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The Official iPhone/iPod Touch Gaming Thread
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Meatpuppet
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Downloaded Geodefense and a bunch of lite versions (Drop7, Rolando etc). Geodefense is hot hot sex, and this is from someone who is usually pretty indifferent to the tower defense genre. Nomnomnom
japtor said:
I see your point, so I guess it's just nostalgia based. I played a lot of snood at my old workplace (before it was discovered and deleted), but I grew to really like that 'loose' firing. When I first played it, it made no sense to me either, but it wasn't easy to do. It was always a risk assessment to decide to try it or not, because if you messed it up, you just clogged a piece royally.
It's totally ghetto, I admit, but I think that's kind of where it had it's charm.
I also spent a lot of time on the puzzle mode - trying to master each puzzle on a single run through was the challenge (if you died, you halved your score), which seems to be sadly lacking in the iPhone version (there appears to be no huge penalty for losing and continuing). Not to mention the puzzles are broken into categories instead o one long stream. It HAS been a while since I played, so maybe it was always like that. The iPhone puzzles don't seem to be all that interesting however (and I find the new sleeping snoods and bonus snoods to be kind of annoying - wish I could turn them off).
I also prefer the seemingly larger play area that Snood has - makes it a bit more puzzley with more options to think about.
whatevermort
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mrkgoo said:
This made me laugh for minutes, and then repeated on me after that. Touche.
FlashFlooder
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Any indication as to when Geodefense Swarm is coming?
drmcclin said:
the average waiting time is 2 weeks. It was submitted to weeks ago TO THE DAY.
Since it isn't out yet, does it mean it wont be today or can games be released at all stages of the day?
PSP can't compete with anything. The appstore is far from a selling point for the iphone, not even in the same market. but the appstore is there to give us what we want and it does well.
Sony is just trying to give its users what they want.
it would only be significant if they made their gamestore compatible with sony ericsson phones, but even then, its hardly a selling point.
I don't buy my phone based on what games are out for it! Although since I got the phone the games have been a huge bonus, esp since I timed my purchase with the flurry of great games and the 59p boom.
radiantdreamer
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jonnybryce said:Thank you for posting this, I appreciate it especially at free.
On another note, it's not new, but I finally bought Leaf Bound [99 cents]
It's pretty awesome. I prefer it to Doodle Jump because of it's variation and Japanese flare. It's the jump higher mechanic but with more of an action/platformer twist, you have lives, there are enemies and best of all, there are boss battles. I like the touch control better than accelerometer, but either way it's a keeper imo.
This game looks very cute. I like the art style.
It doesn't look like an extremely fun game to me though. What do you guys all think of it? The art style and the gameplay?
mrkgoo said:
Microsoft's market, essentially, is the Xbox Live Indie Games section. It doesn't require any real rating system like the iPhone, and practically anybody can do it. Unfortunately it hasn't caught on nearly as well as iPhone development.
That said, PSP mini is getting a bit of both - the iPhone games like Fieldrunners as well as some XBL Indie Games, like all of the Halfbrick games. I've currently theorized that PSP mini games may get into the mobile phone game classification - so you don't have to go to the ESRB, OFLC, PEGI and all that. We'll have to see how that pans out.
Proc said:
No idea. But I didn't like the game all that much. It has charm and great presentation, but the actual gameplay is boring. The title just feels pretty empty to me, but then I don't really like RPGs. Before anyone asks why I even bought the game then, I thought that this would be like 'rpg-lite', get rid of all the tap-tap-tap menu nonsense, and just kind of a bit of strategy in turn-based manoeuvring around a map against enemies. Instead, you pretty much just take turns attacking, getting hit, when you're nearly dead, use a health pack. That's not really my idea of fun.
Just my opinion. A lot of people really enjoy this.
Costanza said:
I heard there were specific routes to take to get the pickups, but all I ever did was save the game before going in and stocking up on like meaty 4 of every syringe so the battle is over after a couple punches. And then just keep punching after that. I pretty much just stood there punching. I did play only in the second difficulty.
Epic Tier 3 Engineer
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Soo...you need internet access to buy these games, right? Does it require the pay-for-internet service, or can you use wifi signals to purchase content?
Thinking about getting one.
Thinking about getting one.
