The iOS gaming thread

[Sfan]

Oh! Edo Towns. More Kairosoft crack, then...

Out now.

All their games are discounted within 2 weeks, I'm prepared to wait now.

[toythatkills]

Amazing.

[DC Lemon]

That enjoyable but expensive DSiware title Shantae: Risky's Revenge is apparently free on iOS.

Is it a trap?

[Alex W.]

It's a demo. You unlock the rest of the game with an in-app purchase, I think it's £1.99 or something.

[DC Lemon]

It's a demo. You unlock the rest of the game with an in-app purchase, I think it's £1.99 or something.

A trap! Still, Nintendo makes £1.99 look like a steal.

[Alex W.]

It's due to go up to £3-whatever at some point, too.

When did £12 for a handheld game become exorbitant? The App Store has really screwed with my perception of value.

[Yoshimax]

Looks impressive - is it any good?

Amazing - but get it on 360 !

[Asura]

So that iPhone joypad; PocketGamer had an article about it up today.

Anyone tried it? Or have a complete list of compatible titles?

Main things for me is if it works with the Megadrive titles and the versions of King of Fighters and Street Fighter - though of course anything else is a bonus.

[Fletch]

Amazing.

I play this for free on the train home every night, in 3D!!!!

[Floex]

Monochromania (Awesome art style)

Are all free today.

Dammit, I missed this The art style looks fantastic, bah back to 69p. Is it actually any good?

#firstworldproblems

[Pungee]

What I'd really like is an excellent Tetris Attack clone with local wi-fi multiplayer. Does such a thing exist?

[hollowman]

Poker Pals is excellent, add me if you want a game - username adsx

[MotiVater]

Poker Pals who have a game open with me may wish to leave it

My iPhone crapped out yesterday and I had to restore it as it would not boot at all. The last backup on my PC was from a month ago as it had backed up to the cloud since then. It restored from the PC backup it seems and then overwrote the Cloud save with this as well, FUCK.

PP is screwed, it says "Welcome back, MotiVater" with the GC logo when I log in but I have no games in progress and my player name is Player374625362 or some crap in the game. Cant work out how to fix it, pants.

[Ryan]

Amazing.

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[Paulando]

Colour me fucking flabbergasted, Shantae actually controls really well. I never fucked up once during the trial Might have to buy that.

Also playing Poker Pals, and it's very good. Games are over a bit too quickly though, should be best of three or something.

[New York Mikey]

Since King of Dragon Pass went on sale last week, I've been heavily playing that.

What a great game. I like resource management games, but not really bothered by choose your adventure books. Somehow, mainly due to the depth of the game, this game has sucked me in.

If you want an iOS game with depth, catch this while it's still on sale. Works fantastically on iPhone, nice clear UI etc

It has been confirmed that they are working on making it universal too. (obviously it works on iPad now, in x2 mode)

Don't think I've seen a negative word about the game - go read some reviews - and pick it up, it's only on sale for another day.

I'm enjoying it too, and would recommend it to people who like open ended civilisation building games. Though I'm yet to understand entirely what's going on. And I have no concept of the economic value of a cow. It's not normally something that comes up in gaming.

[Camel]

I still can't persuade Poker Pals to progress further than the Chillingo splash screen. I've deleted and redownloaded it and closed everything running on my 3GS. Help?

[MBM]

Sad Robot, which is a little like Hypership Out of Control, is free at the moment:

http://itunes.apple.com/nz/app/sad-robot/id467065403?mt=8

[Hitcher]

Just want to say thanks to everyone who posts when there's a free app. I've not had an iPhone long but I'm loving it.

One question - if I get an app when it's free and then delete for any reason what happens if I want to re-download again?

[ZOK]

Yep, it stays in your itunes purchases.

[Meatball]

It'll still be free.

Just load up the App Store and in the Updates tab there's a Purchased button and you can see in there All Apps / Not On This Phone or something similar to see what you've had previously and then download it again.

[Zero]

Some freebies:

I Found You (Decent looking Japanese survival horror)

The Greedy Sponge (A "match 5" game)

Super Stickman Golf (Golf, with a stickman)

Geared 2 (Puzzle game with an "interactive hamster")

[Hitcher]

Thanks for the replies guys.

Any recommended turn-based strategy games?

[Stanley]

Thanks for the replies guys.

Any recommended turn-based strategy games?

Hunters - absolutely superb.

[SaintM]

Wesnoth is a massive time sink if you like that kinda thing.

[Mr Do 71]

Piyo Blocks 2 is free again.

[Asura]

Hunters - absolutely superb.

Wesnoth is a massive time sink if you like that kinda thing.

Both of these look amazing from the pictures. Are they really that good? I'm surprised I've not heard of them before.

[ZOK]

I thInk Hunters could be a bit marmite, I played the demo and found it to be thoroughly dull.

[SaintM]

Both of these look amazing from the pictures. Are they really that good? I'm surprised I've not heard of them before.

http://www.wesnoth.org/

Go download it for free on a different platform it you are unsure.

[Count Buffalos]

I didn't think much of Hunters. Wesnoth, on the other hand, is quality through and through, although a little fiddly on the iPhone.