The iOS gaming thread

[gospvg]

If anyone is looking for another online - multi player game (turn based) then Poker Pals is very good., there is a free version which lets you play upto 3 games or 69p for the paid version.

[Omizzay]

Controls are horrible for any fightinh game, its painful to play and reason why I deleted those games.

You would think that iCade support would just be too obvious for these developers...

[ZOK]

Scribblenauts rocks. I was heartily enjoying it anyway, but when I created 'shrink ray' on a whim and it actually works to shrink things, I just went

[FamicomFist]

I came here to say this ^

Have been glued to it all weekend. Absolutely magic.

Super Crossfire is my other current favourite

Awsome cheers

[Harsin]

I'm finding that Scribblenauts is a bit finicky when it comes to picking up objects.

[Alex W.]

Yeah, that's a real pain. The controls evidently aren't much improved from the DS version.

Still, I was able to make a vegetarian dinosaur and a tasty cabbage and it worked out pretty well.

[shirubagan]

Grand Prix Story is just as much of a time sink as Game Dev Story.

Edit: the smiley face that accompanies this post quite clearly indicates my love for the game.

[ZOK]

Jetpack is more fun than large bridge too

And flying cape!

[Lovelyman]

10 minutes wondering how to make a lion go to sleep. The last clue: "It needs to be night time." How the fuck do I make it night time?? I tried a time machine, but that just made the level restart. The walkthrough: "Moon". FFS. Yes that makes total sense, make a moon and it becomes night time :angry: because the moon can never be seen in daylight in real life can it?

I'm not getting on with this.

I'm not surprised you aren't, if you think the moon is an obscure way to depict night time.

[Chopsocky]

Controls are horrible for any fighting game, its painful to play and reason why I deleted those games.

I don't know if my tolerance for bad controls is higher than yours but Street Fighter and KoF are pretty good in my book. I got more enjoyment out of SF than Angry Birds or JetPack Joyride. But then the last Street Fighter I played extensively was probably Street Fighter Alpha 3 on the GBA.

Painful controls for me are stuff like Duke Nukem and Death Rally, but also I haven't deleted any of those

[shirubagan]

Thousand Heroes 1000 Heroz is free at the moment.

[Asura]

I don't know if my tolerance for bad controls is higher than yours but Street Fighter and KoF are pretty good in my book. I got more enjoyment out of SF than Angry Birds or JetPack Joyride. But then the last Street Fighter I played extensively was probably Street Fighter Alpha 3 on the GBA.

Painful controls for me are stuff like Duke Nukem and Death Rally, but also I haven't deleted any of those

Definitely will buy one of those bluetooth pads as soon as something like KoF supports it.

Almost a shame you can't use a ps3 pad. I'd happily prop up my iPhone and use one.

[Count Buffalos]

Anyone got a recommendation for the best Space-y game out there?

[Davros sock drawer]

Galaxy on Fire 2

[sir stiff_one]

I'm not surprised you aren't, if you think the moon is an obscure way to depict night time.

Haven't you never seen the moon in the day you illogical idiot!!?!

[smac]

Galaxy on Fire 2

Yeah, a nice diversion on iPad.

[Pants McSkill]

Finished the normal levels in Trainyard. It's not mind candy so much as a mind sandwich. Very satisfying.

I checked out Trainyard after reading this post, having not heard of it before.

Damn you Alex. Damn you to hell.

[Alex W.]

It's one of the few iPhone games I have actually caught myself playing while walking to places, because I figure that's just empty time that could be spent solving the current puzzle. It is a good thing I don't drive.

[Meatball]

Argh you buggers! Forgot I'd not quite finished Trainyard so found one last puzzle unsolved when I loaded it up before for a look and am now struggling trying to figure out how to do it. If I had hair I'd be pulling it out

Great little game though.

[Paulando]

I'm actually really enjoying Amazing Breaker at the moment. The 'OMGZZZ BETTA DAN ANGRY BIRDS' 5-star reviews put me off at first, but it's quite a clever little action puzzler.

[sammy]

Minecraft should be out later tonight. Not sure if it's a universal app.

[StephenM]

I've never played Minecraft in any iteration.

Should I be buying the iOS version when it drops?

[dizogg]

What games would people recommend for my iPhone 4GS? Haven't bought a game for months and kind of lost track of the latest releases?

Going holiday tomorrow and would love some recommendations to play on the plane etc!

[Stanley]

What games would people recommend for my iPhone 4GS? Haven't bought a game for months and kind of lost track of the latest releases?

Going holiday tomorrow and would love some recommendations to play on the plane etc!

Reckless Getaway for sure.

[Don Rosco]

Street Figher Volt is still dirt cheap as well.

[Don Rosco]

OH YEAH! I'm not really a big fan of word games, but my mum's friend's son has done this game called W.E.L.D.E.R. I'm not sure what it's like, but I feel duty bound to spam it anyway:

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/w.e.l.d.e.r./id471056941?ls=1&mt=8

[Alex W.]

I've never played Minecraft in any iteration.

Should I be buying the iOS version when it drops?

Pocket Edition is not really the full Minecraft experience. It's the Creative mode, which means you still get infinite worlds, but there are no enemies and you have limitless building/destroying powers over blocks. It's more like giant firstperson Lego than the sort of thing people are getting up to on the forum server.

£4.99, it is a Universal app. Dithering over whether to get it for a look, if they do add Survival features later it'll be much more worthwhile.

[Flub]

I like the look of Saturday Morning RPG

[RFT]

Ticket to Ride is now out for the iPhone (was Pad only up to now). It's good, and cheap (69p), but lacks online multiplayer. which is a shame. does have local and pass-and-play options, though.

[Pat Mustard]

Grand Prix Story is just as much of a time sink as Game Dev Story.

Edit: the smiley face that accompanies this post quite clearly indicates my love for the game.

Why did you point this out.....

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