iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch game recommendations

[psj3809]

Yep it's great. The other two tables are worth getting

[psj3809]

Goat Up 2 is out. Downloading now

[DreamcastRIP]

I've just snapped up the following on price promo',

Metal Slug 3 for £1.49 - loving this for the windowed mode (so fingers don't obscure things), scanline options and general all-round awesomeness
Plasma Sky for 69p - played it once so far reaching level 25 or thereabouts, a nice blaster with some beautiful vector graphics (which I'm always a sucker for)
Sonic Dash for 69p - another endless runner but a pretty decent effort all the same with nice graphics

Yep it's great. The other two tables are worth getting

Yep, I'll be purchasing them all once they're released on Wii U's Zen Pinball 2.

Goat Up 2 is out. Downloading now

Any good? I've not looked for any reviews yet but I'm liking the sound of it based on the game's description (nice to see Matthew Smith name-checked!) and the screenshots. I've not bought it yet as I'm waiting to see if it's worth the £2.49 asking price.

[merman]

Goat Up 2 is out. Downloading now

Any good? I've not looked for any reviews yet but I'm liking the sound of it based on the game's description (nice to see Matthew Smith name-checked!) and the screenshots. I've not bought it yet as I'm waiting to see if it's worth the £2.49 asking price.

Just started playing, not had the chance to do any editing, but it looks so 80s it hurts.

And it's worth supporting one of the UK's independent game designers, trying something different.

[DreamcastRIP]

Just started playing, not had the chance to do any editing, but it looks so 80s it hurts.

In a good way I hope! The opportunity to create levels doesn't hold much appeal to me but it's a very cool addition as it'd be nice to play levels created by others. Kinda like LittleBigPlanet (and others) in that respect.

And it's worth supporting one of the UK's independent game designers, trying something different.

Indeed. I've purchased every single previous Llamasoft iOS release.

[psj3809]

I'm enjoying Goat Up 2, like the wacky sounds, levels, only had a quick go to be fair. Some people are moaning about the 'blurry' graphics and the price, from what i read on his twitter hes not making tons with the other games so has put the price up a bit.

But i love platformers, the controls work well, bit weird the portrait mode, prefer landscape but from what i've played i'm enjoying it and looking forward to recognising more retro characters in it (Pacman, Miner Willy etc)

And its from Minter so i have to support him !

[The Beans]

Goatup 2, it's great stuff.
Not all of Minter's output on iOS has been my cup of tea so I haven't bought them all but Goatup 2, Minotron and Gridrunner have been excellent purchases for me.

[CraigGrannell]

On pricing, do bear in mind previous games continue to take up his time regarding maintenance updates, for very little extra income. Gridrunner's getting an update soon, for example. Really, £2.49's hardly going to break the bank, and I hope more indies follow suit. (Ridiculous Fishing similarly eschewed the tier-one price-point recently, starting out at two quid.)

[Antiriad2097]

The first Goat Up is one of my goto games on iOS, one of a select few that remains installed and I keep going back to. Purchasing the sequel isn't even questionable after that. If its not so good, I don't mind, since I've had more than my money's worth from the first one. I think with the Llamasoft games I just have to buy each one to keep development going. Even if a given game isn't to my taste, something else will be along soon as long as I throw a couple of quid every few months at them.

I wonder if there's a subscription model to be had from that? Pay a regular few pounds per quarter to a dev and get all their output?

[sscott]

Will have to get Goat Up 2 then, haven't bought a new app for some time.

[The Beans]

The first Goat Up is one of my goto games on iOS, one of a select few that remains installed and I keep going back to. Purchasing the sequel isn't even questionable after that. If its not so good, I don't mind, since I've had more than my money's worth from the first one. I think with the Llamasoft games I just have to buy each one to keep development going. Even if a given game isn't to my taste, something else will be along soon as long as I throw a couple of quid every few months at them.

I wonder if there's a subscription model to be had from that? Pay a regular few pounds per quarter to a dev and get all their output?

I'd bin Minter if he went to a subscription model. He's too hit and miss for me to ever consider paying in advance for his stuff.

[Antiriad2097]

That's fair enough, but it might be an option for some. Subs for some of us, pay per game for others. No reason the two options can't live side by side. I'll agree Llamasoft can be hit and miss, but for me its mostly hits to at least some degree, there's not anything they've done I really detest.

[Morkin]

XCOM: Enemy Unknown arriving this Summer.

http://toucharcade.com/2013/03/23/pax-e ... is-summer/

[DreamcastRIP]

XCOM: Enemy Unknown arriving this Summer.

http://toucharcade.com/2013/03/23/pax-e ... is-summer/

Now there's a game that'd look lovely on an iPad's retina display.

[The Beans]

That's fair enough, but it might be an option for some. Subs for some of us, pay per game for others. No reason the two options can't live side by side.

I wonder why Minter has never gone down this route. Seeing it in black & white makes it look like a complete no-brainer. His hardcore fans would lap it up. Can such a thing be done on iOS? I don't know how the app store works tbh.