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Ghostlight posted:. Guess I'll see that land again in September Actually we can probably expect to lose 2 more land when the clocks, again, make the game's timer flip its poo poo. Now my land count is perpetually at XX8 instead of a nice round multiple of ten 
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Y'know, I played Pixel People to 150, but it's a pretty awful game. Ludicrously short timers, the random animals, the exponential pricing.
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Apr 7, 2013 15:04
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Corridor posted:Actually we can probably expect to lose 2 more land when the clocks, again, make the game's timer flip its poo poo. graventy posted:Y'know, I played Pixel People to 150, but it's a pretty awful game. Ludicrously short timers, the random animals, the exponential pricing. I mean, it still has a ton of problems and is still a buggy mess, but it's an amusing mess. It's also a lot better if you upgrade the buildings, especially if you buy the $1 doubler. I can understand not paying money if you're not enjoying it, of course. In Nimble Quest news, I finally beat the Depths I and managed to squeak through Forest II. Is my only hope to get farther to level my characters up more? There are so many enemies on screen by that point my party gets obliterated in seconds, even with the buffs. Also, what's the advantage of the speed boost? Seems like it would be more likely to get you killed.
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Apr 7, 2013 16:20
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FreakyZoid posted:The answer to every Pixel People question is "because it's a really buggy mess". I uninstalled just before the latest update. As I was getting things maxed out, it dawned on me what a time-sink the game is and how little out was getting out of it. /randombitching
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Apr 7, 2013 16:26
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It was just a time-sink from the very beginning, it had charm but not a whole lot else.
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Apr 7, 2013 17:18
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I've been playing alot of real racing 3. As much as I loving hate those timers, and it's alot, I still can't seem to stop playing it and grinding mt panorama. I'd really like some friends to play with through Time Shifted Multiplayer(tm) though. My gamecenter id is ubit_bruce.
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Apr 7, 2013 22:37
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DarkHorse posted:You can buy individual land upgrades from the Space Church for utopium. If you haven't bought any yet it starts out pretty cheap. That's only if your OCD is as bad as mine. I have no idea why you lost land though, I didn't experience it with the time change. I thought that'd be the case with the speed boost too, but now that you're getting to the point where fast enemies appear more often, it'll help to be able to catch up with them. Speed also helps you get the jump on enemies before they fully spawn, plus you can collect more gems from chests. Compared to other freemium townbuilders, Pixel People is all right, and the update did rebalance things so it's less of a slog, for the most part... but having actual game progression depend on its awful RNG is some straight-up bullshit. It just becomes a lottery game at this point and it's the most unfun thing ever.
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I'm up to 170 land in Pixel People and it's now at the point where it takes 2-3 days to grind up enough cash for the next expansion. I really can't be bothered tapping all my buildings every 10 minutes for a couple of days, so yeah I think that's basically it for me!
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Apr 8, 2013 02:58
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I scummed the money glitch to get a shitload of land but then I updated an lost it. I wonder if I can install the older version and cheat myself some money again.
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JERFit posted:I've been playing alot of real racing 3. As much as I loving hate those timers, and it's alot, I still can't seem to stop playing it and grinding mt panorama.
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Apr 8, 2013 05:03
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I exploited the infinite loot cheat in Happy Street and upgraded my manufacturing buildings to the maximum. Which means the most complex items now only take 4 hours to make instead of 8.  If it werent for the story bits...
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Happy Bear Suit posted:You can always just set your system clock forward to skip the timers. This works in 2013? Shiiiiiiiiit. My 8 year old self would be proud.
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Apr 8, 2013 05:43
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Sometimes it works. Sometimes the game remembers how far in the future you've been and refuses to cough up more til you reach the future.
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Apr 8, 2013 05:46
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Are there any other decent iOS review sites other than touch arcade?
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Pocket Tactics is pretty nice, but their reviews are pretty intermittent and they're focused on strategy/tactics games. They're also great for news regarding the genre.
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Apocron posted:Are there any other decent iOS review sites other than touch arcade?
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Apocron posted:Are there any other decent iOS review sites other than touch arcade? I use toucharcade, appshopper, SA threads, and a mixture of posts I see from various tech blogs that will recommend the occasional app.
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It got mentioned earlier, but the "Choice of" games are pretty loving cool. They have some free ones that have nags but seem otherwise complete, and straight up pay ones for 2-3 bucks. I played through Choice of Dragons once and I'm playing through Choice of Broadsides now. More than playing a Choose Your Own Adventure game, these are like playing a themed version of Alter Ego, and if you haven't played that, you should really click that link. I'm looking forward to grabbing either the Star Captain one or Eerie Real Estate Agent after I go through these a few times.
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The best/most recent ones are The Fleet and Choice of Kung Fu, the superhero one is pretty good too. The older ones are good but the new ones are really much more fleshed out.
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Grimmeh posted:I like AppSpy. Agreed. AppSpy is the best. It's just no bullshit brief reviews of games that I usually agree with.
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duckfarts posted:It got mentioned earlier, but the "Choice of" games are pretty loving cool. They have some free ones that have nags but seem otherwise complete, and straight up pay ones for 2-3 bucks. I played through Choice of Dragons once and I'm playing through Choice of Broadsides now. More than playing a Choose Your Own Adventure game, these are like playing a themed version of Alter Ego, and if you haven't played that, you should really click that link. I'm looking forward to grabbing either the Star Captain one or Eerie Real Estate Agent after I go through these a few times. Seconding everything in the post. Alter Ego and Choice of are really freakin' great.
