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iOS Gaming January 2016 | Should old applications be forgot?

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ParityBit

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So I am looking for some games (maybe some of the books?) where I can play without sound.

I am finding that I play a lot without sound because most of the time lately it is in bed after the wife has fallen asleep, or is trying to sleep. At this point I do not feel like dealing with headphones/cables etc.

Any good suggestions? I played Monument Valley and Lara Croft this way and it was good.
 
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More_Badass

Member
ParityBit said:
So I am looking for some games (maybe some of the books?) where I can play without sound.

I am finding that I play a lot without sound because most of the time lately it is in bed after the wife has fallen asleep, or is trying to sleep. At this point I do not feel like dealing with headphones/cables etc.

Any good suggestions? I played Monument Valley and Lara Croft this way and it was good.
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I usually listen to podcasts while playing so in theory:

Any of the interactive fiction games (80 Days, Sorcery, Heavy Metal Thunder)
Perfect Paths
Card Crawl
Hero Emblems
Blockwick 2
99 Bricks
 
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jon bones

hot hot hanuman-on-man action
podcasts are 100% the thing to listen to while iOS gaming

ParityBit said:
So I am looking for some games (maybe some of the books?) where I can play without sound.

I am finding that I play a lot without sound because most of the time lately it is in bed after the wife has fallen asleep, or is trying to sleep. At this point I do not feel like dealing with headphones/cables etc.

Any good suggestions? I played Monument Valley and Lara Croft this way and it was good.
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Crashlands is the best mobile game in ages, def check it out!
 
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More_Badass

Member
jon bones said:
podcasts are 100% the thing to listen to while iOS gaming
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Depends on the games of course. I wouldnt listen to podcasts while playing Monument Valley or Dark Echo or This War of Mine. But Door Kickers, Crashlands, etc., sure

But honestly I dont listen too often because I tend to miss parts of the podcast due to focusing on the game

Crashlands is the best mobile game in ages, def check it out!
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How soon we forgot The Room 3, Subterfuge, etc. :p
 
PittaGAF

PittaGAF

Member
Kiriku said:
Being a sound designer for mobile games is sometimes not the most rewarding job in the world. lol
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LOL.
If it can be of help, I'm the contrary...I can't play anything without the game sound/music/the whole experience.
On the contrary....often sounds do for me much more than graphics, immersion-wise.
Sound design imho can do or break a game, it's too underrated.

I 'solved' the wife problem with a pair of BT little headphones after having used the normal headphones till I played Device 6 and almost strangled myself.

The light problem still remains tough...expecially on iPad.
 
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ParityBit

Member
More_Badass said:
I usually listen to podcasts while playing so in theory:

Any of the interactive fiction games (80 Days, Sorcery, Heavy Metal Thunder)
Perfect Paths
Card Crawl
Hero Emblems
Blockwick 2
99 Bricks
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jon bones said:
Crashlands is the best mobile game in ages, def check it out!
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Thanks guy! I will look into these.

Kiriku said:
Being a sound designer for mobile games is sometimes not the most rewarding job in the world. lol
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Hah! Nothing personal. Whenever I play not in bed I have the game sound up. It is just in situations like this!
 
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superdeluxe

Member
Hey guys..my kid is pretty into pokemon. I know they don't have an IOS game, but what is the 'best' game where you can basically do the same things as in pokemon. (Fight monsters, get new monsters etc).

I know there are guides out there, but looking for personal opinions.
 
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More_Badass

Member
superdeluxe said:
Hey guys..my kid is pretty into pokemon. I know they don't have an IOS game, but what is the 'best' game where you can basically do the same things as in pokemon. (Fight monsters, get new monsters etc).

I know there are guides out there, but looking for personal opinions.
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Pocket Mortys
Micromon
Siralim
 
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spyder_ur

Member
Does anyone have any suggestions for good tower defense or strategy games on iPhone. Something level based. I'm looking for something to pass some time.

As background I've played and enjoyed all of the following: Royal Envoy 2 (and Campaign for the Crown), Kingdom Rushes, Fieldrunners, Cursed TD2, Carrot Fantasy, Bloons, and my recent favorite, Artificial Defense.

Really wish they would put out Royal Envoy 3 on ios.
 
