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jellycat posted:Does anyone have any thoughts on Rogue Ninja? I really love the graphics and it also seems to be pretty much what I'm looking for, but I never saw it come up in any iOS roguelike discussion I could find. Rogue Ninja had really bad pacing issues and never got interesting. It's slightly Shiren like, though? Like imagine Shiren the Wanderer, except awful, with no towns or anything. On a similar note, Dungelot was really disappointing. What it comes down to is it being far too luck based. Imagine Desktop Dungeons, but you can't use strategy to sometimes avoid damage, instead you constantly lose bits of health. And you can't use strategy to heal yourself, instead you have to hope you run into rare events that heal you for more than 6 HP. The mostly unavoidable damage gets even worse as you go further in the dungeon. At first you're constantly getting hit by enemies because there's not enough ways to avoid damage to go around, but you can at least attempt to reduce your damage. Even if you overwhelm an enemy stat-wise, they are still likely to get an attack in. Then the game introduces stuff like trap tiles and ranged enemies that have a chance to do unavoidable across-the-map damage for every turn, from the start of a level until they die. Trap tiles do almost as much damage as the infrequent healing items heal you for, and there's no way to avoid them unless you have the rare Lantern item. You can blow resources to kill ranged enemies from afar, but they become so common that you'll run out fast. I think the worst part is the trap tiles. It's the final little push into being asinine. Too bad, because the game has a really cool concept.
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Bottom Liner posted:Anyone messed with Life is Magic? I'm doing a lot of biking and travelling and it looks like a fun game that could utilize that. Yeah, I'm playing a mage, up to level 11. It's pretty neat, the real-life location thing is largely irrelevant. The only thing you can't find anywhere is the special towers that are the 4th tier of difficulty. I can't even get halfway through a tier 3 dungeon, so that kind of thing is a long way off. The only problem with the game is that while there isn't a paywall content-wise, you can only ever get like, 3 new spells with coins, and maybe one mid-cost spell with the free IAP currency you get. I'd throw a dollar or two at the game but the cheapest IAP crystal thing is 5 bucks. Still, you can certainly get by without that. Plus, if you're lucky, you'll party with some random guy who's dumped  into the game and has all the cool spells. Also while the game seems a little crash-prone, it's nice enough to restore your progress right down to the current turn of a battle, so it's very forgivable.
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Kepa posted:Rogue Ninja had really bad pacing issues and never got interesting. It's slightly Shiren like, though? Like imagine Shiren the Wanderer, except awful, with no towns or anything. That's too bad. I really like how it looks, but I guess there's a reason why I couldn't find much discussion about it. Anyway, I'd like to thank Inevitable Ross a bunch for The Dungeon. I came across it when I was looking for iOS roguelikes and although it wasn't quite what I was looking for (which I am now convinced is just a copy of Shiren), I thought it looked pretty cool. I definitely look forward to playing it!
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jellycat posted:That's too bad. I really like how it looks, but I guess there's a reason why I couldn't find much discussion about it. Ditto on the thanks; I am liking the tongue-in-cheek writing so far. My first game ended after about 8 turns when I was ganged up on by four monsters at the initial start of the dungeon. So if nothing else the un-forgivingness of the RNG has been demonstrated.
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Is having a US credit/debit card an inescapable barrier to getting a US store account? I'd quite like to play Puzzle & Dragon, which is unfortunately not on the UK store, and trying to set up a US account gives me this barrier. Obviously, apologies in advance if this is not the territory of this thread or what-have-you.
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I've ridden the blockheads train as far as it will go. I dug down to the lava, but it didn't spew upwards. Then, when filled the shaft with water, it just bubbled and did damage when I sat in it. How am I supposed to use the pressure to make a steam engine to pull my trains!? Worst game ever.
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Ok, Life is Magic won't get past the tutorial on either my phone or ipad. I thought it was a signal issue, but I got home and have the same problem on wifi on both devices as well. After the tutorial dungeon when you get your first quest I click the banner and it sits at the loading screen for 15+ minutes no matter what. Any solutions?
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Bottom Liner posted:Ok, Life is Magic won't get past the tutorial on either my phone or ipad. I thought it was a signal issue, but I got home and have the same problem on wifi on both devices as well. After the tutorial dungeon when you get your first quest I click the banner and it sits at the loading screen for 15+ minutes no matter what. Any solutions? I had this problem too but quitting the app and starting it back up fixed it for me.