RelentlessRolento
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wifi
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Noob question, but thanks.RelentlessRolento said:
What is generally considered the best game on the iPod? Rolando?
Diablohead
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Only wolf classic appears for me, UK store.Yasser said:
Id's app page is only showing wolf classic, wolf classic lite and resurrection.
*edit* the main app page has an ad for wolf rpg but it's unclickable, while the others around it are.
I haven't seen you guys talking about Modern Combat so I assume none of you care. Either way, one of the new updates has made me quite pleased.
http://toucharcade.com/2009/08/18/g...ed-for-iphone-more-modern-combat-fps-details/
http://toucharcade.com/2009/08/18/g...ed-for-iphone-more-modern-combat-fps-details/
Double tap is totally what I wanted because now we'll actually be able to aim and shoot at the same time. hopefully the sliding aspect will be similar to that of Monkey Island/SII in which you can put your finger on any part of the screen and just drag it from there - kind of like a moveable analog stick. If they did that you'd be able to move around and aim without your finger getting in the way.
Stoney Mason
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Chinner said:
I'm quite interested in the game. I just generally prefer to discuss games when they come out as its all speculation until then.
Wolfenstein RPG appears to have vanished from the NZ store too. I wonder if they had to take it down for whatever reason, and thus bumped the price down for the final days? Nah, they would've announced it, surely?
Also, I can't be the only one who gets all giddy when I see Stoney's name as the most recent poster as if a new notable game has been released.
Also, I can't be the only one who gets all giddy when I see Stoney's name as the most recent poster as if a new notable game has been released.
The Abominable Snowman
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helava said:
Agreed. If there is something Sony dropped the ball on, it was the inclusion of peripherals to the PSP strategy, Could've made it a condender for my pocket space
You lost the HELL out of me here... *shakes head*
bjscott05 said:
Just listen to yourself. "$10 is steep for a game". Really?
Anyway, put it this way, the longer you wait, the more likely you will get ripped off if they ever going to have a sale. If you had bought it earlier, you'd probably be done with the game.
Also, they're waiting to put it on sale after you buy it. Murphy's Law.
Keyser Soze
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RelentlessRolento
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I'll prob get inkvaders...
Well that was dumb. Finally figured out how to play civ, and got quite enthralled. Then it crashed and I lost half my game. :/
So let me get this straight, you place workers on parts of the city, and they produce - either make food (increase population), work (make buildings), or on the sea (I'm guessing science/gold). I wish it actually helped you in game somewhat. But I figured units can move, wait, or defend, which is basically wait indefinitely?
The game is pretty nice and easy flowing. I liek the feeling of building a canon when your enemies are still stuck on archers.:lol
So let me get this straight, you place workers on parts of the city, and they produce - either make food (increase population), work (make buildings), or on the sea (I'm guessing science/gold). I wish it actually helped you in game somewhat. But I figured units can move, wait, or defend, which is basically wait indefinitely?
The game is pretty nice and easy flowing. I liek the feeling of building a canon when your enemies are still stuck on archers.:lol
Okay I got Space Invaders but I feel really fucking stupid for not being able to navigate through the menu. I get you have to double tap to select things but how do switch screens in something like the rules or controls? I see at the bottom it says 1/3 and has a stupid flashing arrow next to it but I can't scroll by doing anything.
RelentlessRolento
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Hero said:
slide your finger horizontal on the screen.
mrkgoo said:
Yeah, it's crashed on me at least a few times during every game. You just have to save often, unfortunately.
And holy shit, I've played through three games and not noticed workers. :lol
mrkgoo said:
Well yeah, $10 is steep on the app store. When you can get hundreds of games for $1 or less, I think a company really has to prove that their game is worth that much. I get that they may have to charge that much to cover heavy development costs for an advanced game, but that's just how the market on the store is right now.
mrkgoo said:
They're not actual workers you place, you just decide what you want the city to focus on. The tiles show the resources available to that city. You build various buildings to increase those resources. For example, if you have hills around the city, you build a workshop to increase production. You want to gear your cities towards the type of victory you are trying to achieve.
Choosing defend will keep a unit in a spot until you tell it to move, but it also increases it's defense on that spot. You also get bonuses on hills if the enemy has to attack from below. Look for choke points to defend if you're going for a non combat victory.
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