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I've seen a few people in here asking for games like Devil Dice ... those folk might wanna look at Qvoid.
Not quite really the same thing, but uses a tumbling block mechanic that brought DD to my mind right away at least.
It's not timed, but rather individual puzzles where you have to drag a cube around the puzzle space and match colored sides to solve.

Pretty good puzzler and seems very friendly to play and packaged well : you can fully rotate the puzzles on screen, unlimited undos, Universal, leaderboards and achievements, iCloud sync.
Oh ... and it is FREE.

Check it out
Qvoid
itunes.apple.com/us/app/qvoid/id444918183?mt=8
Control a white cube tumbling around a board, picking and carrying colors in its sides. Mix and match them to solve the puzzles. And then, try to do it in less steps to collect all the stars!

With its smooth learning curve and original gameplay you can be sure to get lots of fun from the start. As you arrive to the most hard puzzles, though, you'll need to squeeze every neuron of your brain to advance. Find your way through wonderful puzzles with cells that rotate, move, disappear, teleport... and more!
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Hmmm the game designer, lead artist for Extinction Squad and our user experience expert appear to be staying late at work trying to stay at the top of the leaderboards.
 
criesofthepast said:
Even if you know you can always download them again but shit, who does that? Once they are deleted you know your most likely not going to re-download them again.
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if you have an EA game there is have a large risk of EA removing it from the store to sell another version with IAPs making the app you bought is lost forever.
 
I seem to recall a bunch of people asking for Picross 3D in this thread in the past. Well, Oh! Cube looks like it's it!

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I haven't played it so it could be terrible, but then so is Picross 3D so I'm sure if you've been after it you won't mind so much.
 
toythatkills said:
I seem to recall a bunch of people asking for Picross 3D in this thread in the past. Well, Oh! Cube looks like it's it!

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I haven't played it so it could be terrible, but then so is Picross 3D so I'm sure if you've been after it you won't mind so much.
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I'll take one for the team. Back soon!
 
Anyone else only gaming on iOS now?

I really can't be bothered sitting at my desk PC gaming now or booting up consoles and hogging the TV. On top of that, at 32 I really don't have the time for the type of games I used to play (loot crawls, MMO's).

The idea of just crashing on the coach with my iPad and maybe a Vita really appeals to me (and my GF as she can still talk to me rather than when I am at my desk).

I seem to have finally done what I thought I would never do: grown out of "mainstream" gaming. I still love games culture but I spend more time reading about them than playing them.

It helps that the iPad is maturing, with stuff like Dungeons of Dredmor, Legend of Grimrock, Frozen Synaps and BG:EE on the way I doubt I will just be matching cakes forever.
 
SteveWD40 said:
Anyone else only gaming on iOS now?

I really can't be bothered sitting at my desk PC gaming now or booting up consoles and hogging the TV. On top of that, at 32 I really don't have the time for the type of games I used to play (loot crawls, MMO's).

The idea of just crashing on the coach with my iPad and maybe a Vita really appeals to me (and my GF as she can still talk to me rather than when I am at my desk).

I seem to have finally done what I thought I would never do: grown out of "mainstream" gaming. I still love games culture but I spend more time reading about them than playing them.

It helps that the iPad is maturing, with stuff like Dungeons of Dredmor, Legend of Grimrock, Frozen Synaps and BG:EE on the way I doubt I will just be matching cakes forever.
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Yeah, iPad and 3DS mostly. I only turn my PS3 or Wii on for something really exciting.
 
SteveWD40 said:
Anyone else only gaming on iOS now?

I really can't be bothered sitting at my desk PC gaming now or booting up consoles and hogging the TV. On top of that, at 32 I really don't have the time for the type of games I used to play (loot crawls, MMO's).

The idea of just crashing on the coach with my iPad and maybe a Vita really appeals to me (and my GF as she can still talk to me rather than when I am at my desk).

I seem to have finally done what I thought I would never do: grown out of "mainstream" gaming. I still love games culture but I spend more time reading about them than playing them.

