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iOS Gaming Thread May 2013: Another board thread, now with 4X the backlog
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chickdigger802
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You probably can just YouTube it in a week to see if it fits your style.
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I hear ya. Ghost Trick was full of Excited Japanese Dialogue! But after a while I just got used to it. It was well worth it.
toddhunter
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I like: Geodefense, geodefense swarm, defender chronicles 2, sentinel 3 and Plants vs Zombies. Maybe Anomaly: Warzone Earth although it is a bit different (I still much prefer the ios version over the PC one).
Kingdom rush is great, just making the point that I wouldn't feel the need to spend $8 for a hero unless they seriously messed up the balance (in which case I wouldn't play it at all). On the other hand a couple of bucks extra might hit the spot. There are no shortage of options after all.
toddhunter
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That is fair enough. Hopefully the new one is a clear #1 for both of us.
The all-time great classic port is out tonight. The great port of a modern / current game is several weeks away still.
toddhunter
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Kotor tonight?
iOS Wednesdays: 8pm PT / 11pm ET
Shouldn't it be on the NZ store already then?
Is this why there are ridiculous scores at the top of many of the leaderboards?
Cool that you guys are doing this. If I didn't suck at racing games I might give it a go. Still, it is appreciated.
Liberation Maiden is on sale - I always wanyed to try it out, but wasn't sure about it, no I don't have a choice... I'll wait with Warhammer Quest until I read about it a little bit more.
Meanwhile I tried out Phoenix Wright and I am bit disappointed that Capcom didn't even optimised it for iPhone 5 - also, they should make it possible to go through the dialogues faster - now I'm not sure I would like to play through all this at normal speed.
When it comes to art work in higher resoultion - these are just pixel arts scaled up and then painted over and it looks somewhat amateurish. Original artwork was great so it's not that bad, but it could look so much better. Fonts are also quite small, it was already bit of an issue in the DS version but here it's just annoying. Overall this game just looks like a scaled up version of DS original - it carries everything the original had problems with.
Anyway writing is still fun and it's great series so whoever has never played it - try out the first episodes, and just bear in mind the first game despite the hd treatment is more than 10 years old...
Meanwhile I tried out Phoenix Wright and I am bit disappointed that Capcom didn't even optimised it for iPhone 5 - also, they should make it possible to go through the dialogues faster - now I'm not sure I would like to play through all this at normal speed.
When it comes to art work in higher resoultion - these are just pixel arts scaled up and then painted over and it looks somewhat amateurish. Original artwork was great so it's not that bad, but it could look so much better. Fonts are also quite small, it was already bit of an issue in the DS version but here it's just annoying. Overall this game just looks like a scaled up version of DS original - it carries everything the original had problems with.
Anyway writing is still fun and it's great series so whoever has never played it - try out the first episodes, and just bear in mind the first game despite the hd treatment is more than 10 years old...
Sanic
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So this thing is just gonna appear with zero fanfare?
Dash Kappei
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Wow I didn't know there was an iOS port! Are there any other Guild01 games available?
I guess LM has a virtual stick tho, how does that work out? Game seems pretty frantic... I wonder if it's better on iPad or 3DS
Also: HOW LONG TILL WHQ goes up on the US AppStore?!
toddhunter
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Played about 30 minutes of Warhammer Quest.
It is extremely polished and seems very well put together. It is clear I'll be spending some time with it.
However one major issue. Unless I'm missing something, there is no inventory button, and you are forced to turn the ipad to go into portrait mode to bring it up? It is really annoying me.
It is extremely polished and seems very well put together. It is clear I'll be spending some time with it.
However one major issue. Unless I'm missing something, there is no inventory button, and you are forced to turn the ipad to go into portrait mode to bring it up? It is really annoying me.
Unfortunately, this is the only one... I'd love to have Crimson Shroud on my iPhone...
I played it a little bit and it seems like I am going to have a blast with it - game feels like a Lite version of Zone of the Enders (seriously, you even drag your reticle over the enemies and launch multiple lasers at them just like in ZoE) but with crazy anime setting. Virtual Stick is IMO super responsive I didnt have problems with it (mind you I played for less than 10 minutes) and the game looks very sharp on retina. For 2 dollars you can't go wrong
infiniteloop
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GTA III finally got iPhone 5 support, iCloud save + custom playlist.
Trust me, I tried. I placed in the top 100 the first week, but that was still way behind the top 10 and had no idea how I could shave more time. Gave up after that :/
Hmm Warhammer Quest is downloaded and ready to go but... don't fucking tell me capcpom didn't release Phoenix Wright on the French app store ???
I see no trace of it atm. Smh.
Edit. For the sake of honesty it appeared during the time it took to write this post. All is right th... They made me look like a fool ! Smh !!!
I see no trace of it atm. Smh.
Edit. For the sake of honesty it appeared during the time it took to write this post. All is right th... They made me look like a fool ! Smh !!!
