The iOS gaming thread

[Stanley]

I think Hunters is superb, easily the best turn based strategy

game of its type on the iPhone. Not as much depth as XCOM but if you enjoy that kind of game play you'll find it solid enough.

[SaintM]

Personally I found the interface for swapping/buying/upgrading weapons and armour was far too clunky and slow and pretty much sapped all my enthusiasm for playing.

[Guest]

Did a bit more digging and hunters has been out for nearly a year - didn't they add in more in the way of a proper story?

[gospvg]

Did a bit more digging and hunters has been out for nearly a year - didn't they add in more in the way of a proper story?

Not sure I've not been back to it in a long time, got bored & moved on

[Teeohbee]

Yeah I thought Hunters had potential when I first played it.

But it all seemed a bit empty and soul-less to me.

[Guest]

After stumbling across a "potential best of 2012" it appears a hunter follow up is in he works. That has more of a story. Seems little point in buying the first then...

[Count Buffalos]

I agree, it's a mediocre game a best. I think it's only the lack of similar games that got people talking about it.

[SaintM]

I must say that the actual football matches start to wear a bit thin after a while. Very little involvement and very samey action. It should have a skip button and calculate the result which would basically achieve the same thing.

I've given up on it now.

The annoyances like a corner being stopped as the ball is in the air because its the end of the game.. or the lack of any sort of fouls/cards/injuries.. or the way a draw is treated the same as a loss, even in cup games, just add up until it's just no fun to play.

Basically, it just feels tired and half arsed so I've gone back to the far superior Grand Pix Story.

[MK-1601]

There are some really beautiful iOS games out there these days: http://playpeep.tumblr.com/

[DarhkFox]

Was gonna make a thread on its own, but anyway...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aebqrBYVq_0

Ive played it, its not great but you kinda get used to the controls after a while. bit jerky on the Iphone 4 though.

Dunno how long it will be available for since its completly rips of mario kart. When i say that you might say "but you could say that about any kart game". No, i mean it rips off the track designs and items completly!

[Dudley]

Wow that's not subtle.

[Mr Do 71]

There are some really beautiful iOS games out there these days: http://playpeep.tumblr.com/

Excellent, thanks for the link.

[Hitcher]

More Diddy Kong than Mario Kart.

[Dudley]

The characters maybe, but the tracks in that video are literally pixel for pixel recreations of MK tracks, mostly from Super Mario Kart DS.

[PopeSmokesDope]

Was gonna make a thread on its own, but anyway...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aebqrBYVq_0

Ive played it, its not great but you kinda get used to the controls after a while. bit jerky on the Iphone 4 though.

Dunno how long it will be available for since its completly rips of mario kart. When i say that you might say "but you could say that about any kart game". No, i mean it rips off the track designs and items completly!

Errr... What's it called....

[superquake]

Mole Kart. For some reason the video doesn't display the title on the iPad (I discovered last night)

[Harsin]

Oh Namco...

Namco Bandai brought some of their 80s arcade games to iPhone. You can get Xevious, Phozon, Motos, and Tower of Druaga now. And just like actual arcade machines, you need to put in credits to play them.

Each day, you get one free play. After that, ten credits cost 80 yen ($1). Sure, each play is less than an actual arcade game (those are at least 100 yen), but 10 cents per Tower of Druaga credit seems a bit steep.

[bcass]

Tragic.

[Stanley]

Christ that is taking IAPs to a new low.

[superquake]

Didn't Capcom already do something like that? Couldn't you get their Arcade and then pay by play, or just shell out a couple of quid to buy each game outright?

[Stanley]

I think you pay for the Capcom ones outright.

[Massive Invisible Dog]

Capcom definitely have an app which works in exactly that way. I think it's called Capcom Arcade.

It might have an option to just buy the machines outright as well though.

[Mr Do 71]

Didn't Capcom already do something like that? Couldn't you get their Arcade and then pay by play, or just shell out a couple of quid to buy each game outright?

Namco's Galaga 30th Anniversary app, you get one game free, but have to pay for the others if you want.

[The Bag]

Christ that is taking IAPs to a new low.

have you seen Slotomania, it's a slot machine you pay real money for...

http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/slotomania/id447553564?mt=8

[Alex W.]

Rated 12+ for the following:

Frequent/Intense Simulated Gambling

[Stanley]

McDonalds could do an app in which you actually pay for food, but it's just a picture of food. Simulated dining they could call it.

[Alex W.]

I think I might've caused a bug in Sword and Sworcery.

I was fighting the Dark Moon Trigon as my second Trigon, I got to the late stage when it flings the little triangles at me, and I died. Then I woke up, and not only did it act as though I'd won - I got back up and went and collected the Trigon. And it said I was in a Time Paradox in the menu, which normally only happens if I change the moods of the moon.

Weird. Continuing as normal as though I had beaten it legitimately.

[Pistol]

I stayed up far too late last night playing Where's My Water. I'm hooked.

[ThePixelbarks]

I've moved directly from the SFxT thread into this thread, and look, another conversation about Capcom and money grabbing.

Fucking hell, they really are the worst company in gaming at the moment. (I wish they'd stop releasing good games ;_; )

[Count Buffalos]

Anyone up for a game of Baseball Superstars 2012? It's free, and the 1p mode is horribly more-ish.