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Evil Fluffy posted:FFT's a game that was big when it came out and never lost its popularity but it's still something you could buy cheaper on the PSP than on iOS when it isn't on sale. I get that you can get FFT for less on the PSP, but more people have iPhones than PSPs. Do I want to buy another piece of hardware or pay a few more bucks to just get it on my phone? I also reject your argument that iOS can not support AAA titles. The platform is more than capable of delivering high quality graphics without needing 15+ gigs of space and if the game is developed with touch controls in mind then they are rarely an issue. However I will concede your points are valid in regards to ports. Virtual dpads and buttons are a necessity for a lot of games and most console and PC titles now have 100s of gigs to install. Yet games from other platforms that could benefit from touch controls rarely get ported, like 4X games which are really lacking on iOS.
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Bummey posted:Hey you f All the good spiderwebs software games are on sale for 13 bucks for the next 7 hours. For the people too stupid to buy avernum or avadon for the iOS.
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Jun 22, 2013 06:10
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Shwqa posted:All the good spiderwebs software games are on sale for 13 bucks for the next 7 hours. For the people too stupid to buy avernum or avadon for the iOS. Hey I bought Avadon for iOS  It is pretty swell 
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Jun 22, 2013 06:22
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Shwqa posted:All the good spiderwebs software games are on sale for 13 bucks for the next 7 hours. For the people too stupid to buy avernum or avadon for the iOS. Same with most of Wadjet Eye's games. Buy this guy's poo poo so he'll port the rest of his games over to iOS. Gemini Rue is already on iOS.
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Jun 22, 2013 06:26
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Shwqa posted:I would pay $40 for EO4 for the Ipad, no hesitation Please don't put such beautiful dreams out there.
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. poo poo almost any atlus rpg would make my day.
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Stormfang1502 posted:Seems to be App Store evolution. Publishers are starting to see that consumers will pay premium prices for professionally developed iOS games or ports of games from other platforms. People thought the price of FFT was outrageous when it was first released on the App Store but it seems to have done well. That's not something publishers overlook. I'd love for Apple to set up some sort of 'premium' games subcategory, or some other way to highlight "big" games like XCOM or FFT, because I think that fear of sticker-shocked customers is what's keeping a lot of developers from porting console and PC games to iOS. Some work around it by releasing an inexpensive app that has episodic content as IAP, which is great for games with which it works. I'd love to see more demo-type app releases where you get the full game for a couple bucks, but can only play through the first few sections before buying the rest, like back in the PC shareware era.
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Parkingtigers posted:If Battle Academy is still on sale, buy that now before it changes. It's the first time it ever went cheap so don't miss out. Yeah, that's what I was thinking too except these sort of games have a tendancy to suck up a whole lot of time as well as whatever they cost money wise. I don't really have the time to play all 3, so I was more just after some thoughts from you guys who've played them on what you thought was the best. (For anyone who didn't see the original post, the games are X-Com, Battle Academy and Battle of the Bulge. Go nuts with opinions if you've played em all.)
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Jun 22, 2013 06:59
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Oh Christ I had forgotten that appshopper actually filters like 90% of app releases from showing up normally and so keeps us away from wonders such as wild copyright infringements, threesomes, alpacas, whatever the gently caress this is and huh....  I thought mobile gaming had gotten a bit more sane in recent years but I guess there's still all this ticking underneath.
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Jun 22, 2013 07:19
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I'm downloading that alpaca game right loving now; the second screenshot sold me on it.
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Jun 22, 2013 07:25
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Bummey posted:I'm downloading that alpaca game right loving now; the second screenshot sold me on it. You are playing with fire, my friend. (Remember that cat defense game? Crazy poo poo happens).
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I like that the dev added a note to the app page clarifying that the alpacas you tap are not dead, just unconscious. Does that make it better or worse when your crime against god absorbs them into itself?
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I feel like the iOS port of XCOM is a lot better than my initial impressions, but I can't wrap my head around the way they handled scrolling around the map. It's so loving bad and sloggy. I thought it was a no brainer that you should be able to zip around and put your finger down when you hit your stopping point, but they chose to do this weird tedious thing where you have to swipe 100 times to look at anything. I REALLY hope they patch that because it has a massive impact on my enjoyment of the game. Also, there is something severely wrong with aiming rockets and grenades. Most of the time they seem to freeze 5 times before I can actually properly aim and it usually forces the camera all the way out making it impossible to get an accurate shot.
