The iOS Games Megathread: when Star Wars fans and iOS fans descend upon eachother

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porktree: Mar 23, 2002; You just fucked with the wrong Mexican.

langurmonkey posted:

If you like chilled out puzzle games, then there is new game called "Hundreds" that I got last night and played a bit in bed when I should have been sleeping. The concept is simple - circles move around on the screen and you tap them to inflate them with points. You want to get 100 points in total. The catch is that if they touch while you are growing one then it's game over. Of course other gimmicks get added in quickly, like circles being attached together with ropes, circles that you can "pause" and super speed circles.

The art style is really minimalist and the soundtrack is very relaxing. It's quite nice to just mindlessly tap on circles for a few minutes, although I did find myself raging when I died on a score of 99 .

I think there is a launch discount, here is the app store link.

Thanks for this, everyone should buy it now.

# ¿ Jan 4, 2013 22:21

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# ¿ Apr 26, 2024 11:51

porktree: Mar 23, 2002; You just fucked with the wrong Mexican.

Parkingtigers posted:

The Walking Dead is a great example of the difference between plot and narrative, which people sometimes confuse. The plot is the same for everyone, you will start and end the journey at the same places, and hit the same major events through the story. Everyone's personal narrative will be different though, and your version of a scene may vary greatly from my version of the same scene.

Well stated - thanks for putting this so succinctly.

# ¿ Jan 7, 2013 03:25

porktree: Mar 23, 2002; You just fucked with the wrong Mexican.

AggroJagg posted:

Yeah I spend a few mins playing this game a day. Is there a goon clan or any open spots in your clans?

Soooo, is there a goon clan? Or a thread?

# ¿ Jan 12, 2013 15:57

porktree: Mar 23, 2002; You just fucked with the wrong Mexican.

TACD posted:

Verdict: Ugh, don't get this. It looks like it should be a sort of satisfying, connect-the-stations-together and manage the trains kind of game, but it's something weirdly different and not-fun. It's achingly slow, difficult to draw tracks where you want them, and most frustratingly it will send trains out of stations just as another one is about to go in, and there's not a lot you can do to prevent crashes. I mean, I get that that's supposed to be the game but unless you're expected to fill every bizarrely-long level with a fugly mess of track all over the screen there's not much fun in jamming a train awkwardly between two switches until the game stops throwing other trains down the same piece of single track towards you.

It looks like Railroad Story, which I bought a while back and had some fun with. http://appshopper.com/games/railroad-story-hd

# ¿ Jan 19, 2013 06:59

porktree: Mar 23, 2002; You just fucked with the wrong Mexican.

Alpha Kenny Juan posted:

Actually, I just ran into this very same bug with the same setup. It seems that you pretty much have to wait until the error message pops after a while before doing anything.

Naw, just go to options and restart. Theres a fix waiting for approval according to the in game message that showed up the other day.

# ¿ Jan 24, 2013 05:16

porktree: Mar 23, 2002; You just fucked with the wrong Mexican.

Hey Nimbledudes. Seriously - this is this weeks set? Come on man.

# ¿ Jan 31, 2013 21:02

porktree: Mar 23, 2002; You just fucked with the wrong Mexican.

UncleSmoothie posted:

Holy christ, RR3 sounds terrible. Is there at least a token $5 IAP you can buy to skip most of that bullshit?

Not really, just an endless stream of coinage. I would happily pay :10bucks: for timer elimination, as it is it's pretty much race, repair, wait. It could have been fun, but instead its just a poorly designed IAP cash grab.

# ¿ Feb 14, 2013 04:24

porktree: Mar 23, 2002; You just fucked with the wrong Mexican.

goferchan posted:

I have a pretty good hunch it's going to turn out to be an excellently designed IAP cash grab and make them way more money than selling timerless versions for $10 would.

Touche.

It's to bad for me. I like racing games, but after playing RR3 on and off today I realize that the presentation of the games IAP is obtrusive for me and not everyone. Fortunately there are plenty of other games that the IAP mechanic doesn't detract from my fun.

# ¿ Feb 14, 2013 05:23

porktree: Mar 23, 2002; You just fucked with the wrong Mexican.

I played a game that was interesting - Krashlander - in interesting combination keeping your skier upright and then at the end knocking down all the zombies. Sure, it combines a a few tropes (Angry Birds, Zombies, Ski Safari) - but the controls are interesting, and the complexity/challenge of the game set's it apart. And the art style is minimalist, high-def cool. For a buck it's totally worth it.