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More_Badass

Member
spyder_ur said:
Does anyone have any suggestions for good tower defense or strategy games on iPhone. Something level based. I'm looking for something to pass some time.

As background I've played and enjoyed all of the following: Royal Envoy 2 (and Campaign for the Crown), Kingdom Rushes, Fieldrunners, Cursed TD2, Carrot Fantasy, Bloons, and my recent favorite, Artificial Defense.

Really wish they would put out Royal Envoy 3 on ios.
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Sleep Attack is cool. It has a unique mechanic of manipulating the paths themselves
YZQXMWf.jpg
 
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awp69

Member
spyder_ur said:
Does anyone have any suggestions for good tower defense or strategy games on iPhone. Something level based. I'm looking for something to pass some time.

As background I've played and enjoyed all of the following: Royal Envoy 2 (and Campaign for the Crown), Kingdom Rushes, Fieldrunners, Cursed TD2, Carrot Fantasy, Bloons, and my recent favorite, Artificial Defense.

Really wish they would put out Royal Envoy 3 on ios.
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Have you played any of the Anomaly games? They're all excellent. First three are reverse tower defense. The last one, Anomaly Defenders, is straightforward tower defense but is still a great game. The Sentinel series is also good, even if older (for reference, last one Sentinel 4 didn't get quite as good reception, but I think it was mainly for not "evolving" the series much).

And, yes, I'd also recommend Sleep Attack. OTTD is also another good one.

Oh, and Tiny Guardians is a unique take, mixing tower defense and RTS.
 
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awp69

Member
While loving Crashlands, I played Chaos Rings 3 some more (in my rotation) and just finished Episode 1 after over 11 hours of gameplay. Wow, what a great RPG and perfectly made for mobile. I honestly didn't know their were separate episodes (think there are 4) so looking at 40+ hours and I haven't done hardly any of the side quests, except the minimum needed to bridge between the main story quests.

Any self respecting JRPG lover needs to have it in their iOS collection. And I know some say it doesn't work on iOS 9 but I've had no issues on my Mini 2 running 9.2.
 
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awp69

Member
Sorry for the triple post, but since they're different subjects....

Anyone playing Lost in Harmony? Folks over on TA seem impressed and that PG review may push me over the edge (because I need yet another game in my backlog ;) ).
 
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spyder_ur

Member
More_Badass said:
Sleep Attack is cool. It has a unique mechanic of manipulating the paths themselves
YZQXMWf.jpg
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awp69 said:
Have you played any of the Anomaly games? They're all excellent. First three are reverse tower defense. The last one, Anomaly Defenders, is straightforward tower defense but is still a great game. The Sentinel series is also good, even if older (for reference, last one Sentinel 4 didn't get quite as good reception, but I think it was mainly for not "evolving" the series much).

And, yes, I'd also recommend Sleep Attack. OTTD is also another good one.

Oh, and Tiny Guardians is a unique take, mixing tower defense and RTS.
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Thanks for the recs. Definitely will try these, especially Sleep Attack.

I think I played at least one of the Anomaly games. It didn't click with me at the time but maybe I'll give it another shot.
 
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Saucycarpdog

Member
killercow said:
Starting today I'm joining More_Badass as part of Pocket Gamer's team:
http://www.pocketgamer.co.uk/r/Other/Pocket+Gamer/news.asp?c=68811

Pretty excited about that :)
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Congratulations!

Just to join in the discussion on playing iOS games, I usually play mobile games while either watching Netflix in the living room or while in front of my computer watching twitch streamers. I've lately got addicted to watching CSGO streamers while playing Power Hover, it just feels so relaxing.
 
dream

dream

Member
Oh man, Lost in Harmony is the best rhythm game I've played since Ouendan and EBA.

EDIT: Made a terrible OT that is in no way reflective of how great this game is.
 
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awp69

Member
dream said:
Oh man, Lost in Harmony is the best rhythm game I've played since Ouendan and EBA.

EDIT: Made a terrible OT that is in no way reflective of how great this game is.
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Cool. I just bought it too. Downloading as we speak.

Edit: Hoiy crap is this good! Love the story and mix of gameplay. Music is phenomenal. Buy this!!!

And we need like 11,000 buyers to unlock another story mode...sadly only at like 385 so some self interest there ;).

Crashlands and this are likely to be on my end of year Top 10. It's that good!
 