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Allan Assiduity posted:Is having a US credit/debit card an inescapable barrier to getting a US store account? I'd quite like to play Puzzle & Dragon, which is unfortunately not on the UK store, and trying to set up a US account gives me this barrier. Nope. You can create an account without entering credit card data and as long as you only download free apps you'll never be asked for payment information. I forget the exact method for setting one up that way, though.
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Jan 15, 2013 01:05
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Here's an Apple support page on creating an iTunes account without a credit card. The short version seems to be that you navigate to the store page for whichever country you want to make an account for, download a free app, create a new account, and then select "None" as the payment type.
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Jan 15, 2013 01:40
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Someone mentioned slot machines a while ago which got me to thinking. There's plenty of boring slot machine simulators but are there any fruit machine simulators? As in the proper ones, with the feature boards. I love playing those but they're just too bloody expensive at the pub these days so an iPhone (or hell, PC) fruit machine game would be amazing.
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Jan 15, 2013 02:23
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Yeah I Like Girls posted:I had this problem too but quitting the app and starting it back up fixed it for me. Hmm, no luck here. Going to ipad home and relaunching didn't work, neither did force quitting it and relaunching.
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Waldorf Sixpence posted:Someone mentioned slot machines a while ago which got me to thinking. There's plenty of boring slot machine simulators but are there any fruit machine simulators? As in the proper ones, with the feature boards. I love playing those but they're just too bloody expensive at the pub these days so an iPhone (or hell, PC) fruit machine game would be amazing. I dunno, but I've been playing a game called Coin Dozer that scratches the hell out of that same kind of itch. You get 40 coins to play a virtual coin pusher, there's prizes and upgrades (don't sell your prizes holy bajebus getting sets of stuff gets you crazy bonuses), a shake button, weirdo special coins, and the only downsides are the regen rates are a bit poo poo and it's kind of ad-heavy. Free though, totally worth a try. edit: Oh yeah, and leveling. It's silly.
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Dewgy posted:I dunno, but I've been playing a game called Coin Dozer that scratches the hell out of that same kind of itch. You get 40 coins to play a virtual coin pusher, there's prizes and upgrades (don't sell your prizes holy bajebus getting sets of stuff gets you crazy bonuses), a shake button, weirdo special coins, and the only downsides are the regen rates are a bit poo poo and it's kind of ad-heavy. Free though, totally worth a try. Yeah I played this for a while but then my save reset and gently caress that forever  Coin pushers are my other great arcade love along with fruit machines though, so you were highly relevant!
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Bummey posted:What's a fruit machine?  This is one of many Deal or No Deal machines. They're much better than the TV show, I promise, though I'd much rather play some of the older ones like Pink Panther 
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Mozi posted:... I have no idea which button to push. That's a lot more buttons than the old-school ones would have but really it's mostly Cancel, Holds, Collect (cash out), and Spin. Over the years they added stuff like Bonus and Change Stake making them unnecessarily confusing but they're pretty simple really! Do you not have these in the US?
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The Rokstar posted:Somewhat odd question: Are there any decent slots apps out there that aren't just blatant IAP cash grabs? Slots - Pharoah's Way is the absolute best. I've tried every single one that has active developers and it clearly wins. I've never had to buy IAPs and you get on plenty of hot streaks. It's optimized for the 5 and game center and doesn't have any stupid janky graphics or slowdown. The theme might get tiring since it's only Egypt themed but you unlock enough different games to stay involved. It's fast, clean, and fair. Really all you could want in a mobile slots game.
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I've never seen something like that in the US (but I don't really hang out in casinos much). It looks sort of like a slot machine with a few random gimmicks on top, is that what it is?
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So I'm finishing up Rayman Jungle Run (amazing game) and decided to check out what achievements I'm missing. The four I'm missing are for 100% completing 5, 10, 20, and ALL levels in ONE run. Without dying or retrying. Yeah ok so I'm done with the game. That was fun.
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Colbear posted:I've never seen something like that in the US (but I don't really hang out in casinos much). It looks sort of like a slot machine with a few random gimmicks on top, is that what it is? Fruit machines and slot machines are the same thing.
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Bottom Liner posted:Anyone messed with Life is Magic? I'm doing a lot of biking and travelling and it looks like a fun game that could utilize that. I'm giving this game a try because the art is really pretty nice. Not sure how invites work, but I think partying might give some bonuses. What's your character name?