I just read TA's review of RR3 - ha, what a load of crap. I should have known when I saw Brad's byline not to expect much.

# ¿ Feb 14, 2013 15:33

porktree: Mar 23, 2002; You just fucked with the wrong Mexican.

Feenix posted:

Ok, Legit Real Racing 3 talk:

1) I have an iPad 3. I find the "performance" of the game (read: Framerate) to be, oh, just a hair south of acceptable. It stutters a lot.

2) This is definitely made LESS acceptable, when you compare it to your experiences on an iPhone 5 (almost never hitches, very rock solid.)

I'm re-evaluating my opinion, the instant repairs, and reduced maintenance time let me play as long as I'd like. I've picked up some other cars and am at 50% on Pure Stock, and with the new balance I can see this being fun again.

It totally runs ragged on my iPad 3 - stuttering, and hitching. And not just when I get a notification. I like the Time Shifted Multiplayer - much better than AI that follows a racing line no matter what.

# ¿ Feb 16, 2013 04:28

porktree: Mar 23, 2002; You just fucked with the wrong Mexican.

Feenix posted:

Are you Bill A.? Scourge of my TSM?

I am, I can only assume you are the oddly accented Feenix. I am not sure how to change back to porktree other than unhitching it to my faux face book account.

# ¿ Feb 16, 2013 16:58

porktree: Mar 23, 2002; You just fucked with the wrong Mexican.

I'm just going to say PUZZLE RESTORER. Go buy it and have fun. What else is like this?

# ¿ Feb 19, 2013 21:47

porktree: Mar 23, 2002; You just fucked with the wrong Mexican.

All this talk about
Year Walk has made me buy it. Thanks. Seriously.

# ¿ Feb 24, 2013 17:10

porktree: Mar 23, 2002; You just fucked with the wrong Mexican.

I bought Real Racing 3 from the NZ store when it came out - and It's been ok. Now I want to install the US version - which means I have to delete the app on my iPad now. Using iFunbox, do I just grab the documents folder from Real Racing 3 before I delete the app? Then replace it? What are you doing Feenix?

edit: Yes this works.

porktree fucked around with this message at 22:30 on Feb 28, 2013

# ¿ Feb 28, 2013 21:48

porktree: Mar 23, 2002; You just fucked with the wrong Mexican.

ChocNitty posted:

Is anyone here who's playing Real Racing 3 able to honestly say that they are faster racing with the assists off?

Yes. You can hit the corners faster, use the cars rwd/fwd for more effect in gaining speed out of the corners and use braking to weight shift the car for more manueverability.

After playung for a while my miain complaint is the choppieness and stuttering on my ipad3. I have a half dozen cars and once I got three the timers lost their annoyingness because I could just switch cars and keep racing. It does feel lije they're pretty chintzy with $R.

# ¿ Mar 2, 2013 15:53

porktree: Mar 23, 2002; You just fucked with the wrong Mexican.

Been playing Jones on Fire, and have a couple of questions, first where do I buy the hats?

The first play through of this game was meh, interesting, then I noticed I'd been playing for an hour, I'm hooked, got my cat doubler on and living large. I do notice that while it's butter smooth on my iphone 5, there's some kind of framerate thing going on with my iPad 3, it works, but it's hard on my eyes. Also, :argh:

I've blown about 20 GK accidentally continuing instead of not continuing.

Good work on this game, I've got everyone here at work hooked.

# ¿ Mar 8, 2013 22:03

porktree: Mar 23, 2002; You just fucked with the wrong Mexican.

StarkRavingMad posted:

Sword of Farogoal - as Kaizoku mentioned above, it's pretty good although maybe a little simplistic.

Fargoal has been around since 1982 - Jeff McCord the original programmer is also the same person that ported it to iOS (and a nice guy). Its worth the spend if your're a fan of the genre.

# ¿ Mar 14, 2013 04:11

porktree: Mar 23, 2002; You just fucked with the wrong Mexican.

Meanwhile, what about Ridiculous Fishing and those damned hats. Or, do you need to fish wearing certain hats to find rare fish? I've only got 6 left to find, and even fishing at midnight didn't get me anything new.

# ¿ Mar 18, 2013 21:47

porktree: Mar 23, 2002; You just fucked with the wrong Mexican.

Feenix posted:

It goes without saying, as you acquire Nimble Quest, you should be joining #SOMETHINGAWFUL for world domination.

