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- 3 Quick tl;dr iOS Game Reviews / Recommendations (Episode 77)
- Warhammer Odyssey needs a bit of polish
- Best traditional / minimalist Scrabble game?
- Looking for a final fantasy type game, paid or free, story driven and not gracha.
- Rusted Warfare - RTS 3.99 —> 1.99 (RTS)
- Searching for an old game
- Sport Career Games
- What are your go to games for productivity / to-do lists?
- CLAN N MOBILE - Official version is Out now!
- Transferring save game data to a different iPhone
- Collecting Games
- Pre register for Guild of guardians, the first iOS play to earn ARPG! Free goodies for only a limited time
- Video chat gaming – any suggestions?
- Any good free habit tracker app?
| 3 Quick tl;dr iOS Game Reviews / Recommendations (Episode 77) Posted: 05 Mar 2021 06:14 AM PST It's Friday - and that can only mean one thing! It's time for another roundup of the most interesting games I played last week! :) Hope you'll enjoy it. This episode includes a truly old-school 3D MMORPG that, for once, isn't pay-to-win, a new indie fighting game in the veins of Crash Arena Turbo Stars, and a survival dungeon crawler taking place in a futuristic radioactive ocean full of sea-creatures! In case you missed it: My recent post about the most highly anticipated mobile games of 2021: https://www.reddit.com/r/iosgaming/comments/lqiosi/these_are_the_12_most_highly_anticipated_upcoming/ Disagree with my opinion? Let's have a friendly discussion below. New to these posts? Check out the first one from 77 weeks ago here. The games are "ranked" somewhat subjectively from best to worst, so take the ranking for what it is. Let's get to the games:Warhammer: Odyssey [Game Size: 1.35 GB] (free)Genre: MMORPG / Old-school / 3D / Open-world - Requires Online Access Orientation: Landscape Required Attention: Full tl;dr review: Warhammer Odyssey is an old-school quest-driven fantasy MMORPG with a fair monetization model and no auto systems. The game features 6 character classes and 12 specializations that, for once, are not gender-bound, and after character creation, we're thrown straight into the open world to complete quests and kill creatures. As we level up, we unlock skill and stat points that can freely be distributed to customize our character. Combat is slow-paced and tab-targeted in Warhammer Odyssey, with each hit and ability taking some time to land. While some might dislike this, others, like me, will appreciate the old-school combat experience that feels inspired by games like AdventureQuest 3D or Oldschool Runescape. While primarily PvE-focused, we can duel other players to enter a PvP state. We can also create parties for grinding with friends, or even exchange items directly with other players – a feature that is rarely seen in mobile MMORPGs. The biggest downside is that the game ran my phone rather hot after 30-40 minutes of playing. This will hopefully be fixed via updates over time. Warhammer Odyssey monetizes through iAPs for extra inventory slots, potions that increase our XP gain for a short period of time, and a few other minor convenience items. It's a very free-to-play friendly monetization only rivaled by Oldschool Runescape. App Store: Here Machanical Instinct [Total Game Size: 322 MB] (free)Genre: Fighting / 3D / Indie / Mech-like - Requires Online Access Orientation: Portrait Required Attention: Full tl;dr review: Machinal Instinct is a wacky and fast-paced 3D fighting game by Once Upon a Tower and Mars: Mars developer Pomelo Games. The game has us build a mech for our pig character (yes, you read that right – pig) using 6 types of mech parts, each of which can be upgraded by acquiring multitudes of it. Since there are lots of ways to combine these parts, there are many different strategies for creating the most powerful mech, which is part of what makes the game enjoyable. Once we're satisfied with our mech, we head into 1v1 real-time PvP matches to battle it out against other players. During combat, we swipe to rush forward, dodge incoming attacks, land punches with our mech arms, or fire our long-range missiles. If we win, we're rewarded with a loot box full of mech parts that takes three to eight hours to unlock. While fighting and experimenting with different mech setups is fun, progress is very slow and the game is a bit rough around the edges and could use some extra polish. The current lack of players also creates an experience where we're often matched against opponents that are way too strong for us. It's a promising game, but it needs more players and development time to truly shine. Machinal Instinct monetizes through iAPs used to instantly open loot boxes or acquire new loot boxes without having to win them, which creates a pay-to-progress-faster advantage for paying players. App Store: Here Taravana [Game Size: 480 MB] (free)Genre: Survival / Dungeon Crawler / Roguelike - Requires Online Access Orientation: Landscape Required Attention: Some tl;dr review: Taravana is a roguelite survival game that plays like a fantasy dungeon-crawler, except it takes place deep down in a dark radioactive ocean full of other-worldly beasts and creatures. As we start exploring the underwater areas surrounding our base one tile at a time, we encounter random events and creatures that we need to kill using our ranged and melee weapons, all while