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Square-Enix posted up a teaser image that, according to a iTunes URL in the site's Javascript (oops!) is for a universal iOS game called Final Fantasy: All The Bravest. Given the acronym matching with the series "Active Time Battle" system, the composition matching a typical FF battle, and the recycling of the Collossus/Intangir sprite from FF6, this is probably a best-of-FF-combat sort of thing.
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The Kins posted:Square-Enix posted up a teaser image that, according to a iTunes URL in the site's Javascript (oops!) is for a universal iOS game called Final Fantasy: All The Bravest. Darn, given the Intangir and Locke sprites I was really hoping for a (not-terrible) FF6 port.
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The Kins posted:Square-Enix posted up a teaser image that, according to a iTunes URL in the site's Javascript (oops!) is for a universal iOS game called Final Fantasy: All The Bravest. Well, I'm excited. I've been really happy with what Square-Enix has done with iOS and I'd love a straight up combat focused game. If it's like theaterhythm but ff battles I'm in.
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Playing zenonia 5 on my 3rd gen ipad, everything plays very smoothly until about 1.5 hrs in. Suddenly, getting quite a bit of graphical slowdown out of nowhere. Memory leak or other issue, anyone else run into this?
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The rear end Stooge posted:Fruit machines and slot machines are the same thing. This isn't really true. Slot machines as you know them in the US are incredibly dull. Fruit machines usually have a feature board which plays like a gambling board game, and that's the part that I'm really interested in. For all the iOS slots games that just have you staring at the reels until you match fruit, I'd have thought that one with much deeper gameplay elements would be popular too 
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Awesome. Death to Italian Fascists! edit: http://pockettactics.com/2013/01/14/guns-of-august-commander-is-coming-to-ios-sometime-this-year/ By the way, if Panzer Corps and Commander comes to iOS, buy them immediately. They are insanely great grognard PC games that are easy to learn and are fun as hell.
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IncendiaC posted:Darn, given the Intangir and Locke sprites I was really hoping for a (not-terrible) FF6 port. Is there a reason they're not porting over 6 even though it seems to be the favorite over here?
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Al! posted:Is there a reason they're not porting over 6 even though it seems to be the favorite over here? From what I heard it's because of political reasons. The guy in charge of remakes right now worked on FF4, so he feels comfortable doing the remakes up until that point. Edit: I don't know why they can't just transfer a ROM over though.
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Waldorf Sixpence posted:This isn't really true. Slot machines as you know them in the US are incredibly dull. Fruit machines usually have a feature board which plays like a gambling board game, and that's the part that I'm really interested in. For all the iOS slots games that just have you staring at the reels until you match fruit, I'd have thought that one with much deeper gameplay elements would be popular too I assume you know about king cashing then?
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Had a weird dream where I saw a countdown timer for NimbleQuest. It said 11 days. Am I quasi-psychic?
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tuyop posted:I assume you know about king cashing then? Yeah, I played that but didn't really get the appeal. Just felt like another slot machine to me. Where are my iOS fruit machines Apple?  E: ^^^ You better be! 
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Duranki posted:Had a weird dream where I saw a countdown timer for NimbleQuest. It said 11 days. Am I quasi-psychic? Kind of optimistic but maybe close for the beta.
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I downloaded Life is Magic, and I'm assuming the fact that I live in a tiny town in the middle of nowhere in Japan is kind of hindering my enjoyment of this game. There is very literally nothing on my "street view" map except my banner and like 3 treasure chests. During the tutorial, I had to scroll for a solid minute to get to the first dungeon. Am I basically screwed and can't play this game, or am I missing something obvious? edit: reading the description, it sounds like if you're not in a heavily populated area, you basically can't do poo poo. drat 
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Not at all, you can use the teleport scrolls to go to a lot of large destinations like NYC, San Fran, etc. The location based stuff is very minor, though fun. I'm in the same boat, I can't even go to street view level in my area (it never loads anything).
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Bottom Liner posted:Not at all, you can use the teleport scrolls to go to a lot of large destinations like NYC, San Fran, etc. The location based stuff is very minor, though fun. I'm in the same boat, I can't even go to street view level in my area (it never loads anything). How...? I have 11 Travel Tokens, and the cheapest place to go costs 18.
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Waldorf Sixpence posted:This isn't really true. Slot machines as you know them in the US are incredibly dull. Fruit machines usually have a feature board which plays like a gambling board game, and that's the part that I'm really interested in. For all the iOS slots games that just have you staring at the reels until you match fruit, I'd have thought that one with much deeper gameplay elements would be popular too
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