iPhone/iPod Touch Games Thread

[habibi]

I read a lot of good stuff about a DS game called Shiren The Wanderer… is there a similar game on iOS? I wish they would port that game to iOS.

[habibi]

Also for anyone that was waiting for any new information about Final Fantasy Tactics it looks like the Facebook page was updated yesterday with information about the game. They are shooting for a late June or early July release and the most interesting bit is that they are going to release an iPad native version which redone graphics just for the iPad. This is the one game I really can’t wait to play on my iOS device.

http://toucharcade.com/2011/05/17/final-fantasy-tactics-gets-an-official-release-date/

I’m glad I checked out the page. They are releasing an iPhone version FIRST, then the enhanced iPad version will come out.

I don’t have an iPad so here’s looking forward to the iPhone one! w00t!

[Albert_Woo]

Infinity Blade ($2.99) and Chaos Ring ($3.99) are both on sale today. I ended up getting both.

[Misguided]

I read a lot of good stuff about a DS game called Shiren The Wanderer… is there a similar game on iOS? I wish they would port that game to iOS.

I loved Shiren on DS. I’ve tried a few on iOS, but I’m picky about rogue-likes and none of them have grabbed me so far. You might have a look at 100 Rogues or Sword of Fargoal.

[PeterGinsberg]

The problem with games like this is lack of information. There’s no demo, and the reviews I’ve been able to find on the game just don’t tell me enough for me to guess if I’ll like it. If I plunked down $3 for every game that looked the least bit interesting for the iPod, I’d be broke in short order.

I’m guessing that if you bought every game that came recommended by hardcore gamer communities it’d take you 6 months to spend as much money as the cost of a single console game.

Not that a demo video wouldn’t be a nice thing.

[Dreamshadow]

I loved Shiren on DS. I’ve tried a few on iOS, but I’m picky about rogue-likes and none of them have grabbed me so far. You might have a look at 100 Rogues or Sword of Fargoal.

The gentleman who coded Rogue Touch (I believe) is working on a title similar to Shiren called Spirit hunter Mineko.

[liquidben]

I loved Shiren on DS. I’ve tried a few on iOS, but I’m picky about rogue-likes and none of them have grabbed me so far. You might have a look at 100 Rogues or Sword of Fargoal.

I concur with the above statement, with the exception that I haven’t tried Sword of Fargoal due to the time limit factor. Is that real-time or in-game time?

[Misguided]

The gentleman who coded Rogue Touch (I believe) is working on a title similar to Shiren called Spirit hunter Mineko.

Thank you! I was trying to remember the name of that one because it looked promising. I haven’t seen any updates in a while, but I just checked the website and it looks like he’s still hard at work on it. Mineko does indeed look great.

[Stepsongrapes]

Bargain thread, Iphone/Ipad, not sure where this would go.

Infinity Blade and Chaos Rings are both on sale right now.

[krayzkrok]

I concur with the above statement, with the exception that I haven’t tried Sword of Fargoal due to the time limit factor. Is that real-time or in-game time?

SoF is real time, but monsters move under a timed delay (eg. every 5 seconds). As you go deeper, the delay between moves for monsters decreases, and it can get quite frantic on the lower levels. SoF is my favourite rogue-like on the iPhone, but it’s an update of the old C64 game rather than specifically trying to be an all-round rogue-like. It has atmosphere in spades, it’s easily the most polished of the rogue-likes, but it doesn’t have the complexity some are looking for.

[Tyjenks]

Orions, a Cool looking CCG that was around before the iPhone is on sale for $.99.

Also, an adaptation of Battle for Wesnoth from the PC to the iPhone is down $4.00 to $.99. Totally worth it for turnbased strategy goodness.

[Dreamshadow]

Orions, a Cool looking CCG that was around before the iPhone is on sale for $.99.

Also, an adaptation of Battle for Wesnoth from the PC to the iPhone is down $4.00 to $.99. Totally worth it for turnbased strategy goodness.

and I just bought the full priced Ipad version of Wesnoth not two days ago. Oh well.

[theblackw0lf]

Not sure how I missed this one before but I have been having a great time with DeckMake Fantasy. It is a card based RPG out of Japan and it is awesome. If you like sword and poker then you really should check this out. The engrish is a little bad in places but for the most part it really isn’t an issue. Really I am not sure why we don’t have more games like this on the app store because it is perfect for the platform. The battles are short and you can pick it up for quick bursts or long play sessions. For $2.99 it was money well spent for me.

http://toucharcade.com/link/http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/deckmake-fantasy/id419295241?mt=8

I’m utterly addicted to this game and have been playing it for the last five hours. It’s deceptively complex.

[Vesper]

There’s a cool new puzzle game out today called The Heist. It’s 60 puzzles where you are trying to crack open a safe. The puzzle types are “Traffic” sliding block puzzles, Sliding tile puzzles, Sudoku-like puzzles in a 5x5 grid, and Chips challenge block-moving puzzles. It’s really slickly put together, and when you finish the game you get a free Steam game (rollover for spoiler). $.99

[Clay]

Also, an adaptation of Battle for Wesnoth from the PC to the iPhone is down $4.00 to $.99. Totally worth it for turnbased strategy goodness.

I second that. There is a LOT of game there.

Has anybody played Neuroshima Hex? My friend and I are looking for another MP game. We currently play Carcassone. Would you recommend Neuroshima?

[Tyjenks]

I second that. There is a LOT of game there.

Has anybody played Neuroshima Hex? My friend and I are looking for another MP game. We currently play Carcassone. Would you recommend Neuroshima?

I have it and have yet to get around to it, but by all accounts here, it is terrific. About 100 pages back folks talk about it.

[Gus_Smedstad1]

Has anybody played Neuroshima Hex?

It’s fairly decent. I got tired of it somewhat quickly because the gameplay is very reactive, without much long term planning. There is a “lite” version available for free, that’ll give you a better idea of how it plays.

[Aristophan]

There’s a cool new puzzle game out today called The Heist. It’s 60 puzzles where you are trying to crack open a safe. The puzzle types are “Traffic” sliding block puzzles, Sliding tile puzzles, Sudoku-like puzzles in a 5x5 grid, and Chips challenge block-moving puzzles. It’s really slickly put together, and when you finish the game you get a free Steam game (rollover for spoiler). $.99

Ohh - just what I was looking for! Thanks!

[triggercut]

I second that. There is a LOT of game there.

Has anybody played Neuroshima Hex? My friend and I are looking for another MP game. We currently play Carcassone. Would you recommend Neuroshima?

On the most recent Jumping the Shark podcast Bill Abner calls Neuroshima his favorite app for the iPad.

I grabbed it today, haven’t played yet.

[Misguided]

There’s a cool new puzzle game out today called The Heist. It’s 60 puzzles where you are trying to crack open a safe. The puzzle types are “Traffic” sliding block puzzles, Sliding tile puzzles, Sudoku-like puzzles in a 5x5 grid, and Chips challenge block-moving puzzles. It’s really slickly put together, and when you finish the game you get a free Steam game (rollover for spoiler). $.99

Ditto. It looks decent at 2x on iPad as well.