iPhone games (also Ipod Tooch/iPad games too)

big-ass unexplained sale going on right now

also John Carmack solicits TouchArcade forums for advice

you guys i had this horrible thought

what if the numbers inside the grey discs in drop7 are not predetermined? what if the game decides what they'll be at the moment they explode?

FUCK

This has worried me before. Sometimes when you form a long term plan that may end in disaster if the right numbers don't appear, the game seems to reward your gambit by giving you what you desire. Other times it seems to royally fuck you up with an unbreakable wall of 1s and 2s. Chances are it's just the old 'ipod shuffle isn't really random' phenom, the brain imposing patterns where there are none.

what if they're watching us

I equal parts love and loathe Drop 7, particularly for all those times when a gray disc needed to be anything but a 5 for ex, only to reveal itself a 5. Also, walls of 1s appearing are always horrible. But it is so addictive, that even though I get mad after having only 1s appear, I can't help but start a new game. Still can't get huge scores, my top one being around 550k.

Btw, looking at this thread, the games really recommanded were that, orbital, peggle. have and enjoy them all, but what are some other great games?

Drop7

IMO the randomness is what makes it addicting. Like a slot machine

exactly! it's that rush of the fates suddenly smiling on you as you beat back the enemy against all odds.

i have never broken 500k in hardcore, though i have come very close. i agree that in the end, that final bit that will push you over the top all comes down to luck. because i am like a viper with that shit now. there is no error.

I agree its not all luck, else I wouldn't keep getting approx the same score all the time (around 250k). But to get the really big scores, luck does play a part, like by not giving you all ones on the top row.

And agree with you tracer that what makes the game so addictive is for those moments when fate smiles on you and every gray disk turns out to be exactly what you need.

still only averaging 185k :( what are your secrets?

secret 1: quit before game over if you're gonna get less than your current average score

secret 2: build chains. easiest at the beginning, i try to get a column of 7s on one side, bunch of 6s across the bottom with a gap, then fill in the gap when the first grey disks appear. if you're lucky you can get >20,000 in one go, clear that row of disks, rinse and repeat.

secret 3: work horizontally. don't carve out canyons.

ah you're talking about normal mode. i remember those days.

- you can pit 1s and 2s against each other
- sometimes you have to gamble
- always, always whittle down the high areas

i still can't use 1s properly, i.e. i usually "waste" them when given them to use

while secret 3 is really the way forward to a good score, there is nothing more satisfying than dropping a 7 in a canyon only to see a great chain reaction take place.

i was talking about HARDCORE

secret 1: quit before game over if you're gonna get less than your current average score

weirdly glad that i am not the only person who does this!

ah ledge i misunderstood

still irritated by how many discs i "waste"

i'm sure i'd be better at this if i could visualize more than like one step ahead

Time to start a separate drop 7 thread????

I'm playing peggle again, the peggle nights add-on.

we need a drop7 BOARD

secret 1: quit before game over if you're gonna get less than your current average score

― ledge, Tuesday, October 5, 2010 11:20 AM (6 hours ago) Bookmark

this is bullshit imo

we need a drop7 BOARD

― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, October 5, 2010 1:06 PM (4 hours ago) Bookmark

co-sign

i need a whole thread just for 2s

xp it's fair game i reckon. when the randomness fucks with you, fuck it.

embrace the mystery imho

btw dudes my d7 high score is 584,215 (avg 199,340)

also totally agree with this: "Sometimes when you form a long term plan that may end in disaster if the right numbers don't appear, the game seems to reward your gambit by giving you what you desire."

- a pair of twos arranged horizontally makes an excellent "blasting cap"
- if the game is giving you low-count garbage, remember that 3-1-2 or 2-1-3 is a quick way to get rid of all three in a chain
- avoid canyons
- never "complete" a sequence (ie - finish a 4stack) unless it will crack/open a grey disc. at least if you can help it.
- savvy play with low-counts when the the game stack is really tall is the absolute key to staying alive---know how to get rid of 2s 3s and 4s in chains and w/o the inevitable impenetrable wall of unbreakable 1-1-1 or w/e

btw dudes my d7 high score is 584,215 (avg 199,340)

on hardcore

My high score is 418,990 but good god did I have to witness a lot of this bullshit to get there:

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4091/5056110610_74cc91114c.jpg

I promised myself I would stop playing once I break 500k.

648,659 bitches

http://www.zmemusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/jz992vb7.jpg

545,918 on hardcore... clearly still have some ways to go. Avg around 230k.

534,936 but that is my only > 500k score.

me too. next high scores are two 450k games. that ('(k one I just kept getting lucky break after lucky break

that 545k one

ANY OTHER IPHONE GAMES?

there are no other games

all is drop7

take it here, guys

thread of drop 7, also a poll

I am enjoying Peggle Nights.

Ha Jeff, I asked the same question yesterday. Orbital, drop7 and Peggle are all ilx plays apparently. Have just gotten flight control, it is fun too. Too early to say if it is a most excellent game or just one that'll occupy me for more than a week but so far it's looking good.

I've certainly played other things than drop7 but nothing so addictive...
Carcassonne is great, Connext is good, Civ Rev is surprisingly good, Virtual Pool is the best pool game ever, Home Run Battle is good quick fun, Spider - where you play a spider creating webs and eating insects is cool and the Monkey Island games are surprisingly great give the limited screen real estate.
I was disappointed by Eliss, got bored of Peggle, found The Settlers lacking compared to the Amiga original and was rather confused by Space Invaders: Infinity Gene.

geoDefense is a fantastic tower defence game, played it 'til my fingers bled.

been playing beaucoup Strategery, first time in my life that Risk-like gameplay has been satisfying (if things go badly it's over fast, you don't have to clean up afterward, classique)

Super Mega Worm is glorious.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNhxQ0SElwE

Angry Birds, of course.

strategery +1
bejewelled

quick scan of my games folders for what I've been playing lately:

Solomon's Keep (basically a twin-stick Diablo)
Sword of Fargoal (best roguelike on the platform)
Wesnoth (kind of a clunky interface but the game is stupidly deep)
Super Quick Hook
Backbreaker Football
9 Innings 2011 (naturally)
Word Ace & Blackjack Ace
Scoops (especially since it's free)
Pocket Frogs (ditto)
PathPix (ever played Pic Pic for the DS? this is Drawing)
Textropolis (word search game)
Texting of the Bread

also every night before I go to sleep I ask God to let the folks who made the iPhone Carcassonne get the rights to Catan, because the current iOS version sucks the beef dart

I played the iOS Catan a bunch when it came out & then lost attention, I think b/c the games take too long b/c of dumb interface choices. I don't want "snazzy" graphics effects for this game, I just want to get to my turn as quickly as possible.

gotta pick up Carcassonne soon.

picked up carcassonne, don't get it, too lazy to go through tutorial