Thank you. Apart form PvZ Anomaly: Warzone Earth hadn't heard of them. I'll check those out. (Apart from PvZ whihc I have caned...)
Ace Attorney HD is up in NA. Already posted in the other thread, but I'll put it here just for completions sake:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id365681816?mt=8#
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id365681816?mt=8#
a secret-boss
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might as well post WHQ https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id573516833?mt=8
Misinformed?
I assume Justin meant Phoenix Wright?
Standards for "all time great classic" at an all time low
chickdigger802
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phoenix wright is one strange port. It looks kinda goofy and for a ds/gba game, it sure does run like ass on my ipad mini.
Will test on my iphone 5 later... huh.
Will test on my iphone 5 later... huh.
Hah, well said.
I wonder if they'll be able to make XCOM work on phones or if it'll be ipad only.
Ya I hear ya. A button for landscape mode to access the inventory should would be handy. Ill get used to the portrait mode I guess will take a bit.
dream
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Whoops, rats. Ok time to check out WHQ then.Next week.
toddhunter
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Been playing a bit more and it isn't something I'm getting used to. The whole game is perfect for chilling on the couch and watching tv or doing something else, which is where you don't want to have to keep picking it up and turning the device. Of course the ipad doesn't always respond either and you then dick around with it to make the screen "turn".
Not the biggest problem in the world right now, but hopefully something they address because that is the only real negative so far (beyond perhaps increasing the movement speed a bit).
I feel a little bit let down from my first exposure to WHQ. Surely the traditionnal return to earth after the long and eager wait for a game.
First, the thing is translated to French with google, or the translator was drunk. Maybe it is a problem just located in the iap description but oh god. Problem is, even after switching to english I saw 1-2 typos in some texts during my session.
Maybe I'm too ocd but I like to understand even a little how the system works, and so far the tutorial and the pages I read of the journal didn't detail how some stats influence things. Maybe it will come to me with time.
And above all, why on earth did rodeo had to make attack animations so slow, I'm thinking of melee attacks here. Oh its not the end of the world, not too slow, just slow enough to be noticeable and a little boring. You barbarian is to hit on something, you bet he will take his sweet ass time adjusting his shot -_-
I'm not too disapointed, there is potential (not perfect but really nice looking, a neat gamebook feel with the quests narratives, seems long, etc...), just, bah I so wished it were flawless.
First, the thing is translated to French with google, or the translator was drunk. Maybe it is a problem just located in the iap description but oh god. Problem is, even after switching to english I saw 1-2 typos in some texts during my session.
Maybe I'm too ocd but I like to understand even a little how the system works, and so far the tutorial and the pages I read of the journal didn't detail how some stats influence things. Maybe it will come to me with time.
And above all, why on earth did rodeo had to make attack animations so slow, I'm thinking of melee attacks here. Oh its not the end of the world, not too slow, just slow enough to be noticeable and a little boring. You barbarian is to hit on something, you bet he will take his sweet ass time adjusting his shot -_-
I'm not too disapointed, there is potential (not perfect but really nice looking, a neat gamebook feel with the quests narratives, seems long, etc...), just, bah I so wished it were flawless.
PittaGAF
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I just won a bet because the inventory thing is the first (and possibly the only) issue brought to attention here in the first hour.
For what is worth (I had the same issue initially), strange as it seems, you won't spend much time in inventory during the game...so you won't notice it as you do now (I admit it grew on me too after a while).
Enjoy the game!!!
For what is worth (I had the same issue initially), strange as it seems, you won't spend much time in inventory during the game...so you won't notice it as you do now (I admit it grew on me too after a while).
Enjoy the game!!!
PittaGAF
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Hmmmmm weird.
During the beta they had placeholder translations (google translator level) but some weeks ago they implemented the proper ones (surely the Italian one), but the iap descriptions (for some reason...no biggie).
Is the French translation still no good (I mean in game, not the AppStore ones)?
Merchant to the Stars seems pretty neat. Management game from the perspective of a shopkeeper in an RPG world?
Not the greatest looking game but I like where this is going!
Not the greatest looking game but I like where this is going!
Dash Kappei
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Goddamn then why the hell it still doesn't show up for me when searching for "warhammer" in the US AppStore?!
I could've played it a bit during commute already :/
Thanks for the link btw
Dash Kappei
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Oh cool, you're a fellow Bel Paese countryman, I didn't know that
toddhunter
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Yeah I'm feeling that too. It doesn't have to be much faster but the time really adds up and it is noticeable.
Don't we all
Despite the quibbles I'm very happy with the purchase.Sorry I will answer your question later, really have to go.
Must be the stupidest post on a messageboard, but as I hit reply inadvertently I had to elaborate a little. Sorry again.
It's not XCOM, or PW.
Yeah, you had said it wasn't announced yet, is it still weeks away from release...?
Don't think it is explained very well that doing 3 stunts during a jump gives you the biggest boost. There are a few other tips dropped on the Facebook page.
If you made the top 100, may want to give it another shot.
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