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[Anno]

God I forgot how close to crack Kingdom Rush is.

 

[Minsc]

First I've heard of iCloud working across two different apps. As far as I know that would be new tech supported by Apple.

Same here, but that is what people are saying... guess someone else needs to say it doesn't work that way.

Also, I'm not sure how it'd work with IAP (if you bought a hero on the HD one but not the normal one) and tried playing your save on both devices... but what's weird is people said with Pinball Arcade, there were two apps, a lite and a paid version (that came with a single table or two opened up), and when there was a bug with the paid version, people were saying to download the free version and you'd be able to restore your purchases in it even though it was a different app, and people were saying that it was indeed working. Maybe there's some way to link IAP over multiple apps?

 

[PFD]

Admittedly, my iOS dev knowledge is a bit rusty these days so this may have changed to be possible. But previously at least it was impossible to iCloud sync between two separate app SKUs, which this is. Short of making say the HD edition universal and enabling iCloud save game sync (or using a third-party save/sync system) I can't see it working. At least if you're looking to play on an iPhone and an iPad and not two iPhones/iPods or two iPads.

Generally when a dev adds icloud support post-release to bridge two separate apps, it's done through a dedicated iCloud save slot, as opposed to having progress automatically synced. An example of this would be Galaxy on Fire/HD.

 

[PittaGAF]

Same here, but that is what people are saying... guess someone else needs to say it doesn't work that way.

Also, I'm not sure how it'd work with IAP (if you bought a hero on the HD one but not the normal one) and tried playing your save on both devices... but what's weird is people said with Pinball Arcade, there were two apps, a lite and a paid version (that came with a single table or two opened up), and when there was a bug with the paid version, people were saying to download the free version and you'd be able to restore your purchases in it even though it was a different app, and people were saying that it was indeed working. Maybe there's some way to link IAP over multiple apps?

!!!!

I forgot about IAPs (another thing potentially bad for separate apps).

If it's so, maybe Apple changed some things on their part recently...and maybe Apple is taking iOS as a gaming platform a bit more seriously.

Another thing I can't stand (generally done by Jap devs) is different apps for different regions (like ASIA, EUROPE and USA) that lends to different ladders on GC (so no score comparing).

 

[Tunesmith]

I am very suspicious of FFT's iCloud sync ability working between regular and the HD versions. Square's wording is very ambigious as well, says nothing about saves working across both editions of the game.

My assumptive view at this point, without having dug into it further is that syncing works;

iPhone version <> iPhone version (on another phone or ipad) = yes
HD iPad version <> HD iPad version (on two different ipads) = yes
iPhone version <> HD iPad version = no

 

[NorrenRadd]

iPhone version <> iPhone version (on another phone or ipad) = yes
HD iPad version <> HD iPad version (on two different ipads) = yes
iPhone version <> HD iPad version = no

This is how it has always worked. If a game syncs between versions of an app, it is using an account system outside of iCloud.

 

[kennah]

So, unfortunately there's been a little misunderstanding...
Anybody here who needs a CANADIAN store code for Final Fantasy Tactics?
Help a brotha out so that we can rectify and grab me a US store code for the same game.

Did you get this sorted? I'm Canadian and want the game, I'm sure we can work out a mutually beneficial arrangement.

 

[PFD]

Did you get this sorted? I'm Canadian and want the game, I'm sure we can work out a mutually beneficial arrangement.

Hasn't been sorted yet. This has been my mistake, as I mistakenly bought the game for dash from a Canadian account. Would be great if you can buy it. I'll inform dash in a PM.

 

[MrKayle]

Anyone bought Ron Gilbert Scurvy Scallywags yet?
Impressions?

EDIT: Well, ok, bought it anyway...will report.

pretty enjoyable, has good production values. it's similar to dungeon raid in some ways. not the best game ever but a well-done match puzzle.

 

[chris121580]

pretty enjoyable, has good production values. it's similar to dungeon raid in some ways. not the best game ever but a well-done match puzzle.

I've been playing it all morning. It's my favorite match 3 game to come out on the iOS. Incredibly addicting and so much to do with quite a bit of depth

 

[Tunesmith]

Gimme a shout if OP worthy. Pre E3 week is killing me in terms of what I can focus on in iOS. Other than continued WHQing (bug patch coming next week).

 

[Meier]

If you tap on the stars, it shows you the breakdown.

