iPhone games (also Ipod Tooch/iPad games too)

Re: the desert golfing video. The level I'm on is almost exactly 10 minutes into the video.

just got a 5-star mall by y9 m7 w4; felt like I just coasted and that so many of all of the little intricacies (adding features to stores, hiring ppl based on the types of stores that they boost, having sales, escalators and elevators and most of the facilities, etc) were entirely inconsequential, which makes it seem like a pretty flimsy game

I mean I only just built my 8th floor like a month before I got 5 stars

yep. i've played 4 or 5 different kairosoft games and they all feel the same. there's always a nice golden age of playtime about 2-3 hours in (or 3-5 "years" into the game i guess) where things are really fun, and then it just fizzles.

game dev story and the rpg ones were my favorite, but that mainly just comes down to subject matter preferences.

I was hoping for something as engrossing and complex as SimTower but either a) I was much younger at the time and it actually wasn't all that complex or b) this game is just a really watered down version

it's B

at least some of the others have that weird diagonal-grid layout like RollerCoaster Tycoon so I'll pick up one of those and maybe it'll be fun... what's the RPG one? Like Epic Astro? That was what I was gonna get next.

Game Dev is cool! But there's really quite little to do, ultimately.

throwing in tons and tons of features that actually make very little difference in a game looks suuuuuuper sloppy to me, prob more so than to most ppl

idk i want things to be legitimately complex

i think the RPG one is just called RPG Story.

but if you're looking for complexity, you're not gonna find it in a kairosoft game!

then where do I find it??? what are some complex mobile games? I like sims but they don't even have to be sims tbh

this may lean too far in the other direction of complexity, but you might check out pocket tactics.com, specifically their reviews section and best of 2014 and 2013 awards. they might lean a little bit too much toward wargames and WWII simulators and stuff like that, but they also review a good amount of unique strategy/tactics games that you probably wouldn't hear about otherwise.

The thing I especially liked about Hot Springs was that it was kind of a feng shui game ... it's really about placing the right objects near each other to make the space more harmonious, as well as trying to find a balance that appeals to different demographics. It's not deep in implementation but the idea is really fun imo. Mega Mall and the restaurant one borrow some of those ideas but Hot Springs does it best.

I always wanted to try Oh Edo Towns but never got around to it. Anyone played that one? Or the cruise ship one?

maybe i'll reinstall hot springs

do you really get bonuses for feng shui? that's really cute and chill and zen

cars are boring wars are boring space is okay

zen is zen

Stevie keep me posted on what you find! That's a category I like too

everyone knows the best part of game dev story is giving your games really dirty horrible names. if you're not doing that you're missing out.

I found the whole concept of MMS to be really inherently gross so I called my mall Gross Mall and that's been making me smile

I've tried a few, but fell off any Kairosoft game where I had to lay out a place or explore dungeons/space. I liked Game Dev Story (can't beat your first hit of the kairo), Grand Prix Story and Pocket League Story - so I guess I prefer their 'develop a thing and compete' model.

now i'm at the ponit where I have 20 million and every single square of my mall is built so

uh

this is boring

now I just have to get all the regulars and build one of each store but considering I can't fucking sort stores by performance this is just a really dumb guessing game.

yup. that's why i gave up after Game Dev Story

goty material it sounds like http://toucharcade.com/2015/01/08/behind-the-back-free-to-play-endless-runner-review/

Is Crossy Road the first game to actually have a built-in Let's Play-style recording feature? It's designed to record your gameplay + the front-facing camera to capture your reactions and commentary simultaneously as a picture-in-picture.

Never knew that. Sounds horrible!

i have that app installed but haven’t played it yet. that feature better be opt-in

yeah it is, it's totally unobtrusive if you don't click on it

I was actually praising the feature to be honest *hides* not that I'll ever use it myself

Given the popularity of LPs and YouTube vloggers and whatever seems to be the way of the future now

Crossy Road is the best

Love this! It's basically Jet Set Willy for iPad but it really, really works: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqsxHlCITEk

i'm playing cross road but don't think i'm gamecenter friends with anyone except for jimdoo!

i'm at 150 or so as a top score.

i started playing crossy road this week after my kids finally nudged me to try it and I like it! best toilet game of the year? high praise!

definitely the best toilet game of the year

KM how do I become yr game center friendo

The thing I love about it is that it's constantly changing. You're basically a different character every day. Recently they introduced a bunch of australia-themed characters. If you use the kangaroo it can actually jump a little farther on the log sections. If you use a wizard he's constantly setting things on fire. I dunno, it's the best.

I think last night I jumped from the 150 range to the 220 range.

Frogger is one of the classic arcade games I've always gravitated to, so CR feels sorta perfect for me.

xpost i think i just invited you! i sent a request using the email address that you used for the 30 second stories stuff.

i think you can also add by nickname. if anyone wants to add me i am zs25 on gamecenter.

idgi. this game has kind of fallen into my pile of 2 games i play when i am on the metro (no reception) and like... it doesn't even beat the other game out most of the time. the other game is solitaire.

the "new character every day" doesn't feel like much. sure there's a little bit of fun discovery there (first time i unlocked a character that had a different world skin) and a little bit of annoying discovery (seriously wtf when i unlocked the 2nd koala) but i never felt like a game was so nakedly abotu not fucknig up (and also: the number of impossible traffic situations really turn me off)

Sometimes you get stuck on the edge and cornered and there's nothing you can do, but if you give yourself some space there's usually a way out, especially if you backtrack a bit.

i mean more moments where the traffic gets so dense that there's always a vehicle in the at least 1 of the 2 lanes in front of you

You just have to stop for a second and let them pass, or move to the right a bit. Obviously you have to do it pretty quick before the bird swoops you up.

everything i learned about frogger strategy comes from that one part in that one seinfeld episode where george moves the arcade machine

I only played this long enough to beat cozen, then I quit and played I Am Level instead, which is 10x better.

Not worth $5, but it was free yesterday, so put it on your wishlist: Framed. Scott McCloud would LOVE this game, clever stuff, especially the later puzzles where you have to manipulate the panels in real-time.

201 on crossy road friendz. retiring unless someone beats me.

downloading i am level now!

I have more than 201. :)

just tell me. lay it on me. here we go. just say it.

gotta look at my ipad when i get home. it's not much higher than that though

3328.

Kinda hooked on Trivia Crack right now