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Helical Nightmares posted:This is a much better idea than you think it is. If you are able to bang this out, even as a flash game I'm sure you will draw attention if not some serious cash (albeit possibly briefly). I had time to spare... I think I should have slept. http://youtu.be/infXfcqxYM4
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Feenix posted:Any of you fine folks play that new Free to Play Golf Star game? I'm liking it so far but hoping it doesnt get super grindy or iap-hungry
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Juc66 posted:I'd buy that for a dollar. HaHa yeah but for that it would need 50 levels, and some IAP and Ads... Otherwise its not an IOS game right! Might release it for free or something but need a loads of levels doing and then Apple will probably laugh it out their sandpit.
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Ku: Shroud of the Morrigan went free for a limited time.Feenix posted:Any of you fine folks play that new Free to Play Golf Star game? It's all right but I've only been putzing around the single player so far.
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LIMBO KING posted:It's all right but I've only been putzing around the single player so far. I've recently been pining for a Mario Golf 64/Hot Shots Golf stand-in on iOS and its a decent replica.
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Jim Silly-Balls & Limbo King, what are your Gamecenter IDs? (also, anyone else who wants to play this really, really solid golf game with us.) Post em up!  I'm having a surprisingly good time with Golf Stars.
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StarkRavingMad posted:Yeah, it's missing that Nanaca Crash/Burrito Bison thing of having extra stuff to bounce off that do different things. I do like the little bit of strategic element - like knowing you are high on distance but low on skips for your last throw and choosing what fish to use accordingly. Still, pretty simplistic, but not bad for a buck.
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Feenix posted:Jim Silly-Balls & Limbo King, what are your Gamecenter IDs? (also, anyone else who wants to play this really, really solid golf game with us.) Mattydiah I have to say I'm having more fun with it than I thought I would
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TACD posted:I think it kind of is bad for a buck, to be honest. My standards for Halfbrick may be higher because they brought us two solid iOS classics, but there's basically nothing to this game. It looks pretty but the skill ceiling is incredibly low; there's very little interaction once you've sent your fish on its way and even the gem unlock things don't do anything exciting. It looks nice but there's almost no game there. I bought it based on a good Hodapp the Bat Person review, Halfbrick's track record and the price point. It has IAP but you can score high without it (got a 9.7 just now), and I'm hoping that if it does well they'll add additional content like they did with Jetpack. As-is it's decent but on the shallow side.
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LIMBO KING posted:So... Tower of Fortune got a prequel: Don't include a link or name or anything. e. Fank yew VVVVVVVVVVVV Corridor fucked around with this message at 08:48 on Apr 19, 2013 |
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Corridor posted:Don't include a link or name or anything. iTunes Link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrJMtKPwXFQ Somebody fucked around with this message at 02:53 on Apr 19, 2013 |
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obi_ant posted:Halfbrick's new game came out. Out of Water. Game is pretty simple, grab a fish and skip it. I joined the SomethingAwful league. Only 4 members so far. On another topic: I'm getting a bit tired of seeing games with "retro" graphics. I don't need fully rendered amazing looking 3D masterpieces, but there's plenty of horsepower available to drive these games. Luna Bears, Kingdom Rush, Plants V Zombies, Rune Raiders, even Triple Town - all these games have really nice 2D graphics. psylent fucked around with this message at 04:47 on Apr 19, 2013 |
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Feenix posted:Jim Silly-Balls & Limbo King, what are your Gamecenter IDs? (also, anyone else who wants to play this really, really solid golf game with us.) Pumpkin Magician Corridor posted:Don't include a link or name or anything. Whoops sorry about that, luckily it got taken care of already. LIMBO KING fucked around with this message at 07:48 on Apr 19, 2013 |
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Apr 19, 2013 07:45
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Is there an easy way to choose between slash'EM and POWDER?
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Apocron posted:Is there an easy way to choose between slash'EM and POWDER? If you want complex old-school stuff and lightsabers, Nethack-styled "gently caress you, you die" situations, and silly stuff, go Slash'Em. If you want simplified (to a degree), slightly more sensible stuff with a better learning curve, go POWDER.
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Capntastic posted:If you want complex old-school stuff and lightsabers, Nethack-styled "gently caress you, you die" situations, and silly stuff, go Slash'Em. If you want simplified (to a degree), slightly more sensible stuff with a better learning curve, go POWDER. I read that the UI for Powder isn't so great. I considered getting it anyway, but it's not universal either which is a dealbreaker for me (ipad).
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Reciprocator posted:I read that the UI for Powder isn't so great. I considered getting it anyway, but it's not universal either which is a dealbreaker for me (ipad). iOS roguelikes almost all have compromised UIs, so don't sweat it too much.
