I spotted Gears on the App Store before and thought it looked good. I’ll grab it now, since I’m always for these highly playable polished games that only cost a buck. Apparently this is only a launch price and it will be $3 at some point in the future.
That just gives me an error saying this product is not available on the German iTunes store. Very weird, both free versions and the HD version of the full product are available here.
rei
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Try contacting the dev: http://www.alleylabs.com
Oh, I didn’t notice they were based in Vietnam. While it’s a clone of Super Stardust, I’m glad it’s not one of the many Asian (and non-Asian) ripoff apps that clutter the AppStore.
Okay, I sent them an e-mail. Hopefully they can sort this out with Apple.
Hey, that was quick! A reply just came in – there was a buggy copy protection that made Meteor Blitz think it had been hacked, so they took the affected versions off the store until the bug is fixed. They have already submitted the fix to Apple, so hopefully it should show up in a few days at most.
Tyjenks
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Highborn dropped to the right price for me. Free. Thank you Appshopper.
Can anyone recommend any decent games for my 3 year old son? Something kind of age appropriate?
Currently he’s capable of playing Angry Birds where he can clear a bunch of levels. He plays Axe in Face and he can clear only the first few levels. After that having to use the fire and the shield guys is problematic, he doesn’t understand how to approach it right. He also plays 100 Rogues, but he really only wanders around the dungeons beating stuff up. He has no concept of inventory or anything.
He’s been asking me to play the more adult games like Dead Space and Dungeon Raid, but those are right out. For content and complexity, respectively.
Any parents (or non-parents that know) that can recommend stuff that’s similar in skill level and excitement to early Birds/Axe, but doesn’t need a lot of logic early on? It can get harder as the game progresses, since he’ll grow into the games.
He doesn’t seem interested in the baby stuff we had for when he was younger like sounds and pictures. He really wants to play what daddy plays, bless his gamer soul.
peterb
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Tiny Wings, Tilt to Live, and Monkey Preschool Lunchbox.
Clay
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Canabalt is pretty simple for a 3-yr old.
I have Tiny Wings, he hasn’t shown much interest in it. Probably deserves another try. Tilt to Live is on there as well, and he’s glossed over it. He’s more into Dark Nebula, but wants me to control it for him. I don’t think he gets motion control yet. Been trying to teach him though.
Monkey Preschool Lunchbox? I’ll look it up and see what it’s about.
Cool, I’ll see what it’s about!
Clay
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How about Fruit Ninja? That’s simple, too.
Tiny Wings has simple controls, but is deceptively challenging to play. I would imagine that a 3-year old would get frustrated by it pretty quickly.
Dungeon Raid requires both reading and math, so it’s probably out. How about Bejewelled, though?
Drop 7 requires just simple counting (up to seven!).
Super Blast (1 and 2) are simple but fun, basically tilt left and right. Tapping is also involved (smart bomb) but not really essential if you’re playing for fun.
My kids’ favorite iPhone “game” is Pocket God. It’s not really a game. It’s closer to a mechanism to torture your little cavemen but they find it hysterical.
My kids prefer Veggie Samurai because you can slice the stuff multiple times (maybe Fruit Ninja allows for that now, as I haven’t checked it in a while).
Other games my now-four-year-old likes: Igloo Arcade, Peggle, Soosiz, Flight Control, Splode, TimeGeeks, Disc Drivin’, Connect 4, Fayjuball, and the aforementioned Pocket God.
Hot Springs Story is now $1.99. Yay.
