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The Official iPhone/iPod Touch Gaming Thread
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jonnybryce
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Yes! I'll probably buy it and beat it tomorrow.Keldor said:
TOFTT. Runs like shit on my 3G. Absolutely shite. Choppy even in the bits where it's only telling story. Hope they patch it soon.Jonnyram said:
Mr. Driller, on the other hand, is quite pleasant. I only tried the soft d-pad option. Had a little trouble drilling up at first, but if you take a bit of time to be deliberate about it, you can "learn" the controls quite quickly. Not tried it with sound on yet - how is the bgm/fx?
Alright. I just got done with the tutorial (mission 1).
First of all, I'm playing on an iPod Touch 1G (can't wait to buy the Touch 3G, hopefully this month!) and overall it's pretty smooth, with some slow-framerates only when entering some new areas because it loads textures and whatnot, but even then it's pretty smooth. I have yet to play on 'real' missions, so I can't say this will be like it all the time. Then again.. who uses a 1G yet?..
The sound quality is quite good. Weapons sound good enough, the voice acting is quite nice and the music fits the mood perfectly. It's not an amazing soundtrack maybe, but it's not annoying at all.
The controls are fine, but I noticed the cover I use for my screen makes my finger get sticked to it more than I'd like, and sometimes I can't move around smoothly, but I fixed that with the sensitivity all the way up to 3/4th or a bit higher. I might even go for a higher sensitivity later.
Graphics wise.. well, all you have seen images and videos already. Probably one of the best looking games for iPhone currently. And as I said, even in 1G moves smoothly, can't even imagine how well it must work on a 3Gs. Textures are quite detailed, specially for the ground (if you look straight at it). Actually, if you get close to any object, the texture quality will improve and it can reach quite high levels. Of course, not current gen quality (durr), but much much better than anything on PS1/N64.
Other than that, if you don't keep paying much attention to the graphics, you won't notice anything wrong ever. The only things I've noticed (and I usually look around for all kind of things design-wise) are stuff like, in the first mission when you get down from the chopper you can see the 'limits' of the stage far away, some texture's alphas are a bit blurry hence making the object look a bit weird, but even that isn't really that bad.
The game itself is pretty good. Quite like COD4 in most aspects. The game also helps your aim a bit which sometimes is nice, but I have had a couple times where I were pointing at the enemy and didn't hit him. But still, most of the times it works perfectly.
Anyway... I'm not used to doing reviews so I don't know what else to say. If you wanna know anything go ahead and ask.
edit - alright, scratch that. There are some slowdowns on the Touch 1G when fighting against 3 enemies at the same time (the most I've seen yet). It's not nearly game-breaking and it only happens for a bit, then it goes back to normal.
First of all, I'm playing on an iPod Touch 1G (can't wait to buy the Touch 3G, hopefully this month!) and overall it's pretty smooth, with some slow-framerates only when entering some new areas because it loads textures and whatnot, but even then it's pretty smooth. I have yet to play on 'real' missions, so I can't say this will be like it all the time. Then again.. who uses a 1G yet?..
The sound quality is quite good. Weapons sound good enough, the voice acting is quite nice and the music fits the mood perfectly. It's not an amazing soundtrack maybe, but it's not annoying at all.
The controls are fine, but I noticed the cover I use for my screen makes my finger get sticked to it more than I'd like, and sometimes I can't move around smoothly, but I fixed that with the sensitivity all the way up to 3/4th or a bit higher. I might even go for a higher sensitivity later.
Graphics wise.. well, all you have seen images and videos already. Probably one of the best looking games for iPhone currently. And as I said, even in 1G moves smoothly, can't even imagine how well it must work on a 3Gs. Textures are quite detailed, specially for the ground (if you look straight at it). Actually, if you get close to any object, the texture quality will improve and it can reach quite high levels. Of course, not current gen quality (durr), but much much better than anything on PS1/N64.
Other than that, if you don't keep paying much attention to the graphics, you won't notice anything wrong ever. The only things I've noticed (and I usually look around for all kind of things design-wise) are stuff like, in the first mission when you get down from the chopper you can see the 'limits' of the stage far away, some texture's alphas are a bit blurry hence making the object look a bit weird, but even that isn't really that bad.
The game itself is pretty good. Quite like COD4 in most aspects. The game also helps your aim a bit which sometimes is nice, but I have had a couple times where I were pointing at the enemy and didn't hit him. But still, most of the times it works perfectly.
Anyway... I'm not used to doing reviews so I don't know what else to say. If you wanna know anything go ahead and ask.
edit - alright, scratch that. There are some slowdowns on the Touch 1G when fighting against 3 enemies at the same time (the most I've seen yet). It's not nearly game-breaking and it only happens for a bit, then it goes back to normal.