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Speaking of rogue likes, a twitter post by Foursaken Media (Bug Heroes, NY Zombies, Heroes & Castles, Block Fortress), their next game is going be a mix of rouge like and monster collecting/breeding. https://mobile.twitter.com/FoursakenMedia/status/324342413063770112
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My exploration of the roguelike genre has only lasted, like, a week so far, but after writing off Brogue ("too hardcore; need graphics"), that's what I spent last night playing. After spending some time with Rogue Touch, then Slash'EM (with a little meh NetHack HD in the middle), I apparently picked up a decent selection of the NetHacking ultra-basics. Just simple stuff; like how to survive/thrive on the first few levels, a few good monster tactics, decent equipment to keep an eye out for, methods of identifying items, etc. Now that a bunch of small-fry stuff in Brogue seems a lot more familiar, the game as a whole seems less impenetrable, and for the first time I haven't been distracted by the graphical element at all. On the other hand, gently caress YOU loving BROGUE YOU GODDAMNED SON OF A BITCH  Apocron posted:Is there an easy way to choose between slash'EM and POWDER? I'm glad I played POWDER first. It has some interesting mechanics that you might not find in NetHack, and the learning curve let me get a few characters far enough in to start feeling a real sense of accomplishment. For example, my best character was a really pious barbarian. After strictly sticking to H'ruth's commandments for quite some time (no magic or ranged combat), he became something of a teacher's pet. Sometimes if a battle was going poorly, the rad god of barbariany stuff would bless me with healing. Once, when I got my dumb rear end petrified by a cockatrice, H'ruth shouted down from on high [paraphrasing]. "gently caress being a statue, son... *POOF* You're living flesh again; go gently caress that chicken up." Up to this point, I haven't really gotten a NetHack/Slash'EM character far enough along to feel that level of depth or engagement. Also POWDER does have an evil sinful terrible abominable Save Scum (reload after dying) feature, which has lots of potential for abuse, but can also be pretty handy for new players... When things suddenly go tits up within a couple turns, you can jump back and examine exactly what went wrong or what you might have done better. Some kernel of knowledge gained this way might help you stay alive next time around. Another reason to try POWDER first is that one you get sucked into NetHack stuff, it might keep you enthralled for a good long while, so it might be good to have some fun with an alternative roguelike experience while you still can. Trustworthy fucked around with this message at 14:47 on Apr 19, 2013 |
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Stormfang1502 posted:Speaking of rogue likes, a twitter post by Foursaken Media (Bug Heroes, NY Zombies, Heroes & Castles, Block Fortress), their next game is going be a mix of rouge like and monster collecting/breeding. Uhhhh. Yes. I love these guys. One (or more) of 'em is a goon too. Get in here and talk!
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Hey Roguelike guy, do you write for Cult of Mac or is this a coincidence that they have a story that's basically identical to your roundup posts- http://www.cultofmac.com/221748/the-best-roguelike-games-on-mac-ios-feature/ ? You should write for TouchArcade instead. :P
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io_burn posted:Hey Roguelike guy, do you write for Cult of Mac or is this a coincidence that they have a story that's basically identical to your roundup posts- http://www.cultofmac.com/221748/the-best-roguelike-games-on-mac-ios-feature/ ? Heh, no, I did a lot of searching around for roguelike recommendations, but I hadn't seen that particular article. [Although I'd love to write some proper articles for a decent gaming site; anyone feel free to recruit me.  ]A couple of those OSX-based games look cool, although I probably shouldn't let myself touch any Windows/OSX roguelikes. Once I open that can of worms, I doubt I'd get any work done ever again.
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King Cashing 2 tip: The endgame enemies become 6000% easier once you buy a cursed kitten and hit with him enough times cumulatively in fights to turn him into applecat. 10 poison damage until the end of the fght per hit.
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Should we be concerned that a couple of people said they were going to try Vendetta Online and get back to us and have never been heard from again. Is that a good sign or a bad one?! While on the subject of other people trying things first, did anyone buy the Wrestling Booker game?
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Fazana posted:While on the subject of other people trying things first, did anyone buy the Wrestling Booker game? Is that the MDickie one? I was gonna get it, but apparently you have to actually play the matches anyway so it didn't really spark my interest. I already have the other MDickie wrestling game, I don't want to shell out $5 just to book my own matches and have to watch them play out. All I want is a wrestling booking sim, come on iOS!
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triplexpac posted:Is that the MDickie one? I was gonna get it, but apparently you have to actually play the matches anyway so it didn't really spark my interest. I already have the other MDickie wrestling game, I don't want to shell out $5 just to book my own matches and have to watch them play out. Yeah, I didn't know you had to actually play the matches before I bought it and started playing. The game's like 5% booking and 95% wrestling. I was bummed; that wasn't what I was looking for at all. Uninstalled the same day.
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Trustworthy posted:[Although I'd love to write some proper articles for a decent gaming site; anyone feel free to recruit me. umm, I think io_burn just did, seeing as he's like the EIC at TouchArcade...
