Difference between revisions of "Ipad Games"

Revision as of 19:53, 10 January 2012

I was going to send an email to Jones, but I figured a wiki post might get someone to recommend games to me. --Msallen

This is my favorite reviews site:

http://www.toucharcade.com/

Jones breaks the page

I bought Catan when it was on sale for like 2.00, and I know there is Carcassone on Phone/Pad that sarah also plays. (http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/carcassonne/id375295479) I am waiting for a good version of FF: Tactics for the Pad. I mostly play two tower defense games. One thing written by some Chinese guy I got when it was on sale for a dollar, and Dungeon Defenders: Second Wave. Square Enix directly ported tactics and a lot of the early FF games to iOS. *Good* is not a term commonly associated with their port, but it is complete. I looked into it, but I understand it has a wonky touch interface and really shitty text rendering, but it's still tactics.

Civilization Revolution

Duh.

http://itunes.apple.com/app/civilization-revolution-for/id364150646

Assassin's Creed: Recollections

A CCG with a decent real-time mechanic and multi-player support (although I can't seem to find opponents). Many players complained that they couldn't get through starter missions without buying packs. I was able to with minimal repetition, and had enough cards to make two reasonably distinct and successful deck types at the end. Since most of you are better at CCGs than me, you should be able to get 10 hours of game out of it for 3 bucks, which is a good deal.

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/assassins-creed-recollection/id454682093

Dungeon Raid

A match-3 RPG is way better than it sounds, and it sounds pretty good. My mother got addicted to this.

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dungeon-raid/id403090531

Pocket RPG

It's a diablo-like RPG with randomized dungeon map. It trashes your inventory at the end of each level (with is, like, 4 random maps and a boss), which bothers some people. For me it basically prevents me from grinding, which I always do even though I hate it, so I really like the feature.

http://itunes.apple.com/app/pocket-rpg/id411690524

Squids

This one is an RPG with an angry birds mechanic for flinging your party around. It's fun, the game is really pretty, and the plot/characters/dialogue are cute. My officemate complained that it was repetative, so given my weakness for grinding, your mileage may vary.

http://itunes.apple.com/app/squids/id467904350

Dungeon Hunter 2

Not much to say about this game, except that I really liked playing it and couldn't stop until I beat it. Rush 19:50, 8 January 2012 (EST)

Yeah, another diablo-like. I played the first one and like it, although it wasn't amazing. I hear 2 is a lot better. If you like DH, you should play PocketRPG. --Msallen

I'm too much of a collector to enjoy getting my inv wiped every new level :-( Rush 13:18, 10 January 2012 (EST)

Losing is Fun. -gm

It's liberating to lose it all. I ran the final four elemental temples in DH1 at least 10 times each to grind up to max gear, and then won the final boss fight in 5 seconds :( I'm didn't even enjoy it. I'm a fucking mess. --Msallen

I'm pretty sure the entire world is of the correct impression that losing is not fun. Rush 18:53, 10 January 2012 (EST)

King of Dragon Pass

It's a choose your own adventure text game. It's a city builder. It's a barbarian sim. It's a video game based on Runescape's Golranth setting. It's a quiz game show. It's a fantasy watercolor art showcase. It's an exploration of a rich fantasy mythology. It's a tribute to Mircea Eliade and the Myth of the Eternal Return, or Joseph Campbell and the Legacy of the Hero, or just modern comparative religious theory. It's a video game, and it's something else entirely. Words cannot adequately describe it. I can't believe I missed it in my initial list.

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/king-of-dragon-pass/id335545504