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What IOS games have you been playing?
17 Mar 2015 10:14 #199613
by Gregarius
Replied by Gregarius on topic Re: What IOS games have you been playing?
I played Starships last night. I didn't really know what to expect, yet somehow I still felt disappointed. There's hardly any instructions, so I had almost no idea what I was supposed to do (I didn't feel like plodding through the game wiki). Mostly, I just built up my spaceships and attacked. It wasn't until very late in the game that I realized you could click on the planets to build upgrades to the cities and other stuff. So basically, I ignored the resource management aspect of the game with no noticeable impact.
The diplomacy screens worked just like they do in Civilization, so that made sense. There was a market screen where you could buy and sell different resources, but I never had any need to do so.
The majority of the game was turn-based starship combat. It was pretty fun, but mostly easy. I was playing on the Moderate difficulty level, but even missions where I was projected to have a "35% chance of success" seemed pretty easy. Maybe the AI just isn't very good?
I expect to play with it some more tonight, and I'll definitely delve into finding out what all the icons mean and what my options are. It was certainly easy to dive into and looked pretty great. I'd give it three out of five stars at this point.
The diplomacy screens worked just like they do in Civilization, so that made sense. There was a market screen where you could buy and sell different resources, but I never had any need to do so.
The majority of the game was turn-based starship combat. It was pretty fun, but mostly easy. I was playing on the Moderate difficulty level, but even missions where I was projected to have a "35% chance of success" seemed pretty easy. Maybe the AI just isn't very good?
I expect to play with it some more tonight, and I'll definitely delve into finding out what all the icons mean and what my options are. It was certainly easy to dive into and looked pretty great. I'd give it three out of five stars at this point.
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17 Mar 2015 10:29 #199615
by SuperflyPete
Replied by SuperflyPete on topic Re: What IOS games have you been playing?
Starbase Orion does everything Starships does, and arguably better.
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17 Mar 2015 18:46 - 17 Mar 2015 18:47 #199645
by Grudunza
Replied by Grudunza on topic Re: What IOS games have you been playing?
The Dice Town app is out. I'd forgotten about that one. It's a great port of a fun game, but it's only solo against AI, and currently there's no way to read the cards before you need to choose them, for the Jacks/Queens ability, so that's kind of dumb. But anyway, for only $4 it's a no-brainer for me.
itunes.apple.com/us/app/id824264747?mt=8
itunes.apple.com/us/app/id824264747?mt=8
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04 Apr 2015 13:50 #200329
by MacDirk Diggler
Replied by MacDirk Diggler on topic Re: What IOS games have you been playing?
I call this CONFLUENCE of KICKASS. Played ascension vs hard AI. Used recent expansion with UNITE keyword and the starter. I got a score of over 3000 pts. Sounds impossible but there is a 7 cost monster you defeat that turns into a hero that has unite keyword. His ability is if you play enlighten hero draw a card, void hero gets a sword, play mechana hero and you get a $, enlightened hero gets a fame. You can play two fold Askara on him to double his power. There is a void hero that allows you to defeat monsters in the void. There is enlightened hero that allows you to defeat monster less than 4 with UNITE to copy the effect. There is enlightened hero that let's you defeat or purchase top card off the stack with UNITE so you can repeat it. There is life bound CETRA that let's you put hero on top of your deck at no cost with UNITE.
And lastly the monsters that give one or two VP per card of whatever faction you have most of in play.
So you end up getting an almost endless turn.... 2900 pts takes a little while to play one turn. You defeat the monsters that give multiplier VP in center row, then in the void, then when they resurface in center row after you went through the entire 200 card deck, and in the void again. You will have maybe 150ish cards in play, a 3 cost monster can earn 50-60 pts. Every time you play an enlightened card, most which draw on their own, triggers you to draw 2 cards. The hardest part is making sure you always have cards in your deck to draw. Anyhow, it's pretty cheesy.... But fun..
And lastly the monsters that give one or two VP per card of whatever faction you have most of in play.
So you end up getting an almost endless turn.... 2900 pts takes a little while to play one turn. You defeat the monsters that give multiplier VP in center row, then in the void, then when they resurface in center row after you went through the entire 200 card deck, and in the void again. You will have maybe 150ish cards in play, a 3 cost monster can earn 50-60 pts. Every time you play an enlightened card, most which draw on their own, triggers you to draw 2 cards. The hardest part is making sure you always have cards in your deck to draw. Anyhow, it's pretty cheesy.... But fun..
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04 Apr 2015 20:07 #200338
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Replied by Legomancer on topic What IOS games have you been playing?
Got Boss Monster. I bought the real thing at Gen Con, played it to a chorus of shrugs, and put it on the trade pile. The iOS is free to try, so I gave it a chance. This is just a lousy game. Everything about it that could make it interesting is stunted in some way to keep your choices few and funless.
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21 Apr 2015 17:22 #201242
by Space Ghost
Replied by Space Ghost on topic What IOS games have you been playing?
Finally got the 1536 on 3's
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21 Apr 2015 22:55 - 21 Apr 2015 22:57 #201261
by jeb
Replied by jeb on topic What IOS games have you been playing?
My wife plays THREES like you play Pinball. You need a 1536 to crack her top 10. And you need a 3072 to have a shot at her top score. She's been playing Solo AGRICOLA on the iPad as well and scored an 87.
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22 Apr 2015 10:48 #201286
by Black Barney
Replied by Black Barney on topic What IOS games have you been playing?
87?!
She's probably triggered a recruitment algorithm just like in The Last Starfighter. Except instead of a cool alien alliance coming to task her, it'll be the Department of Agriculture.
She's probably triggered a recruitment algorithm just like in The Last Starfighter. Except instead of a cool alien alliance coming to task her, it'll be the Department of Agriculture.
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24 Apr 2015 13:35 #201436
by Grudunza
Replied by Grudunza on topic What IOS games have you been playing?
Does Not Commute
Really fun top-down driving game, where you drive one vehicle to a destination, then another and another, all of which are occurring at the same time, so eventually you have to account for all of the other drivers that you've already played. Fun concept and the visual style is fantastic. Free to try and $2 to unlock the checkpoints.
itunes.apple.com/app/does-not-commute/id971756507?mt=8&uo=4
Really fun top-down driving game, where you drive one vehicle to a destination, then another and another, all of which are occurring at the same time, so eventually you have to account for all of the other drivers that you've already played. Fun concept and the visual style is fantastic. Free to try and $2 to unlock the checkpoints.
itunes.apple.com/app/does-not-commute/id971756507?mt=8&uo=4
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11 Jun 2015 10:33 #203943
by lj1983
Replied by lj1983 on topic What IOS games have you been playing?
battlelore: Command is on sale today, $4 down from $10
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