It helps that the iPad is maturing, with stuff like Dungeons of Dredmor, Legend of Grimrock, Frozen Synaps and BG:EE on the way I doubt I will just be matching cakes forever.
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I'm in exactly the same boat. I have a 360, PS3 & PC and I simply can't find much time to sit down and play 'em. My Vita and my iPhone are so much more convenient and the games are usually suited to the small chunks of time I have. I too would rather crash with the missus than disappear into my man-loft or occupy the main television. I turn 32 this weekend so maybe we're just at 'that' age.

It's the main reason I'm so glad that smartphone gaming is maturing. If it wasn't for that, I'd probably be playing 3 hours of games a week, at best.
 
SteveWD40 said:
Anyone else only gaming on iOS now?

I really can't be bothered sitting at my desk PC gaming now or booting up consoles and hogging the TV. On top of that, at 32 I really don't have the time for the type of games I used to play (loot crawls, MMO's).

The idea of just crashing on the coach with my iPad and maybe a Vita really appeals to me (and my GF as she can still talk to me rather than when I am at my desk).

I seem to have finally done what I thought I would never do: grown out of "mainstream" gaming. I still love games culture but I spend more time reading about them than playing them.

It helps that the iPad is maturing, with stuff like Dungeons of Dredmor, Legend of Grimrock, Frozen Synaps and BG:EE on the way I doubt I will just be matching cakes forever.
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Yep. I really dont have time to play games these days, but if I do its on the ipad. Also, my attention span isnt what it used to be, so I really cant get into long adventures/campaigns.
 
SteveWD40 said:
Anyone else only gaming on iOS now?

I really can't be bothered sitting at my desk PC gaming now or booting up consoles and hogging the TV. On top of that, at 32 I really don't have the time for the type of games I used to play (loot crawls, MMO's).

The idea of just crashing on the coach with my iPad and maybe a Vita really appeals to me (and my GF as she can still talk to me rather than when I am at my desk).

I seem to have finally done what I thought I would never do: grown out of "mainstream" gaming. I still love games culture but I spend more time reading about them than playing them.

It helps that the iPad is maturing, with stuff like Dungeons of Dredmor, Legend of Grimrock, Frozen Synaps and BG:EE on the way I doubt I will just be matching cakes forever.
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Same here. I used to buy an insane amount of games, own every system each generation, obsessively follow E3, etc. Yet now my gaming is exclusive to iPad.

iOS gaming is what gaming used to be for me. What gaming was all about in the heyday of the 80's and early 90's. Modern console gaming is basically just playing a movie it feels like these days. The simple quirky experiences are all gone. iOS is full of them.

I love gaming as much as I did then, but "traditional" gaming abandoned me. My idea of gaming isn't the yearly 200 million budget Uncharted/COD/etc. Mine is stuff like Waking Mars, Super Crate Boss, Gunman Clive, the Kairosoft series, Sword & Sworcery, Swordingo, and yes Angry Birds Space.
 
SmokyDave said:
I'm in exactly the same boat. I have a 360, PS3 & PC and I simply can't find much time to sit down and play 'em. My Vita and my iPhone are so much more convenient and the games are usually suited to the small chunks of time I have. I too would rather crash with the missus than disappear into my man-loft or occupy the main television. I turn 32 this weekend so maybe we're just at 'that' age.

It's the main reason I'm so glad that smartphone gaming is maturing. If it wasn't for that, I'd probably be playing 3 hours of games a week, at best.
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I think the appeal is the style of game in closer to the quick short burst Arcade style gaming we grew up with. Long narrative, Hollywood style, time-sink, blockbusters don't suit your lifestyle when you get older. I'm 38.
 
iOS exclusive gamer as well...I don't know if I should try and brag about it or hide my head in shame, but it gets the job done and is only getting better.
 
Oh! Cube seems pretty good so far. Still on the very easy levels, but it's a rather competent clone of Picross 3D.

You can spin the shape around, step inside the shape, colour in blocks and chip them away.

It has three lives, and you're automatically docked if you mess up. I personally prefer the "free" style of Picross, where it doesn't tell you when you get a block wrong, but it's not a deal breaker.

It's not perfect. On iPad, at least, the shape spins around a bit too fast, tapping on blocks can be a touch finicky, and there's no way to paint a load of blocks in one go.

