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What's the problem with IAP for the full game? It's basically the current XBLA system - the game starts out as a demo and then unlocks. Maybe the App Store just needs a conventional built-in demo system?

I think people worry that iap will end up driving the cost of games way higher than the 99¢-$1.99 median we seem to be at now, but I think that's going to be a good thing for the quality of future games, if the higher prices are accepted...
 
Just started playing Order and Chaos. Uh....wow. Not bad at all. At $1/month after my 3 month free trial runs out, I can see myself resubing until the next big one comes along.

What server??

Personally I've got a character on Arcadian Forest as that's where the GAF guild used to be once upon a time. I got to level 58 during the last "double-xp" weekend they had at the beginning of the year. Best MMO offering on iOS by far, a bit grindy once you hit the mid 30's but lesser so now after the recent update.
 
I think people worry that iap will end up driving the cost of games way higher than the 99¢-$1.99 median we seem to be at now, but I think that's going to be a good thing for the quality of future games, if the higher prices are accepted...

That but having to buy stuff to play more of a game is actually something completely different than having a demo and then buy the full game. If it's like you get the game and the you can pay for a full unlock once, now that's exactly like "having a demo and then buying the full game". This is like the less used IAP style in IOS right now. Most of the time IAP are something you can pay forever for. For as long as you play. This is the model I personally don't like. Even just words sometimes are repulsing me. Saying a game is "free" and then you need to purchase stuff inside to continue, this is a sad little mind trick. It should actually be liable for "false publicity" in my opinion if we didn't have 20th century's laws.
 
Went on a app buying binge after grabbing a $50 itunes credit from best buy...

Buying the $50 card from Walmart during their Christmas sale was the best thing ever.

Are there any Harvest Moon like games available (read: NOT shitty Farmville experiences).
 
Buying the $50 card from Walmart during their Christmas sale was the best thing ever.

Are there any Harvest Moon like games available (read: NOT shitty Farmville experiences).

I've been wondering the same thing. It's perfect for the platform. It's INSANE to me that natsume made a harvet moon themed puzzle game for iOS but not a real Harvest Moon game.
 
We got a Ipad 2 because it was compulsory for my younger brothers school since they have their Textbooks on Ipad now.

What are some good free Ipad games? I checked 'Gafs top iOS games thread' but alot of them didn't intrest me one bit, and most where paid games.

I already got

Angry Birds HD, Rio, Seasons
Cut the Rope Lite
Pacman Lite, Ms Pacman Lite
Robotek HD
Shadow Era
Bejeweled Blitz
Bit.Trip.Blitz
Tiny Tower
KardBattle
Game Dev Story Lite (I will look into its spinoffs later)
Fruit Ninja Lite

I mostly like Trading Card games and games with some depth too it. There was some thread on gaf of a free strategy game on iOS 'Hero something' i can't seem to find it. Is that for ipad aswell?
 
We got a Ipad 2 because it was compulsory for my younger brothers school since they have their Textbooks on Ipad now.

What are some good free Ipad games? There was some thread on gaf of a free strategy game on iOS 'Hero something' i can't seem to find it. Is that for ipad aswell?
Hero Academy, and no it's iPhone only (playable on iPad in 2x mode).

As for other good games, do you like board games? If so look up Ascension, Carcassonne, Ticket To Ride, and Elder Sign: Omens on youtube. All are excellent.
 
Hero Academy, and no it's iPhone only (playable on iPad in 2x mode).

As for other good games, do you like board games? If so look up Ascension, Carcassonne, Ticket To Ride, and Elder Sign: Omens on youtube. All are excellent.

He was asking for free stuff only, which is a major limiter. The only free apps on my iPad 2 that aren't in his list are jukebeat, jubeat plus, and REFLEC BEAT plus (which are arguably freemium as they only have 3 songs each if you don't buy any song packs). There's also the Lite versions of Cave's releases (Espgaluda II, Dodonpachi Resurrection, Bug Panic, Deathsmiles, and Bug Princess).
 
Ascension looks good but it costs 5.50 by the looks of it.

As I was hinting about 10 minutes ago, a lot of the quality releases are going to cost you one way or another. Not a whole lot is given away for free on iOS. If it helps, it's been mentioned that Best Buy's digitally delivered iTunes store credit is 20% off today.

Also, Ghost Trick is definitely today's hotness. You can play the first two chapters for free, so no harm in giving it a shot, no?
 
As I was hinting about 10 minutes ago, a lot of the quality releases are going to cost you one way or another. Not a whole lot is given away for free on iOS. If it helps, it's been mentioned that Best Buy's digitally delivered iTunes store credit is 20% off today.

Also, Ghost Trick is definitely today's hotness. You can play the first two chapters for free, so no harm in giving it a shot, no?

I'm not American and my brother already has Ghost Trick on his DS.
 