I had no clue they tracked all that stuff! I figured it was related to the look of your town. So that's why some of you guys have six million homes. :lol I can't make enough money at this point to afford much land and all the buildings are $100k as is! I just do it once a day at most. Seems like you need to devote to maybe 4 hour tasks or less to be highly successful. I know the 24 hour tasks are far less efficient.

 

[XiaNaphryz]

I had no clue they tracked all that stuff! I figured it was related to the look of your town. So that's why some of you guys have six million homes. :lol I can't make enough money at this point to afford much land and all the buildings are $100k as is! I just do it once a day at most. Seems like you need to devote to maybe 4 hour tasks or less to be highly successful. I know the 24 hour tasks are far less efficient.

What's your Origin id? My Tapped Out friends list is still pretty sparse. :/

 

[Tunesmith]

Generally when a dev adds icloud support post-release to bridge two separate apps, it's done through a dedicated iCloud save slot, as opposed to having progress automatically synced. An example of this would be Galaxy on Fire/HD.

Missed this post earlier. What you and I are describing are technically the same thing. It's up to the devs how it's presented ingame. Visible dedicated save slot or not. WHQ for example is the same, they got three slots though.

 

[Community Forum]

Haha Scurvy Scallywags is sooooo good!

Edit: And iCloud support is totally seamless. I swapped back and forth just now with ease!

 

[PFD]

Missed this post earlier. What you and I are describing are technically the same thing. It's up to the devs how it's presented ingame. Visible dedicated save slot or not. WHQ for example is the same, they got three slots though.

Yeah, from my understanding this is how it's done in FFT, based on TA's article:

iCloud works a little weird in that it doesn't transfer your specific save state, but rather, just your "memory card" save game between devices... But, hey, that's still really awesome especially for a game with this kind length and depth.

Also, you're busy with E3? Do you work in the games industry? I didn't know that!

 

[Aruki]

Hey there gaffers, just thought to share our new release, Bellboy, for the iPhone, iPad, iPod.
Its free with no inApp crap. Feedback is more than welcomed as we expect to improve the game.

Would be awesome if you could try it out and spread the word

https://itunes.apple.com/app/bellboy/id589408214

gameplay:
http://youtu.be/8Xz1zcZm1Qk

cheers!

 

[Heel]

Big Daddy's Creations is having one of their iOS sales. Eclipse is down to $4.99.

 

[Dash Kappei]

Did you get this sorted? I'm Canadian and want the game, I'm sure we can work out a mutually beneficial arrangement.

PfD refunded me before I could speak with him so yeah, it'd be awesome if you could buy the code off him!
I'll inform him to contact you via PM, he has the code now.
Nice

edit:

Hasn't been sorted yet. This has been my mistake, as I mistakenly bought the game for dash from a Canadian account. Would be great if you can buy it. I'll inform dash in a PM.

I'm sorry I was this much trouble to you man

 

[Lupin3]

Haha Scurvy Scallywags is sooooo good!

Edit: And iCloud support is totally seamless. I swapped back and forth just now with ease!

It's really entertaining. Might even go for the IAP, but I'm not sure it's needed though.

 

[Harry Potter]

God I forgot how close to crack Kingdom Rush is.

I know, I'm playing at my desk hoping my boss doesn't come up behind me.

 

[GotchaForce]

Isn't Kingdom Rush Frontiers out today? Checked earlier and it wasn't

 

[The Lamonster]

Frontiers is a lot of fun, as expected. It's very similar to the first one though, which I guess isn't a bad thing...I just hope this one lasts longer before I hit that difficulty brick wall.

 

[okno]

Scurvy Scallywags is fantastic! The little twist on how things fall into the field is great and helps it stand out from the rest of the match-3 games, and it's just straight up adorable all across the board. Absolutely worth $1. I'll be buying some of their IAP just to show them some more support, it's a really great game.

 

[LugNut74]

Will pick up Kingdom Rush: Frontiers tonight. Also highly recommend Eclipse. It is a steal at 4.99.

 

[Vire]

Question:

I have some iTunes credit from a gift card a while ago, if I make a in app purchase for a Hero will it take it from my existing credit or from my credit card?

 

[wetflame]

Question:

I have some iTunes credit from a gift card a while ago, if I make a in app purchase for a Hero will it take it from my existing credit or from my credit card?