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Jun 22, 2013 08:03
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Oh good, Puzzle Pirates is on iOS now. So now I have to DELETE MORE STUFF AAAAGH
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NESguerilla posted:I feel like the iOS port of XCOM is a lot better than my initial impressions, but I can't wrap my head around the way they handled scrolling around the map. It's so loving bad and sloggy. I thought it was a no brainer that you should be able to zip around and put your finger down when you hit your stopping point, but they chose to do this weird tedious thing where you have to swipe 100 times to look at anything. I REALLY hope they patch that because it has a massive impact on my enjoyment of the game. What are you playing it on? I'm on 4S and it seems kinda smooth to me, but after about ten minutes in a battle things start to get choppy. Zooming out seems to help me get a handle on moving the camera around. I skipped the tutorial but now I wish I hadn't as there are a few things I can't figure out. Did they cover selecting units other than tapping on the individuals?
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heiden posted:Please don't put such beautiful dreams out there. After that post I honestly went right over to the Altus website and sent an email to them basically begging them to put games on the iOS. I know it will likely never happen though 
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Stick Figure Mafia posted:What are you playing it on? I'm on 4S and it seems kinda smooth to me, but after about ten minutes in a battle things start to get choppy. Zooming out seems to help me get a handle on moving the camera around. I skipped the tutorial but now I wish I hadn't as there are a few things I can't figure out. Did they cover selecting units other than tapping on the individuals? I'm on an iPhone 5. It's not a hardware thing I just thing their approach to swiping around the map is loving horrible. Instead of freely roaming around it just comes to a dead stop when you release you finger.
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Shwqa posted:I would pay $40 for EO4 for the Ipad, no hesitation Just paid $40 for it today after digging out my 3DS and my sole complaint is that it's on my enormous clunky 3DS and not my much more portable iPod Touch. Heck, I'd probably rebuy EO2 or 3 on iOS and I still have those in a box somewhere.
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PFlats posted:So it looks like there's a clone of that Japanese cheerleading rhythm game that I don't know how to spell, featuring Snoop Dogg/Lion. This came out on Xbox and PSN before iOS. You can find Giant Bomb's quicklook of it here if you want to see how it plays: http://www.giantbomb.com/videos/quick-look-way-of-the-dogg/2300-7327/
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Stick Figure Mafia posted:Did they cover selecting units other than tapping on the individuals? If you swipe the unit name in the lower-left corner of the screen it will switch to other units. Works a lot better than tapping units in my experience.
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I have no idea how this plays, but it looks beautiful. http://appshopper.com/games/the-howler Shwqa posted:After that post I honestly went right over to the Altus website and sent an email to them basically begging them to put games on the iOS. I know it will likely never happen though Baroque is on there, Disgaea might be as well. I think the ports suck though.
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Welp I've finally run out of space on my ipad after installing XCOM. Oh god I dont want to delete anything, but I cant update anything now either!
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My Alpaca has now grown a head made from other alpaca heads which is twitching every few seconds. 
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I'm nearing the end of that stage now. I bought xcom last night, but now instead of playing that I'm just sitting here tapping alpacas. And apparently I'm at completion: 38%, which means that there are many, many more alpaca beasts to go. Deformed Church fucked around with this message at 12:59 on Jun 22, 2013 |
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Kitten Baubles posted:My Alpaca has now grown a head made from other alpaca heads which is twitching every few seconds. I had to download this why is this alpaca smoking and slapping other alpacas to death. Why is it absorbing them into it's torso what is going on in this game. Oh my god they all have descriptions if you tap the yellow star. 
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Looking at this alpaca thing, I would have liked Battle Cats so much better if I could just evolve the horrifying kittybeasts and not have to do that lovely tower defense game in between.
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Corridor posted:I have no idea how this plays, but it looks beautiful. Howler is basically awful and boring. Got it free, still managed to regret getting it.
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nrr posted:Yeah, that's what I was thinking too except these sort of games have a tendancy to suck up a whole lot of time as well as whatever they cost money wise. I don't really have the time to play all 3, so I was more just after some thoughts from you guys who've played them on what you thought was the best. XCOM is the most time intensive as it has one long campaign where each battle feeds into the next. Has the most narrative of the games as well. This is the biggest timesink, you will feel compelled to play for long sessions and continuously until the Earth is saved (or lost). Battle of the Bulge is an incredible board game, and as such you would play through a battle (solo) in an hour or so. Then put it aside for a while them replay it. It's only one battle, but it's done really well. Has the least amount of content, but the most polish. This game really won't push your gaming time too hard, it's the kind of thing that fits nicely between other games. Battle Academy is a tabletop wargame brought to life. The campaigns are a series of consecutive battles, but you play them one by one and nothing carries over. As such it is very playable in bite-sized chunks and it doesn't press upon you to play the next one like XCOM does. Overall it has the most content, as the multiplayer is something that would see you playing for months. Fits nicely between other games like BoB, but offers so many different battles that each time you come back to it you'll be doing something new. The play by email multiplayer is great because you can play a battle over a course of days, and just take a 15 minute turn as and when they come in from your opponent. That's still the main way I play. There's no reason not to get all three. They offer different experiences, and complement each other well. They are the three best strategy games on the device.
