That is one of the things that pisses me off about Hunters - every single time you go to the menu it stops your music playback since they decided their background had to be a quicktime movie.
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iOS Gaming Thread May 2013: Another board thread, now with 4X the backlog
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That is one of the things that pisses me off about Hunters - every single time you go to the menu it stops your music playback since they decided their background had to be a quicktime movie.
Dun dun duuun
Trailer
ONLY OUT IN NZ CURRENTLY, Worldwide release on May 2
Brought to you in beautiful HD pixelated glory, Star Command brings to life the challenges and joys of managing a starship. Upgrade your ship, get out into the unknown and watch your crew die grizzly deaths all at your command. Strange and exotic alien civilizations await you at every turn. Manage each of your ships roles, focusing on science skills, tactical combat and ship engineering. Prevent alien invaders from taking over your ship and causing massive amounts of damage with sentry guns. Revive dying crew members with new rooms! And don’t forget that your decisions matter - an enemy made early could come back to haunt you later.
✔ Level your crew members up and earn new skills
✔ Build a ship in your own image!
✔ Four distinct ship hulls to choose from
✔ Focus on tactical, science or engineering
✔ Amazing soundtrack intensifies the action and exploration
✔ Over 10 alien species to discover
✔ Premium game - no in app purchase roadblocks
ONLY OUT IN NZ CURRENTLY, Worldwide release on May 2
Brought to you in beautiful HD pixelated glory, Star Command brings to life the challenges and joys of managing a starship. Upgrade your ship, get out into the unknown and watch your crew die grizzly deaths all at your command. Strange and exotic alien civilizations await you at every turn. Manage each of your ships roles, focusing on science skills, tactical combat and ship engineering. Prevent alien invaders from taking over your ship and causing massive amounts of damage with sentry guns. Revive dying crew members with new rooms! And don’t forget that your decisions matter - an enemy made early could come back to haunt you later.
✔ Level your crew members up and earn new skills
✔ Build a ship in your own image!
✔ Four distinct ship hulls to choose from
✔ Focus on tactical, science or engineering
✔ Amazing soundtrack intensifies the action and exploration
✔ Over 10 alien species to discover
✔ Premium game - no in app purchase roadblocks
Trailer
ONLY OUT IN NZ CURRENTLY, Worldwide release on May 2
An epic adventure through a land of monsters and magic.
★ Plot your own journey across a hand-drawn 3D world map
★ Fully interactive story, with 1000s of choices
★ The story is rewritten on the fly based on how you play
★ Unique touch-based sword-duelling, with procedurally-generated descriptions of the action
★ Outwit monsters by learning their weaknesses and tells
★ 48 magic spells to master, with weird and wonderful effects that change the story
"The Shamutanti Hills" is Part 1 of 4. Part 2, "Kharé: Cityport of Traps", is coming soon to the App Store! - Each part will be a separate app but saves will carry across each!
ONLY OUT IN NZ CURRENTLY, Worldwide release on May 2
An epic adventure through a land of monsters and magic.
★ Plot your own journey across a hand-drawn 3D world map
★ Fully interactive story, with 1000s of choices
★ The story is rewritten on the fly based on how you play
★ Unique touch-based sword-duelling, with procedurally-generated descriptions of the action
★ Outwit monsters by learning their weaknesses and tells
★ 48 magic spells to master, with weird and wonderful effects that change the story
"The Shamutanti Hills" is Part 1 of 4. Part 2, "Kharé: Cityport of Traps", is coming soon to the App Store! - Each part will be a separate app but saves will carry across each!
I'm new here, having lurked around for literally years but dragging my feet on actually signing up and signing in until just recently, but I just have to give my respect to those that organize the OTs for every game and even this iOS game thread.... the lead posts on every thread are just brilliantly laid out, always look great, and are just packed with information to get one pumped up about any new release. Seeing info from last month's thread ported over into the bigger games on this month's thread just shows a level of community dedication that I've never seen anywhere else. So yeah... just in awe over here.
On topic, though.... picked up Eclipse today and am grabbing Star Command tomorrow! It's great to see so many of the games I've been waiting for coming out all in such a short span... I've been sitting on iTunes credit for ages and now just get to burn through it all!