Real gamers are playing as #Baconeers.

# ¿ Mar 19, 2013 19:54

porktree: Mar 23, 2002; You just fucked with the wrong Mexican.

Dick Trauma posted:

Is it just me or does it not respect the Mute slider? I'm trying out the free version.

It's not just you - this game respects nothing.

# ¿ Mar 28, 2013 23:10

porktree: Mar 23, 2002; You just fucked with the wrong Mexican.

goferchan posted:

it's designed in a way to compel people to spend money on IAP, grinding your way to maxed-out-everything isn't meant to be an attractive prospect

I dont think we're playing the same game. I dont feel compeled to buy IAP at all - really none ofthe NB games make me feel like that.

# ¿ Mar 30, 2013 04:43

porktree: Mar 23, 2002; You just fucked with the wrong Mexican.

Sad lions posted:

Personally I'm more leery about the dismissal of criticism based on their opinion trumping their detractors just because they're ios devs. Sure, they have control of the product but it doesn't innately make them right. Well that and we have a mod who is an ios dev promoting their own games in the thread. Largely professional about it but I do question the possible conflict of interest.

A conflict of interest! This is serious. Maybe we need to open an official Video Games Ethics Committee investigation. Very serious, I'm glad you pointed it out.

# ¿ Apr 1, 2013 01:22

porktree: Mar 23, 2002; You just fucked with the wrong Mexican.

Is this all there is.

# ¿ Apr 1, 2013 16:57

porktree: Mar 23, 2002; You just fucked with the wrong Mexican.

Bummey posted:

Good god, man, how many stamps and potions did you buy?

None - just clean living and careful breeding, it's a philosophy.

# ¿ Apr 1, 2013 20:00

porktree: Mar 23, 2002; You just fucked with the wrong Mexican.

TACD posted:

Puzzlejuice, SpellTower, QatQi, Crosswords Light. Get Letterpress, king of word games. If you happen to have an iPhone or don't mind playing in 2x mode then Lumicon is pretty good too (though it has severe time limits).

And don't forget Textropolis and it's smellier sister Fishtopolis both old but fun.

# ¿ Apr 9, 2013 14:24

porktree: Mar 23, 2002; You just fucked with the wrong Mexican.

iron_weasel posted:

.... a bit like Fantastic Contraption meets Gratuitous Space Battles.

Sold! Downloading now.

# ¿ Apr 9, 2013 21:25

porktree: Mar 23, 2002; You just fucked with the wrong Mexican.

iron_weasel posted:

I know why they do it. But I have been making games longer than their was an iOS App Store so I feel resentful about being treated untrustworthy.

I trust you!

Also - if it comes up, being rotation aware is always a good thing. I'm not even talking horizontal vs vertical, I just want to be able to play with the volume buttons on the top.

And since I'm whining - after the first few levels I wish it'd stop building my vehicle for me, I replace and move the struts and wheels - stop making me work so hard!

Sometimes I think I should be able to group move things - but I don't see how that'd work with the interface.

Sooo, $2 well spent - I hope this does well, it's a lot of fun.

# ¿ Apr 10, 2013 22:25

porktree: Mar 23, 2002; You just fucked with the wrong Mexican.

iron_weasel posted:

You can move or rotate all the things that are linked together. Use the two buttons in the lower middle of the dingus.

also...
Rigonauts HD Technical Notel
If you are within site of this forum please be away for two tech issues:
1. This game was not made or tested with iPad 1 but a recent change in Apple land meant that iPad 1 users can buy the game. Please avoid.
2. The game is a bit resource intensive. If you find it kicking you out try rebooting the device and running without other apps in the background.

Thanks - I did not figure that out about linked things.

I'm on an ipad 3, latest iOS - I beat the Baron (1-11) and started 12 after one 'run' on 12 the game crashed, I restarted the game and was back to 1-11; as soon as I try and start that the game crashes. I've rebooted my ipad twice.

Edit: If I go to a different level it plays fine - it crashes only and every time I try 1-11.

porktree fucked around with this message at 02:34 on Apr 11, 2013

# ¿ Apr 11, 2013 02:31

porktree: Mar 23, 2002; You just fucked with the wrong Mexican.

iron_weasel posted:

We are getting an update out that lowers the memory footprint further and gives more information on what is going on (it also makes the game look better). Still, it is odd that your having this problem on iPad 3. Hopefully, the Ghost of Steven P. Jobs will personally escort this update through the halls of Apple.

iPad 3 = worst iPad for games. I've 3 starred everything I can play, I'm looking forward to the update.