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Coldrice posted:When I get home in going to have bugs fixed by the morning. No rest! I noticed that in the Upgrades table you can click on the "empty" space where higher tiers will eventually appear and you are able to purchase higher tier upgrades. When the gene splicing mini game pops up (is it random?) I have no idea what I'm supposed to do. I lined up parts of the same color in the same column (vertical) tapped Splice and nothing happens. Sometimes instead of eating plant food it just bounces off of me. Is this supposed to happen? What ensures food is eaten? No crashes or off-center display on my iPhone 5.
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Coldrice posted:When I get home in going to have bugs fixed by the morning. No rest! Game seems pretty good so far. If the crashes get sorted out I think it'll be great. Only crashed for me a couple of times, but one time the framerate went crazy and my guy went flying out of the map before it crashed.
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Dremcon posted:I noticed that in the Upgrades table you can click on the "empty" space where higher tiers will eventually appear and you are able to purchase higher tier upgrades. I don't know much (because of crashes on my 4S) but you have to actually hit plant food head-on, with your mouth in order to eat it. If you turn a different direction but let momentum carry you into food it'll just bounce off.
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Does anyone have a suggestion for an old-school-style RPG ported/updated/original for iOS? I never got into these games as a kid (watched a friend play Final Fantasy Tactics, I assume anything strategy RPG is too complex for me) so I don't have a paragon of the genre in mind nor any sacred cows of gameplay features. I played a lot of the original Pokemon but I don't care about monster collecting. I just want a time sink on my upcoming trip that won't eat battery insanely (like Infinity Blade 2, got on sale, currently my only iOS game). Any advice? Thanks in advance. Edit: thanks again, I'll go for a Final Fantasy Mortley fucked around with this message at 20:47 on Jun 22, 2013 |
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Knights of Pen & Paper is fun if you're more interested in (traditional, turn-based) RPG leveling and battling and grinding than you are wandering around towns and dungeons and talking to NPCs. There's a story, and the writing is pretty funny and charming, but navigation is menu-based so if you want that exploration element it might not be a great fit. If you don't mind the focus on combat, though, it's really fun!
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Mortley posted:Does anyone have a suggestion for an old-school-style RPG ported/updated/original for iOS? I never got into these games as a kid (watched a friend play Final Fantasy Tactics, I assume anything strategy RPG is too complex for me) so I don't have a paragon of the genre in mind nor any sacred cows of gameplay features. I played a lot of the original Pokemon but I don't care about monster collecting. I just want a time sink on my upcoming trip that won't eat battery insanely (like Infinity Blade 2, got on sale, currently my only iOS game). Any advice? Thanks in advance.
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Mortley posted:Does anyone have a suggestion for an old-school-style RPG ported/updated/original for iOS? I never got into these games as a kid (watched a friend play Final Fantasy Tactics, I assume anything strategy RPG is too complex for me) so I don't have a paragon of the genre in mind nor any sacred cows of gameplay features. I played a lot of the original Pokemon but I don't care about monster collecting. I just want a time sink on my upcoming trip that won't eat battery insanely (like Infinity Blade 2, got on sale, currently my only iOS game). Any advice? Thanks in advance. Despite a lot of stupid moves, Square Enix has released many great iOS rpgs. The world ends with you is fairly easy game that is amazingly fun. Easily the best DS and iOS rpg there is. Final Fantasy 1 is a good remake of the first game and they made it easier (black mages are ridiculously strong). Final Fantasy 5 looks like poo poo, but it is my favorite FF. It has the best mix and match class system. It has a silly story that doesn't take itself too seriously but really good character development, the team really feels like everyone has something to add and they care for each other. A gilgamesh is the best anti hero ever ("Enough banter we shall fight like men... and women... and men that dress like women!") But for the love of god, do NOT play FF4 or FF3, unless you are masochistic.
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This alpaca game is actually kind of disturbing. Like Battle Cats, once you stop playing the weird, cute game and read the descriptions, it seems a whole lot less jolly.
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MooCowlian posted:This alpaca game is actually kind of disturbing. Like Battle Cats, once you stop playing the weird, cute game and read the descriptions, it seems a whole lot less jolly. I'm not even joking.
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I think Battle of the Bulge added new content recently but I can't remember exactly what. Xcom is great, I love it. I get some people want the full PC version with exactly the same of everything, but we need to expect some downgrades to performance. This is a tablet after all.
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Det_no posted:You are playing with fire, my friend. (Remember that cat defense game? Crazy poo poo happens). Battle Cats was amazing though.
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