I think it takes from your existing iTunes credit first before charging you. I added a couple of gift cards to my account and so far all purchases have come off that credit without me getting the option to pay via other means.

 

[Vire]

I think it takes from your existing iTunes credit first before charging you. I added a couple of gift cards to my account and so far all purchases have come off that credit without me getting the option to pay via other means.

Ok, great.

Thank you for the response.

EDIT: Yep, worked just like you said. Got the dragon because I am a sucker and love this game.

 

[Meier]

What's your Origin id? My Tapped Out friends list is still pretty sparse. :/

Mine is abellwillring. They need to create another event.. I don't visit other people's town's too much when I can only get like 25xp out of it.

 

[Lupin3]

Scurvy Scallywags is fantastic! The little twist on how things fall into the field is great and helps it stand out from the rest of the match-3 games, and it's just straight up adorable all across the board. Absolutely worth $1. I'll be buying some of their IAP just to show them some more support, it's a really great game.

Some? Is there more than one (double gold)?

 

[PittaGAF]

Scurvy Scallywag is awesome!!!
Thanks for the raccomandation!

 

[kaf]

Man of Steel iOS revealed: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6DIaa-0YJk

 

[okno]

Some? Is there more than one (double gold)?

I'm not sure. I only played the game on my hour commute to work this morning, so I didn't have any reception. I saw the gold doubler, but there was another one under it that just said "Loading..." so I have no idea what it was. Regardless, I will throw my money at them with force!

 

[FlyinJ]

9th Dawn is pretty awesome so far. Has a big Ultima 4-6 vibe going, but with free form movement. I guess it has a little bit of a Nox thing going too.

Huge open world RPG.

I mean, how can any Ultima fan resist this screenshot:

 

[MrKayle]

9th Dawn is pretty awesome so far. Has a big Ultima 4-6 vibe going, but with free form movement. I guess it has a little bit of a Nox thing going too.

looks cool but I'm not paying $2.99

 

[heringer]

Man of Steel iOS revealed: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6DIaa-0YJk

Gross.

 

[FlyinJ]

looks cool but I'm not paying $2.99

I feel you. I'd rather have a bag of Ruffles than an epic 30+ hour Ultima throwback RPG.

 

[Snuggles]

9th Dawn is pretty awesome so far. Has a big Ultima 4-6 vibe going, but with free form movement. I guess it has a little bit of a Nox thing going too.

Huge open world RPG.

I mean, how can any Ultima fan resist this screenshot:

I was just eyein' this. How's the combat?

 

[toythatkills]

Hey there gaffers, just thought to share our new release, Bellboy, for the iPhone, iPad, iPod.
Its free with no inApp crap. Feedback is more than welcomed as we expect to improve the game.

Idea has potential, but silly things stopped me enjoying it, like how it didn't rotate to the orientation of my iPad, and how the "HD" version is so low-res in places, hideously so. The art style could use a little work, too, it's almost there, it mostly looks great and the animation fits lovely, but then there are things like the keys which look like clip-art from 1995 or something.

Like I say though, idea has potential so I'd be interested a few months down the line to see where it's at

 

[twelver]

Can anyone comment on how big some of these games are? I'm thinking about getting an ipad soon, but don't know how many megs games like eclipse, warhammer quest, etc take up. Need to know if 32 gigs is enough. Thanks!

 

[PFD]

9th Dawn is pretty awesome so far. Has a big Ultima 4-6 vibe going, but with free form movement. I guess it has a little bit of a Nox thing going too.

Huge open world RPG.

I mean, how can any Ultima fan resist this screenshot:

This caught my attention when I looked at TA's list of new releases. I'm kinda swamped though with the big releases from last week.

 

[FlyinJ]

I was just eyein' this. How's the combat?

Twin stick. Left controls player (free form, you slide in the analog direction you point). Right stick is attack (direction you push for melee weapons, opposite direction for ranged attacks. Bows you can control how far they shoot by how long you hold back on the stick).

The combat is very Nox-like if you've ever played that. It works pretty well.

 

[Fleet_of_Foot]

Man of Steel iOS revealed: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6DIaa-0YJk

Yikes.

 

[WanderingWind]

9th Dawn is pretty awesome so far. Has a big Ultima 4-6 vibe going, but with free form movement. I guess it has a little bit of a Nox thing going too.

Huge open world RPG.

