iPad Games Thread

ioticus · 2012-04-08T17:04:29.000Z

Dave Weinstein:

So, on Nightfall, I’ve seen the AI attack itself (in cases where it clearly did not have to). And not, “attack another AI player” but “damage target player” or “damage target player’s minions” pointed at itself in a two player game.

Has anyone else seen that?

I have seen that and I’m not sure if it’s a bug. A valid strategy is to attack yourself if you are ahead so as to make the game end faster. Also, you have to choose a valid target for every card played, so if you don’t have a minion out when the card attacks a minion, the AI would be forced to attack itself. I didn’t notice if that was the case in the few games where it occurred.

Dave_Weinstein · 2012-04-08T17:05:28.000Z

ioticus:

I have seen that and I’m not sure if it’s a bug. A valid strategy is to attack yourself if you are ahead so as to make the game end faster. I didn’t notice if that was the case in the few games where it occurred.

Except that in a two player game, attacking me would also make the game end faster… I don’t think I had any damage absorbing minions in play.

ioticus · 2012-04-08T17:11:30.000Z

Dave Weinstein:

Except that in a two player game, attacking me would also make the game end faster… I don’t think I had any damage absorbing minions in play.

I think it’s an AI bug then. The problem is even on the slowest game speed, things often happen too fast for me to tell what’s going on.

Enidigm · 2012-04-08T17:23:31.000Z

I got Real Racing 2 HD, and it’s funny that it could hold it’s own vs. GT5 in many ways. For 3$. On a tablet. At a higher (?) resolution than GT5. The boggles, they do nothing?

Clay · 2012-04-08T17:58:17.000Z

That list is awesome! Reminds me to play Battle for Wesnoth again, too.

Jason_McCullough · 2012-04-08T18:12:43.000Z

Dejin:

Thanks for making the list Jason. I’d add on:

Elder Sign: Omens
Neuroshima Hex
Timeline

Neuroshima Hex is a strategy game. Timeline is a trivia game, I guess I’d list it as miscellaneous. Elder Signs is a boardgame port, I suppose it could go under Strategy.

[Edit] Oops, looks like Neuroshima is already on there.

That’s because I added it! I didn’t add the other two because I was all ehhh.

Cross taking this as a baseline and adding all the other stuff I don’t care about would probably make a good edit on the first post.

divedivedive · 2012-04-08T18:16:38.000Z

Jason, would you consider splitting board games out from the strategy group? Those seem distinct enough in gameplay to need their own categories.

rhinohelix · 2012-04-08T18:48:30.000Z

IIRC, I Dig It was stolen wholesale from a Flash game.

Did I miss Catan on that list somewhere?

tomchick · 2012-04-08T18:54:10.000Z

What the…? You guys have been hiding iPhone game conversations in your elitist little iPad thread? Jerks!

-Tom

malkav11 · 2012-04-08T19:50:16.000Z

Awesome. Just in time for my iPad 2 to arrive on Monday!

Tony_M · 2012-04-08T21:05:53.000Z

Tom Chick:

What the…? You guys have been hiding iPhone game conversations in your elitist little iPad thread? Jerks!

-Tom

I’m surprised you can even read this thread on that tiny tiny screen.

tomchick · 2012-04-08T21:18:32.000Z

Why you gotta be such an iist? iism is an ugly thing.

-Tom

Sten_Friberg · 2012-04-09T00:27:53.000Z

Awesome, Jason, thanks!

Clay · 2012-04-09T05:47:35.000Z

Other games I’ve enjoyed that aren’t on the list:
Aquaria
Osmos HD
Groove Coaster
Waking Mars

Jason_McCullough · 2012-04-09T05:58:57.000Z

Changes! Can you tell I’m copy-pasting this list back and forth from OneNote?

• Roguelikes
• Added Powder
• Moved Rimelands: Hammer Of Thor from strategy

• Added Puzzle
• Moved Megacity from strategy

• Added Board Game
• Moved Caylus from strategy
• Moved Neuroshima Hex from strategy
• Moved Puerto Rico from strategy
• Moved Reiner Knizia’s Samurai from strategy
• Moved Small World from strategy
• Moved Reiner Knizia’s Through The Desert from strategy
• Moved Ticket To Ride from strategy
• Moved Reiner Knizia’s Tigris & Euphrates from strategy

• Added Strategy RPG
• Moved Battle For Wesnoth from strategy
• Moved Battle Frontier from strategy
• Moved Battleheart from strategy
• Moved Final Fantasy Tactics from strategy
• Moved RAVENMARK: Scourge of Estellion from strategy
• Moved The War of Eustrath from strategy

dannimal · 2012-04-09T06:20:47.000Z

So, Ascension isn’t on the list? Assuming that falls into the category of games you don’t care about (which is fine).

Dave_Perkins · 2012-04-09T06:22:13.000Z

Ascension not being on the list not only makes the list worthless, but also implicates Jason M. as a traitor to Qt3.

Nixxter · 2012-04-09T06:57:17.000Z

It is a stunning oversight, and I for one cannot condone the list, or its value, until the oversight is corrected. Excuse me, I have to inject some more Ascension …

Dave_Perkins · 2012-04-09T07:16:06.000Z

Or as we call it on the street, “A”, or “Ash”.

Mike_Cathcart · 2012-04-09T07:18:00.000Z

Maybe Jason is protesting the crappy low res sprites on the iPad version.