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The Official iPhone/iPod Touch Gaming Thread
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jonnybryce
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mrWalrus said:
YES ANOTHER EXCUSE TO WATCH THIS VIDEO.
Um, is the Konami sale not happening in the US? I thought it would be on by now...MGS:Touch is old, discount it to inject some life back into its legs. It's not that I'm cheap and won't spend $8, it's that I'm not hugely interestd in MGS:T. At 3 bucks I'll snag it up even with minimal interest.
wondermega
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Space Invaders looks nice - what with all the activity on that end, compounded by the fact that Namco's got an active iPhone division now, I wouldn't be surprised to see if they respond with some kind of "Extreme Galaga" title as well (they are making a Gaplus follow-up on XBLA I believe, hopefully better than the recent disappointing Galaga Legions or whatever it was..)
pilonv1 said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZ-3moNpPCw
A video you can watch for it. Only problem I find is control. I guess if I played it more I would get use to it but its a cool game. You can touch anywhere on the screen and slide in any direction to move. It's an anywhere joystick.
http://toucharcade.com/2009/07/23/treasure-grab-put-your-sticky-fingers-to-work/
Touch Arcade did a review.
Picked up Zombies vs. Sheep today.
Ehh, its a nice little game for 99 cents, a fun shooting gallery with achievements / leaderboards via Open Feint; which is surprisingly deep and feature-rich. There's even friggin' chat rooms inside Open Feint. The game does have some slowdown problems on my 3G, which I find odd. Its fun for what it is, and if you're looking for a shooting gallery game with a fresh aesthetic and achievements, there are worse ways to spend a buck.
Ehh, its a nice little game for 99 cents, a fun shooting gallery with achievements / leaderboards via Open Feint; which is surprisingly deep and feature-rich. There's even friggin' chat rooms inside Open Feint. The game does have some slowdown problems on my 3G, which I find odd. Its fun for what it is, and if you're looking for a shooting gallery game with a fresh aesthetic and achievements, there are worse ways to spend a buck.
krypt0nian
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I still don't see the issue with the controls.NYCrooner said:
A Chu Chu Rocket clone just got released
Run Run Sheep
No Lite version yet and the price is $3.99, but it looks good in this video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQAB_OJ7vCk
Run Run Sheep
No Lite version yet and the price is $3.99, but it looks good in this video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQAB_OJ7vCk
Stoney Mason
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Sh0k said:
Sigh. If only we could get the real thing with online play included. I would never stop playing it.
Stoney Mason
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Neiteio said:Wasn't there an epic post somewhere on NeoGAF that showed all the iPhone games with pictures and descriptions? I have a friend with an iPhone who'd like to see it.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=366033
Hasn't been updated in about a week or so.
Zaraki_Kenpachi
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Is Konami supposed to put their iphone games on sale? I still don't see the sale someone mentioned on the previous page.
Stoney Mason
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Flunkie said:
It is what it is.
Apple didn't take the lead here so you end up with a PC situation where its left for the market to take its own cue and have an evolution process.
Dreamwriter
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Ooo, I think I'll make me an online service, kinda like Xbox Live with online stat tracking , achievements and avatars! Then I'll license it to anyone who wants to use it.
The_Reckoning
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Dreamwriter said:
The more the merrier it seems!
Diablohead
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Nothing wrong in using Xfire, Steam and GFWL all in one game! :lol Yeah it sucks a bit, I hope some of them die in a fire or something and we get a few good services which do well and are worth keeping around. I own like 2 games which use openfeint and when I tried to sign up for it in one of those TD games it just hangs and fails. Not a very good method.The_Reckoning said:The more the merrier it seems!
I nabbed DDR on the konami sale after the lite version convinced me it was good fun.
Skipping MGS though, the demo was boring as hell.
I tried emanga which was released recently for free and it showed some promise. It comes with an iTunes like software which can organise and sync up your library. Unfortunately it has some weird reliance on some weird format like .manga or something. it won't even add anything I have to the library.
