Android/iOS/Browser games

Someone asked about RTS games in the all too brief thread on MoreNetz, Autumn Dynasty got a universal update today apparently, it was ipad only beforeAutumn Dynasty

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If you mean a literal Infinity Blade 2 type thenBest-infinity-blade-clones-for-ios-and-androidis what it says on the tin, I've heard the Marvel game is decent if you want more of the same.

In preparation for the launch of its sequel next week (which I linked the video of a couple of days ago)Aralon-sword-and-shadow-hdhas briefly gone free, it's not bad for an attempt at an ios morrowind type game, especially when you consider it's now nearly two years old.

Hero Academy has consistently had positive comments on it since launch, it's deffo the most polished of that genre atm as several contenders have popped up and subsequently fallen by the wayside since.

I own Lunar but haven't played it for more than a few minutes. The list of games I have that fit into that category is awful, it's just as bad as Steam Sale Syndrome >.< Anyways, it's a port of the PS version and looked pretty darned polished from what I saw. The controls felt a little awkward with the "click to move" especially being rather finicky but it's certainly something I plan to playone day.

As for decently playable/replayable polished games, off the top of my head -

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Companions

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Battle-academy

That's the stuff that jumped out from a quick look at my owned/wishlist. Add in the Kairosofts if you've never played those, Game Dev Story and Grand Prix Story being the two best although the newer Dungeon Village and Epic Astro Story aren't bad.

Ascension-chronicle-of-the-godslayeris free for 24 hours, it's made by some of the old MTG team and is supposed to be up there amongst the best Magic type card games on IOS.

If you are into wargamesBattle-of-the-bulgecame out yesterday and is getting huge reviews everywhere for it's polish and playability for a proper wargame on the ipad instead of the usual risk type nonsense. Battle Academy I linked a couple of days ago would fall into that category as well with a really good online multiplayer component.

First episode of Walking Dead has gone free, supposedly a great port to the ipad (ipad2+ only I believe)Walking-dead-the-game

Oops too late with the previous question, Lunar would probably have been my recommendation. Personally I'm not convinced that a long play action rpg would be great on touch controls but it could be down to me being rubbish at them. My son slaughtered me at the weekend in an Asphalt challenge.

I am currently completely addicted toPuzzle-dragons-englishIt's like a souped up form of Puzzle Quest mixed in with Pokemon gotta-catch-em-all. It seems so simple on the outside but has tons of depth when trying to farm items to evolve your team to do a ton more damage or skills etc. US app store only sadly but as it's a free title you can make an account without needing payment info, just a fake address \o/

Arc Squadronis free for 24 hours. If memory serves, one of the old FoH guild was one of the devs, Murr iirc. I heard good things about it at launch but don't usually try more arcade type games, will give it a look though. If it's any good will throw some IAP money their way.

Need For Speed: Most Wantedis 69p/99c as part of the EA christmas sale and after being badgered by a mate about it for a while I invested today. It is very good indeed, controls are great and graphics are damn good. Looks like there's a hella amount of content as well.

For UK based really old timers like myself, perhaps you'll be as amused/amazed as I was to see this pop up today!Mike Singletons The Lords Of Midnight

Avengers Initiativehas gone free, no idea on how long for. It's basically a reskinned Infinity Blade 2 but for this price it's worth a look.

I've mentioned it beforeRavensword Shadowlandscame out last night, it's apparently the ios' version of Skyrim. TouchArcade have given it 5/5 and they don't hand that out too often amongst the avalanche of terrible releases.

Final Fantasy IValso popped out with Squares typical IOS pricing. It's an ios version of the DS remake, ?11 UK so $15 presumably. They have also put most of their catalogue on sale, FFTactics for the ipad is ?5.99 for example but I've read it's a fucking terrible port which they abandoned after a minor bugfix that left a raft of technical issues untouched.

The appstore is now frozen until the 29th December, nothing new, no updates or even price changes are allowed apparently. Time to get some use out of the stuff I have!

Puzzle & Dragons is my main game atm, a mix of match 3 and pokemon team building that is way deeper than it first appears.

A 30 minute look at The Walking Dead was quite favourable as well., not 100% sure I will splash out a tenner on the other episodes as I hear the replay value is very low but it allegedly tells a much better story than the tv show, not hard admittedly