Besides Civ Rev, he might want to check out the Kings. It's an empire building game I've been playing lately, and it's good if you don't want something overly complicated. There's a demo and it's $2 now for new year's sale. They fixed most of the grammar and spelling issues most people complained about in reviews.Melhisedek said:Just talked to him on the phone and he said building empire is also ok
Will ask him to check simcity
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The Official iPhone/iPod Touch Gaming Thread
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Easy: Sword of Fargoal. It's a terrific, accessible Rogue-like which is a remake of a C64 classic. I've never been a huge fan of Rogue-likes in general, but it's very polished, relatively forgiving on the earlier levels, and a ton of fun. I bought it at $5 and thought it was worth the money...at $2, it would seem to be a no-brainer if you like that genre at all.Benedict said:
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Ignore this post.
For what it's worth...here are some games that I've spent a lot of time with on my iPhone. (I know there are some people new to iPhone or iPod touch gaming lurking this thread...just wanted to put in my two cents.) I should also point out that there are games I've picked up on the cheap that I still haven't had time to get around to yet (<cough>Rolando</cough>), so just because you don't see something here doesn't mean it's not good...
Essential Games (In No Particular Order)
Azkend
Doom Classic and Wolfenstein 3D
Drop7
Edge
Eliss
Fieldrunners
Flight Control
Galcon (and/or Galcon Labs)
iShoot
MiniSquadron
Quordy
Space Invaders Infinity Gene
Strategery
Sword of Fargoal
Quick Amusements
Angry Birds
Ramp Champ
Too New For Me To Rate, But Promising
Hook Champ
Labyrinth 2
Rolando and Rolando 2
Best Apps That Aren't Games (In Order Of Use)
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BeeJive IM
CameraBag and Photogene
Essential Games (In No Particular Order)
Azkend
Doom Classic and Wolfenstein 3D
Drop7
Edge
Eliss
Fieldrunners
Flight Control
Galcon (and/or Galcon Labs)
iShoot
MiniSquadron
Quordy
Space Invaders Infinity Gene
Strategery
Sword of Fargoal
Quick Amusements
Angry Birds
Ramp Champ
Too New For Me To Rate, But Promising
Hook Champ
Labyrinth 2
Rolando and Rolando 2
Best Apps That Aren't Games (In Order Of Use)
Byline
Instapaper Pro
Simplenote
BeeJive IM
CameraBag and Photogene
SmashBrosAwesome
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wondermega said:
Heh, I also got this when it was free and it has the same addictive effect on me. Except now I have at least 6 stars for each city and it's becoming a lot harder to find words. It doesn't help that the words I'm missing are probably some medical/biological/cultural terms that I've never heard of before :/. For example, I doubt I'll ever find those remaining 12 or so words for Kingstown.
ACESandEIGHTS
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Dilbert said:
Lies, damn lies, and statistics: These are in alphabetical order and you know it. :lol
boutrosinit
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Hello Dilbert; boo to your list! 
You forgot SPIDER.
Though props for Drop 7 and Space Invaders Infinity Gene.
Path Pix is great too.
You forgot SPIDER.
Though props for Drop 7 and Space Invaders Infinity Gene.
Path Pix is great too.
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jonnybryce
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If you haven't played Dark Nebula...
damn. It's super awesome, especially the speed zones thrown in for good measure. What an awesome game, I just wish it had a soundtrack while playing.
damn. It's super awesome, especially the speed zones thrown in for good measure. What an awesome game, I just wish it had a soundtrack while playing.
Dacvak
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So I had a pretty weird scare with my iPhone today... A bunch of my app icons (including stock ones, like Notes and Calendar) got visually fucked up. Like, they loaded the wrong pictures, or the pictures got warped... It was really trippy and made it look like shit. Anyway, I tried restarted and my phone wouldn't boot at all. I figured something got corrupt. I finally did a hard reset, it took maybe a little under 10 minutes, but it eventually booted with everything intact.
Not really gaming related, but it was odd nonetheless. Anyone else have any odd problem like that?
Not really gaming related, but it was odd nonetheless. Anyone else have any odd problem like that?
Peronthious
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Archon.
wondermega
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mr_sockochris
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What's 'Edge' called this days? Was finally going to buy it today after getting some iTunes vouchers for Xmas but can't find it anywhere?? I thought it was now called 'Edgy' but that's not coming up with anything either....
toythatkills
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Yeah, I had the same problem trying to find Edge earlier. Looking at their Twitter, it would appear that it's available everywhere but the US and the UK.
Probably due to the name, etc.
Probably due to the name, etc.
wondermega said:
Thanks man
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Is there a website or blog that posts when games go free or on offer?
edit found: http://pocketfullofapps.com/ for the above
Had a 32gb 3GS for 2 weeks now, must of spent £20 £30 on apps easy, cant see any reason to jailbrake it right now, what reasons are there other than wifi hotspot software, emulators and themes?
http://appshopper.com/c2morg said:Thanks man
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Is there a website or blog that posts when games go free or on offer?
edit found: http://pocketfullofapps.com/ for the above
Had a 32gb 3GS for 2 weeks now, must of spent £20 £30 on apps easy, cant see any reason to jailbrake it right now, what reasons are there other than wifi hotspot software, emulators and themes?
