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Quite a few games coming from well known companies or movies/etc seem to be rushed, but there is still a good handful of great games from known devs to balance it out.

I didn't buy watchman for 3 reasons, firstly I have no working wifi untill summer, second I disliked how the game looked in screenshots, and thurd I hardly know anything about the movie :lol

*evening edit* I just bumped into Attack From The Dead on the app store in the top 100, looks like a survival game with the same rendered style of iDracula, but there is only one youtube video right now which doesn't cover much. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKfOLO5dYKk
 
AAARUGH I think I lost all my saves and maybe more, when I cleaned up my pc the other day I must have somehow removed the downloaded app's or related data from my hdd, iTunes first alerted me when I had no app's on my computer on booting it up so it asked if I wanted to sync my ipod, I found this odd but it seemed to be my only option and all was fine after that.

Now syncing up tonight it's saying my ipod is from a different user, and it's required me to clear my ipod and restore everything, I have a strong feeling i've lost my save for puzzle quest due to this.

I just don't remember touching my iTunes folder when doing a pc clean up, rather odd all this.

*edit* Phew, all safe! that was my first problem i've had with my device since I brought it.
 
mrkgoo said:
Link? You just go into your account and click 'change country'. Obviously, you need an address, and possibly a payment method for that location...

I was just wondering if there were, say, a limited number of changes, or a default period that won't let you switch back etc. Just wondering what the advantages/disadvantages to creating a second acount vs. just changing countries were.

For example, having apps and/or songs purchased from different stores under the same account. I expect they would work like having multiple accounts, but just wanted to be sure.
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Oh, I get it. Too much hassle to go through though, I'll stick with having an account for each store, I was able to create a US account without a US payment method by trying to download a free app, just had to enter a random US address and no payment method at all.

Having some issues ATM though, I don't seem to be able to re-sync apps from my first account even if I sign in on iTunes. It says that I'm not authorized for them on this computer :( However I can re-download them directly through the iPod. Fuck. Anybody knows of a workaround for this?

edit-heh, it was simpler than I thought, forget it. Store > Authorize computer. Duh.
 
Stop bringing up oregon trail. >:( It makes the wait harder knowing it's still not out.
So is it worth getting the watchmen app now while its a dollar in hopes of it getting improved on?
 
Zaraki_Kenpachi said:
Stop bringing up oregon trail. >:( It makes the wait harder knowing it's still not out.
So is it worth getting the watchmen app now while its a dollar in hopes of it getting improved on?
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Personally I never thought the game would be anything but a trainwreck. Even for a buck I wouldn't budge. Don't reward sloppy and bad games.
 
Baseball Superstars is on sale this weekend in honor of the World Baseball Games Open. Down from $5 to $2.

I had been eyeing it for a while hoping for a price drop, and $2 felt like the right time to splurge. I've been playing it all morning - really good/fun/quick arcade baseball. There's a create-a-player mode with some basic sports RPG elements (training, item purchasing, etc) - it plays like a very basic Road To The Show mode. There's also quick play, a regular season mode, a home run derby, and a mission mode with what looks like 40 missions.

Definitely recommended, especially for $2.

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With tower defense games making up the bulk of the strategy games on the iphone, the more traditional strategy style games have suffered in lack of quantity on the platform which imo leaves a perfect hole for a smart developers to exploit. The iphone is a perfect platform for turn based strategy games so hopefully the new year will see some smart developers taking advantage of this situation.








