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Flunkie said:
Anyone get Soul Trapper yet? If it was in the $3-5 area, I would get it, but the price is just too steep for a impulse buy.
Agreed. Knowing that it's 6.99 for a limited time then it will become 9.99 is rather tempting though.

Will wait for impressions.
 
Soul Trapper seems to have a free lite version. When I try to download it though it says not available. Tried on iPhone not PC though. Anyone have other luck?
 
Well, it's got an average of 5 stars out of 15 reviews so far, meaning that everyone who bought it, loved it. So I went ahead and put down the $6.99 it this afternoon. I'll be trying it out in a few minutes and I'll tell you guys how I like it tomorrow. :)
 
Buttonbasher said:
Soul Trapper seems to have a free lite version. When I try to download it though it says not available. Tried on iPhone not PC though. Anyone have other luck?
Yeah, doesn't seem to download for me either.
 
Flunkie said:
Introducing: Quick Draw, a multiplayer drawing game in the likeness of iSketch for the iPhone/iPod Touch.

Hurry and sign up for the beta!

http://www.quickdrawapp.com/

How do you get the identifier? I don't see a "serial #" option in iTunes. If I click on the iPhone, it has a serial number listed, but I don't think that's what they're looking for because nothing happens when I click on it.
 
PotatoeMasher said:
Shameless self promotion time! My game, touchDefense, is finally up on the App Store!

It got approved a bit quicker than we expected, so our site isn't as polished as I had hoped, but you can check it out here: http://touchdefense.com

App Store link is here: http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=295579967&mt=8

The whole thing was developed in a few months by a friend and myself (in our free time). Be kind, GAF!

I just downloaded it and played around with it for a bit and it's a pretty good game (I love that you can resume the game like fieldrunners), but things move too fast, there's not enough time between waves to build more towers. I hope you plan on updating the game with more modes or levels.
 
Field Runners is great. The only tower defense game I've really played is Pixeljunk Monsters. I was hesitant to buy FR, because there aren't any scenarios a la PJM. I'm enjoying the two different styles of tower defense. This one is neat because it's open ended, get as many points as you can before perishing. PJM is neat because of the different scenarios it presents you. Very pleased with it.

Pixelcross is pretty neat as well. It's a Picross clone for $3. There is an embarrassing spelling error every time you win, "congradulations!" haha. Other than that it's a very good clone for $3. The interface is quite nice and ends up suiting the iPhone very well. My only 'complaint' is that the pictures aren't always symbolic. There was something satisfying about playing Picross and the picture ends up being an apple or a bird or some kind of identifiable object. In Pixelcross most of the pictures are more like shapes and letters, at least early on.
 
I have nothing better to do at 4:30am, so I'll individually rate all of the apps I bought so far so others can use it as some type of reference.

Galcon - 9/10 - Fucking awesome multiplayer fast-paced strategy game. It's like Risk, only each game lasts about 3 minutes instead of 3 hours.

BeejiveIM - 8.5/10 - The best mobile IM application. I use it for AIM. It keeps logs, allows for landscape typing, but most importantly has an absolutely phenomenal GUI. If you do a lot of mobile IMing, it's worth the steep price tag.

Band - 6/10 - It's fun for dicking around. A simple program that has a fun drum pad, drum machine, shitty bass, piano, and a 12-bar blues thing.

Piano - 7/10 - If you play piano and want a piano on your iPhone, this is probably your best bet. Multitouch up to 5 different notes, but it only displays one octave at a time.

iTap - 7.5/10 - iTap turns your iPhone into a Macbook touch pad for your PC. It uses all the same swipes and stuff. A triple-finger swipe brings up a keyboard which has a few extra useful keys, like Esc and the arrows.

Google Earth - 8/10 - Laggy, but awesome.

TV Forcast - 6/10 - If you're like me and only watch a few different TV shows, this app tells you exactly when they're on and if it's a new episodes. A nice looking GUI, and good for its purposes.

Tap Tap Revenge NIN Edition - 8/10 - The note charts aren't too bad. It can get laggy, though. There are only 5 songs on Expert level, which is a bummer because the game is really easy. Not worth 10 bucks unless you're a NIN fan.

Fieldrunners - 9/10 - This is an awesome Tower Defense game. Instead of having a set path the enemies travel along, they free-roam and avoid your weapons that you set up. You can guide them around and make your own level this way. It's a lot of fun, but once beaten completely, gets kind of old.

Cubie - 8/10 - A fantastic Rubix Cube clone that uses swipe and multitouch gestures perfectly.

