iPhone/iPod Touch gaming

[Valaris]

For those who liked Zenonia, FGD entertainement is working on a similar RPG:

Preview Posted by Andrew Podolsky, Yesterday

FDG Entertainment, a German company that has produced a string of popular iPhone games like Bobby Carrot and Parachute Panic, gave us the first look at their next game Across Age, which was made along with Japanese developer Exe Create. In what is sure to be good news for RPG fans, it turns out that Across Age appears to combine elements from both Zenonia and Chrono Trigger.

According to the game’s project lead Philipp Doeschl, Across Age is a fifteen hour action-RPG with time-traveling elements. Doeschl introduced us to the basic story, saying that “the kingdom is threatened by the evil count Agrean. Eager to upset these plans, Ales, a swordsman from the kingdoms capitol, departs on his journey and is looking for the help of a mage master called Ceska.”

To help set the level design apart in Across Age, Doeschl also told us “it is possible to travel through time and there are cool riddles and events based on this feature.”

Along the way, you’ll always have a time-travel buddy with you. “The player controls a party of two characters from the beginning of the game (Ales and Ceska),” Doeschl told us. "It is possible to choose which one of them takes the lead at any time. According to which character is controlled, the player can use different skills.

“Sometimes it is even necessary that both characters take different ways. For example, when a switch is hidden on a ledge, Ales can give Ceska a leg up to climb the ledge. From this moment on, both characters will need to go different ways until they meet up again.”

Each character also has different weapons they can use, but they’ll level up at the same time. “Ales equips swords and armor,” Doeschl said. "He will also learn some special melee skills, which greatly help him in cutting his way through the enemy hordes. Ceska, as a mage, uses all kinds of staves, rods, magical wands and wears robes.

“Along with a standard long-ranged attack spell which doesnt consume MP, shes able to cast powerful fireballs, ice spells and more in exchange for MP. These element-based magics are also used for solving puzzles throughout the game.”

Hopefully, with lots of side-quests, Across Age should provide a lot of variety. Across Age will also have a linear storyline with just one ending, but the time-travel twist could help keep things interesting.

We’re also told you can “recycle” items via time travel, which is an interesting angle on inventory management. We’re looking forward to finding out more about how this works in the final game.

Across Age will be out this winter and cost $9.99. We’re hoping that for a premium price, Across Age will deliver the lengthy, in-depth experience we’ve come to expect from our RPGs. Now, we just wish we had a way to jump ahead in time to the day it’s available on the App Store.

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Hopefully Dungeon Hunter gets updated soon, I just finished Hybrid and need something else.
Speaking of Hybrid, as much as I complained about how hard the game was, the last fight was a letdown. It was much too easy. Now granted, I don’t think the game would’ve been so hard if I had found out this game has Origins of Life (like Zenonia did).

[Mr_Mort]

Curse Apple for their goddamn 3.1 firmware. Pretty much rendered my 3G useless. Phone keeps locking up, battery drains way too fast, and worst of all, my phone “loses” its carrier signal even tho I have full bars and the “3G” icon are present on the screen. I’ve missed countless calls and texts, and haven’t been able to go online because my phone won’t get a signal, and when you go to make an outgoing call or text, they won’t go through.

I got sick of restarting my phone 4-5 times a day just to make a call, so I found a way to “hack” the phone and re-install 3.0.1 firmware on it since itunes won’t let you. Works like a charm now.

The Apple forums are lit up with the issues.

Did anyone else have issues with the 3.1 firmware?

[Valaris]

No issues with 3.1 on the Ipod touch so far.

[Valaris]

Dungeon Hunter is back in the App Store. Get it!

[Valaris]

TGS 2009: Capcom Reveals Version of Ghouls 'n Ghosts / Ghosts 'n Goblins for...

Ghouls and Ghosts for Iphone!

[Valaris]

Super KO Boxing 2 is out: $4.99

I just bought it so I’ll give my impressions tonight or tomorrow.

Also Robocalypse is on sale for $2.99.

It’s a really well done RTS for the iphone with a quirky storyline and really nice graphics (oh and a sexy scientist with big cans).

Edit: whoohoo I just hit the $175 spent on Iphone games mark.

[System_1]

Duke Nukem 3d for Iphone is on sale for $0.99 this weekend.

And just for the record, Hybrid from Gamevil is fucking great. Well worth the $6.

ah man, sucks I missed the sale but I had no idea DN3D was on the iphone so I’m buying it at $1.99… what a deal for an amazing game. I’d rep you if I could lol.

edit: dang, reviews for the 3G are bad, saying the frame rate is unstable (apparently not an issue on the faster 3GS).

[Valaris]

It seems games tend to run smoother on Ipod Touch than Iphone for some reason. I don’t know enough about hardware to know why.

I played some Super KO Boxing 2 in the bus and I love it. It’s basically Punch Out for the Iphone. It’s easy to get familiar with it, it looks great, the opponents are all quirky, weird, characters like Punch out. All in all, totally worth the 5$.

[odin]

any good RPGs that are turn based
more D&D and less zelda?

i dont like to play active games on my phone

[Valaris]

Look up Elven Chronicles.

[rsigley]

zombieland is pretty fun

beverly hills zombie 90210 is fun but really short, only 3 levels. took like 30 minutes to beat

family guy sucks and is short. beat it in under 20 minutes

[Valaris]

Trailer for SEED by Chillingo;
Looks like a great RPG coming
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I’ll update when I find an ETA for this game. I’m psyched for it.
It’s weird how I am NOT an RPG guy in the least but I’m really enjoying Iphone RPG’s.

[ramberk]

The SEED trailer definitely looks interesting.

Hey Valaris, know of any good Tactical RPGS on the iphone? Something similar to Final Fantasy Tactics where your characters level up skills based on jobs and fight in a turn-based system that uses grids?

[Valaris]

Off the top of my head I can’t think of any but I’m fairly certain there are some. I’ll get back to you if I find some.

[GC]

Hey, I’m new to the whole iPhone/iPod touch thing. Got a question: if I were interested in using the iPhone or iPod touch purely as a games console, what device should I get? I’m looking for the cheapest one I could get.

[Lt_Col_Sanders]

The touch. If you have a cell phone and already have a data plan, maybe the iphone? I only say maybe cause att makes you pay for the $30 iphone data plan if you go that route. I already had att, and I already had a data plan so my bill only jumped $10 a month over my previous phone plan. You buy a touch and the only money you put into it after that is games/apps/music/etc. A second gen iTouch 32gb might be the best if you wanna jailbreak and all that jazz. Anything after fw 3.0 isn’t jailbreakable yet, and may not be ever. I think the same goes for the 3rd gen touch as well.

[Valaris]

The touch also apparently has a slightly more powerful hardware. I prefer the touch simply because I use mine only for games which drains the battery, if I had to use that for my phone as well I’d get much less gaming time on my battery life.

[Valaris]

iBlast Moki on sale for $0.99

Duke Nukem 3d on sale for $0.99

[rsigley]

how much do you get out of your battery life anyway? the intensive games i’m lucky if i get much more than an hour.

some of the mini more casual games maybe 2-3 without charging

battery life is kind of pathetic when the screen is on at all times

[Vynce]

Chain Rxn is finally on iPod Touch/Phone with facebook support. $1.99. Chyeah.