iPhone games (also Ipod Tooch/iPad games too)

I meant to try that out when someone described it at 868 hack in reverse

km do these old RPGs play with touch controls or is it emulated with some annoying simulated pad

In both cases, simulated pad.

It's well implemented in DQII: you can customize the size and location and it responds well, plus all you're doing is selecting Attack over and over because the combat is pretty terrible.

The simulated pad is awful in SMT, and so is the entire interface. Whoever ported this game is a fool. The don't even let you skip over the opening credits (ok, they do, but only after several seconds have passed). It's a moot point because I've tried to capture about 5 demons so far and haven't succeeded once. There's a gigantic dialogue tree that opens once you try to capture them, and I f you don't flip the coin correctly several times in a row with the options it never works. Fuck that I am a nearly grown man

are you too grown to go to gamefaqs

i suspect its just an emulation of the snes hardware right? rather than an actual port? so it's hard to hold much of that against the dude who was tasked with actually packaging it as an app. the dude who signed off on it i guess yes sure

you're right - the person who was tasked with porting it from SNES with absolutely no changes or improvements, no matter how obvious those changes might be, did a great job! the person who assigned that task did not do a good job.

it was kind of a dumb move for me to download SMT anyway. i didn't realize it was kind of like pokemon, and since i get zero thrills out of catching a monster, and definitely not by catching them all, this is probably not the game for me.

having lost an evening to hoplite the best i can manage is 124 points

You gotta knock out the achievements to get the good prayers to get better scores

152. dunno if I feel like the build variations are interesting

I've been digging RGB Express. Similar mechanics to Trainyard, but so far hasn't gotten to that difficulty level where I just give up and move on.

have only made to depth 11 in Hoplite max, this game might destroy me

huh

Monument Valley just launched a $2 expansion pack. People are bitching and moaning about it not being free because of course they are

yeah it's depressing, I went and paid for the expansion out of annoyance

not that I wasn't going to anyway but

I've been digging RGB Express. Similar mechanics to Trainyard

Whowhatwhere, sign me up.

so w hoplite i sort of see it now, I thought you wanted to end up w 8 health but then you're either over specialised or spread to thin, you actually want as little health as you can get away with but abilities to get you out of various kinds of unfortunate situation. like if you have a bash-centric build and end up with a tiny bridge and twenty enemies on the other side you're doomed, say.

What do you think, ledge?

writing and art for Banner Saga some of the best ever I think?

What do you think, ledge?

in theory as a puzzle game it's right up my street, but i'm halfway through and honestly only about three levels so far have troubled me for more than 30 seconds. as the trucks can't retrace routes it's obviously a lot simpler than trainyard - you'll never get anything like that solution that takes two weeks to play out (http://trainyard.ca/2eSUM) - they throw in drop off points and switches to spice things up but then every time you get to a new city it seems like the difficulty level goes right back down to zero. hopefully the super hard levels will live up to their name.

Yeah, I like that the tracks are simpler - makes the game more playable in bursts. I got to a certain point in Trainyard and hit a wall. I'm finally getting stuck on some of the "super-hard" levels of RGBE, but they seem solvable, whereas in Trainyard, I just gave up.

ok I have been watching that trainyard solution play out longer than I'd like to admit

man, sword lunge just seems like a game changer

that trainyard puzzle is terrifying

feel that creeping dread the king felt as he watched the rice grains exponentially accumulate on the chessboard

Johnny Rotten:

"I wasted — you're the first to know this — 10,000 fucking pounds [about $15,600] in the last two years on apps on my iPad. I got into Game of Thrones, Game of War, Real Racing, and I just wanted to up the ante. And like an idiot I didn't check myself. I've been checked now. But there's a kid in me, see? A bit of my childhood was taken from me and I'm determined to bring it back."

lol

i know this isn't likely to excite anyone, but for those of you who, like me, liked tiny wings a lot a few years ago but haven't played it since, they've updated it (probably long ago) to include training missions which are actually really fun! they kind of remind me of the Trials series of games. so basically if you bought and enjoyed tiny wings and also enjoyed Trials you should re-download it

You bastard.

It's ok I deleted it again.

http://toucharcade.com/2014/11/27/heres-a-massive-list-of-thanksgiving-game-sales-to-stuff-your-iphone-and-ipad-with/

Might get Deep Dungeons of Doom. Not mentioned but also $1 this weekend are Knightmare Tower and Jack Lumber.

Also, has anyone got suckered/convinced into buying any of the RED apps/IAP? I may actually put in my first dollar into Puzzle and Dragons.

mr fam is all laying FarmVille 2 which has a buncha red iap but I'm not touching that stuff, now if mpq added it...

Er my fam I meant

got knightmare tower at the discount and yeah its as addictive as i was warned. can't beat that final boss tho.

Rec'd earlier above, Hoplite is free today only.
http://appshopper.com/games/hoplite

yep grabbed it, shoulda posted here earlier

anyone else here playing Anno? I've never played it on pc but I'd been wanting a city builder & this one is fun. & when it gets a little bogged down, the freemium part is a boon; you have to set it aside for a day or so to regen cash & let exploration happen, & then you come back reinvigorated. it looks very pretty too.

Two Dots

thanks for the info about, jsut got it and having a great time with it

about hoplite i meant

motorsport manager is $2.99 and is really addicting. it's kind of a mix between kairosoft-style progressive improvement and a surprisingly fun in-race management mode. you can choose between soft, hard, and wet tires, and tell your two drivers when to pit, when to drive conservatively to save fuel, and when to push. i realize that sounds boring but as you get up to higher tiers of competition it quickly becomes very important and engaging. it's possible to win races with a middling car by making good decisions on when to conserve fuel, when to pit, anticipating weather changes, etc. conversely if you're not paying attention you can lose races by failing to respond to things happening on the track (crashes, yellow flags, weather). it's well worth $3 and i've found myself sinking a lot of time into it over the last week.

two dots is terrible. starts great then becomes unwinnable without paying for bonus stuff in my experience.

grabbed pixel boat rush on a sale and have been enjoying the heck out of it. thanks for that hoplite notice tho! grabbing it now

I'm up to level 119 on two dots. Not yet unwinnable, but getting there.

No IAP yet either.

I'm cool with Two Dots - it's like a non-ugly Candy Crush

Up to 130.

just came out so it's $2.99, but i think a lot of people here would enjoy Sneaky Sneaky. it's a stealth based action/lite-rpg. you hide in bushes, wait until you get a good moment to attack enemies from behind, shoot from afar with a bow. if the enemy notices you it shifts into a mini-turn-based strategy game until the enemy is defeated. you can use accumulated gold and experience to buy items and level up your abilities. it's nothing earthshattering, but it's well executed.

I gave a buck to P&D for the RED promotion, but good godm those cute Chibi Christmas characters, I think I may finally break for real...

RGB Express - free today
https://itunes.apple.com/app/id887362336

Corto Maltese game sounds interesting
http://www.tcj.com/this-week-in-comics-121714-quality-in-games-journalism/