On topic, though.... picked up Eclipse today and am grabbing Star Command tomorrow! It's great to see so many of the games I've been waiting for coming out all in such a short span... I've been sitting on iTunes credit for ages and now just get to burn through it all!
Sid Meier's Ace Patrol looks kinda cool
http://ca.ign.com/videos/2013/05/01/ace-patrol-developer-demo
http://ca.ign.com/videos/2013/05/01/ace-patrol-developer-demo
toythatkills
Member
There's a chance it's actually a genuine product, and CatCap is just a typo.
Donald Bubbins
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New Zealand signing in!
I'm trying to keep my expectations in check, but I am pretty excited too. We should have a dedicated thread for it. I'll do it tonight if no one else does, no big deal.
Dun dun duuun
Trailer
ONLY OUT IN NZ CURRENTLY, Worldwide release on May 2
Brought to you in beautiful HD pixelated glory, Star Command brings to life the challenges and joys of managing a starship. Upgrade your ship, get out into the unknown and watch your crew die grizzly deaths all at your command. Strange and exotic alien civilizations await you at every turn. Manage each of your ships roles, focusing on science skills, tactical combat and ship engineering. Prevent alien invaders from taking over your ship and causing massive amounts of damage with sentry guns. Revive dying crew members with new rooms! And don’t forget that your decisions matter - an enemy made early could come back to haunt you later.
✔ Level your crew members up and earn new skills
✔ Build a ship in your own image!
✔ Four distinct ship hulls to choose from
✔ Focus on tactical, science or engineering
✔ Amazing soundtrack intensifies the action and exploration
✔ Over 10 alien species to discover
✔ Premium game - no in app purchase roadblocks
Trailer
ONLY OUT IN NZ CURRENTLY, Worldwide release on May 2
An epic adventure through a land of monsters and magic.
★ Plot your own journey across a hand-drawn 3D world map
★ Fully interactive story, with 1000s of choices
★ The story is rewritten on the fly based on how you play
★ Unique touch-based sword-duelling, with procedurally-generated descriptions of the action
★ Outwit monsters by learning their weaknesses and tells
★ 48 magic spells to master, with weird and wonderful effects that change the story
"The Shamutanti Hills" is Part 1 of 4. Part 2, "Kharé: Cityport of Traps", is coming soon to the App Store! - Each part will be a separate app but saves will carry across each!
Nice. Firaxis' "Haunted Hollow" gets a wide launch tonight too. Plus some kind of Angry Birds game. Looks like a nice week.
Do you have any games on that iPhone? I thought I had a ton, but clearly I'm outclassed. I knew I shouldn't have gone 32GB....
Donald Bubbins
Member
I only have one page for games and the ones out of folders are semi active.
toddhunter
Member
Just picked up both. Dat birthday itunes voucher! Obviously both are out in Australia now too.
Two things:
1) Steve Jackson's Sorcery is REALLY well done. I'm absolutely enamored with it - it might be my favorite example of interactive fiction to date. Don't sleep on it Thursday. Maybe it falls apart as it progresses but man... so far so good.
2) The next IGN Free Game of the Month launches Friday. Twin-stick shooter fans... prepare yourselves!
1) Steve Jackson's Sorcery is REALLY well done. I'm absolutely enamored with it - it might be my favorite example of interactive fiction to date. Don't sleep on it Thursday. Maybe it falls apart as it progresses but man... so far so good.
2) The next IGN Free Game of the Month launches Friday. Twin-stick shooter fans... prepare yourselves!
Cool! Thanks Justin.
I loved FTL and played a ton of it but I must admit that I'm really happy that this is more of a normal campaign.
toddhunter
Member
Steve Jackson's Sorcery, if nothing else, is a great showcase of an ipad. It looks beautiful.
Sid Meier has an iOS game coming out on the 9th called Ace Patrol. It's a WWI flight combat game that just happens to be... turn based? Uh that sounds odd and awesome. Sid Meier was actually hands on with this one devleoping and coding it, which he hasn't done in a long ass time.
Can't wait to try it.