Fake Call - 6/10 - A cheap application that makes your phone appear like you're receiving a call. It's useful for getting yourself out of a lame conversation with someone, or getting a quick laugh. (Like when Mark Summers decided to call me.)

iPint - 7/10 - The best "beer" app. It's no longer available in the US, though. It's free, and fluid. (No pun intended.) Much better than that other shitty one. Even though these are the types of apps killing the App Store, they're still fun at parties and impressing non-iPhone owners.

Dial Zero - 7.5/10 - This is a nifty app which catalogs all of the toll-free phone numbers to major businesses and gives instructions with each number on how to instantly reach an operator or customer service agent.

Monkey Ball - 7/10 - Nice graphics, great sound, awesome level design, fucking awful controls. By far the worst controls of a Monkey Ball yet, even compared against the GBA version. Still, if you can get used to them (somehow), it's really, really fun.

X-Plane - 9.5/10 - A simply phenomenal flight simulator. The controls are responsive and accurate, the graphics are the best on the iPhone, and with the new updates, there are plenty of options to customize your flight. If you like flight sims, BUY THIS GAME.

More Cowbell - 4/10 - A dumb little app that turns your iPhone into a cowbell. The only reason I keep this on my phone is because when I went to Applebee's once with some friends, Don't Fear The Reaper came on and comedy gold was created.

Kroll - 7/10 - It's a fun little 2-D side-scroller beat-em-up game. I got bored pretty quickly and haven't spent much time with it.

Cro Mag - 7.5/10 - It's a cheap and fun racing game. Nothing fantastic, but it's not expensive. Think Mario Kart if it was stripped of all its fanciness.

BeatMaker - 8.5/10 - A sweet sequencer program. Tons of sound samples. It's a really robust program, but it's a bit expensive. It's not for the average user.

Bloom - 8/10 - This is a simple little music-ish program... You tap the screen and it makes colors and sounds, lol. It reminds me of Electroplankton. It's tough to explain, but it'll keep you busy for a little while.

Scrabble - 8.5/10 - It's a scrabble port, and a good one at that. It's got great controls and variant levels of difficulty. No online play, though. :(

Tetris - 8/10 - It's Tetris by the Tetris Company. Meh. Could be better, could be worse. But Tetris is almost a necessity on any phone, and this is the best one on the iPhone. (Yeah, slightly better than Tris, or whatever it was called.)

AdrPool - 8.5/10 - It's billiards action with ONLINE PLAY and full chat! It's about as good as any other top-down pool game you've ever played before. There are a few different modes. It's worth a purchase.

Enigmo - 8.5/10 - This is a sweet little puzzle game. It reminds me of The Incredible Machine. Also tough to explain. YouTube it.

AquaForest - 8/10 - I love this app. It's a mini physics sandbox with water, fire, and other various objects. The only downside is it suffers from tremendous slowdown with a lot on the screen.

Guitar - 6/10 - A guitar app. It's different in the sense that there are preset chords instead of holding down individual strings. Meh.

i.TV - 7/10 - See what's on TV. This is a full TV guide. Kind of a slow-moving GUI. It's pretty informative, though.

CameraBag - 5/10 - Allows you to change your photos and give them different looks, like an old 50's black and white look, or infrared look. It's pretty dumb.

Pyro Mania! - 7/10 - Like BLOOM, this app lets you tap random parts of the screen, only instead of random sounds, it's firework explosions. It's fun to mess around in and draw little paths for rockets to travel around on.

Toy Bot Diaries - 8/10 - This is a decent platformer with some nice controls. It's slow-moving and is heavily puzzle-based. Check it out on YouTube to see what I mean.

Pinball RC - 6.5/10 - An average pinball game.

Tunnels - 4/10 - A dumb little "follow the path" game. I think it was free, though.

MazeFinger - 6/10 - Visually, it's pretty nice. Basically, you just drag your finger across a maze on screen and try to get to the end before your timer runs out. It was pretty awesome for like 5 minutes, then got super boring.

Missile Command - 7/10 - This is both a classic and modern version of Missile Command. My only gripe is that it's tough to be pixel-accurate using your finger on the touch screen. Also, the new "modern" mode is kinda weak. Old-school is where it's at.

Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? - 5/10 - Not if you bought this app. :(

Labyrinth (Full Version) - 8/10 - This is an awesome marble game, just like the classic wooden labyrinth puzzles you played with as a kid. The full version has hundreds of maps, and a crazy range of difficulty. I love this app.

Guitar Rock Tour - 8/10 - A blatant Guitar Hero/Rock Band ripoff. The presentation is phenomenal, and all the tracks are master recordings (I think.) The note charts are pretty good, but the drums are kinda weak. This game does suffer from some input lag issues and crashes pretty easily. Play it in airplane mode to reduce lag and crashes. Still, it's pretty fun, and a bit better than Tap Tap Revenge.

