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The Official iPhone/iPod Touch Gaming Thread

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lawblob said:
Im' about to buy Rolando. Any reasons I shouldn't? Seems like the reviews are all positive, any downsides to the game?
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Well it wil be cheaper when Rolando 2 hits, I presume.
 
I dunno, I never bought it. But get The Creeps! It's such an awesome tower defence game, and it's on sale at the moment. At 99c, even if you hated it what can you lose?

It just had a major update and got about 5 times better. And I already thought it was great!
 
lawblob said:
Im' about to buy Rolando. Any reasons I shouldn't? Seems like the reviews are all positive, any downsides to the game?
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download the demo first - see if you like it. I didnt its a cheap ass loco rocco copy and if you ask me no fun at all. Its one of the few hyped iphone games - but it sucks.
 
Flek said:
download the demo first - see if you like it. I didnt its a cheap ass loco rocco copy and if you ask me no fun at all. Its one of the few hyped iphone games - but it sucks.
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oh, i didnt even realize there was a demo. thanks
 
PhlivoSong said:
One of the best and worst aspects of OS 3.0 is going to be the ability to do in app transactions. On one hand, I hope the great updates to games don't dry up because developers turn every update into a possible micro-transaction.
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Depends on what you mean by "update". The easiest way to do add a new micro-transaction download is to send out a new update to the app with the new content already in it, ready to be unlocked with a transaction. So you'll actually get more app updates with this system, but for actual new contetnt, yeah you'll probably have to pay for a lot of those.

PhlivoSong said:
The biggest culprit of this is that game developer who makes all of those games where you can download respect points, or whatever those are. I've seen at least 5 different "mmo" type games where you can pay to download some kind of points for the game, and those point downloads are making their way into top 20 lists. blah
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Unfortunately, you can't use the microtransaction system to buy any form of in-game currency.
 
Is there a "must have" vertical shooter on iphone yet? Also, is the Star Trek vertical shooter any good at all? :D

After playing Raiden on 360 I want a portable experience.
 
DoctorWho said:
Is there a "must have" vertical shooter on iphone yet? Also, is the Star Trek vertical shooter any good at all? :D

After playing Raiden on 360 I want a portable experience.
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Well you can try out the lite version of the ones available for some of these titles.

Hotfield
Siberian Strike
Sentry Alpha
iFighter
Skyforce Reloaded.
 
Stoney Mason said:
Underworlds is 99 cents for 24 hours. That's a deal.

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:lol

So glad I waited on this one. I was about to pull the trigger on it twice.

Gawd, they make it so difficult not to buy games immediately when they come out, yet great deals like this pop up all the time. And fairly soon after the game is released, too.
 
Zeliard said:
:lol

So glad I waited on this one. I was about to pull the trigger on it twice.

Gawd, they make it so difficult not to buy games immediately when they come out, yet great deals like this pop up all the time. And fairly soon after the game is released, too.
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Yeah there is really no reason not to purchase at that price obviously. I decided to wait until the first content update before I will play it but for that price its a very good low risk investment on getting the promised updates.
 
Good Zuma Clone. StoneLoops! of Jurassica. On sale for 99 cents.


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I'm kinda curious about how games on the App store come out. Is it completely random? Does anything have release dates so one can read previews or get hyped on anything or does shit just randomly come out? Is there a site that list these things in a organized manner?
 
Shanks said:
I'm kinda curious about how games on the App store come out. Is it completely random? Does anything have release dates so one can read previews or get hyped on anything or does shit just randomly come out? Is there a site that list these things in a organized manner?
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There is no site that lists it in an organized manner of release dates. There is only the feed of what has been released. Partly because there are far too many releases and different devs to co-ordinate such activity. The really big releases from the big name devs are generally announced a bit before hand or when they are submitted so people know about a week or two before they come out. The rest of the games generally enter the market unknown and either sink or swim based on whether they catch fire or not or capture the fancy of the market.
 
I brought underworlds, 59p is not wasted if I dislike the game but it seems like something I will have fun with.

I messed up my touch when syncing it to my new pc and deleted all my app's, I don't remember exactly what games I brought so how would I go redownloading them without guessing the app's? I hate how you have to confirm a buy first before it says you already own it, make a mistake and I might end up buying a £5 app I thought I had.
 
Diablohead said:
I brought underworlds, 59p is not wasted if I dislike the game but it seems like something I will have fun with.

I messed up my touch when syncing it to my new pc and deleted all my app's, I don't remember exactly what games I brought so how would I go redownloading them without guessing the app's? I hate how you have to confirm a buy first before it says you already own it, make a mistake and I might end up buying a £5 app I thought I had.
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In iTunes, go to your account and look at previous purchases. They'll all be listed there.
 
Zaraki_Kenpachi said:
I bought it last weekend! >:(
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I bought it at full price so don't bitch to me! ;)


The rule of thumb is that unless it's EA, or Gameloft for the most part, everything eventually gets a discount at some point.
 
(speaking of price dropping) Hey folks.

If you guys were holding out on buying Trixel, we submited a feature update and figured we'd celebrate by discounting the game for a few days.

FREEPLAY feature for those who want to experiment with solutions after missing the bronze target.
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NOTE: you still need to meet the Bronze requirement to unlock the next puzzle.

Download HYAR www.itunes.com/apps/trixel

www.adept-games.com for mo' data.
 