Can't wait to try it.
mine too
Sorry for continually linking to my own stuff but... it's so relevant! I have an 11-minute developer demo of Ace Patrol:
http://www.ign.com/videos/2013/05/01/ace-patrol-developer-demo
I don't remember if we were recording when we talked about this or not, but Firaxis was telling me that Sid basically made the entire game himself. He just borrowed some artists to pretty it up. All the design, code, math and tactics are from him directly. Pretty cool.
Just saw the video posted above and it looks right up my alley. Very nice surprise, coming in a week or so.
Not just any old gamebook either. The Sorcery series, along with Creature of Havoc, were probably the best out of all the Fighting Fantasy books. I hope this conversion doesn't stray too far away from the original text, it seems like quite a change.
That said, the first part is very small in scope compared to the later three. So this will just be a taster.
Star Command is up in the UK. I couldn't get it in search yet but going directly to the page works https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/star-command/id632079234?mt=8
toddhunter
Member
Thanks, the good games seem to just keep rolling.
Thanks, was searching fruitlessly.
Hopping over here from the iOS board games thread.
Eclipse is amazing -- everyone please get it! My recommendation would be play the tutorial then read the in-game rules. This should take about 45m total at most. The developer really did an amazing job of putting such a sprawling and amazing game on iPad. Definitely in my top 3 iOS board games along with Carcassonne and Ascension.
Eclipse is amazing -- everyone please get it! My recommendation would be play the tutorial then read the in-game rules. This should take about 45m total at most. The developer really did an amazing job of putting such a sprawling and amazing game on iPad. Definitely in my top 3 iOS board games along with Carcassonne and Ascension.
Dash Kappei
Not actually that important
Welcome aboard sir!
Wow, the movement system is genius.
Minsc
Gold Member
I saw it was mentioned too that Part 2 has already begun production, and there is a way to transfer your character from the first part forward (explained in the app), and each part will be a separate app. Great to hear all these boardgames getting good impressions.
Dash Kappei
Not actually that important
Anything old (Super Bit Bash, Run Like Hell etc.) I can recommend requires at least 4.3 now due to updates sorry
edit: found a couple! Used to like the paid app, now it's free with iap and requires 4.0
I Must Run! Reloaded
This is on sale for 0,89 and it's not really "endless" but pretty cool, runs on 3.0:
Mirror's Edge
oipic
Member
Gosh! Is this Sorcery of which you guys speak really based on this book?
Talk about a blast from the past, I loved this when I was a young bloke. I recall shamelessly tracing/copying the manticore on the cover for an 'original' fantasy art piece for a school project, too.
I guess given all that history I'm compelled to check out this app/game/book thing, right? Sounds like a plan.
Talk about a blast from the past, I loved this when I was a young bloke. I recall shamelessly tracing/copying the manticore on the cover for an 'original' fantasy art piece for a school project, too.
I guess given all that history I'm compelled to check out this app/game/book thing, right? Sounds like a plan.
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
Yeah, seriously, Talisman is the best game I've played on IOS. Like. Ever.
Donald Bubbins
Member
I think I need to see some video of this game... It doesn't look like much to me.
I've bought so many board games in the past couple days. $100 GC burning a hole in my pocket. And so much more to buy coming out tonight too...
It's fun, but it's not mindblowing. Worth $5 I think. But no more.
It's fun, but it's not mindblowing. Worth $5 I think. But no more.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
Sorcery! (the books) are quite fun and very engaging. If anyone likes old-style roleplaying, I recommend 'em. Mine are falling apart they've been used so much 
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
It's a RPG that plays like a classic board game. You roll around the board completing quests by rolling for combat damage from cards you draw like the community chest in Monopoly. I'd say if you like board games and RPGs it'd likely appeal to you. It's definitely old school feeling.
11pm EST
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
I don't even know if it has MP to be honest. I can't put the damn thing down though.
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
Looks like Eclipse is a bit too popular - received a Maximum game count reached error trying to create an online game earlier, lol.
Wait...11pm EST today or tomorow?
Phoenixazure
Member
im def curious about sorcery! would love to read some impressions
sparky2112
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