Dic-tion-ar-y - 7.5/10 - A full-fledged dictionary. It even has a voice option that speaks the word for you. "Motherfucker" is a particularly funny one in the middle of class.

Big Over - 5/10 - A robust cook book for your iPhone. A pretty shitty GUI, though. And it searches everything online, so you might as well just hit up food.com instead.

iChoose - 6/10 - A coin flip app for your iPhone. I actually use this all the damn time because I'm a pretty indecisive person, and I always trust the coin. For most people, though, it'd be pretty dumb.

Level - 5/10 - This is a level for your phone. It has calibration, but I can't honestly ever see myself finding a true use for this besides showing my technologically-gimped dad how my iPhone can be a sweet tool.

iChalky - 3/10 - This app is so stupid. A little stick figure bounces around on your screen. You can sort of drag him around, but it never really does what you want it do. Even with the ability to put the face of my fat friend Dean on it and wrecklessly shake my iPhone around didn't help the cause.

rRootage - 6.5/10 - It's a vertical shooter with automatic shooting. Not really challenging, nor is it all that fun. Touch-screen shooters rarely are.

Pac-Man and Ms. Pac-Man - 8/10 Pac-Man is a must have on any phone, and this is a port of a actual arcade version. There are three types of controls, but "swipe" is where it's at. This really is a fantastic Pac-Man port and totally worth the money.

Asphalt4 - 7/10 - It's a terrific looking game. Simply awesome iPhone graphics. The controls aren't terrible, but no racing game on the iPhone has got them down perfectly, yet. I suppose it's probably the best racer on the iPhone so far, but nothing incredible.

Neverputt - 7.5/10 - This is a pretty fun mini golf game. Decent controls, but only 18 holes. I really wish they would add more, because I've played the original 18 about 20 times.

Bubble Bash - 8/10 - It's Puzzle Bobble. It's got a great presentation and makes terrific use of the touch screen, allowing multiple ways to control the game. Great colors, fun music. It's a good buy.

MotoChaser - 7/10 - Another racing game, this time on motocross bikes. I haven't played a lot with this, but I remember it being... like the other racing games.

Big Bang Board Games - 7.5/10 - Connect 4, Chess, Checkers, Reversi, Backgammon, and more. No multiplayer, though.

PocketGuitar - 7/10 - The best guitar app available. Control each individual string, then strum your chord. Don't expect to make real music out of this, but it is fun to mess around in.

WinAdmin - 9.5/10 - An absolutely fantastic Remote Desktop utility for the iPhone. This is the reason to own an iPhone, in my opinion. It's your own person desktop in the palm of your hands at any time. It even works pretty decent on the Edge network. It runs smooth, has great zooming, easy keyboard, Ctrl-Alt-Delete, and good mouse controls. No complaints at all. It's a must own for anyone who has a need or desire to access their desktop at will.


Those are all the apps I have for now. Actually, I had a ton more, but they've since been uninstalled. I hope this helps people out.
 
That Puzzle Bobble ripoff makes me long for Taito releases like Space Invaders '92.

Or a Sega arcade port of Tetris.

Any way to update all apps automatically or together when there are multiple updates?
 
Konig94 said:
I just downloaded it and played around with it for a bit and it's a pretty good game (I love that you can resume the game like fieldrunners), but things move too fast, there's not enough time between waves to build more towers. I hope you plan on updating the game with more modes or levels.

Great feedback. We're planning 1.1 right now, so I'll see to it that your comments are on the table.

1.1 features (right now) are:
- Global score leader boards
- More towers (might end up being just a deeper upgrade system)
- Bio damage indicators
- Possibly new levels, but the next release would focus almost entirely on levels/modes.

After we get the 1.1 stuff together, we're going to implement bigger levels--basically you'll be able to pan left/right to see more than just a 6x7 grid.
 
PotatoeMasher said:
Great feedback. We're planning 1.1 right now, so I'll see to it that your comments are on the table.

1.1 features (right now) are:
- Global score leader boards
- More towers (might end up being just a deeper upgrade system)
- Bio damage indicators
- Possibly new levels, but the next release would focus almost entirely on levels/modes.

After we get the 1.1 stuff together, we're going to implement bigger levels--basically you'll be able to pan left/right to see more than just a 6x7 grid.

This would make me instantly buy it:

GAF-only cheat codes.

After I beat all my TD games to a pulp, I love hex editing the game to give ultra powerful weapons, or ridiculous amounts of money. Kind of like if I wasn't just barely surviving, but I had a gigantic army at my disposal. Post the cheat codes on GAF, and we swear we won't tell anyone. =P

Seriously, though. That would be fucking awesome.
 
