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Can anyone recommend a Civ style game for the iPad? I see there's a Lite version of Civ Rev so I'll give that a crack, but I wondered if there was anything else I should consider.

Civ Rev is fantastic, I'd not bother shopping around. It kills my battery though.

Unrelated, have we had this:

http://www.hookshotinc.com/connectrode-the-game-that-zynga-couldnt-buy/

Someone who made a game called "Connectrode" has told Zynga no when they tried to get him/it. Seems to be causing a bit of a fuss and whilst he's probably a bit silly from a Life point of view, well done to him.

I've not played it, but I'll grab it tonight and see how it goes.

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Can anyone recommend a Civ style game for the iPad? I see there's a Lite version of Civ Rev so I'll give that a crack, but I wondered if there was anything else I should consider.

I had the same urge over the weekend. I've already got Civ Rev, which is pretty good, but it's the iPhone version I have, so I thought I'd grab the iPad version. That was until I noticed that the price just went up from $5.99 to $12.99 last week. It's been down to $1.99 in previous months, so paying $12.99 seems a tad wasteful.

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Someone who made a game called "Connectrode" has told Zynga no when they tried to get him/it. Seems to be causing a bit of a fuss and whilst he's probably a bit silly from a Life point of view, well done to him.

I've not played it, but I'll grab it tonight and see how it goes.

Nimbelbit did too, that's why we got "Dream Heights".

It's Nimblebit's MO, they try to buy you and then they release a clone.

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It seems from the article says he was part of Omgpop and resigned during the Zynga buyout because he couldn't get assurances he would be allowed to sell his own game- Connectrode- outside of work. Zynga were never interested in buying his game. The headline of the article is totally misleading about it- it's really just about a guy resigning from his job during a take over.

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Need help with Swordigo:

I've got to Florennum and got a key from the guards on the wall, but can't find where to go next. The Eastern Guard Tower either leads me to a section with slamming walls that I can't get past, or a dungeon area where I can't jump high enough to progress. Where to go now?

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I'm so glad we have you back on the forum to do all this plugging and to hear about all the plugging you're doing elsewhere, JPickford.

You sound a bit stressed there. How about a relaxing game of Magnetic Billiards or Boonce?

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Looking for relatively deep/involving/time consuming games to help me while away about 18 hours (each way) of travelling.

I've already loaded up my iPad with a few movies, and:

Got Magnetic Billiards, Waking Mars (though am prob near the end), Civ Rev (though I'm bored of it) and Rune Raiders (also nearly done with).

I've completed Infinity Blade a few times but could be tempted by IB2 if it's not just the same as IB?

I've also got World of Goo which would be a perfect candidate except I never can be bothered with that either, because I got almost to the end on PC and I can't face doing everything again.

I don't tend to like score attack/puzzlers, prefer stuff with a bit more gameplay depth.

I loved Kingdom Rush and Fieldrunners (but have finished both, pretty much), is Geodefense / other Tower Defence game worth it?

Any/all suggestions welcome. Don't assume I've played any supposed classics either... :)

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I got stuck in a field with some sheep in Swords n Sworcery.

Story of my life.

Heh. That's exactly where I'm up to! I wouldn't say I was stuck but I wasn't engrossed enough to ever pick it up again. Probably will on the plane.

And thanks - this has proved to be an expensive question! Just bought Eufloria and Osmos. King Of Dragon Pass sounds pretty amazing but may be TOO involved - and at £7 and iPhone only I might wait until my return...

I never played the Broken Sword games on PC (?) - which is the better of the two iOS ones? Are they well regarded ports?

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Re: Galaxy on Fire 2 - Often volunteered as the best Elite-like on iOS, and I enjoyed it on OSX with a joypad, but I am no fan of the touch controls and it is very shallow and monotonous: I imagine to facilitate on-off gaming. I personally can't recommend it, especially for a lengthy flight where you can and will most likely want to commit your entire concentration, but I know I'm in a minority there.

Edit: If you're considering King of Dragon Pass but think it's too expensive, note that it is only very occasionally discounted to £5.50 (or within the region. Just left that price in the last week or so). Late 2011, it was discounted to £3 in honour of some kind of significant anniversary but it was something of an aberration, and I think it's highly unlikely to be discounted further.

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