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pronk420

Member
The witness on iOS isnt coming tomorrow right? I'd prefer to play it on iOS but I don't think I can wait if it's too long after ps4
 
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awp69

Member
So I see Saturday Morning RPG is getting a physical release on Vita. Does anyone know what the current status of the iOS version is? If they're still working on it?

I remember liking the game when it first came out but then never knew if the other chapters would come.

Looks like it only has four chapters on iOS but I thought the full game has five. So did they just abandon the iOS version?
 
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Kiriku

SWEDISH PERFECTION
PittaGAF said:
LOL.
If it can be of help, I'm the contrary...I can't play anything without the game sound/music/the whole experience.
On the contrary....often sounds do for me much more than graphics, immersion-wise.
Sound design imho can do or break a game, it's too underrated.

I 'solved' the wife problem with a pair of BT little headphones after having used the normal headphones till I played Device 6 and almost strangled myself.

The light problem still remains tough...expecially on iPad.
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Glad to hear it! I think mobile games got kind of stuck in this unfortunate loop of low effort in sound in popular mobile games resulting in people being even more turned off by the sound in mobile games. Speaking of loops, I still remember that low quality looping music in Candy Crush Saga that didn't even loop correctly... and I think they still have that problem in their newer games. I dunno, it just irked me to no end. lol
But there are definitely some mobile games with great sound design as well, usually aimed at crowds that are willing to appreciate it better, I think.

ParityBit said:
Hah! Nothing personal. Whenever I play not in bed I have the game sound up. It is just in situations like this!
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No, it's completely fine. I've played mobile games with the sound turned off too (but don't tell anyone)!
 
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pronk420

Member
I just started playing lifeline (that I got for free), and I'm pretty surprised it got such a good reception. The concept is clever, but the writing makes it sound like you are conversing with a twelve year old, written by a twelve year old.

Is one button travel any better?
 
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One Foul Note

Member
pronk420 said:
I just started playing lifeline (that I got for free), and I'm pretty surprised it got such a good reception. The concept is clever, but the writing makes it sound like you are conversing with a twelve year old, written by a twelve year old.
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I had exactly the same reaction with that game. I did want to like it in theory but the goofy nature of the main character clashed with the horrific event they were stuck in constantly.
 
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igor

Member
pronk420 said:
I just started playing lifeline (that I got for free), and I'm pretty surprised it got such a good reception. The concept is clever, but the writing makes it sound like you are conversing with a twelve year old, written by a twelve year old.

Is one button travel any better?
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Same here. Not that I've ever been an astronaut (one of my NY resolutions though) but If I was stuck in space I hope I wouldn't sound like I was handing in my English essay in the 5th grade. No urgency to it and was just annoying to read. Deleted it after 5 minutes. Interesting concept however.
 
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colinp

Banned
igor said:
Same here. Not that I've ever been an astronaut (one of my NY resolutions though) but If I was stuck in space I hope I wouldn't sound like I was handing in my English essay in the 5th grade. No urgency to it and was just annoying to read. Deleted it after 5 minutes. Interesting concept however.
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Ahaha, I agree with you guys completely. If astronauts are supposed to represent the most adventurous, intelligent and fearless of mankind than the protagonist of Lifeline comes across as an incompetent moron.
 
PittaGAF

PittaGAF

Member
If I recall well, Taylor is NOT an astronaut.
He is simply a
chemistry young student that won a prize to be in space
or something like that.
 
G

GAMEPROFF

Banned
PittaGAF said:
If I recall well, Taylor is NOT an astronaut.
He is simply a
chemistry young student that won a prize to be in space
or something like that.
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Thats right.


I just finished the Silent Night Sequel... So we are getting a third game with Taylor or not? I would love to see what happens next.
 
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pronk420

Member
PittaGAF said:
If I recall well, Taylor is NOT an astronaut.
He is simply a
chemistry young student that won a prize to be in space
or something like that.
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Even though he isn't an astronaut, to me the tone of his dialogue is just completely off given the situation. I don't know if it's trying to ape the Martian or something but it comes across really weird.
 
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One Foul Note

Member
All this talk on iOS music got me wondering, what is everyone's favourite single track and/or soundtrack from an iOS game? I still find myself humming the Tiny Wings main theme from time to time, years after I have finished with that game.
 
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