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The Official iPhone/iPod Touch Gaming Thread
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noirebanana
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Flunkie said:
Impressions. NOW.
DJ Crimson
Banned
Anybody here own that Line Rider game? From the reviews it sounds pretty good but I never see it mentioned here. :l
Hey GAF!
Are you disappointed with the Puzzle Quest port? Do you really want some awesome match-3 hybrid game?
Try Samurai Puzzle Battle - it mixes Match-3 with Risk.
http://toucharcade.com/2008/12/27/samurai-puzzle-battle-combines-risk-and-match-3/
It's $1.99 for now, which I consider a steal.
Full version ($1.99)
Lite version (free, missing some modes and units)
Arcade Version ($0.99, doesn't have the neat campaign mode stuff)
Are you disappointed with the Puzzle Quest port? Do you really want some awesome match-3 hybrid game?
Try Samurai Puzzle Battle - it mixes Match-3 with Risk.
http://toucharcade.com/2008/12/27/samurai-puzzle-battle-combines-risk-and-match-3/
Touch Arcade said:
It's $1.99 for now, which I consider a steal.
Full version ($1.99)
Lite version (free, missing some modes and units)
Arcade Version ($0.99, doesn't have the neat campaign mode stuff)
Stoney Mason
Banned
For some reason it annoys the hell out of me that the #1 paid application for the last two days has been iFart Mobile - Fart Machine for all ages. 
TikiTowers #1 followed by Simcity.Tobor said:
Well, you move with your thumb at the bottom left of the screen. You can move forward, backward, and strafe in both directions. The bottom right of the screen is to fire. The top right and top left are used for aiming (iron sights) and reloading. The aiming is done by tilting all around, but it works really well because it's a fixed view. Your viewpoint doesn't move, the gun moves. This was really disorienting in other FPS games on the App Store (Cube).GamerGeorge said:
Anyways, the whole idea of the game is that you you escort a flock of robotic sheep to home base (a shack with a green field around it) after fighting off waves upon waves of aliens. The graphics are great for an App Store game - the alien zombies turn into green mush after you kill them, there's a flashlight on the end of your gun that looks great, and the overall models and textures are very impressive. There's an arrow at the bottom of your screen always pointing you in the right direction, so you never get lost. You get money for reaching the shack and even more if all your sheep get there with you. You can then use this money to buy better weapons.
TouchArcade has a review/impressions here: http://toucharcade.com/2008/12/29/alien-mangle-a-simple-and-fun-first-person-shooter/
The video isn't that great.. it's like he doesn't know how to play. But it gives you a simple idea of how it plays.
AlienMangle is also getting a big update in a couple days:
PHARTGAMES said:
How's that?
Here is a list of games I have bought that I love.
Bejeweled 2 (on sale for $2.99 right now)
Dr. Awesome (on sale for $.99)
Fieldrunners (on sale for $4.99) Enough has been said of this already
Flick Fishing (on sale for $1.99) Well worth the price
Hydro Tilt (on sale for $2.99) A game with GOOD tilt controls
Mines in Space (on sale for $1.99) Great minesweeper clone, with some cool variant modes
Snail Mail (on sale for $1.99) This reminds me of the half-pipe bonus stages from genesis sonic games
Tiki Towers (on sale for $.99) A STEAL at this price
Warfare Inc. (on sale for $4.99) Full fledge RTS, amazing game for the iPhone
Vay ($4.99) I can never miss plugging a great old Sega CD rpg
AlienMangle (May still be $.99, but is rising to $1.99) FPS with good controls, and updates to come
The Creeps! (on sale for $1.99) Great little TD game, updates planned
Samurai Puzzle Battle (on sale for $1.99) Like puzzlequest, but cheap
7 Cities TD (on sale for $4.99) Another awesome TD game
1112 ($7.99) Fun Graphic Adventure, need I say more?
Bejeweled 2 (on sale for $2.99 right now)
Dr. Awesome (on sale for $.99)
Fieldrunners (on sale for $4.99) Enough has been said of this already
Flick Fishing (on sale for $1.99) Well worth the price
Hydro Tilt (on sale for $2.99) A game with GOOD tilt controls
Mines in Space (on sale for $1.99) Great minesweeper clone, with some cool variant modes
Snail Mail (on sale for $1.99) This reminds me of the half-pipe bonus stages from genesis sonic games
Tiki Towers (on sale for $.99) A STEAL at this price
Warfare Inc. (on sale for $4.99) Full fledge RTS, amazing game for the iPhone
Vay ($4.99) I can never miss plugging a great old Sega CD rpg
AlienMangle (May still be $.99, but is rising to $1.99) FPS with good controls, and updates to come
The Creeps! (on sale for $1.99) Great little TD game, updates planned
Samurai Puzzle Battle (on sale for $1.99) Like puzzlequest, but cheap
7 Cities TD (on sale for $4.99) Another awesome TD game
1112 ($7.99) Fun Graphic Adventure, need I say more?