Galcon. A perfect example of a simple addictive strategy battle game than can be played in under 5 minutes. Online multiplayer included. Great game. Lite version is available.
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SimCity. Surprisingly capable port of Sim City 3000. If you can get some past the stability issues well worth your time.
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Orions: Legend of Wizards. Terrific combination of a card battle, base building strategy game.
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Stratgery. Risk meets Dice Wars. Perfect short time killer strategy game. Lite version is available.
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Warfare Incorporated. Port of the very popular palm and pocket pc rts. Online multiplayer promised in an update.
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Reign of Swords. Port of the well received mobile title. Best Strategy game on a wireless platform winner of 2008 for IGN. Includes online component. Not the best iphone port via touch controls or graphics but the core gameplay is as solid as ever. Lite version is available.
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Monopoly. Iphone version of the age old board game. Very playable port.
Itunes Link
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Lux DLX. Port of the well know Windows Risk style title. Enjoyable but missing the online multiplayer component of the PC. Lite version is available.
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Tower Bloxx Deluxe 3D. Ostensibly a well done timed tower stacking game Tower Bloxx also has a strategy element in how you need to arrange the towers to achieve maximum performance. Lite Version is available.
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Virtual Villagers - A New Home & Virtual Villagers 2: The Lost Children. Sims meets animal crossing style games both iterations share the same concept but are somewhat different as they come from two different devs. Both are well reviewed though.
Itunes Link Virtual Villagers - A New Home
Itunes Link Virtual Villagers 2: The Lost Children
Review Virtual Villagers - A New Home
Review Virtual Villagers 2: The Lost Children
Video Virtual Villagers - A New Home
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Chess. You have many many option for Chess on the iphone many of which are quite good. Deep Green and Chess Genius are two of the more popular and well reviewed titles for single player Chess. Chess with Friends (which is free) and Cyber chess are two of the popular titles for online play.
Itunes Link Deep Green Chess
Itunes Link Chess Genius
Itunes Link Chess with Friends
Itunes Link Cyber Chess


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Go. iGo is your best bet for a single player game of Go on the iphone. Tetsuki is for multiplayer sessions of go (You have to register on a website first). And SmartGo touch is a port of the respected windows title although it functions more as a study and puzzle tool rather than a pure go player like on the PC.
Itunes Link iGo
Itunes Link Tetsuki
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Reversi Online Tournament. Online iphone version of the board game more well known in this country as Othello. Seems well received among the community that is playing it.
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X-Plane Flight Simulator series. Port of the Mac and PC flight sims for the PC. Pricey for the iphone but they seem to be well received from the community.
Itunes Link for X-Plane games
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Fish Tycoon. Port of the popular fish breeding pet store simulation game from the Palm and Pocket PC. Well reviewed and awarded game in the past. Lite version is available.
Itunes Link
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iMafia. There are lots of mafia or wars style game on the platform so you will need to do some research to see which theme or game fits you but iMafia is one of the more popular and well reviewed examples of the genre. And its free.
Itunes Link
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Domino & American Dominoes. Two titles that do a good job of bringing dominoes in both an international and domestic version to the iphone.
Itunes Link Domino
Itunes Link American Dominoes
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Westward. Self described by the developers as a pioneer themed real time strategy game, Westward is a port of a PC title. More slower paced and requiring more micromanagement than most of the other sims, Westward occupies a relatively open and unique space on the plaftform. If you can get past the controls there seems to be an interesting game underneath.
Itunes Link
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Slay. Recently released port of windows title. Garnering good impressions. The original release had a few bugs but the dev is submitting update fixes for those and seems to want to support the title.
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Oregon Trail. Iphone remake of the edutainment classic that mixes mini-games with some role playing elements.
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Hanto. Hanto is a well done clone of the game Hive which is an abstract chess like strategy game involving tiles. Worth checking out if you like board game style strategy games.
Video Review of the board game Hive
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Coming up next. Sports genre
 
Thanks for the round up Stoney, a lot of games I have never heard of on there.

I've been hard at work recently making my first iphone game. I'm doing everything I can to make sure the game runs at a good speed, as I find choppy iphone games to be a bit disappointing. I'll be sure to share something on neogaf when I have something worth sharing.

I think Edge is the game I've enjoyed most so far.
 
Stoney Mason said:
Slay. Recently released port of windows title. Garnering good impressions. The original release had a few bugs but the dev is submitting update fixes for those and seems to want to support the title.
Itunes Link
Forum
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Got an email from the dev this morning:

Yes, sorry about that! I'm kicking myself for not spotting that one before releasing the game. :(

I sent an update to the AppStore a few days ago so that should go live any day now.


Sean.
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Highly recommend picking it up when the update hits. Had lots of fun until I discovered the bug and realized that the game was about to get impossible/broken.
 
It's in the puzzle game round up list along with the flash demo link but I'll break it out separately just to give it some props because I really only played it recently myself.

Drop7 is a damn good puzzle game.

http://chainfactor.com/


yoursisterspretty said:
Got an email from the dev this morning:



Highly recommend picking it up when the update hits. Had lots of fun until I discovered the bug and realized that the game was about to get impossible/broken.
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Yep. He posted essentially the same on his forum a few days back. I meant to post it in response to you but I forgot.
 
