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The Official iPhone/iPod Touch Gaming Thread
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Peronthious
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chespace said:
I've heard of terrible control issues both in anonymous comments and from Tom Chick, whose opinions on strategy games I tend to go along with.
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.
Both of these were suggested here before, so I bought them.
OMG Pirates! and Jet Car Stunts.
They're both fantastic. OMG Pirates! reminds me a lot of Castle Crashers, and it has great visuals. Jet Car Stunts is like a portable version of the old Rush games on the N64. Also awesome graphics.
Both were cheap and are entirely worth it. Go for it.
OMG Pirates! and Jet Car Stunts.
They're both fantastic. OMG Pirates! reminds me a lot of Castle Crashers, and it has great visuals. Jet Car Stunts is like a portable version of the old Rush games on the N64. Also awesome graphics.
Both were cheap and are entirely worth it. Go for it.
Today's Appvent Calendar Free Game of the Day is Blimp (From $0.99)
EA's iPhone Deal of the Day is Mystery Mania ($1.99 -> $0.99)
EA's iPhone Deal of the Day is Mystery Mania ($1.99 -> $0.99)
SuperPac
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Bought Pac-Man CE and I gotta say... after you get your head around the controls (and by that I mean, using both thumbs to control), it is really pretty awesome. I bought the expansion pack too and am working my way through the mission mode. The Easy missions are, as advertised, easy. But on Normal difficulty...holy crap! They're quite the challenge.
As many've said and I agree...virtual d-pads aren't great. But...I've found that Pac-Man CE is probably the best implementation of them that I've seen yet. Especially great is that the playfield is moved up so you're not actually covering much of it with your hands, unlike many games where you are.
Too bad the game doesn't have some kind of online/friends leaderboard because that would completely rule. Now I really want them to bring all this content (and more please) to the X360.
As many've said and I agree...virtual d-pads aren't great. But...I've found that Pac-Man CE is probably the best implementation of them that I've seen yet. Especially great is that the playfield is moved up so you're not actually covering much of it with your hands, unlike many games where you are.
Too bad the game doesn't have some kind of online/friends leaderboard because that would completely rule. Now I really want them to bring all this content (and more please) to the X360.
SuperPac said:Bought Pac-Man CE and I gotta say... after you get your head around the controls (and by that I mean, using both thumbs to control), it is really pretty awesome. I bought the expansion pack too and am working my way through the mission mode. The Easy missions are, as advertised, easy. But on Normal difficulty...holy crap! They're quite the challenge.
As many've said and I agree...virtual d-pads aren't great. But...I've found that Pac-Man CE is probably the best implementation of them that I've seen yet. Especially great is that the playfield is moved up so you're not actually covering much of it with your hands, unlike many games where you are.
Too bad the game doesn't have some kind of online/friends leaderboard because that would completely rule. Now I really want them to bring all this content (and more please) to the X360.
Yeah, I agree. After a year of my iPhone being my primary gaming device, you really do get used to virtual d-pads - -some games you barely notice.
Kung Fu Jedi
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Any word on Jumpgate? Still waiting for it to drop and I thought it was suppose to be coming in early December.
Regarding pacman championship edition mission mode:
it's so annoying when you complete a level you get three separate dialogue boxes that you have to sequentially acknowledge.
"you completed level 23 ( easy)!"
(ok?)
"you unlocked level 23 (normal)!"
(ok?)
"you unlocked level 24 (easy)!"
(ok?)
OK ALREADY
it's so annoying when you complete a level you get three separate dialogue boxes that you have to sequentially acknowledge.
"you completed level 23 ( easy)!"
(ok?)
"you unlocked level 23 (normal)!"
(ok?)
"you unlocked level 24 (easy)!"
(ok?)
OK ALREADY
SuperPac
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mrkgoo said:
I agree with that. Kind of annoying. But...in terms of interface everything else in-game is simple and slick. Maybe they'll fix this one. Actually I wouldn't have known that when you replay after you finish a mission that you'd play it on a different difficulty so that's good.
I agree for that. Atleast it could cycle through them quickly without me having to wait for it to pop up, confirm, pop down, next one pops up etc. Sounds nitpicky, but it's my only real complaint. Easily fixable. You can just have one pop up when you first enter that mode to tell you that normal and hard challenges exist or have a toggle to go to the harder ones.SuperPac said:
Anyway, you are so right. This game is awesome. I plugged in spout tracks for the first time last night and I just wanted to go play his or minisquadron.
If you missed my last post, virtual d-pads can be pretty good. I'm used to them by now, bu definitely certain games and certain implementations can be way better.
Oh I found the reason for my crashes in pacman. Low memory. If I free the memory I don't get the same problems. Reproducible. Now that apple no longer allow free memory apps, a quick way is to delete all active pages in safari and close it, it actually quits the process. Handy to know.