It comes with software to 'build' files in this format but it doesn't work and even if it did I'm not going through my library and converting and organising everything to be the way that this app wants it.
A cool idea they have is mangacasts, there's only a few so far but the idea is you subscribe to these feeds which release various manga chapters. Cool idea but for poor selection, the only way I could get anything in the right format sadly.
Looks like I will have to ditch this unless I figure out a great way to get the right format made
Skipping MGS though, the demo was boring as hell.
I tried emanga which was released recently for free and it showed some promise. It comes with an iTunes like software which can organise and sync up your library. Unfortunately it has some weird reliance on some weird format like .manga or something. it won't even add anything I have to the library.
It comes with software to 'build' files in this format but it doesn't work and even if it did I'm not going through my library and converting and organising everything to be the way that this app wants it.
A cool idea they have is mangacasts, there's only a few so far but the idea is you subscribe to these feeds which release various manga chapters. Cool idea but for poor selection, the only way I could get anything in the right format sadly.
Looks like I will have to ditch this unless I figure out a great way to get the right format made
kaizoku said:
.manga files are just really zip files in disguise. Reading stuff on the pc works, but crashes on the iPhone. So yeah, looking at other options right now. Unfortunately there are no free trials for either ComicZeal or MyComics, but those seem to be useful for reading manga with.
I just downloaded Racer. Pretty cool game for $0.99!.
It's quite fun, but goddamnit it just made me feel a bit sick because the car is 'meant' to be supposed to move forward, but you keep getting cars 'falling' from the top so it fucks up my head. I just had to stop playing it right now because of the dizziness. And this might have been the first time I feel like this in the last.. 10 years? And I play games on a daily basis :/
Even then, I completely recommend it. Quite fun game and for $0.99 is a better deal than many other games out there.
It's quite fun, but goddamnit it just made me feel a bit sick because the car is 'meant' to be supposed to move forward, but you keep getting cars 'falling' from the top so it fucks up my head. I just had to stop playing it right now because of the dizziness. And this might have been the first time I feel like this in the last.. 10 years? And I play games on a daily basis :/
Even then, I completely recommend it. Quite fun game and for $0.99 is a better deal than many other games out there.
jonnybryce
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If your friends don't have it enabled they won't see anything though.kaizoku said:
Mik2121 said:
so what are your scores?
I kinda suck at it, with a measley 69th place, not that I've been trying too hard.
I bought car mania thinking it sounded and looked fun from a preview on toucharcade and even at 59p I regret buying it. similar concept to things like flight control but being on roads makes it really dull and repetitive
I already kind of mentioned it, but I finally got Monkey Island for the IPhone last night. This is my first experience ever with series and I got to say I love it. Was playing until 2am and it is indeed hilarious. I also have to say that I have no issues with the control scheme. I can see why people get hung on it, but it doesn't detract from the experience at all.
Also, being able to switch from remake to original with a single swipe is neat, and shaking the IPhone for a tip is very neat.
Also, being able to switch from remake to original with a single swipe is neat, and shaking the IPhone for a tip is very neat.
RelentlessRolento
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jonnybryce
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Really? A bunch of reviews on iTunes say the emoji apps are bad because they're friends can't see them on their iPhones. Good to know.kaizoku said:
jonnybryce
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mrkgoo said:
In my defense, I've never been interested in getting emoji enabled and just remember reading this by randomly browsing the app store. If I wanted an app, I certainly don't rely on the app store reviews for research.
But you're right, I'm ashamed.
jonnybryce said:
I enabled emoji a while ago from an app that did nothing more (it was taken down after about a day). As far as I know, emoji were added from 2.0 onwards, and even if they aren't enabled they are still there, so you can read them.
As for text messages, part of it is reliant on the carrier. If I send a text message to certain other carriers the icon can get through. If they don't have an iPhone, again, depending on the carrier, the entire message may fail or they just get gibberish.
RelentlessRolento
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waiting on impressions of Touch KO but so far sounds like it's a no brainer.
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