iPhone/iPod Touch Games Thread

Equis · 2009-12-13T20:04:56.000Z

A quick recommendation here for Wolfenstein RPG. Turn based shooter RPG, it’s pretty fun if you’re into old school wolfenstein and old school RPGs.

newbrof · 2009-12-14T01:28:43.000Z

since nobody posted it here (couldn’t find it with the thread tools).

But Orbital is totally, totally amazing. It is a mix between billiard and Snood…

It was mentioned here
http://www.edge-online.com/features/the-friday-game-gimme-friction-baby

and I can’t stop playing it. The chemistry of the game is perfect. My highscore is 55, which is not bad. The best score is 199 (Open feint)

you can play it here online http://gimmefrictionbaby.com/

But I think the Iphone version with gravity turned on is better…

cheers,
George
anyone playing here? Because of Orbital I could not continue my Defender Chronicles game :-(

sam_and_the_firefly · 2009-12-14T05:08:20.000Z

I have that game but find it almost impossible to keep going for more than about ten seconds. What controls the size of the balls you shoot?

newbrof · 2009-12-14T05:35:40.000Z

the size of the balls is increasing until it hits a wall or another ball. Sometimes it is good to have a huge ball, then you can shoot a second ball and it will bounce on and off due to the gravity force of the first ball.

I still don’t have a perfect strategy, because the playing field is ever changing. But trying to create a “cave” or “tunnel” out of 3-5 balls and then trying to shoot for the tunnel was a good way…

it is a nice mix of strategy and shooting skills (like billiard I guess ). Just love it.

when I started I only could score 3-5 points. Now I usually get 10-20 points average… the iphone version is on facebook without leaderboards.

Hans_Lauring · 2009-12-14T05:52:02.000Z

Nice.
The iPhone version with gravity is both easier (but hard) and better looking.

krayzkrok · 2009-12-14T06:51:14.000Z

Adree:

I bought Red Conquest, haven’t really gotten the hang of it yet but it’s pretty and seems like it has a ton of depth built around basic rts concepts. Might be the first “rts” done right on the iPhone.

So now that you’ve had more time to play it, any good?

Cubit · 2009-12-14T06:52:17.000Z

Here are Toucharcade’s thoughts on Red Conquest.

TouchArcade – 14 Dec 09

'Red Conquest' - A Complete but Complex RTS

When John Kooistra, the developer of Blue Defense and Blue Attack, announced his upcoming real time strategy game, Red Conquest [App Store], fans went crazy. Kooistra has developed quite a following over time, and expectations were high for this...

nlanza · 2009-12-14T07:28:43.000Z

Hanzii:

Nice.
The iPhone version with gravity is both easier (but hard) and better looking.

I really wish it had the OpenFeint leaderboards, though. I can get to the low 40s on a lucky game, but I’m never going to be good enough at it to make the global high scores even remotely useful.

Editer · 2009-12-14T14:56:26.000Z

All of the Konami iPhone titles are on sale for 99 cents through 1/4. Any of them any good?

Adree · 2009-12-14T20:57:00.000Z

Cubit:

Here are Toucharcade’s thoughts on Red Conquest.

http://toucharcade.com/2009/12/14/red-conquest-a-complete-but-complex-rts/

While I haven’t had too much more time to play this, I can pretty much agree with everything said here… there is a steep learning curve but I think once I get the hang of it this will be the best rts on the iPhone.

sam_and_the_firefly · 2009-12-14T23:18:58.000Z

Editer:

All of the Konami iPhone titles are on sale for 99 cents through 1/4. Any of them any good?

I like most of them!

Chris_Nahr · 2009-12-15T01:28:08.000Z

Just finished Nick Chase: A Detective Story. I like the idea of adventure games but I’m bored or frustrated by most actual specimen, due to running around endlessly in search of cat hair mustaches or the like. Fortunately Nick Chase is not one of those. Some puzzles are of the simple find-X-items variety but at least they make sense in the story context, and there are many clever ones as well. There’s a very player-friendly hint system for when you get stuck (which I had to use near the end of the game), and the story is a comfortably clichéd and well-presented noir crime mystery. Recommended for any adventure game fans.

fiveolddogs · 2009-12-15T23:08:00.000Z

7 Cities (TD game) is free for a day. This one has excellent ratings.

Adree · 2009-12-15T23:10:35.000Z

fiveolddogs:

7 Cities (TD game) is free for a day. This one has excellent ratings.

Very good tower defense mechanically, insanely boring to play.

fiveolddogs · 2009-12-15T23:11:22.000Z

Squareball won IGN’s Game of the Year awardfor 2009. Opinions?

Adree · 2009-12-15T23:19:31.000Z

fiveolddogs:

Squareball won IGN’s Game of the Year awardfor 2009. Opinions?

IGN sucks.

Chris_Nahr · 2009-12-16T01:00:10.000Z

fiveolddogs:

7 Cities (TD game) is free for a day. This one has excellent ratings.

Awesome, and just as I’m done with Defender Chronicles!

Hugin · 2009-12-16T17:08:58.000Z

There’s been an update for Rogue Planet. Several tweaks and bugfixes, but the most notable thing is the Self Destruct command requires a confirmation now.

Chris_Nahr · 2009-12-17T01:01:59.000Z

Adree is right… 7 Cities really is boring. Just surround the one predefined lane with a mix of towers, then watch the slooow ships crawl by and getting blown up. Pretty game, but also pretty dull.

Also, I’m not getting Blue Attack. Seems like a twin-stick shooter that’s missing the second stick, and has the view zoomed in way too close. Is this game just a shooter for people who absolutely want tilt controls? I don’t like tilt controls, and the touch controls seem worthless compared to any number of twin-stick shooters on the platform.

Chris_Nahr · 2009-12-17T04:45:10.000Z

Just noticed that Sentinel: Mars Defense, a tower defense game that’s the prequel to Sentinel 2: Earth Defense, is now free.