Costanza said:
Yeah I signed up when Flunkie posted it but they sent me an email saying only 100 people were let in and that's it.
Yeah, even I didn't get in.

Ferrio said:
Holy Crap there's sheet music for the Ocarina app.

Playing the Zelda theme rocks... dammit people download this app! It's only 99 cents.

Zelda theme sheet music.

http://www.smule.com/ocarina/score....+6&width=12&size=small&title=Theme From Zelda
Man, I wish I could get Ocarina. I only have an iPod Touch. :(
 
Flunkie said:
Yeah, even I didn't get in.


Man, I wish I could get Ocarina. I only have an iPod Touch. :(

Should work with headphones.
 
Dacvak said:
This would make me instantly buy it:

GAF-only cheat codes.

After I beat all my TD games to a pulp, I love hex editing the game to give ultra powerful weapons, or ridiculous amounts of money. Kind of like if I wasn't just barely surviving, but I had a gigantic army at my disposal. Post the cheat codes on GAF, and we swear we won't tell anyone. =P

Seriously, though. That would be fucking awesome.

How about a texture swap with moderator avatars as towers shooting ban sticks at many of our fallen GAF heroes' avatars (Demi's old man, Laramie's puppy, etc.)?
 
Flunkie said:
Yeah, too late. :lol

"Ocarina could not be installed because it it not compatible with this iPod."

=O
I hope it didn't cost you 99 cents to get that message. If so, what's your PayPal account? :(

PotatoeMasher said:
How about a texture swap with moderator avatars as towers shooting ban sticks at many of our fallen GAF heroes' avatars (Demi's old man, Laramie's puppy, etc.)?

That'd be pretty sweet, indeed. Still, I think there should either be a code you enter or an unlockable that allows, like, a ton of starting cash, or cheaper upgrades, or something. It wouldn't be too hard to implement, right?
 
Dacvak said:
=O
I hope it didn't cost you 99 cents to get that message. If so, what's your PayPal account? :(
It did, but don't worry about it man. 99 cents is next to nothing, and if it's supporting a (supposedly) awesome app, that's fine by me.
 
perryfarrell said:
Any other must-have games? Not-too-expensive ones? I've heard good things about Star Trigon.

Read this.
 
Ferrio said:
Have the zelda theme memorized now, can play it pretty well. Working on Aerith's theme.

Same here. I played it in class yesterday, and everyone thought I was faking and it was just noise coming from my phone... Until I let them try. Now my whole Asian Cultures class wants an iPhone. XD

On a side note, I've been thinking about this for a while... What do you guys think of making a new thread solely based on compiling a huge list of "all" the apps on the iPhone and rating them individually? I know we have this thread, but it's become way too cluttered to steadily search through in order to find good games, and I find a lot of people asking the same questions over and over. If I made a new thread, I'd keep the first post updated with everyone's impressions and their own personal X/10 rating per game, kind of like what I did in this post. I think everyone at GAF is pretty capable of rightfully judging games, and I think this would be really helpful for anyone with an iPod Touch or iPhone.

Your thoughts?

Personally, I can contribute a lot, because I buy WAAAAY too many iPhone apps. I think I've purchased like 50-60 already.
 
Ok, I'm going to make that new thread. Before I do, are there any apps that are must haves for the initial list? I'm currently downloading Soul Trapper (made the mistake of downloading it on my iPhone instead of from iTunes... This is a fucklong download.)
 
Costanza said:
Block Breaker Deluxe 2

Buying now.

Also, I know that I'm going to be making the initial list, but my app/game tastes are probably different from everyone else's. So in the thread (or this one) it'd be cool if I had other inputs on the games (preferably X/10) so I can put those opinions up, too.

And any other must-have games I should get before making the new thread?
 
Costanza said:
Definitely try out Topple. It's only 99 cents and it's VERY addicting.

also Jelly Car (which is free) and Line Rider.
Costanza said:
Block Breaker Deluxe 2
I have all of these. :D

I would also suggest:

touchPhysics
Trace (free)
Lux Touch (free)
And you gotta have Aurora Feint

Edit: I think I'm gonna get Fieldrunners.
 
Costanza said:
Definitely try out Topple. It's only 99 cents and it's VERY addicting.

also Jelly Car (which is free) and Line Rider.

Oh shit, I actually had all three of those and forgot about them. Must have deleted them or something.

Thanks for the input. Also, the NEW THREAD is now up! =) Put your opinions and comments in there with regards to specific games. =)

Edit: I'd actually like someone else to do a mini-review of Jelly Car, because I hated it. I think I just didn't understand it or give it enough of a try. I really, really sucked at it, though.
 
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