Flunkie said:
Stoney = Epic
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once again for emphasis.

seeing all the titles on the iPhone laid out like this is pretty epic. I laugh in the face of the ignorant who say there are no good games on the thing
 
Remy said:
Baseball Superstars is on sale this weekend in honor of the World Baseball Games Open. Down from $5 to $2.

I had been eyeing it for a while hoping for a price drop, and $2 felt like the right time to splurge. I've been playing it all morning - really good/fun/quick arcade baseball. There's a create-a-player mode with some basic sports RPG elements (training, item purchasing, etc) - it plays like a very basic Road To The Show mode. There's also quick play, a regular season mode, a home run derby, and a mission mode with what looks like 40 missions.

Definitely recommended, especially for $2.

App Shopper
iTunes
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Agreed, about as detailed as I'd want a baseball game on the iPhone. Controls take some getting use to though.
 
czartim said:
Agreed, about as detailed as I'd want a baseball game on the iPhone. Controls take some getting use to though.
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This game looks like MLB Power Pros! I will try it out. This looks more complete than the actualy DS MLB Powe Pros.

Anyone tried out Cooking Mama? How does it compare to the DS version?
 
As much as my pants tighten over the thought of not only a new Archon but a new PORTABLE Archon, I fear how it may control in the battle sequences. :/
 
Any thoughts on the games "Westward" I didn't see it in the strategy write-up and hear that it's a lot like Virtual villagers, but more in depth.
 
I may finally drop some change on some apps.

What's the best Black Jack, Texas hold-em, General Casino and General Card games apps. I'll prob end up getting 4, one from each category I just listed. Price isn't an issue, so long as the game is the best one available.
 
Zaraki_Kenpachi said:
Hey stoney is there any reason to get iGo over iGobang?
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Not sure. Honestly I looked over the review and picked igo mainly because it had a slightly better review quality after reading through some of the reviews on both apps and because it has the ability to do a 19 by 19 Grid which is the correct official size.

Might be worth posting the question over at touch arcade as they have some go players over there.
 
Stoney Mason said:
Not sure. Honestly I looked over the review and picked igo mainly because it had a slightly better review quality after reading through some of the reviews on both apps and because it has the ability to do a 19 by 19 Grid which is the correct official size.

Might be worth posting the question over at touch arcade as they have some go players over there.
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Cool, I guess I'll pick up iGo in the meantime since it was reviewed well.
 
Stoney Mason said:
Galcon. A perfect example of a simple addictive strategy battle game than can be played in under 5 minutes. Online multiplayer included. Great game. Lite version is available.
Itunes Link
Lite Version
Review
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I'd just like to mention that Galcon is my favourite game on the App store. It beats the rest hands down. I play the online multiplayer whenever I have a spare 5 minutes. There are always rooms and players playing online so don't be afraid to give it a go. Try out the lite version then imagine playing online with others.
 
Super_Chicken said:
I may finally drop some change on some apps.

What's the best Black Jack, Texas hold-em, General Casino and General Card games apps. I'll prob end up getting 4, one from each category I just listed. Price isn't an issue, so long as the game is the best one available.
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21 Pro is the best blackjack game. There is a lite version that is fully featured, but it has ads. I recommend buying the full version to support the dev. The Apple Texas Hold Em game is OK. No idea on general card games. Would be open to suggestions.
 
Zaraki_Kenpachi said:
Cool, I guess I'll pick up iGo in the meantime since it was reviewed well.
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I would use Tetsuki if I were you. Not only is it free but you can play online against other people.
 
Payback (GTA clone) was just updated to v1.1. It added an improved minimap and better viewing angle. I just bought the game and I'm loving it. It's pretty much what you'd expect from a GTA1 clone. If you're a fan of the classic GTA style then be sure to check it out.
 
Sports games are slowly but surely making their way to the iphone. Developers are dealing with the learning curve as they struggle to find what works and what doesn't work due to the nature of iphone controls. Sports games are some of the most complex games when it comes to control input on traditional consoles, so games that pare down sports to their essentials are probably going to make the most sense on the platform.