Buttonbasher
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Jet Car Stunts is so great. It's like Trackmania meets Trials. It's so much fun! 
The OCD in me is bothered by this quite a bit though:
The OCD in me is bothered by this quite a bit though:
Buttonbasher said:Jet Car Stunts is so great. It's like Trackmania meets Trials. It's so much fun!
The OCD in me is bothered by this quite a bit though:
You mean the openfeint icon at all or the differing position?
It's a nice icon, but it does look ugly over the apps. I like to keep only the best apps on my iPhone. I like Lion's Pride a lot, but I hardly ever play it. Recently they updated it with openfeint and had the logo in the top. It made the choice easier to get rid of it.
Buttonbasher
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Yeah if they were all in the same orientation I wouldn't be as bothered. I'm just keeping the two apps on separate pages for now.mrkgoo said:
Hi all,
We managed to talk one of our animators into staring in our latest iphone game trailer - check it out!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2Yn6xWbxvQ
We managed to talk one of our animators into staring in our latest iphone game trailer - check it out!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2Yn6xWbxvQ
Buttonbasher said:Jet Car Stunts is so great. It's like Trackmania meets Trials. It's so much fun!
The OCD in me is bothered by this quite a bit though:
I've seen the logo in all four corners of icons. I like it, though. I am far more willing to buy a game with OpenFeint than not. Agon, too, but OpenFeint is becoming the standard.
edit: PS - My OpenFeint is VALIS, ya'll should add me.
Psy-Phi
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I like Open Feint more than Plus+, but I use neither with my friends and haven't befriended anyone through it for scoring purposes. More often than not it's annoying, especially that new "accomplishment" crap. Right in the middle of my game it wants to pull up this window that, while it pauses most of the time I've experienced no pauses and it just ruins the flow of the game.
No matter how many times I tell it not to ask again it does too.
And this...
Is why you should use BargainBin/PandoraBox more often...I was expecting 20 something, I can't even recall everything I bought :lol
No matter how many times I tell it not to ask again it does too.
And this...
Is why you should use BargainBin/PandoraBox more often...I was expecting 20 something, I can't even recall everything I bought :lol
Psy-Phi
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I like iDracula, Minigore, and Alive 4 Ever.Easy_D said:
They're not exactly GeoWars type twin stick shooters if that's what you're looking for; but they're all fun (none have left my phone since they've been installed). iDracula and Alive 4 Ever were much more robust than Minigore, and still are. But the latest update to Minigore is great. And it's simplicity is part of it's charm.
iDracula has you shooting all manner of monsters from giant worms, to werewolves and zombies. And of course Vampires. Weapon upgrades that are not persistent (in the modes I play, maybe there are in others?) from play to play. Probably the biggest selection of weapons in these three, pistols, crossbows, grenade launchers, flame throwsers, and a couple of crazy weapons that look like they're from Dr. Frankenstein.... it has various levels to try, and objects do have collision.
Alive 4 Ever is like a Left 4 Dead rip off, top down view, multiplayer (which is fun), RPG-like leveling system for your skills, and weapon upgrades that are persistent, like L4D, it's got hand guns, rifles, grenade launchers, and sniper rifles. Collision in this game too. Sucks when you are under a tree and hit it, or if you're under a tree and a zombie dog bites you (you'll lose health before you realize you're being assaulted).
Minigore is an isometric top down shooter like iDracula, and has had the most updates of these 3 I think? And more coming. They just added skins for your player (some you ahve to pay for but most come free with kills). Santa's in it
. Your primary weapon is still the machine-gun, but there's a grenade launcher and shotgun you can get in boxes. No other upgrades I've found (I usually shoot the boxes for their 360 degree attack. No Collision in this one. Only 1 map too. But the recent update made it go from dusk to night and these bouncing dragon things come out after you for a bit of a change of pace from the furry things).Really I'd suggest all three. iDracula was a steal at 99 cents and Alive 4 Ever was as well. Minigore took a while to feel worth it but it's come into it's own. Not sure what their prices are now.
DyslexicAlucard
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The Price is Right is on sale again for 99c (from $4.99) Apparently it is the Wii version, ported in its entirety to the iPhone. I missed the sale last time, so I picked it up.
Zen Bound is also on sale for $1.99 from $4.99. If you don't already own this, you owe it to yourself etc. etc..
Zen Bound is also on sale for $1.99 from $4.99. If you don't already own this, you owe it to yourself etc. etc..
Diablohead
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I love plus+ but lately with so many games getting open feint I feel like I should join in and buy some more games with it, right now my ipod defaulted me to "knightsonrush2085209523" or something :lol may have to create a profile for myself.VALIS said:
*edit* I loved iDracula it was one of the first twin shooter apps I had and at the time one of the best apps I owned, I need to install it again.