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SynthOrange posted:Sometimes it works. Sometimes the game remembers how far in the future you've been and refuses to cough up more til you reach the future. Yeah, I can't get any more energy in Battle Cats until December 11th, 2213.
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LingcodKilla posted:Anyone got an opion on The Bard's Tale? I recall the game from the early 90s being fun but I doubt this is the same people. If you are looking for old-school Bard's Tale fun then Silver Sword is very good, and faithful to the spirit of the original, but with nicer graphics.
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What's the appeal of Battle Cats? Is it just the cats themselves? I enjoyed all the horrifying kitty monstrosities, but the gameplay was like the most boring loving tower defense in the world. I got up to like level 9 and then couldn't force myself further.
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langurmonkey posted:If you are looking for old-school Bard's Tale fun then Silver Sword is very good, and faithful to the spirit of the original, but with nicer graphics. I thought this looked really good from the website, noted it was £2.49 and thought wth, sometimes you should splash out. I already own it... I think it's time to go through my purchase history and see what else I bought early on and deleted to make room for other stuff >.< Any starter tips similar to the ton of useful info banded around for The Quest? (Which I will probably get next after actually putting in some playtime in Silversword) Fazana fucked around with this message at 10:27 on Apr 8, 2013 |
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Corridor posted:What's the appeal of Battle Cats? Is it just the cats themselves? I enjoyed all the horrifying kitty monstrosities, but the gameplay was like the most boring loving tower defense in the world. I got up to like level 9 and then couldn't force myself further. Character design is delightfully bizarre, including the enemies and enemy bases. There's some minor strategy in there also, but the weirdness is what really drives it I think. Also, people seem to enjoy rush games.
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I tried Choice of Broadsides and Romance and they had their high points but both seemed quite short and the relationship parts were awkward. Are the rest of the "Choice of" Games the same?
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The newer ones are much more fleshed-out and longer, Broadsides and Dragons are the simplest I think.
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The new batman/superman/flash/whoever game is really good. Injustice it's called. Think it is supposed to promote the console games, but it's good in its own right. Really enjoying it.
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Wonderputt (iPad only) is currently free. Everyone grab it. It started out as a free Flash game, so look that up if you want to try it first.
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Funso Banjo posted:The new batman/superman/flash/whoever game is really good. Injustice it's called. Think it is supposed to promote the console games, but it's good in its own right. I liked it for an hour or so, but then the combat started to feel like a chore. Progression is SLOOOOOOOW.
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Apocron posted:I tried Choice of Broadsides and Romance and they had their high points but both seemed quite short and the relationship parts were awkward. Are the rest of the "Choice of" Games the same? Broadsides is pretty neat, mostly because of the first half, my character is usually single by the end but a sweet rear end famous admiral. 50/50 I get killed in a mutiny. Choice of Romance is a low end one in my opinion, Dragon is very simple. I recommend Choice of Kung Fu,
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Funso Banjo posted:The new batman/superman/flash/whoever game is really good. Injustice it's called. Think it is supposed to promote the console games, but it's good in its own right. It's fun, but gently caress you, Boss Mode Sinestro 
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I'd recommend Choice of Star Captain, written by Dorian Hart. You might not recognize the name but I'm sure you recognize the games he was a designer forquote:BioShock (2007), 2K Games, Inc. Not sure of the specific role he played for all of those, but for System Shock 2 he was lead level/ scenario designer. theblackw0lf fucked around with this message at 20:13 on Apr 8, 2013 |
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Figured I'd mention: DJMAX RAY just updated with 15 more songs for $4.99 (if you get the bundle). This app now has 23 songpacks / 115 songs (5 songs in each pack with 4 unlocked at start, 1 extra after you beat 8 goals) which is a absolute ton of content if you like DJ Max at all. JazzFlight fucked around with this message at 20:57 on Apr 8, 2013 |
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DarkHorse posted:
With the speed buff you can avoid projectiles better (or at least the front guy can), and you can get within (and out of) range more swiftly. Later on when there are a ton of spawns it can also help you get to enemy parties and kill them before they phase in all the way and have a chance to attack back.
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Quinch posted:Playing Injustice and it got me thinking that you could probably come up with a decent fighting game using a virtual dpad and the swipe controls instead of buttons for attacking and blocking. if we all wish hard enough maybe divekick will come to iOS at some point.
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furushotakeru posted:With the speed buff you can avoid projectiles better (or at least the front guy can), and you can get within (and out of) range more swiftly. Later on when there are a ton of spawns it can also help you get to enemy parties and kill them before they phase in all the way and have a chance to attack back. and run into walls 25% faster! I know in theory speed is great, but in practice all it does is screw me over. I guess it's one of those things where you have to use it every time to get used to it or never use it.
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aquacadet posted:if we all wish hard enough maybe divekick will come to iOS at some point. I can't believe this is real.
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After playing some endless runners I realized there's one that simply has to be made. An endless runner of the Battletoads jet bike track.  Duranki posted:I can't believe this is real. It's what happens when a joke is taken too far and people start taking it seriously instead.
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