# ¿ Apr 11, 2013 21:36

porktree: Mar 23, 2002; You just fucked with the wrong Mexican.

Crabtalk. Sometimes my pincer is no longer controlable, and only has one "grab" circle. Is this by design? How do I kill the damned ships in a bubble? Also I hate these controls, I've trimmed my fingernails to the quick and stillllllll.

# ¿ Apr 26, 2013 03:47

porktree: Mar 23, 2002; You just fucked with the wrong Mexican.

eeenmachine posted:

How is Happy Street any different than say... Animal Crossing?

Edit: Can you lose at Animal Crossing?

I double crossed Tom Nook on the price of some remodeling and he sent around some goons and had me iced. K.K. Slider wrote a song about it - but I think he's the one that ratted me out.

# ¿ Apr 27, 2013 02:08

porktree: Mar 23, 2002; You just fucked with the wrong Mexican.

Ok, let's take a break for a minute and reflect on Crabitron. Specifically how in the hell do I eat an Escape Pod, they are so flimsy my mighty pincers crush them immediately.

Also, Stunt Biker 2 is out and still fun.

# ¿ May 1, 2013 22:10

porktree: Mar 23, 2002; You just fucked with the wrong Mexican.

Crabitron has updated, and if you bought both the coin doubler and the coin tripler you get hypercoins. Not enough of you are playing this if I've got the highest score amongst my Gamecenter friends.

# ¿ May 2, 2013 14:35

porktree: Mar 23, 2002; You just fucked with the wrong Mexican.

Space Agency :argh:

Why is your engine button so small, and easy to slide off track with when I touch it.

# ¿ May 8, 2013 16:40

porktree: Mar 23, 2002; You just fucked with the wrong Mexican.

Ace Patrol question - I quickly bought the All Nations Superpack - contrary to it's name did this not include the British? Or is there some iAP fuckery still going on.

# ¿ May 10, 2013 14:21

porktree: Mar 23, 2002; You just fucked with the wrong Mexican.

DIEGETIC SPACEMAN posted:

Can anyone recommend a game like The Incredible Machine for the iPad? I know there was an actual TIM port, but since it's apparently been pulled from the app store I'm on the hunt for something similar to it.

Their was a game called Caseys Contaptions - I think its morphed into something else. Also check out Rigonauts; you build things and send thm off to fight.

# ¿ May 14, 2013 02:41

porktree: Mar 23, 2002; You just fucked with the wrong Mexican.

xzzy posted:

Except KSP won't create engineers. It'll create people who are interested in pursuing engineering degrees/careers.

Thanks for clearing that up. Figuratively.

# ¿ May 20, 2013 23:22

porktree: Mar 23, 2002; You just fucked with the wrong Mexican.

Parkingtigers posted:

You give the worst sex advice.

I found that out the hardway.

The issue I have with Space Agency is the time it takes to build and launch, I quit after trying to dock two supply modules because after two attempts I was tired of spending 5 minutes just to experiment with orbital thrust. Boooorrring and frustrating. Coupling that with some accidental screen touches and pffft done. Not my cup of tea anyway. And it never did make me an engineer.

# ¿ May 22, 2013 16:33

porktree: Mar 23, 2002; You just fucked with the wrong Mexican.

Voodoo posted:

I can't seem to finish the "jump 3 cars" mission though. I know you need to land on top of the cars to get credit, but I just never seem to see enough 'ramp->car' combos to make it happen. edit: of course as soon as I post about it I get it on my next run.

I swear I've done this 20 times but don't get credit - I did it my first try on my iPad, but I've been stuck on my iPhone forever.

Also - spend $2 and get the fancy bike and no-ads - well worth it.

# ¿ May 28, 2013 18:57

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# ¿ Apr 26, 2024 11:51

porktree: Mar 23, 2002; You just fucked with the wrong Mexican.

Grimmeh posted:

Are you sure you're landing on and crushing the cars? I kept on jumping OVER the cars and not getting credits until it sunk in that I had to go slow and crush the car.

You could be right - and do busses and vans count our just cars. I wish there was a progress indicator when you pause. I will be sure and crush cars from here on out.

edit: Yes busses count - yes you have to smash them. THANKS!

porktree fucked around with this message at 21:22 on May 28, 2013

# ¿ May 28, 2013 21:13

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