Apple Arcade

[amc]

My free month just ended and I've decided to keep subbing. Really nice curation of games and I'd only managed to play a few during my trial. Just noticed the conversation above about controllers and although I have myriad options I've been connecting my 8Bit Do SN30 Pro exclusively. Works a charm.

 

Will deffo give that Skate game above a go now.

[Jonny5]

Is this still being updated with new games?  Seems to have gone rather quiet in here.

[BedroomBusinessman]

It’s been about one a week since launch I think. Personally I haven’t really touched it since finishing Grindstone.

[footle]

1 hour ago, Jonny5 said:

Is this still being updated with new games?  Seems to have gone rather quiet in here.

Often of quite good quality - a monsters expedition, for example, was very good.

[Yiggy]

On 09/10/2020 at 14:28, footle said:

Often of quite good quality - a monsters expedition, for example, was very good.

I do think it’s a good service and it’s a shame it does not seem to have gotten much traction. They’re offering 3 months with every new iPhone now and there’s that big hitter that’s day and date release with PS5 (can’t remember the name) so they’re clearly hoping people start using it. 
 

I would say it’s had 5-6 really good games and 20+ good ones. With a bunch of other stuff that may be your thing. For a fiver a month I’m happy to carry on subbing. 
 

I think for a lot of gamers they just don’t like playing games on their phone any more. Though saying that I’ve been enjoying playing some on my Mac as well like beyond a steel sky and tangle towers. They’re great on the bigger screen in full res. 

[gospvg]

Yep I have given up playing games on my phone. I used to have a few installed like Mini Metro, Clash Royale & Lost Cities but all have been deleted now. Just play on the iPad now.

[Yiggy]

1 hour ago, gospvg said:

Yep I have given up playing games on my phone. I used to have a few installed like Mini Metro, Clash Royale & Lost Cities but all have been deleted now. Just play on the iPad now.

i suppose apple don’t mind if where you play as long as you subscribe. No wonder they don’t want Xbox live on there! 

[Quest]

I got three months of this for free. What's worth a try? So far I've downloaded What the Golf? and Grindstone.

[ZOK]

42 minutes ago, Quest said:

I got three months of this for free. What's worth a try? So far I've downloaded What the Golf? and Grindstone.

Cricket through the Ages.

[shirubagan]

Anyone else having trouble launching Alba? It crashed when playing on MacBook and now won’t launch on any of my devices. 

[Sarlaccfood]

2 hours ago, Quest said:

I got three months of this for free. What's worth a try? So far I've downloaded What the Golf? and Grindstone.

I’ve downloaded South of the Circle which I thought looked good but as usual for me, the icon has just sat there for weeks.

[Fierce Poodle]

6 hours ago, Quest said:

I got three months of this for free. What's worth a try? So far I've downloaded What the Golf? and Grindstone.

Neo Cab and Over the Alps. The rest is bobbins.

[Quest]

18 hours ago, ZOK said:

Cricket through the Ages.

 

Daughter and I had  a good laugh with this today. Cheers!

[sonixtorm]

20 hours ago, shirubagan said:

Anyone else having trouble launching Alba? It crashed when playing on MacBook and now won’t launch on any of my devices. 

Working here (and sorry, I know that’s not much help).

[Don Rosco]

21 hours ago, Quest said:

I got three months of this for free. What's worth a try? So far I've downloaded What the Golf? and Grindstone.

Skate City & pinball wizard. I got more out of what the golf than any other game on it by far though. 

[Count Buffalos]

I say this every time, but Hot Lava is great as long as you use a controller.

[ZOK]

Yes Pinball Wizard is initially compelling, but then just annoying I found.

[jonathanhoey]

Sociable Soccer is really good if you liked Sensible World of Soccer, as it's by Jon Hare and is essentially a modern version of the same game without the licence. 

 

I've only played it with a DualShock 4. I don't expect it's any fun at all with touchscreen controls. 

[Calashnikov]

23 hours ago, Quest said:

I got three months of this for free. What's worth a try? So far I've downloaded What the Golf? and Grindstone.

Shinsekai, a great underwater Metroidvania by Capcom. It’s been out on other things since, but Apple Arcade via Apple TV with a DualShock 4 was how I played (and loved) it.

[Calashnikov]

It’s got very strong 70s prog stoner French animation sci-fi vibes which are obviously quite rare and fucking excellent qualities.

[shirubagan]

2 hours ago, sonixtorm said:

Working here (and sorry, I know that’s not much help).

It’s helpful to know the game isn’t broken – it must be an issue with Game Center/Save files. 
 

I’ll see if there’s a way to delete/reset it somehow. 
 

Edit: The game boots in Airplane mode, so it’s a save file thing. I tried booting the game on my MacBook with WiFi off and it also loaded. As soon as I switched the WiFi on, it crashed. :| 

[sonixtorm]

1 hour ago, shirubagan said:

It’s helpful to know the game isn’t broken – it must be an issue with Game Center/Save files. 
 

I’ll see if there’s a way to delete/reset it somehow. 
 

Edit: The game boots in Airplane mode, so it’s a save file thing. I tried booting the game on my MacBook with WiFi off and it also loaded. As soon as I switched the WiFi on, it crashed. :| 

The developer will probably be keen to help on this one. Have you contacted them?