This as well. They cover many many apps. They have every single sale there.
c2morg said:
apart from what you already mentioned, you can get "tweaks" like the following
3Gunrestrictor - fool apps that its on wifi while on 3G to get better streaming/downloading (HQ youtube vids, no more 10mb limit in AppStore)
Haptic Pro - vibrate on keypresses like the keyboard and have sound on mute etc...
iBlacklist - block or forward calls/sms/mms based on lists & contacts
SnapTap - use the volume side button to take pictures and movies
Oh yea and phone unlocking... there are just so many other things you can do (everyone has different needs) but those are my must haves after every restore
Shrennin
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I just got an iPod Touch and my first two games so far are Mass Effect Galaxy (I want that reward!) and MotionX Poker (surprisingly addictive poker game that I saw recommended in this thread) - that should satisfy me on the games for a while (I may get Metal Gear Solid Touch but I'm not sure yet).
Peronthious
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I'm not seeing one, unless you mean Moto X Mayhem.DoctorWho said:
Baka Zeitgeist
pluck my tasty grapes
DoctorWho said:
Haven't played this myself, but this is the closest I've seen:
http://openfeint.com/games/169-Unreal-Trial
Mission mode is just basic tasks and pretty much pointless if you already know the game. Only reason to do it is for completion sake.Dreamwriter said:
Championship mode is more or less what the 360 did, 5 minutes on a course for score. There are 5 courses in the base game, with 10 more in the DLC. The last course is the 360's Championship mode course, I think it also has some of the other ones as well. The first course (of the base game) is a new one, it's kind of a weird rejiggering of the 360 one in a way. Parts of it are familiar, but it's easier (probably for phone controls), like more obvious patterns and more power pills.
Here's a replay of some guy on the new course (he used swipe controls):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mq50LvvGZsU
Here's an old high score run of mine on the 360 course (used screen button controls):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6xli8ElDBM
Challenge mode uses the same courses as Championship I think. For the first 10 it has "the ghosts are fast", when you eat a power pill...they're fast (harder to catch), and I think that's the only change. For the last 5 it's "the course is dark", basically like that one course on the 360 where...the course is dark.
If it weren't for the 360 level I'd say the DLC isn't worth it. The first course in the base game plays well enough, and the extra missions and Challenge mode are pretty boring. For someone that's never played the 360 version and wouldn't care about it I don't think there's much reason to get it.
Some games have improvements but I don't know which, and I think for now the only extras they're doing are little details like some shader effects to improve visuals a bit. If it doesn't have anything specific you'll just get improved performance in everything.Red.Devil said:
Dreamwriter
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japtor said:
Yeah, I just bought PacMan CE today. I don't really like the changes they made - the original game was *all* about getting the high score - it was a great throwback to the days of yore, with modernized gameplay. But this one is about finishing the current level to unlock the next. Sure, you *can* play for score of course, but it's diluted, because which level are you going to play? The original game had a very obvious main game, which is where you spent most of your time going for score, and then a few challenge boards for when you wanted to take a break from the main game (all unlocked and available to play right from the start). But you'd always come back to the main game, and it was about figuring out the best paths to take on each new board half, when to go for ghosts and when not to, etc. - it was actually quite tactical for a PacMan game. But how many people are going to go that deep with this one, when there are 15 board sets to choose from?
Yeah that's basically how I felt about it. In terms of going for score before I found out about the 360 level being in there I only played the first level, just cause it seemed like the most balanced/varied of the lot while the rest felt relatively kinda like gimmick levels.Dreamwriter said:
Of course the real problem is that it doesn't have online leaderboards. I'd play the first level more often but I have nothing to compare to other than that one guy's crazy good score on it. With the 360 one at least I can compare to my own and friends on the 360.
Psy-Phi
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Benedict said:
Don't see it on the app store.
Was going to wait for it to get to 99 cents, but free works 
. Labyrinth 2 looks a little too crazy for me, I just wanted something more pure like the old game I played as a kid at grandma's house.Ah, apparently it's a UK only thing
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I think it's UK only.Psy-Phi said:Don't see it on the app store.
Or if not, I found it yesterday for free by going to Labyrinth Lite, and then it was in the "other games by this dev" section, so that's worth a try
Diablohead
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The update to Ridge Racer Accelerated is out (been said already?) and it works at a solid 30fps now on my touch... but they had to remove the car reflections and some lighting around the tracks to do so, I believe they are still there on the newer faster devices but not on the older ones.
None the less it plays much better now and a few other things were fixed like the menu music playing for me finally.