MaritalWheat
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Woah, this looks awesome, plus with MP coming? I might just bite. What are some other good RTS's that aren't Tower Defense games?HBroward said:
AndersTheSwede
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SpudBud said:
Pandora. Stanza.
Dacvak
No one shall be brought before our LORD David Bowie without the true and secret knowledge of the Photoshop. For in that time, so shall He appear.
Mdk7 said:
Decent.
Fake edit: It's alright. Controls aren't too bad, the graphics are pretty nice, but there's not a lot of meat to the game. It got boring for me after a few sessions.
Samurai Puzzle Battle restores the faith that the shoddy port of Puzzle Quest tore down a bit. One of the few iPhone games that's really got me itching to turn the iPhone on just to play it.
It seems a little easy though - I picked a medium difficulty shogun, but there's not been much challenge in the campaign I've been playing so far. I lost a couple of battles but have won the vast majority. I'm still trying to fully understand the way all the game pieces work on the puzzle grid and every once in a while you get blindsided by a hero character that manages to zap all your unit's energy in one match.
But it's got the right balance of conquest and looting which always makes for an addictive game. Nice 16-bit visuals, good responsiveness, very easy to get sucked into a long game session.
Game needs to have vibration turned off by default (every iPhone game should). There are some events that just have the iPhone practically buzzing out of your hands and it doesn't take more than a few seconds of that to drain the battery pretty significantly.
It seems a little easy though - I picked a medium difficulty shogun, but there's not been much challenge in the campaign I've been playing so far. I lost a couple of battles but have won the vast majority. I'm still trying to fully understand the way all the game pieces work on the puzzle grid and every once in a while you get blindsided by a hero character that manages to zap all your unit's energy in one match.
But it's got the right balance of conquest and looting which always makes for an addictive game. Nice 16-bit visuals, good responsiveness, very easy to get sucked into a long game session.
Game needs to have vibration turned off by default (every iPhone game should). There are some events that just have the iPhone practically buzzing out of your hands and it doesn't take more than a few seconds of that to drain the battery pretty significantly.
Eaten By A Grue
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I'm part of the problem then because I purchased it over the holidays. I have the woopie-cushion widget for my Powerbook, I needed something for the iPhone.Stoney Mason said:For some reason it annoys the hell out of me that the #1 paid application for the last two days has been iFart Mobile - Fart Machine for all ages.
Also I am suprised, I am reading that not many of you have the game Fuzzle (http://appshopper.com/games/fuzzle) on your lists. You should give this game a try, I think there may be a lite version of it. Not much to describe it except that it is simple and addictive as hell. Well worth $1.
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
SNAIL MAIL!SpudBud said:
gunstarhero
Member
Newtonica (1&2)
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TanZen
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KilgoreTrout
Banned
SpudBud said:
Don't buy Brothers in Arms. The controls are a mess.
Dacvak
No one shall be brought before our LORD David Bowie without the true and secret knowledge of the Photoshop. For in that time, so shall He appear.
I know that a lot of sites don't have a dedicated iPhone section yet, and this was something that myself and the good folks at thegamereviews.com wanted to fix, so they're opening up a new iPhone-only channel. I'm currently directing the channel and I'm in charge of what games and apps will be reviewed, and as always, I want to put GAF first in helping me pick. Since this is a brand new section, we're currently busy reviewing older (but awesome) games, but when this initial chunk of work dies down, I'll be taking personal requests from GAF exclusively as to what games you'd like to see critiqued.
So at any time, if you'd like to see a game reviewed in a traditional fashion on the site, post here or shoot me a PM. We're trying to fill the wants and needs of the hardcore audience, so I've turned to GAF to let them decide what kind of content they'd like to see.
When the channel launches with its new content (at the start of the new year), I'll make another post in here. I probably won't create a new topic, because I'm not all about advertising anything. I will, however, try and throw updates in the other iPhone review thread.
So anyway, if you guys have wants or suggestions, shoot them here or (preferably) in a PM. Or both. =P
So at any time, if you'd like to see a game reviewed in a traditional fashion on the site, post here or shoot me a PM. We're trying to fill the wants and needs of the hardcore audience, so I've turned to GAF to let them decide what kind of content they'd like to see.
When the channel launches with its new content (at the start of the new year), I'll make another post in here. I probably won't create a new topic, because I'm not all about advertising anything. I will, however, try and throw updates in the other iPhone review thread.
