I love puzzle games, will have to check that out.
If you want something different, check out Blackbox. It’s a bunch of little challenges that use all your phone’s functionality EXCEPT doing anything on the touchscreen. It uses GPS, external APIs, and lots of other metrics and features. I don’t want to spoil anymore than that because figuring out what they’re looking for is pretty much all the fun.
They wouldn’t admit it, but it looks like they were waiting for the Hearthstone expansion to cede the floor. Pathfinder Adventures is now available.
I have a daily alarm on my phone to check for this. Thanks!
Never really got into the card game. Maybe I’ll find it more accessible in digital form, a la Elder Sign: Omens.
I have searched and searched for a fun game where you can collect things (whether it’s loot, cards in a CCG, heroes, whatever) that isn’t distinctly pay to win and that has some strategy to it. I really enjoyed Clash Royale when I first downloaded, but now that I hit that threshold of the distance my deck allows me to go, it’s an exercise in frustration. Chests will give you 60 of a common card you already have 100 of, but never the 1 epic or even rare that you need that everyone at your level is using.
Kingdom Hearts UX is pretty good, but there’s zero strategy involved. Just tap tap tap.
Connect-3 games like Puzzle & Dragons are ok, but become boring quickly.
Anyone have suggestions? Paid or not, I don’t care. Will we ever see a game that isn’t ruined by greed?
How is Knights of the Old Republic on iOS? Looks like it’s on sale (along with other Star Wars stuff) for May 4th, only $2.99. I’m way more likely to gamble on 3 dollars than 10.
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It’s a fantastic little game that I recently wrote about.
It distills 4X down to its core components, and I think the score-chasing mechanic is perfect. Cannot recommend this enough.
You can check out shop heroes. It is a crafting/collecting game that I’m really into right now with very light strategy.
I think that has been on the PC for a bit. I tried it there. A lot like Sword and Potions from EdgeBee on Kongregate. It did not click with me in the same way, however, and I quickly set it aside.
Did you know Titan Quest was coming out soon for iOS? I didn’t!
May 19th… mind blown!
Super Tribes just got a new game mode - seems to be unlimited turns until only one civ survives.
Pretty much the only game that’s clicked with me on the Ipad all year. Good stuff.
SuperTribes does a great job at showing what a waste of time most 4x games really are (IMO).
Also, nice to see you from Ancient Warfare Magazine podcast!
[edit] by this i mean, SuperTribes gets to the meat of the game quickly and doesn’t bog down with repetitive tasks that take up most of your time but don’t add to the game. I can’t tell you how many times i’ve played Civ V for hours only to think later “what did i actually just spend my time doing?”.
Wonder if it’s iPad only. Sure hope not.
Here’s hoping that they add a map size adjuster as well.
The Pathfinder Adventures update is now available in both stores.
Tsuro is on sale for $0.99 for the first time ever, down from $4.99. Previous low was $3.99.
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Damn, I thought the Penny Arcade card game just got updated with the expansion for a moment there.