But for 69p, to have a pretty close approximation of Picross 3D on my iPad? Close enough!
 
Glad to see my esteemed gaffers are in the same headspace. As said, it's just a good time to make the leap as mobile gaming is really hitting it's stride.

I also feel that mainstream gaming is moving in a direction I don't like, where you are an ATM for the publisher and it's all about DLC / Micro-transactions and hamster wheel gaming.

I know iOS has this as well but it's less offensive when you spent 69p-£5 or so on the game.

The only things that made me think twice were Borderlands 2 and GW2 but frankly I don't have time for the latter at all and the former would just end up like the rest of my Steam library: un-installed after 2 months / 100 hours with me waiting for the next hype train.
 
McBacon said:
Oh! Cube seems pretty good so far. Still on the very easy levels, but it's a rather competent clone of Picross 3D.

You can spin the shape around, step inside the shape, colour in blocks and chip them away.

It has three lives, and you're automatically docked if you mess up. I personally prefer the "free" style of Picross, where it doesn't tell you when you get a block wrong, but it's not a deal breaker.

It's not perfect. On iPad, at least, the shape spins around a bit too fast, tapping on blocks can be a touch finicky, and there's no way to paint a load of blocks in one go.

But for 69p, to have a pretty close approximation of Picross 3D on my iPad? Close enough!
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I'd be interested to hear opinions of it from iPhoners, surely it's really easy to get punished for mistakes if you're of the fat fingered type?

And yeah, I prefer Picross when it doesn't tell you you've made a mistake too, but I'm not sure it would work here. When a block's gone, it's gone, which would make undoing a mistake difficult.
 
Sonic 4 ep2 is good on ipad but 30fps which is a shame, also some 3d stuff is toned down but the god rays and stuff are still in. Looks real nice for a tablet platformer.
 
Cheebo said:
Same here. I used to buy an insane amount of games, own every system each generation, obsessively follow E3, etc. Yet now my gaming is exclusive to iPad.

iOS gaming is what gaming used to be for me. What gaming was all about in the heyday of the 80's and early 90's. Modern console gaming is basically just playing a movie it feels like these days. The simple quirky experiences are all gone. iOS is full of them.
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This is a very good point. I too like that anything-goes indie feel of iOS. You get real gems that a small team has laboured over, and the games are more fun for it. I still play the occasional console game, but my heart is with the bedroom programmers.
 
Jedeye Sniv said:
This is a very good point. I too like that anything-goes indie feel of iOS. You get real gems that a small team has laboured over, and the games are more fun for it. I still play the occasional console game, but my heart is with the bedroom programmers.
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Yup, I get C64 / Amiga vibes from the iOS marketplace. Discovering hidden gems in a massive pile of games is always fun.


dreamcastmaster said:
I think the appeal is the style of game in closer to the quick short burst Arcade style gaming we grew up with. Long narrative, Hollywood style, time-sink, blockbusters don't suit your lifestyle when you get older. I'm 38.
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Yeah, there's this too. I'd almost forgotten the joys of short burst, high score gaming.
 
RubxQub said:
iOS exclusive gamer as well...I don't know if I should try and brag about it or hide my head in shame, but it gets the job done and is only getting better.
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Add me to the long list with you guys.

I used to be obsessed with games, I had to buy pretty much everything that came out.

Now? I can't even finish Mass Effect 3. My fiancé and I bought a house a couple months ago which adds another layer of responsibility where I just can't game like I used to. Thank god for iOS.
 
SmokyDave said:
Yup, I get C64 / Amiga vibes from the iOS marketplace. Discovering hidden gems in a massive pile of games is always fun.
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YES.

This is the main hook for me, it reminds me of being 13 and getting those Amiga discs with 100 games on (freeware), 90% would be crap but that last 10% would be gems.
 
SeanR1221 said:
Add me to the long list with you guys.

I used to be obsessed with games, I had to buy pretty much everything that came out.

Now? I can't even finish Mass Effect 3. My fiancé and I bought a house a couple months ago which adds another layer of responsibility where I just can't game like I used to. Thank god for iOS.
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I was balking at buying Mass Effect Infiltrator for the iPad. It was one of the early Retina games which made me want to get it, but watching some videos online made it looks like a very weak shadow of the proper game. When I realized that I wasn't going to play Mass Effect 3 anyways, I just passed.

