The iOS gaming thread

[Alex W.]

Mr. Crab is lovely. The art style's not great but Iike how solid it is.

[Chopsocky]

And Leviathan Warships hits any time now:

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Vxxnq5YAVHw&desktop_uri=/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Vxxnq5YAVHw

What a trailer!

[Ork1927]

Has anyone tried the Talisman game? Used the love the board game as a kid but seem to remember a game lasted for hours.

Yes - downloaded it yesterday.

Looks a good conversion. It appears to be a series of quests using the standard game rules (based on going around the board on your own), but with multiplayer to come in the future.

[Unofficial Who]

The worst freemium game ever.

Super Monster Bros by Adventure Time Pocket Free Games

[Sane]

And Leviathan Warships hits any time now:

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Vxxnq5YAVHw&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Ffeature%3Dplayer_embedded%26v%3DVxxnq5YAVHw

Best trailer ever. Serisously. Ship Just Got Real .

[Dr Nookie]

And Leviathan Warships hits any time now:

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Vxxnq5YAVHw&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Ffeature%3Dplayer_embedded%26v%3DVxxnq5YAVHw

Just cos I miss this gif..

[Teeohbee]

Has anyone tried the Talisman game? Used the love the board game as a kid but seem to remember a game lasted for hours.

I purchased it last night but not tried it yet, single player only (multiplayer later) but been getting great reviews so looking forward to putting some time into it tonight

Yes - downloaded it yesterday.

Looks a good conversion. It appears to be a series of quests using the standard game rules (based on going around the board on your own), but with multiplayer to come in the future.

Is it playable on a phone at all? Or best suited to tablets? Really want to play it but not sure it'd work on my smallish screen.

[Clipper]

Is it playable on a phone at all? Or best suited to tablets? Really want to play it but not sure it'd work on my smallish screen.

I bought it on my phone (altho I have ipad as well so really I got it for that)... My verdict after 30 mins play... sometimes a bit fiddly but doable. Doesnt look as impressive as on the pad obviously some buttons are small but usually there are only 2-3 things to do so its not like mispresses are an issue

[Davros sock drawer]

Blimey, people really give a shit about the aesthetics of a game like Mr Crab? It's the gameplay that matters, and it's pure crack.

[elmo]

Blimey, people really give a shit about the aesthetics of a game like Mr Crab? It's the gameplay that matters, and it's pure crack.

Absolutely.

[hanzo]

Mr. Crab is fun, but I find some of the palette choices and foreground character/background contrasts make it hard to see clearly because of the garishness. Seriously. Especially the ice stages and stuff.

[Padlocked]

Leviathan Warships delayed until the 2nd. Eclipse (board game) is out now.

[hanzo]

Heads up: The new HotD got a 3 out of 10 from Edge

http://www.edge-online.com/review/the-house-of-the-dead-overkill-the-lost-reels-review/

[Jammy]

Finished The Walking Dead - jesus, that was great, but harrowing.

[Davros sock drawer]

Heads up: The new HotD got a 3 out of 10 from Edge

http://www.edge-online.com/review/the-house-of-the-dead-overkill-the-lost-reels-review/

Fucking Edge. It's excellent.

[womblingfree]

Urggh, just gotten into Candy Crush. I feel dirty.

[Ork1927]

Is it playable on a phone at all? Or best suited to tablets? Really want to play it but not sure it'd work on my smallish screen.

No real issues on my 4s - occasionally select the wrong square, but it's not a big issue.

[mercenarri]

Anyone still playing Happy Street? Need some active players, add me (username: mercenarri)

[toythatkills]

Yeah, although today's update to add Facebook shit is making me think twice.

[Daley]

Anyone still playing Happy Street? Need some active players, add me (username: mercenarri)

Yeah, although today's update to add Facebook shit is making me think twice.

I am. I'm DaleyAFC if anyone wants to add me.

This Facebook shit drives me crazy. Yes of course I want old school friends and work colleagues to constantly pester me for some game they happen to be playing (while I pester them when i'm meant to be at work).

I can see why facebook do it but integrating into everything has actually made me stop using facebook.

[carleton]

I am. I'm DaleyAFC if anyone wants to add me.

Completely off topic but I thought you were an Rochdale AFC fan until I saw your Twitter profile.

[Petrousgyre]

This Facebook shit drives me crazy. Yes of course I want old school friends and work colleagues to constantly pester me for some game they happen to be playing (while I pester them when i'm meant to be at work).

Set up a dummy Facebook account for all this sort of dross.

[Daley]

Set up a dummy Facebook account for all this sort of dross.

....

[DocG]

Or, less fuss, when you attach anything to your Facebook set the default post visibility to 'only me'.

[milko]

I connected it. But so far I can't see how it's actually done anything within Facebook. And its defaulted to Only Me as well, how convenient.

[Petrousgyre]

Been meaning to do this for a while, Happy Street's saccharine charm finally pushed me over the edge. My dummy Facebook account is Petrolgirls Rllmuk. It will feature, I imagine, a stream of unsolicited game related bullshit so I'd recommend only connecting Facebook accounts set up for a similar purpose.

[Cosmic_Guru]

Has anyone tried the Talisman game? Used the love the board game as a kid but seem to remember a game lasted for hours.

Yes, it's rather good. These sorts of board / dice games are ideal for the iPad for at really if you can accept the loss of tactile ness. On the other hand you don't tie up your table top for ages or risk losing track of stats and special abilities etc.

This one is dead easy to pick up and play, rather less easy to 3 * every quest owing to the huge element of luck involved in every turn.

Thinking of picking up Eclipse too.

[MK-1601]

Fucking Edge. It's excellent.

From that review: "forced, random quits".

Or "crashes" as people over the age of twelve call them?

[MK-1601]

It's not technical quality so much as aesthetics. Mr Crab's a right ugly bugger and it's all a bit garish. Fortunately it's a lot of fun to play.

Mr. Crab's stupid face on the icon made me buy it in the first place.

[Rudderless]

HotD: Overkill on iOS is most assuredly NOT excellent, unless you have the very lowest of standards. Loses almost everything that made the Wii game great, not least the sweary chat between the two protagonists.