Peronthious
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red shoe paul said:
None of the other options are playable at all, imo. Slide seems like it could work, but the current setup is unwieldy, forcing you to slide around with one thumb while drilling with the other. I'm not sure how else it could be done, but dpad is the ideal approach anyway.
RelentlessRolento
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fuck!
i gots no cash and cant get MC
i gots no cash and cant get MC
marvelharvey
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The Touch I bought a couple of weeks ago has 3.0.mrkgoo said:
Keyser Soze
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Where are you Unify
Psy-Phi
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Khanage said:
I haven't gotten mine either and I'm in the US. I sent them an e-mail on Tuesday early afternoon as I promised myself I'd wait that long before bugging them. May never get it, haven't heard a response yet. Will update if I get it.
If I don't, oh well it was "free" anyway for like 2 minutes of my time, and the survey was intriguing so I won't sweat it. Just would have been nice to get $10 bucks free to spend, as I'm sure everyone who completed it thought.
RelentlessRolento
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man... no luck with gift card either.
anachronous_one
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Nope, and when I pulled up their site earlier today, the main page is now ... blank. Nothing. The sub-pages still come up, like the survey page, but they've not responded to e-mails. Seems like their not-so-subtle way of telling us "go fuggoff".Flunkie said:
Bleh.
Hey guys..I'm just joining the Iphone gaming thread..I had an Iphone now and kinda got hooked on some of the games offered..I'm looking at RPG's in particular, but want one kinda like Dragon Warrior/Final Fantasy and so far after looking through many RPG's, kinda think "The Quest" fits the bill, kinda looks like Orcs and Elves and a Ultima Underworld feel to it, which I love. So any other recommendations for JRPG type games on the Iphone??
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'm on the fence as of right now. How about this, let's play Rock Paper Scissors, and whoever loses has to be the one who buys it and tries it out.Costanza said:
I'm going on the honor system here. My throw is in the spoiler.
___________Rock_________
bomb_jack said:
Oh boy yes.
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Tease a bit of money out by doing low bids... then hit 'em high. Know when to bail. Know when to try and fake your way through.
Good times.
This has a slight difference in that it doesn't automatically assume the best word - you have to find it. Leads to some funny things.
Of course, it's a bit more random than Poker.
For example, in poker, if a couple of 8s and an A and Q are out, and you have a Q, you have to decide the odds that other people are carrying an A.
In Word Ace, there are many more tiles - and the calculations are hard to do. The only thing you can be sure of is if you have a J, noone else does.
BenjaminBirdie
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Hey! I'm at Costanza's table!
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KENKEN $.99 (80% off)
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http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=322523436&mt=8
From September 3 7 Capcom is cutting prices on Resident Evil 4, Mega Man II and KENKEN.
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Resident Evil 4 $2.99 (40% off)
Mega Man 2 $2.99 (60% off)
KENKEN $.99 (80% off)
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permutated
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Costanza said:
Does it suck?
If you're interested in RE4, your best bet is to play the Lite version of RE Degeneration, as I'm pretty sure the games have the same engine/controls. If you like Degeneration, you'll probably like RE4.
From my personal experience, they seem to be decent games that manage a fairly effective control scheme for the iPhone, but would be so much better with a damn controller, like many other iPhone games.
From my personal experience, they seem to be decent games that manage a fairly effective control scheme for the iPhone, but would be so much better with a damn controller, like many other iPhone games.
Anyone have any tips for Alive 4 ever?
I'm really struggling with Mission 9, that survivor who can't walk, do I have to cure them or something? how??
Also the stream of zombies is becoming very hard to manage. I haven't upgraded any weapons yet, you guys have any tips on which ones to go for? or which abilities to level up?
How do I unlock more equipment? Just increase levels?
also what ar ethe pros and cons of each weapon? Whats the point of the sniper rifle?
I'm really struggling with Mission 9, that survivor who can't walk, do I have to cure them or something? how??
Also the stream of zombies is becoming very hard to manage. I haven't upgraded any weapons yet, you guys have any tips on which ones to go for? or which abilities to level up?
How do I unlock more equipment? Just increase levels?
also what ar ethe pros and cons of each weapon? Whats the point of the sniper rifle?
Diablohead
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Would have prefered Degeneration to be on sale but I may pick up RE4, maybe.
Quite a few cool sales going on this week, good time to grab goodies early if you are waiting for the new ipod touch.
Quite a few cool sales going on this week, good time to grab goodies early if you are waiting for the new ipod touch.
farnham said:
Space Invaders: Infinity Gene is the best $4.99 game I've purchased. Infinite replay value, good controls, and the natural next step beyond SIE.
Alive 4 Ever is 99 cents and an excellent zombie shooter.
iMech is worth it if you want something cheap and fun to play online and are a fan of Mech games. It's also .99.
Word Ace is awesome, completely online, and free.
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