I've unhooked my PS3, 360 and Wii at this point and pulled them out of my entertainment center. We'll see what the next generation of consoles brings to the table, but my traditional gaming days may be at a close...and it's crazy to think that, considering how many hours I've sunk into gaming throughout my life.

Congrats on the engagement, by the way! Don't think I saw you mention getting engaged before...and if you guys just got a house I'm sure it's going to work out (or at least it BETTER work out, you're tied at the hip financially now!)
 
SteveWD40 said:
Anyone else playing The Sandbox? it's free and so far charming as all hell.

It's like a sort of building / god game but built from the ground up for iPhone. It's not universal yet but the app is small enough that they can add it in rather than release a HD version.
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I downloaded it last night and couldn't put it down. I would love it if they upgraded to universal for the iPad.
 
I enjoy the occasional iOS game as much as the next (buy chaos rings 2), but yall drinkin the kool aid to think it will replace a Mass Effect or Assassin's Creed or Red Dead Redemption.

Glad you guys found time to enjoy some form of gaming in your "busy lives" though. If building lego blocks in Junk Jack counts as gaming I guess.
 
Chaos Rings 2 actually really sucks...I feel like I wasted $20 so hard with that.

- Not Retina graphics
- Not optimized framerate
- Turn-based combat instead of time-based combat like good FF games making things feel really old and slow

...I played it for about 30 minutes and the game was such a boring, unoptimized mess. Maybe it gets better down the road or something? It just felt so poorly made and a total cash-in.

Lesson learned on SE games on iOS.
 
SteveWD40 said:
YES.

This is the main hook for me, it reminds me of being 13 and getting those Amiga discs with 100 games on (freeware), 90% would be crap but that last 10% would be gems.
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See, now I'm thinking how cool it would be to have a port of 'Cannon Fodder'. I wonder who owns the IP?...

bubnbob said:
I enjoy the occasional iOS game as much as the next (buy chaos rings 2), but yall drinkin the kool aid to think it will replace a Mass Effect or Assassin's Creed or Red Dead Redemption.

Glad you guys found time to enjoy some form of gaming in your "busy lives" though. If building lego blocks in Junk Jack counts as gaming I guess.
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I love that you put busy lives in quotes. It tells me an awful lot about you.
 
bubnbob said:
Nah. Great game. Nice troll tho. See ya~
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No trolling...my personal opinion was that it was awful. Trust me, I didn't spend $20 going into the experience wanting it to suck.
 
After 30 minutes? I would have said the same for many of the "good" FFs back then. In 30 minutes you were still trudging through Figaro at the beginning of 6, or still in the waterfall cave in 4, or dawdling in Midgar in 7.

I'm 40 some hours in the game and just about wrapping up with all the bonus content from the first update - with a 2nd update coming soon. So yes, I think Chaos Rings 2 is great, and the best original title from Squeenix on the platform, and could be comparable or eclipse titles on other portable platforms.
 
SteveWD40 said:
Anyone else only gaming on iOS now?

I really can't be bothered sitting at my desk PC gaming now or booting up consoles and hogging the TV. On top of that, at 32 I really don't have the time for the type of games I used to play (loot crawls, MMO's).

The idea of just crashing on the coach with my iPad and maybe a Vita really appeals to me (and my GF as she can still talk to me rather than when I am at my desk).

I seem to have finally done what I thought I would never do: grown out of "mainstream" gaming. I still love games culture but I spend more time reading about them than playing them.

It helps that the iPad is maturing, with stuff like Dungeons of Dredmor, Legend of Grimrock, Frozen Synaps and BG:EE on the way I doubt I will just be matching cakes forever.
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I am nearly there but the old xnox360 can still entertain me but I can understand why you're gaming like this.
If the nextbox doesn't surprise me and leave me in awe then I won't be there. If MS want to pull me off my iPad and iPhone and bring me back to the tv then they better produce the goods.
 
bubnbob said:
I enjoy the occasional iOS game as much as the next (buy chaos rings 2), but yall drinkin the kool aid to think it will replace a Mass Effect or Assassin's Creed or Red Dead Redemption.