A personal favorite of mine, Hanto is back after being pulled from the app store for some legal re-tuning issues. Ignore the review scores. Some people gave it bad scores because they didn't like the fact that it was a clone of hive. Really good app imo if abstract boardgames are your thing.

Stoney Mason said:
There are so few good strategy games on the iphone that I try to highlight any that come out. Hanto is a clone of the game Hive which is an abstract chess like strategy game involving tiles. Still needs an update or so to get rid of some niggles but for 99 cents not too bad. Worth checking out if you like board game style strategy games.

Video Review of Hive
Itunes Link for Hanto
Wikipedia Link for Hive
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Stoney Mason said:
A personal favorite of mine, Hanto is back after being pulled from the app store for some legal re-tuning issues. Ignore the review scores. Some people gave it bad scores because they didn't like the fact that it was a clone of hive. Really good app imo if abstract boardgames are your thing.
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Looks cool. What's the premise / goal?
 
Thanks for the heads up on Underworlds. Just bought it.

I can echo the Rolando non-love. I believe it was the first game I purchased for my iPhone, and while I was initially pretty wowed by the presentation and control, it did not hold my interest. It's kind of fun, but I think I paid like $6 for it and after getting games like GeoDefense for a buck, Rolando just doesn't cut it. Presentation wise I still think it holds up though.

Edit: Saw the post about Trixel, and figured might as well give that a whirl too.
 
Is there a simple way to get all the games I've downloaded on my ipod touch onto my wife's ipod touch?

I use a macbook pro to sync, she uses her netbook. both have different itunes accounts but we have downloads on both ipods.

Complication is that I only ever download from my ipod touch. they don't seem to show up if I'm just browsing itunes under my account name.

If I sync my ipod, it'll back up the applications right? Can I then copy that folder (where is it?) onto the wife's netbook in the same location, and itunes should pick it up and let me select them in the sync settings?
 
DoctorWho said:
Thanks for the list.
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Dont bother downloading iFighter lite, the full version is better than the demo - I personally find it even better than Syberian Strike - and it is on sale for 0.99
 
Update to the X-Plane series to 9.10:
  • Stars in the night sky
  • Improvement of water rendering
  • Better reponse on the map, improvement of the map's multi-touching
  • FPS optimizations
  • Improvements to final-approach buttons
 
mrklaw said:
Is there a simple way to get all the games I've downloaded on my ipod touch onto my wife's ipod touch?

If I sync my ipod, it'll back up the applications right? Can I then copy that folder (where is it?) onto the wife's netbook in the same location, and itunes should pick it up and let me select them in the sync settings?
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You can absolutely copy them over, but you need to actually "open" them with iTunes to get them to sync; just putting them in the same folder won't do anything.

The first time you open one, you'll need to spend an authorization on her machine (if you haven't already), but once the machine is authorized all the following ones won't prompt you. My wife and I share apps all the time, and this has been a lifesaver on not having to double buy apps.
 
boutrosinit said:
Looks cool. What's the premise / goal?
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Honestly the wikipedia link explains it better than I could. It's a board game where the game pieces form the board and the goal is to surround the opposing Queen Been (or what ever is the lead animal). Each piece has a restriction of moves of course to differentiate them.
 
Siberian Strike is now on sale for 99 cents. Hell of a deal imo. Be careful though and make sure the page says 99 cents as sometimes it takes awhile for the price change to be properly reflected.

EDIT: awww.... it may have been an error. Back up to $2.99.

2nd EDIT: Use this link and it does work.

http://itunes.com/apps/siberianstrike

Stoney Mason said:
Siberian Strike from GameLoft also came out for the iphone.

Itunes Link $5.99
Video of the PC version
Impressions Thread
Review #1
Review #2
Review #3


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Keyser Soze said:
Just grabbed Siberian Strike on the Irish Store for €0.79 :D

If it was an error I got in before it :D :D
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It's a real deal meaning not an error. I just think it takes a little bit before the price is corrected on all pages especially via the iphone.
 
Rlan said:
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I'm a c64 guy, and I'm not happy about the updated or classic graphics of Boulderdash. I want graphics like the NES version, which is the best version IMO.
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edit: also, that dpad setup is horrible. Obviously it is based on AppleII/C64 keys, but I don't like it. Obviously a cross shaped d-pad is dangerous for this game but I would prefer that (with a large dead zone) than a split like this. The hand button is necessary too which makes this setup all the more gross.
 
quetz67 said:
Dont bother downloading iFighter lite, the full version is better than the demo - I personally find it even better than Syberian Strike - and it is on sale for 0.99
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I picked up iFighter and love it. I really want to pick up Skyforce too but I'll wait for a .99 sale.

Just bought Siberian Strike on the deal.

WTF? 100MB file! This should be interesting.

EDIT: Siberian Strike just crashed my iPhone midway through the first level.
 
Stoney Mason said:
Good Zuma Clone. StoneLoops! of Jurassica. On sale for 99 cents.


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This intrigues me. I like the basic gameplay of PuzzLoop, but controlling the direction with your finger, it might be easier to see what's going on with the launcher at the bottom of the screen.
 
Masklinn said:
Update to the X-Plane series to 9.10:
  • Stars in the night sky
  • Improvement of water rendering
  • Better reponse on the map, improvement of the map's multi-touching
  • FPS optimizations
  • Improvements to final-approach buttons
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Hells yeah! I need to watch for the other version to go on sale. I live this flight sim!!
 
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