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I mostly like Trading Card games and games with some depth too it. There was some thread on gaf of a free strategy game on iOS 'Hero something' i can't seem to find it. Is that for ipad aswell?
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i just got my iPad a couple weeks ago and was/am on a very similar search

so far i've found these free :
Dominion
Neuroshima Hex Lite
Cabals:The Card Game
BANG! [HD] 4th of July
FMA Battle


these are 99 cents :
Assassin's Creed Recollection
Necronomicon Redux


these all seem to be well regarded but cost more than i want to pay now:
Ascension: Chronicle of the Godslayer
Small World
Ticket to Ride
Elder Sign: Omens HD
Carcassonne
Forbidden Island
Ghost Stories The Boardgame
RAVENMARK: Scourge of Estellion


i'd also suggest registering on AppShopper and make a Wish List to keep an eye on for price drops.
a lot of stuff you'd dig that costs now may be considerably less, if not free, at a later date.
 
Neuroshima Hex is so incredibly addictive. My board game of choice when not playing online multiplayer. It's wonderfully suited to the iPad and it even convinced me to buy the actual game.
 
Actually looks like we may have some money left on that $50 iTunes card for my brothers 'E-text books'. He is getting a codes from the school for 2 of the text books.

I believe like 22bucks with be spent of school related apps.

So i guess i will buy like GTA3 and Accession.

i just got my iPad a couple weeks ago and was/am on a very similar search

so far i've found these free :
Dominion
Neuroshima Hex Lite
Cabals:The Card Game
BANG! [HD] 4th of July
FMA Battle


these are 99 cents :
Assassin's Creed Recollection
Necronomicon Redux


these all seem to be well regarded but cost more than i want to pay now:
Ascension: Chronicle of the Godslayer
Small World
Ticket to Ride
Elder Sign: Omens HD
Carcassonne
Forbidden Island
Ghost Stories The Boardgame
RAVENMARK: Scourge of Estellion


i'd also suggest registering on AppShopper and make a Wish List to keep an eye on for price drops.
a lot of stuff you'd dig that costs now may be considerably less, if not free, at a later date.

Excellent, all those free games look awesome and my research didn't even find them!

Also i forgot about that AC card game. I may have to get that.
 
I just got my first iPad two days ago. I really like tower defense games and so far have downloaded Kingdom Rush, Unstoppable Gorg, and Jelly defense. I can't stop playing Jelly defense! It's great so far. Does anyone have any more recommendations for when I'm done with these three? I prefer no IAP in the games if possible.
 
I just got my first iPad two days ago. I really like tower defense games and so far have downloaded Kingdom Rush, Unstoppable Gorg, and Jelly defense. I can't stop playing Jelly defense! It's great so far. Does anyone have any more recommendations for when I'm done with these three? I prefer no IAP in the games if possible.

Anomaly: Warzone Earth (I think) is really good, it is basically reverse tower defense. You are the creeps.
 
Ok I know most people here despise Angry Birds, but is anybody else's appstore showing Angry Birds with no name and no text in it's description?

I've got an update 2.02 showing for it as well with the same thing, no name and no description just the icon...

EDIT - The appstore for Australia is also showing Angry Birds with over 55,000 ratings, surely that's wrong too...

Angry Birds hacked?? Or something way less sinister...
 
Speaking of Zuntata soundtracks, how is the RayForce iOS port? It's one of my favorite shooters... does it play as good as some of Cave's iOS games?
 
Hows Robocalypse and Helsings Fire? Since I just got another iTunes GC looking into getting older cheap games that have been forgotten.
 
In Reckless Racing 2, when you get to the later career street tracks and cars, it's almost like a different game (very little drifting + 2x faster than RR1 at least). So good. Sad that I only have one cup left in career. Might give the leaderboards a shot.
 
Ugh, I can't access the featured section of the AppStore for quite a few days now. Only says "your request coud not be completed". Any idea of what the problem might be?
 
The Scribblenauts appshopper e-mails don't stop coming, I'm going to have to unmark it from my profile. It's not like it's available in the appstore I use anyway.

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http://appshopper.com/games/scribblenauts-remix

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Speaking of Zuntata soundtracks, how is the RayForce iOS port? It's one of my favorite shooters... does it play as good as some of Cave's iOS games?

I don't have it but from what I've read some people were saying it seemed like they just took the arcade rom and threw in touch controls.
 
I've been checking App Shopper every day and for the last 2 or 3 weeks pretty much nothing 'good' has gone free...what's the deal...maybe I'm just burnt out and not caring about most of the ones that are going free..I tried stuff like The Cruncheons before and didn't care for them

Basically playing nothing but Carcassonne, Hero Academy and 7 Wonder: Magical Mystery Tour (sometimes Spelltower or Piczle Lines when trying to go to sleep)
 
I've been checking App Shopper every day and for the last 2 or 3 weeks pretty much nothing 'good' has gone free...what's the deal...maybe I'm just burnt out and not caring about most of the ones that are going free..I tried stuff like The Cruncheons before and didn't care for them

Basically playing nothing but Carcassonne, Hero Academy and 7 Wonder: Magical Mystery Tour (sometimes Spelltower or Piczle Lines when trying to go to sleep)

Super Mega Worm x Santa, Mystery Mania, Death Rally, and Shuttle Scuttle aren't good enough freebies?
 
Are they trying to scam buyers with the constantly changing prices?

I think there's a bug with the update or something. I haven't been able to download the latest update and now it disappeared from my update page. I don't think they're doing this intentionally.
 
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