So anyway, if you guys have wants or suggestions, shoot them here or (preferably) in a PM. Or both. =P
centracore
Member
What I got so far:
App Store:
Aurora Feint beginning (puzzle rpg)
+ Very polished interface
+ Smart use of tilt
+ Different feel from lotr/jrpg crowd
- Pauses to fetch info on worldmap/transisting, framerate not perfect
Fieldrunners (tower defense)
+ Runs very well
+ Looks very clean
+ Great controls/interface
- Art is cookie cutter, no interesting themes, lack of story
Hero of Sparta (god of war clone)
+ Controls well, gameplay ideas straight from gow and done well
+ Good animation
+ Great music
+ High production values by iPhone standards (cg intro, fully 3D world with eye candy)
- low framerate
- no voices in otherwise cinematic package
Warfare Inc (rts)
+ Great controls
+ Represents the rts genre pretty genuinly
+ Plenty of content, also user made maps
- Art is so so (char avatars in dialog terrible), framerate is semi-slow (though not choppy)
Lightsaber (gimmick)
+ Everyone needs this one
Cydia (hacked iPhone):
Quake 1 shareware: (fps)
+ Best possible interface (overlay)
+ Runs well considering it's a hack job (22-30fps)
+ It's Quake 1 so it's awesome
- Crashes a lot
App Store:
Aurora Feint beginning (puzzle rpg)
+ Very polished interface
+ Smart use of tilt
+ Different feel from lotr/jrpg crowd
- Pauses to fetch info on worldmap/transisting, framerate not perfect
Fieldrunners (tower defense)
+ Runs very well
+ Looks very clean
+ Great controls/interface
- Art is cookie cutter, no interesting themes, lack of story
Hero of Sparta (god of war clone)
+ Controls well, gameplay ideas straight from gow and done well
+ Good animation
+ Great music
+ High production values by iPhone standards (cg intro, fully 3D world with eye candy)
- low framerate
- no voices in otherwise cinematic package
Warfare Inc (rts)
+ Great controls
+ Represents the rts genre pretty genuinly
+ Plenty of content, also user made maps
- Art is so so (char avatars in dialog terrible), framerate is semi-slow (though not choppy)
Lightsaber (gimmick)
+ Everyone needs this one
Cydia (hacked iPhone):
Quake 1 shareware: (fps)
+ Best possible interface (overlay)
+ Runs well considering it's a hack job (22-30fps)
+ It's Quake 1 so it's awesome
- Crashes a lot
WordAssassin
Member
Know what'd be awesome? If SEGA made a SeaMan game for the iPhone. There's really no good virtual pets for it, the graphics are possible, it has a mike and a touch screen.... I think it'd be perfect.
*dreams*
*dreams*
They are working on a SeaMan'ish game!WordAssassin said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0QSfNrPwK8
WordAssassin
Member
What the fuck!rezuth said:
Is that by Sega? Not exactly what I had in mind, but...
That was really weird. Kinda scary, to be honest.
Imprisoned! (rpg/adventure game) just came out for $3.99. Looks kinda cool but I'll wait for impressions. http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=300649299&mt=8
looks like Silent Hill is out now too
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=300626088&mt=8
$7.99
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=300626088&mt=8
$7.99
http://www.newyearappblowout.com/
* DuckDuckDuck (Free)
* Mouse House ($0.99)
* Blackbeards Assault ($0.99)
* Pinch n Pop ($0.99)
* Burnball ($0.99)
* Tilt It! ($0.99)
* Sneezies ($0.99)
* Hexy ($0.99)
* Smiles Drop ($1.99)
* Alphabetic ($0.99)
* Imangi ($1.99)
* Word Squares ($0.99)
* ScribBall ($0.99)
* DuckDuckDuck (Free)
* Mouse House ($0.99)
* Blackbeards Assault ($0.99)
* Pinch n Pop ($0.99)
* Burnball ($0.99)
* Tilt It! ($0.99)
* Sneezies ($0.99)
* Hexy ($0.99)
* Smiles Drop ($1.99)
* Alphabetic ($0.99)
* Imangi ($1.99)
* Word Squares ($0.99)
The best pure racing game is hands down Fastlane Street Racing. It recently got a huge update, overhauling features and functionality. It gets hard pretty quick, but it's awesome. Reminds me of Ridge Racer a lot of times (there's a bunch of drifting involved).kaching said:
As for kart games, the only one I've played is Crash, and it's pretty darn fun.
Stoney Mason
Banned
Costanza said:
Any impressions yet?
SaggyMonkey
Member
kaching said:
I haven't played them all exhaustively, but I think Snail Mail is a good time. Has pretty tight controls.
Also I've been liking Crazy Tanks.
blu
Wants the largest console games publisher to avoid Nintendo's platforms.
for 1st gen touch/phone - raging thunder (rumor has it the developer is working on an online versus mode)kaching said:
for 2nd gen touch/phone (3G) - fastlane street racing.
actually both games run on the older hardware but fastlane has performance issues on the slower hw.
all that may soon change with the release of low grav racer.
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