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Golf Star Chat: Ok I added a friend on Com2Us and I see him in my list. How do I play one on one with him? the 1:1 MP mode chooses randoms. The "Friend Invite Match" says I need a minimum of 5 players... This can't be that complex, right?
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Anyone want to give me some sweet Dungeon Raid tips?
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Collect long chains and don't pool swords. Enemy difficulty ramps up based on turns taken, so clearing board faster = more coins/shields whatever. Most of the skill aren't great, try to get collection skills like Treasure/Repair/Heal or Skill Elixir since they don't increase your turn counter. Treasure & Treasure Chamber is a powerful combo that will keep your weapon skill high into the end game. For upgrades, ignore things like defense/blunting/spikes and keep weapon damage and luck high. Health and any upgrades that give a 5% boost (up to a max of 100%) are good. There are GP, XP, and Repair+ skills you get at .25x a time and stack 8 times - grab those first if you are offered them. Make sure you are playing on normal or harder if you want to unlock other classes.
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Resources are everything. Spend your level-ups on skills and stats that will give you bonus chances until they're maxed out. Spend your shields and coins on increased coins/shields/xp whenever possible, otherwise weapon damage and armour in that order. Clump shields as much as possible since you'll only get upgrade progress when your armour is maxed out, and pick up something that lets you grab all the health pots at once because they will always be in your way - either the Skill Elixir or Heal, preferably Skill Elixir. Big Game Hunter is a great early game skill but will become too risky to use in the end-game when they start out-scaling your ability to kill them - conversely, Banish and Teleport will almost never get used until the end-game for the same reason. Skill Elixir and Enchant are great long-term upgraders, and Treasure Chamber only wears off when you take a turn so you can pop it before a collect-all skill and get two drops of pure coins. Once you unlock the Raider, max it out because the Halfling and Masochism are basically the best combination in the game as the free armour lets you concentrate on your other stats - combined with Steal it's basically an upgrade money shot. Grab a Quick attribute on your accessory when it comes up - Lifesteal never gets amazing, but it's a nice refiller if you've taken Skill Elixir and are gobbling all your health pots away and will replace Regenerate later in the game when your damage is in triple digits and theirs is in doubles. I've never figured out if Dexterity and Repair are actually two different bonuses, or if Rune can ever be used effectively. Ghostlight fucked around with this message at 23:25 on Apr 19, 2013 |
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triplexpac posted:Is that the MDickie one? I was gonna get it, but apparently you have to actually play the matches anyway so it didn't really spark my interest. I already have the other MDickie wrestling game, I don't want to shell out $5 just to book my own matches and have to watch them play out. Yeah that was the one I rather inaccurately meant and I'm glad I didn't buy it sight unseen now either then from the resulting comments. The other game does everything we'd want it to do for actual wrestling shenanigans. He's still actively devving for it as well as there was a new patch only this week so thankfully it's not like he has dumped support, yet anyway. As for booking, for what it's worth there is this http://appshopper.com/games/wrestling-manager but no clue on it's decency.
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I love this game(Dungeon Raid), but every time I reinstall it and start to play I feel like I'll never unlock anything new. I guess I feel like it's a rough combination of me being bad/a dumb leveling system. But, perhaps, I'm the dumb one. 
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omg chael crash posted:I love this game(Dungeon Raid), but every time I reinstall it and start to play I feel like I'll never unlock anything new. I guess I feel like it's a rough combination of me being bad/a dumb leveling system. But, perhaps, I'm the dumb one. Are you playing on easy? You don't unlock anything on easy. Play the Adventurer on Normal until you unlock everything you want, then play your class of choice. Also, Banishing boss skills will not count towards your 30 boss kill unlock.
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Bummey posted:Are you playing on easy? You don't unlock anything on easy. Play the Adventurer on Normal until you unlock everything you want, then play your class of choice. Also, Banishing boss skills will not count towards your 30 boss kill unlock. Is that how I get a trophy? Every 30 boss kills in one game? That doesn't sound terrible, for some reason I thought it was a larger number.
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Here is a review for king's cashing 2. It is a buggy piece of poo poo, don't buy it. I have tried 3 times to get a full party, but do to the poo poo coding, I permanently never get team members. This means having to play large part of chapter 1 without a full team, which is boring and frustrating. I even waited 3 months for the big update and they still didn't solve the problem.
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omg chael crash posted:Is that how I get a trophy? Every 30 boss kills in one game? That doesn't sound terrible, for some reason I thought it was a larger number. Every 30 boss kills, but they don't have to all be killed in one game. You can kill 5 in one game, 20 in the next, and 5 in the next and on that last kill you will get a Trophy which will either unlock a new class if playing Adventurer, or have a 50/50 chance to unlock a new class or level up your currently played non-adventurer class.
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thegasman2000 posted:I had time to spare... I think I should have slept. Needs more songs about Dear Leader https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmI2yDAyWYI Even if you don't have time to finish it, I had a good laugh. Also, enjoy your membership on the exclusive CIA watch list.
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