None the less it plays much better now and a few other things were fixed like the menu music playing for me finally.
truth-lasers
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Did a GOTi 2009 on our site yesterday (as part of my weekly "appetite"-series). This is, in my opinion, the ten best games released on iPhone/Touch during 2009 (the links goes to the Swedish App Store, so might not work everywhere).
10.
TNA Wrestling
09.
Mini Squadron
08.
Unify
07.
Jet Car Stunts
06.
Drop7
05.
Soosiz
04.
Spider: The Secret of Bryce Manor
03.
Canabalt
02.
Space Invaders: Infinity Gene
01.
Hook Champ
10.
TNA Wrestling
09.
Mini Squadron
08.
Unify
07.
Jet Car Stunts
06.
Drop7
05.
Soosiz
04.
Spider: The Secret of Bryce Manor
03.
Canabalt
02.
Space Invaders: Infinity Gene
01.
Hook Champ
One of my first favorite iPhone titles was Tiki Towers. To this day it's a fantastic game that really uses the iPhone well.
Right now it's only 99c, I highly recommend it if you've never tried it. There's a trial version if you want a look.
It has the building structure of World Of Goo, but is more puzzle based - setting everything up, and then making the monkeys go through it, but their movement can rock or break weak sections of it.
http://appshopper.com/games/tiki-towers
Right now it's only 99c, I highly recommend it if you've never tried it. There's a trial version if you want a look.
It has the building structure of World Of Goo, but is more puzzle based - setting everything up, and then making the monkeys go through it, but their movement can rock or break weak sections of it.
http://appshopper.com/games/tiki-towers
RPS37
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Great list. I just want to say that I reeeeally like pacman ce now. Number 11?truth-lasers said:Did a GOTi 2009 on our site yesterday (as part of my weekly "appetite"-series). This is, in my opinion, the ten best games released on iPhone/Touch during 2009 (the links goes to the Swedish App Store, so might not work everywhere).
10.
TNA Wrestling
09.
Mini Squadron
08.
Unify
07.
Jet Car Stunts
06.
Drop7
05.
Soosiz
04.
Spider: The Secret of Bryce Manor
03.
Canabalt
02.
Space Invaders: Infinity Gene
01.
Hook Champ
truth-lasers
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RPS37 said:
I'm not totally comfortable with controlling Pacman CE, which is somewhat ruining my enjoyment with the game.
Angry Birds, Iblast Moki, Skullpogo, Orbital and Word Ace would take the 11-15 spots, I think.
Psy-Phi said:Don't see it on the app store.
Ah, apparently it's a UK only thing
At least EU, since it is available in Sweden.
But I guess you need to download the 12 days of Christmas app from Apple to get it.
Did a search for it on Itunes and it seems they have taken down the app, so that it's only available through the app today.
So I took a dive and bought Pac-Man CE. Very addictive and cool, couldn't put it down, that is until I get to mission 21 and this comes up on the screen...
"PURCHASE EXPANSION PACK TO PLAY"
Seriously, WTF!? $3 for the game then not even halfway through, I find out I need to pay $4 to keep playing.
"PURCHASE EXPANSION PACK TO PLAY"
Seriously, WTF!? $3 for the game then not even halfway through, I find out I need to pay $4 to keep playing.
toythatkills
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It does say pretty clearly in the item description that you only get 20 missions.evil ways said:
MustacheBandit_
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Has anyone bought N.O.V.A? I'm really curious about it. I haven't really liked the F.P.S's on the iPhone so far but for some reason this one seems different. Any impressions?
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I'm terribly addicted to Sally's Spa and Cooking Dash. My girlfriend wanted them so I bought them for her but now I can't stop playing them. Sooooo much fun.
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I'm terribly addicted to Sally's Spa and Cooking Dash. My girlfriend wanted them so I bought them for her but now I can't stop playing them. Sooooo much fun.
whatevermort
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protonion said:
Beneath A Steel Sky. It's one of the best adventures in the world, but also features what is BY FAR the best iPhoneified control scheme of the genre.
Jazzy Network
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Are there any good platformers that don't require the accelerometer?
Dreamwriter
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Benedict said:
Unfortunately, there you come to the iPhone's biggest problem, game prices. It just isn't very profitable to do big games like Disgaea or JRPG's on the iPhone, because the most anyone seems ever willing to pay is $10, and the $10 games that sell well are not common at all. For a traditional publisher like Atlus, they could have a game made for DS or PSP and make $20 to $25 on every copy sold, with a customer base of 50 to 100 million dedicated gamers, or for iPhone and make $7 on every copy sold, with a small percentage of customers interested in "hardcore" games like that. That's why you rarely see console-quality games on the iPhone - only companies like EA who doesn't really care about making a profit on the iPhone as much as improving their reputation, while having the marketing money to really get the word out about their games.
That and there are like 45 new games released on iPhone *every day* - it's very easy to get lost in all that. You need a lot of marketing, or luck, to get past that.
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Dreamwriter said:
Make the game episodic. First chapter is free, one dollar afterwards. Atlus makes a fuckton of money and it's a great way to get the game to the players quickly.
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