Glad you guys found time to enjoy some form of gaming in your "busy lives" though. If building lego blocks in Junk Jack counts as gaming I guess.
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Junk Jack is too hardcore for me. I only have time for fart apps in my "busy life"
 
Reiner Knizia's Medici HD, Ra and Tigris & Euphrates, plus Tikal are all marked down to 69p/$0.99 today for all the board game GAFers. I've not played any, are they worth picking up?
 
Anyone check out this Score! Classic Goals ? ($0.99)
It is not up my alley at all, but seems like it might be some folks cup of tea.

Basically seems to be a line drawing puzzle game wrapped up in a package of you recreating
classic goals from the past 40 years.

It's from the same people who made First Touch Soccer.
Can't say how good it is ... but thought someone might be interested.

http://itunes.apple.com/app/score!-classic-goals/id490952152?mt=8


From their press release :
http://www.firsttouchgames.com/w/?p=1458
Score! is something a little different for us, and we feel something completely original on the app store. It continues with what we’re best at, football, but it’s been designed from the start for mobile controls and short burst play.

Score! is our chance to show what we can do with our First Touch engine. With our glorious visuals and intelligent AI this is a casual swipe based football app not to be missed.
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ksimm said:
I downloaded it last night and couldn't put it down. I would love it if they upgraded to universal for the iPad.
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Universal is on their update agenda.

See, now I'm thinking how cool it would be to have a port of 'Cannon Fodder'. I wonder who owns the IP?...
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I have no idea, some Russian guys made some horrible PC version not long ago so it can't be too strict. I had heard that Cannon Fodder and Chaos Engine were in the works for iPad but that was a year ago at least.
 
RubxQub said:
I was balking at buying Mass Effect Infiltrator for the iPad. It was one of the early Retina games which made me want to get it, but watching some videos online made it looks like a very weak shadow of the proper game. When I realized that I wasn't going to play Mass Effect 3 anyways, I just passed.

I've unhooked my PS3, 360 and Wii at this point and pulled them out of my entertainment center. We'll see what the next generation of consoles brings to the table, but my traditional gaming days may be at a close...and it's crazy to think that, considering how many hours I've sunk into gaming throughout my life.

Congrats on the engagement, by the way! Don't think I saw you mention getting engaged before...and if you guys just got a house I'm sure it's going to work out (or at least it BETTER work out, you're tied at the hip financially now!)
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Yeah weve been engaged for about a year now. We went with the house first because with the way the market is, buy now :)

Not playing as many games has definitely helped our relationship. Learning how to install the ceiling fans myself is much sexier to her than sitting in the basement all night ;)

Just bought Sonic 4 episode 2. I'm really impressed. Plays great on the iPad.
 
SteveWD40 said:
YES.

This is the main hook for me, it reminds me of being 13 and getting those Amiga discs with 100 games on (freeware), 90% would be crap but that last 10% would be gems.
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WOW. Yes! i never thought about it in that way before, but that's EXACTLY what the iOS gaming scene feels lime to me, too! I'm 38 and there's something about that wild west discovery feel of gaming that iOS captures! Scrappy developers trying to put out gems to a hungry audience. Wow, such a perfect description!!
 
It reminds me of when I was a kid and I had no idea what a game would be like before I bought it or even being aware it exists. Traditional gaming there are rarely big name original titles and you know every aspect of every big game being released a long time in advance.

The wild west nature of iOS gaming is exciting and refreshing. It's like being in the pre-internet era all over again, in the best way possible.
 
I've been absolutely loving Oh! Cube. It is totally Picross 3D on my iPad. I only have two quibbles:

No option to select multiple boxes at in one stroke.
The odd problem when determining the perspective of a puzzle when selecting layers. This can e easily fixed by spinning the object to the left abit.

Otherwise, perfect. There appears to be 120 levels at the moment, which will last a while. But with new content "coming soon", this'll be on my iPad for a while.
 
Just bought Score! Classic Goals based on some TouchArcade comments (don't like the site much, but the app is fantastic) - looks great, like FIFA mixed with Flick Kick Football
 
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