjoyable experience here.
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So there's only one "right" way to win? No freedom to experiment?

And on TA forums, people were saying it's about 6 hours long. True?
 
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bonesquad

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igor said:
I think he expected a pretty game that is not too hard on your brain, like Badlands (which to be honest, I don't think is as great as people claim it to be, and I spent full price on it) a creepy mix of loco roco and jetpack joy ride.
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Whoa now. Your description of Bandland is why it is so good. Let's not start bad mouthing Badland just because TAs review system is shit. :)

It's crazy all the good games on sale or free. Too bad I pretty much already have them all. I guess that just shows what great tastes in games I have.
 
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Reese-015

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Wait wait wait... Deus Ex supports iPad Mini and soon iPad 2... But not iPhone 4? Doesn't the iPhone 4 basically have iPad 2 hardware with a lower res screen? Shouldn't Deus Ex run perfectly fine on that? :/
 
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Snuggles

erotic butter maelstrom
Girls Like Robots a lot of fun. You guys should check it out if you haven't. Now I feel for failing to purchase it before it wen't free. There doesn't seem to be any IAP's either.
 
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Heel

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RustyO said:
Threads were fun whilst they lasted, and props to Tunesmith to putting them together; but any future ones will just feel hollow, pointless and going through the motions.
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This ain't over!

When does Phoenix Wright Infinity Blade: Dungeons um, uh, Oceanhorn come out? Anyone know?
 
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PFD

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infiniteloop said:
RIP: Chair Co-founder Confirms 'Infinity Blade Dungeons' is Officially Cancelled
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I guess Epic doesn't like money.

Reese-015 said:
Wait wait wait... Deus Ex supports iPad Mini and soon iPad 2... But not iPhone 4? Doesn't the iPhone 4 basically have iPad 2 hardware with a lower res screen? Shouldn't Deus Ex run perfectly fine on that? :/
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Naw dude. The 4S is similar to iPad 2 hardware. iPhone 4 has an A4 processor.

Heel said:
This ain't over!

When does Phoenix Wright Infinity Blade: Dungeons um, uh, Oceanhorn come out? Anyone know?
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Last we heard was late 2013.
 
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BlackBanditSho

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The Walking Dead: 400 Days is fantastic. Full disclosure, Telltale's The Walking Dead game on iOS was easily my favorite game of last year. Love the writing and production value on these games. 400 Days is REALLY well put together. I'm starting to really dig Telltale as a company with this direction...

Star Trek please? One day?
 
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PFD

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BlackBanditSho said:
The Walking Dead: 400 Days is fantastic. Full disclosure, Telltale's The Walking Dead game on iOS was easily my favorite game of last year. Love the writing and production value on these games. 400 Days is REALLY well put together. I'm starting to really dig Telltale as a company with this direction...

Star Trek please? One day?
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I enjoyed it, but I thought it was really really short. Like half the length of the original episodes.
 
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Megasoum

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So I got Angry Bird Star Wars... It's a minor thing but is it normal that the main theme on the main menu speeds up and slows down?
 
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Gamecocks625

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Even though I sold my iPad mini and am waiting for the 5th gen iPad, I still couldn't help myself and went ahead and got KOTOR for $5. Don't think I ever got the chance to play it back in the day on Xbox.

Crazy how good of a gaming device the iPad has become.
 
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bonesquad

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Tunesmith said:
Tiny Thief is great, levels start off simple but get progressively more complex. Your goal for each is to ultimately get awarded 3 stars per level, achieved by stealing a primary object, a set of secondary objects and finding a squirrel. Each object is tied to a comical narrative that plays out depending on what actions you take and when you do them. Do things in the 'wrong' order and you'll probably miss out on the secondary objectives.

Added to that is a gorgeous and adorable art style along with hidden funny achievements which are triggered by doing random things in various levels (like timing a drop of a bucket on a guard's head).

You'll find a very enjoyable experience here.
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Hmm. I'm only about 14 levels in (of 30), but so far the game is pretty easy. That's not necessarily a bad thing, but often it feels like I'm just tapping everywhere until I win. Almost like Botanicula or McPixel:) The game is still enjoyable even with its trial-and-error style. It's hard not to like:)


Snuggler said:
Girls Like Robots a lot of fun. You guys should check it out if you haven't. Now I feel for failing to purchase it before it wen't free. There doesn't seem to be any IAP's either.
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GLR was one of my favorite iOS games of last year. So charming and a pretty cool puzzle game too.
 
PittaGAF

PittaGAF

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Tiny Thief is dumb easy (but still adorable) till Pirate's World...when things starts to ramp up, expecially finding the optional objects, which sometimes is a game on its own, expecially the ferret.
After that, the game is simply STELLAR....so gooooood....sooooooo fun.
 
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SmokyDave

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I'm trying to convince myself not to buy KOTOR, but my resolve is slipping. I just don't like that style of RPG no matter how hard I try. £2.99 though, it's almost rude not to buy it.
 
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SteveWD40

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SmokyDave said:
I'm trying to convince myself not to buy KOTOR, but my resolve is slipping. I just don't like that style of RPG no matter how hard I try. £2.99 though, it's almost rude not to buy it.
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It's overrated imho, I played it on the OXbox and spent most of the time pressing Y to make the light sabres spin around...
 
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Rekwest

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PalaceBrother said:
Has anybody played it, and if so is it worthwhile? I really liked Season 1 but thought it ended really well. Wary of spoiling that.
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BlackBanditSho said:
The Walking Dead: 400 Days is fantastic. Full disclosure, Telltale's The Walking Dead game on iOS was easily my favorite game of last year. Love the writing and production value on these games. 400 Days is REALLY well put together. I'm starting to really dig Telltale as a company with this direction...

Star Trek please? One day?
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Tunesmith

formerly "chigiri"
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Done! (For now). Highly recommended, I thoroughly enjoyed it. The later levels are quite ingenious. You get a short funny reward for 3-starring everything too. :)
 
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HBP

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I am totally addicted to Scurvy Scallywags, I got it the other day when it was free and ended up buying the IAP coin doubler (which I never do). I don't really know what it is about the game but I just can't stop playing!
 
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Mike Works

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Scurvy Scallywags bugged out on me so I'm level 30 but have only collected 7 sea shanties and don't get cutscenes anymore. Therefore game fucking sucks.
 
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igor

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Tunesmith said:
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Done! (For now). Highly recommended, I thoroughly enjoyed it. The later levels are quite ingenious. You get a short funny reward for 3-starring everything too. :)
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Ugh I spent so much money on iOS games recently... but I am so tempted! It looks a bit like Ghost Trick?

By the way, after all the wows after unveiling of iOS7 the system at places doesn't look mnimal put just plain bare and empty :(

Would you say iOS7 makes Game Center more important for games and gamers? My friend list is empty and sad :(
 
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Nirolak

Mrgrgr
I'll drop this in here in case the separate thread I made gets no replies.

The list is made more for people who pay no attention so I'm sure most of you have already seen these, but hey, for those who haven't.

Free Games:
1.) Peggle HD / Peggle
2.) Flight Control HD / Flight Control
3.) Angry Birds Star Wars HD / Angry Birds Star Wars
4.) Infinity Blade II
5.) Badland
6.) Dead Space HD / Dead Space
7.) Mirror's Edge HD / Mirror's Edge
8.) Where's My Water
9.) Superbrother's Swords & Sworcery
10.) Tiny Wings HD / Tiny Wings
11.) The Sim's Medieval
12.) The Walking Dead: Episode 1
13.) Girls Like Robots
 
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