Real Soccer 2009. Probably the best take on a traditional console style approach to a sports game on the iphone. Ability to play a full season. Real players. Well done.
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Let's Golf. A hot shots clone but a good one. Definitely one of the more impressive sports outings on the iphone.
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Flick Fishing. Cheap and surprisingly fun game. Nice graphics for an iphone game.
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ESPN Cameraman Deluxe. Basically a spot the difference game using sports photos. Fun simple time killer. Lite version is available.
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TouchGrind. From the devs behind the platformer Sway, TouchGrind is a uniquely controlled skateboarding game. The controls may not be for everybody but there is definitely an appreciative audience that enjoys it based on its high app score review average.
Itunes Link
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TouchSports Tennis 09 & Ace Tennis Online. TouchSports has a more realistic 3-d appearance. Ace Tennis is more retro in looks but has online multiplayer. While neither is perfect in their interpretations of tennis if you are a fan of the sport you may be interested in one of them.
Itunes Link TouchSports Tennis 09
Itunes Link Ace Tennis Online
Review TouchSports Tennis 09
Review Ace Tennis Online
Video TouchSports Tennis 09
Video Ace Tennis Online


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DownHill Bowling. Not your usual take on bowling, Downhill bowling is closer in spirit to a combination of a racing game mixed in with bowling. Lite version is available.
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Lite Version
Review
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Baseball Superstars. Despite the looks not a bad baseball game for what it is. Reminiscent of the 8 bit and 16 bit era of baseball games. Takes a little bit of time to get use to the controls which are a virtual control pad and touch screen buttons.
Itunes Link
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Crazy Snowboard. A snowboarding trick style game that has come along way with some good updates.
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Virtual Pool & Killer Pool. Virtual Pool and Killer both are the two best apps to choose from if you're looking for a game of billiards. They both seem to be equally well reviewed for the most part by users. Lite version is available for Killer Pool.
Itunes Link Virtual Pool
Itunes Link Killer Pool
Lite Version Killer Pool
Virtual Pool Review
Killer Pool Review
Virtual Pool Video
Killer Pool Video


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X's and O's Football and LED Football 2. There isn't a good traditional console style football yet on the iphone so your best options are in the arcade variety that stick to trying to score as many points as possible. X's and O's football you could say is the modern version and LED Football 2 is for the nostalgia lover in all of us.
Itunes Link X's and O's Football
Itunes Link LED Football 2
Review X's and O's Football
Review LED Football 2
Video X's and O's Football
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Air Hockey Pro. 3D, touch-controlled air hockey game. Nice graphics. Well reviewed on the app store.
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Motion X Poker & Motion X Poker Quest. Essentially the same games outside of theme nevertheless Motion X Poker in either version is an addictive dice tossing time killer. Great presention and nice attractive art complete the design for a simple but fun game. Lite version available for Motion X Poker Quest.
Itunes Motion X Poker
Itunes Motion X Poker Quest
Lite Version Motion X Poker Quest
Review Motion X Poker Quest
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Texas Holdem Game. Like every platform nowadays you have many Texas Hold Em options on the iphone. Texas Hold'em is the apple app and is the best looking and has the best presentation. THTouch is the cheapest playable app. THETA Poker has the best AI among the apps but is lacking in some features. And MegaPoker online is your best option for online play. Lite version is available for MegaPoker online
Itunes Link Texas Hold'em
Itunes Link THTouch
Itunes Link THETA Poker
Itunes Link MegaPoker Online
Lite Version Megapoker Online
Video Texas Hold'em
Video THTouch
Video Megapoker Online


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Casino Pro Series. Avalinx has a number of casino style games on the iphone that include Baccarat, 3 & 4 Card Poker, and Blackjack. They are all well reviewed. Lite version available for BlackJack.
Itunes Link Casino Pro Series
Lite Version 21 Pro: BlackJack
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GL Golf. There is no way around it. GL Golf is an ugly game for the iphone. And the commercial reviews have been middling but the actual community that plays the game seems to love it as a hardcore niche title as witnessed by the excellent reviews on the appstore. And with Tiger Woods and Let's Golf, there is always room for a niche title. Lite version is available.
Itunes Link GL Golf
Itunes Link GL Golf Deluxe
Itunes Link GL Golf Lite
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Pinball Dreaming: Pinball Dreams. Yes I'm putting this in this category. :) Well done port of the Amiga classic and the best pinball game on the appstore.
Itunes Link[URL="http://toucharcade.com/2009/02/01/amiga-classic-pinball-dreams-comes-to-the-iphone/"]
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Up Next. Word Games.
 
When is Doom RPG or a Doom port coming to iPhone? A little surprised it has taken this long already.
 
I bought Baseball Superstars yesterday... yeah it's awesome. You guys should totally get it.

And I have to ask again: Anyone tried out Cooking Mama?
 
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