Hm, while iDracula currently seems to offer more, Minigore seems like it'll get a steady stream of updates with added content. Both look great though.Psy-Phi said:I like iDracula, Minigore, and Alive 4 Ever.
They're not exactly GeoWars type twin stick shooters if that's what you're looking for; but they're all fun (none have left my phone since they've been installed). iDracula and Alive 4 Ever were much more robust than Minigore, and still are. But the latest update to Minigore is great. And it's simplicity is part of it's charm.
iDracula has you shooting all manner of monsters from giant worms, to werewolves and zombies. And of course Vampires. Weapon upgrades that are not persistent (in the modes I play, maybe there are in others?) from play to play. Probably the biggest selection of weapons in these three, pistols, crossbows, grenade launchers, flame throwsers, and a couple of crazy weapons that look like they're from Dr. Frankenstein.... it has various levels to try, and objects do have collision.
Alive 4 Ever is like a Left 4 Dead rip off, top down view, multiplayer (which is fun), RPG-like leveling system for your skills, and weapon upgrades that are persistent, like L4D, it's got hand guns, rifles, grenade launchers, and sniper rifles. Collision in this game too. Sucks when you are under a tree and hit it, or if you're under a tree and a zombie dog bites you (you'll lose health before you realize you're being assaulted).
Minigore is an isometric top down shooter like iDracula, and has had the most updates of these 3 I think? And more coming. They just added skins for your player (some you ahve to pay for but most come free with kills). Santa's in it
Really I'd suggest all three. iDracula was a steal at 99 cents and Alive 4 Ever was as well. Minigore took a while to feel worth it but it's come into it's own. Not sure what their prices are now.
Run Run Sheep dropped to free from $1(and an original launch price of $4.) Not sure how good it is but it's a free Chu Chu Rocket clone so I'll give it shot.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/run-run-sheep/id322973457?mt=8
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/run-run-sheep/id322973457?mt=8
mattiewheels
And then the LORD David Bowie saith to his Son, Jonny Depp: 'Go, and spread my image amongst the cosmos. For every living thing is in anguish and only the LIGHT shall give them reprieve.'
i can't believe some of these appvent games are free, they're so great. blimp is really wonderful so far.
i've been racking up awards like crazy in gowalla, i went through the big local park today and placed a few landmarks. this 'game' appeals to the me that was really obsessive about mapping out rpgs :lol
i've been racking up awards like crazy in gowalla, i went through the big local park today and placed a few landmarks. this 'game' appeals to the me that was really obsessive about mapping out rpgs :lol
Jazzy Network
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Is that picture photoshopped? No way is there 5 bars.
mattiewheels
And then the LORD David Bowie saith to his Son, Jonny Depp: 'Go, and spread my image amongst the cosmos. For every living thing is in anguish and only the LIGHT shall give them reprieve.'
atlanta's a good spot for at&t, other cities not-so-much.Jazzy Network said:
Robert Ashley
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Tobor said:Just for you, Jazzy. :lol
What's that app? I didn't know there was a fancy way to look at GAF.
www.secondapps.com/neogafRobert Ashley said:
To partially answer myself (cause I'm a sucker and bought the game + expansion already), the original championship level isn't the first one here. I've only played the 1st championship level here and the layouts (both maps and dot distribution) seem at the least tweaked quite a bit if not just changed entirely.japtor said:
I agree, at first i bought the basic after i finished all the missions and championship level i got the DLC.SuperPac said:Bought Pac-Man CE and I gotta say... after you get your head around the controls (and by that I mean, using both thumbs to control), it is really pretty awesome. I bought the expansion pack too and am working my way through the mission mode. The Easy missions are, as advertised, easy. But on Normal difficulty...holy crap! They're quite the challenge.
As many've said and I agree...virtual d-pads aren't great. But...I've found that Pac-Man CE is probably the best implementation of them that I've seen yet. Especially great is that the playfield is moved up so you're not actually covering much of it with your hands, unlike many games where you are.
Too bad the game doesn't have some kind of online/friends leaderboard because that would completely rule. Now I really want them to bring all this content (and more please) to the X360.
Now i really want the Missions to be available for the 360 version.
My favorite game for the iphone now is pac-man ce
trudderham
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F1 2009 on the way from Codemasters:
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Las Vegas, NVJazzy Network said:
Also, There's an update for Auditorium that does nothing else but update EA's recent games listed in the app. It's bugging me because it won't go away after I've updated it, and it took deleting the game, re-downloading it, and re-"purchasing" my DLC for the extra Movements to show back up in the level select menu. And that erased my history of completing the first five acts, but that's no problem, I'll slide right back through those in an hour.
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