Kurdel
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Galaxy on fire 2 is releasing tonight at 11 pm EST on the app store. Trailer looks awesome, but I hope it will control as good as Star Battalion. Plus the price will be 6.99$, and then will go up to 10$. Scary precedent for iPhone gaming, but if the game is worth it, then it’s cool.
Initial impressions from the Touch Arcade forums are very positive.
I’ll buy it and tell you how it is come 11!
Editer
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Yeah, I’m not sure what the approval process is, but there’s definitely some non-human-checked (or severely apathetic) approval going on.
I saw a free app that said it had all three Stieg Larssen books in it. I thought the description must be wrong, so I grabbed it, and sure enough, it did. It also advertised a number of other programs from the author, but they were all in an Asian font, so I have no idea what they were.
It probably also phoned home with all my personal info…
Going to give Katamari a whirl…
— Alan
Plants vs Zombies on sale for $0.99 US (0.79 EUR).
HD version is also reduced to $4.99 US (3.99 EUR).
No reason given but probably an early Halloween special.
Been waiting on a price break for the HD version. Thanks for posting about it.
Bought “Deep Deep Dungeon” yesterday.
Basically just an extremely lite dungeon crawl type experience. There are 6 types of weapons that can be upgraded to different powers. Each weapon can either perform a normal hit or critical hit (apart from the lance which is only critical). There is a scrolling sword that scrolls horizontally accross a bar and depending on when you time your touch on the screen, this determines whether you miss, have a normal hit or a critical.
The mechanics are extremely simplistic but it is fairly addictive going through the levels. I have spent about two hours on it but I am now beginning to get bored. For $1.99 currently it is just about worth it but don’t expect anything deeper than a reflex game with a dungeon crawler wrapper.
Chappers.
Jag
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Anyone know if you can transfer your save game? Playing the regular on the iPad, but i’d like to upgrade to HD.
Adree
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Galaxy On Fire 2 is gorgeous even on my ipod touch 2nd gen. Seems to control better than the last one (even defaults to touch controls) and be more open ended. I’m only about 15 minutes in but I’m digging it.
Nope. I wish games would find a way to manage saving your progress better. I hate that you can’t even take a game off your phone without a way to back up your progress, much less move things around the way you’re talking about. It’s probably my second biggest gripe with iOS in general, behind the terrible image handling.
Halfbrick’s latest game is out, Age of Zombies. It’s a twin-stick shooter with a relatively hefty $3 price tag, perhaps because it’s also a PSP Mini game and they don’t want to let the price delta get too big. Anyway, I got it based on the strength on their previous games. So far it’s pretty good – great controls and lots of zombies to shoot! They shouldn’t have tried to write dialog for Barry Steakfries, though, that part is painful.
Yeah, the ironic self-aware action hero schtick is pretty worn out. I don’t know if I’m really enjoying Age of Zombies that much. I keep comparing it to the Boxhead flash games, which I find far superior.
flyinj
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Galaxy On Fire 2 is the best Elite clone on the system, hands down. Great visuals, great controls, tons of loot and ships, huge universe to explore, decent writing, open ended.
Can’t recommend it enough. The first game was awful, IMO. Only reason I picked this up was the reaction on the Touch Arcade forums.
Thought I’d give you guys a heads up.
I just bought Street Fighter IV. Given my luck with Civ Rev and Madden, you can expect SFIV to go on sale or even be free some time within the next week.
Echoing the love of Galaxy on Fire 2. If you’re a fan of Elite/Freelancer/X3/Escape Velocity you need to get this.
What’s the scary precedent?
Edit: And if I want GoF2 for iPad but the iPad version isn’t out yet but the iPhone version will be universal, does that mean I can go ahead and pick up the iPhone version for cheap now and then have it on the iPad later? That makes sense to me, but I want to make sure I don’t get boned.
slantz
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You almost certainly correct. FWIW, I bought it under the same impression, and these guys are using the same wording as other folks who have done that in the past.
The first Unreal Engine 3 game for the iPhone has been announced: a medieval action-RPG called Infinity Blade. Gameplay seems rather simple but those screenshots sure look gorgeous!
Reckless Racing is $0.99 well spent if you like Skidmarks and their ilk.
Monster Trucks Nitro is free today - tilt-control Trials-lite with trucks, basically.
Phoenix is $0.99 well spent if you like randomized bullet hell shooters set to a chilled ambient track
Finished the Age of Zombies campaign, in about one hour total according to game statistics. The game doesn’t look like much and I’d put the fair price at the usual $1 rather than $3 but I like it more than I first thought. Love the art style and music, great controls and weapon selection – now all I want is and endless mode that cycles through all maps and/or adds some bosses.
Also tried the Alive 4 Ever Reloaded demo since that’s also about shooting zombies, but if Age of Zombies is almost exactly what I want from an iPhone action game, A4E is pretty much the opposite – dark, depressing, somewhat clunky and way too complicated. Not for me.
