Topic: iPhone/ iPad gaming thread

Two of my new favorites: Pew Pew 2 and Gurk for Android.

Pew Pew is free, Pew Pew 2 has more features and is $2.99 USD, but try Pew Pew first, because it's still a very excellent Geometry Wars clone.

Gurk is the oldest of old school 8-bit RPG's but with a tactical grid-based battle system not too unlike a Fire Emblem that gives it a unique feel. I'm loving it. And it's free. Gurk II which I haven't played yet is not free, but I hear it's of even greater quality and only $0.99.

Well after a week of downloading and trying out about 30 or so games I think I've found a few I like.
(also I own an android device)

Naught 4/5 (great gravity plat former with a nice story on the side)
Cheese Man 4/5 (A great platformer that pays tribute to Super Meat Boy)
World of goo 5/5 (its world of goo in the palm of your hand!)
Alchemy 4/5 (not really a game, but a fun time killer)
Six-guns 3/5(though it may be a soulless gameloft title, it does offer a nice gameplay experience... minus the lag)
BattleHeart 4/5 (great little game, but feels so empty)

honestly I have to say in my honest opinion I have yet to find an Android game that matches the all around quality of an actual console game. It's like the developer comes up with an idea for a game, but only focuses on one part of the game. Then they just reuse an already done to death, story/gameplay mechanic/game name. I would really like to find a developer who could actually put a little more effort in making a game that doesn't feel dead on the inside.

also other games I tried but just didn't care for:
Robotek 2/5 (I liked the look of the game, but the gameplay was so boring...)
Blood & Glory 2/5 (Androids answer to Infinity blade, I don't see the charm in the game... yeah cut this guy, then that guy... no real end goal here >.>)
Defender II 2/5 (I heard such good things about D and DII that I thought I give it a go... I ended up wasting 20 minutes of my life playing that game)
Coliseum heroes. 1/5 (wow I like gamevil for the most part. But this game is just awful)
Battle fury 2/5 (I hate games that you have to wait until your characters can fight again. Really? no I'm not paying real money just to bring back one thing of life)

Are you playing on tablet or phone? It makes a difference.

Hey guys. Fortune Street is on iPhone.

Win.

I agree. First time playing it and I am having a blast.

its kind of in-between a tablet/phone.
The Samsung Galaxy player 5.0

and we have a Kindle fire in the family aswell, also tried games on it. Still can't find that one title that really pulls me in for more than 20 minutes. :/ but I will keep searching. I know I'll find that golden egg somewhere among the countless bland colored eggs

Well, now you need to get an iPhone or iPad and Fortune Street.

Only game you'll need for weeks.

haha I would have gotten an Ipod but the problem I had last time is the size is to small for my big hands. and the Ipad is out of my price range.

I noticed today they have Minecraft on the Android market. I may just pay the 6.99 for it... though I've never really known what the end goal was for the game.

Should I get Minecraft pocket edition or Sonic the Hedghog ep 2 both priced the same and both awesome

Making a disease to destroy the whole world in Plauge Inc is so sadistic and yet so satisfying >:]

Thanks guys for the SRPG recommendations, I'll try them both out!

If you guys are playing Pocket Planes, then change your Flight Crew name to squadronofshame and join our ranks.

Is the most slaptastic SRPG of them ALL!

I just found out yesterday that Llamasoft has been releasing iOS games and bought nearly the lot of them. Great stuff!

Anyone know if there's a Starship Defender-alike for the iPad?

Just bought an Ipad so I better like this game.

If you even you even remotely like Sonic, go with that.

There's no point in the Pocket Edition. You'll never spend enough time on your phone to accomplish anything significant, and it's extremely slow in getting updates.

After like two weeks you'll have nothing built and you'll forget you even purchased it. Minecraft has to be played on a PC or on a console, where you can sit for a long time. It's not a game meant to be played in short little spurts, and the mobile controls do it no favors.

That is awesome

Thanks for the heads up!

Hey does anyone know of a good video to download to the new iPad to show off it's retina display?

I know someone with a galaxy 2 tab and apparently they come with a video showing off the screen. I need something along the same lines. YouTube has some high res 4k videos but I'm looking for something I can download since that's always better than streaming..

I'm jelly of all you guys and your fancy new iPads. Still using my first gen one, haha.

I just bought Reckless Racing 2 for a buck (it's on sale!) and it's pretty sweet. It has more depth than the first one, but I'm missing the hillbilly theme and bluegrass music.

The Slidetoplay and TouchArcade apps both give overviews of what games come out every Thursday so you never have to miss big releases again

I could swear I used to be able to browse game genres on the App store - it's kind of annoying that I cannot do this because there's so many games on the platform and if I'm in the mood for a tower defence game I'd like to just shuffle through the strategy games to find one rather than searching for what others think is the best on review sites.

You can browse by genre.

Just go to categories, games, and then click on games in the top left corner.