I mean, how can any Ultima fan resist this screenshot:

Uh, that looks great

 

[Lupin3]

I'm not sure. I only played the game on my hour commute to work this morning, so I didn't have any reception. I saw the gold doubler, but there was another one under it that just said "Loading..." so I have no idea what it was. Regardless, I will throw my money at them with force!

Ah, those are things you can buy for in-game gold.

 

[PFD]

PfD refunded me before I could speak with him so yeah, it'd be awesome if you could buy the code off him!
I'll inform him to contact you via PM, he has the code now.
Nice

edit:



I'm sorry I was this much trouble to you man

It's all good man, wasn't your fault.

I did learn something new today though. Apparently you can't gift apps with iTunes credit, it has to be through a credit card. No clue why, but maybe Apple doesn't want the $10,000 winners showering everyone with apps.

 

[soldat7]

9th Dawn is pretty awesome so far. Has a big Ultima 4-6 vibe going, but with free form movement. I guess it has a little bit of a Nox thing going too.

Huge open world RPG.

I mean, how can any Ultima fan resist this screenshot:

Couple questions: Are the pixels sharp on iPad and can you do anything about that nauseating fog of war? And is there a decent story/dialog?

Edit: what the heck, bought this anyways. To answer my own questions, pixels look wonderful on iPad 3 and you can even zoom in a bit. The fog of war is a little obnoxious, but not as bad as it looks in videos. The story is somewhat nonexistent (so far) but there's a lot of good dialog and some flavor text for items. It's meeting my expectations! (And great soundtrack, btw.)

Some iPad 3 screens:

 

[GWX]

I played quite a bit of Anodia yesterday. Very cool game and polished game.

However, it just made me want Shatter for iPad even more. Mario, where is it?

 

[igor]

No skill slowdown at all on my Mini. Rotating the screen has a slight hitch sometimes, but that's about it. Sprites mostly look really solid as well.

Yay, got the game and it looks great. Who hasn't played FFT... BUY IT NOW. The definitive version - crazy fast compared to PSP version and the sprites look daaaycent. Love it.
I suppose controls take time to get used to and game just begs to have the widescreen support, but other than that great game. Give me Tactics Ogre and FFTAdvance series

The sprites are pretty much the same as HMH. They're by the same artist, Ayaka S.

Here's some info that ought to help you beat the game.
Hero AI types:
&#12356;&#12398;&#12385;&#12375;&#12425;&#12378; Fearless - Charges in at top speed, never retreats. Charges monsters near by.
&#12363;&#12370;&#12365; Zealot - Charges in at top speed, retreats last minute. Charges monsters near by.
&#12397;&#12387;&#12369;&#12388; Hot Blooded Charges in at top speed, retreats at 40% health. Charges monsters near by.
&#12428;&#12356;&#12379;&#12356; Calm Charges in at normal speed, retreats around 50% health.
&#12375;&#12435;&#12385;&#12423;&#12358; Careful Slows down around midboss/boss, retreats around 60% health.
&#12362;&#12367;&#12403;&#12423;&#12358; Wussy Slow. Retreats very quickly. I give these guys red bandannas so they get the "Hot Blooded" AI, then make them fighters.

The top 3 personalities make for great fighters, Calm and Careful make the best mages while wussies get glasses or bandannas to change to Calm or Hot Blooded respectively.

Cool thank you! Was going to translate stuff myself since it's all in kana, but you saved me time Nice to see that the game is deeper than it appears.

Been playing this since it was mentioned in the thread and I love it. The art style is fantastic. Took me a while to realise that the enemies tend to attack on a cycle so it's a matter of working out when to attack and block, and also that holding down the attack button performs a secondary ability (regain health or mana or perform a more powerful attack), but now that I know that I'm really enjoying it. The animations are superb and the pixel art is really great. The fact that it's free is just the icing on the cake.

Yes game is also punishingly difficult, I keep dying on my second dungeon but it's good fun. There are small quirks to the game though I don't know if the game is not too simple.
Attacking while the monster is ready to blow damages them more - cool mechanic but very risky.


Also... Deus Ex on iOS, looks amazing. It's probably going to be 7$ per episode though. Now, give me pocket Tomb Raider like this (one can dream).

 

[SuluDance]

KR Frontiers is really good. The first 3 levels, I was just thinking "more of the same" (that's not a bad thing) but the first pirate level really threw me for a loop! Awesome level design!