making sure we don't run out of oxygen or succumb to radioactivity. Once one area has been cleared, we can move to the next to encounter a new event or creature. Unlike most roguelites, we also need to survive our way back to the base to keep the loot we've gathered, which adds a nice extra challenge. At our base, we use resources to craft items, equip loot, and spend the in-game currency on upgrading our stats to grow stronger. Unfortunately, the gameplay is dreadfully slow. Not only do we need to wait a few seconds when moving between areas of the map, but repairing gear, buying equipment, and speeding up progress quickly burns through the scarce in-game currency. Taravana starts off great but quickly grinds to a halt unless we spend money. The game monetizes through iAPs for a premium currency used to buy new weapons and scuba diving suits, incentivized ads for some minor rewards, and a $20 monthly subscription to remove the wait times and grind. If it wasn't for the incredibly expensive and aggressive monetization, Taravana would be a great and unique roguelite dungeon crawler. App Store: Here Google Sheet of all games I've played so far (searchable and filter-able): https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1bf0OxtVxrboZqyEh01AxJYUUqHm8tEfh-Lx-SugcrzY/edit?usp=sharing TL;DR Video Summary (with gameplay) of last week's 3 games: https://youtu.be/egBZspgE3-o Episode 01 Episode 02 Episode 03 Episode 04 Episode 05 Episode 06 Episode 07 Episode 08 Episode 09 Episode 10 Episode 11 Episode 12 Episode 13 Episode 14 Episode 15 Episode 16 Episode 17 Episode 18 Episode 19 Episode 20 Episode 21 Episode 22 Episode 23 Episode 24 Episode 25 Episode 26 Episode 27 Episode 28 Episode 29 Episode 30 Episode 31 Episode 32 Episode 33 Episode 34 Episode 35 Episode 36 Episode 37 Episode 38 Episode 39 Episode 40 Episode 41 Episode 42 Episode 43 Episode 44 Episode 45 Episode 46 Episode 47 Episode 48 Episode 49 Episode 50 Episode 51 Episode 52 Episode 53 Episode 54 Episode 55 Episode 56 Episode 57 Episode 58 Episode 59 Episode 60 Episode 61 Episode 62 Episode 63 Episode 64 Episode 65 Episode 66 Episode 67 Episode 68 Episode 69 Episode 70 Episode 71 Episode 72 Episode 73 Episode 74 Episode 75 Episode 76 [link] [comments]  | ||
| Warhammer Odyssey needs a bit of polish Posted: 04 Mar 2021 02:29 PM PST
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| Best traditional / minimalist Scrabble game? Posted: 05 Mar 2021 03:56 AM PST Looking for a 2 player game as close as possible to playing a Scrabble board game. Ideally one that encourages common use words and not spamming obscure two and three letter words. Thanks in advance. [link] [comments]  | ||
| Looking for a final fantasy type game, paid or free, story driven and not gracha. Posted: 05 Mar 2021 06:48 AM PST | ||
| Rusted Warfare - RTS 3.99 —> 1.99 (RTS) Posted: 04 Mar 2021 09:14 PM PST
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| Posted: 04 Mar 2021 11:44 PM PST I'm looking for an old game. You had a team of anthropomorphic animals. Your mission was to carry a light source and remove the darkness from the land. You had a large choice of varying animals, each with their own roles. The animation was stunning and different. You could have up to four allies. Every 5 nodes you could stop at an in. You unlocked more allies by collecting pieces/tokens. You fought dark shadowy creatures. The game scrolled from right to left as your characters walked forward. The characters also moved relatively slow. This was quite a few years ago (probably around 8 or so years, maybe a bit more). Any help would be appreciated! [link] [comments]  | ||
| Posted: 05 Mar 2021 08:03 AM PST Anyone know any good solo sport career games for IOS? doesn't really matter which sport, I just want to create and develop a character and play. I already have NBA. Thanks in advance! [link] [comments]  | ||
| What are your go to games for productivity / to-do lists? Posted: 05 Mar 2021 05:17 AM PST I am looking for a good gamification app for to do lists and productivity. I want to get a bit more organized with my life, but I want it to be fun. [link] [comments]  | ||
| CLAN N MOBILE - Official version is Out now! Posted: 04 Mar 2021 09:33 PM PST
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| Transferring save game data to a different iPhone Posted: 04 Mar 2021 03:30 PM PST Somehow my old phone bugged out on me and the backup I had on the cloud is corrupted. Going to be starting over from scratch with the new device, but there are some games which do not utilize iCloud, whose save data I would really like to preserve. Any ideas? Thanks! [link] [comments]  | ||
| Posted: 04 Mar 2021 06:57 PM PST I want a game where you can collect creatures, animals, people and just grow and maintain them, much like a nintendogs kind of style where they are basically pocket pets, it would also be cool if you could name each individual creature, but that's not required, Any suggestions? [link] [comments]  | ||
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| Video chat gaming – any suggestions? Posted: 04 Mar 2021 01:49 PM PST TL;DR Does anyone know of any video chat enabled/based iPadOS games? I know this is a different kind of game, but I thought this would still fit the sub, since it's technically a game I'm looking for – on iOS/iPadOS. For obvious reasons, I can't see friends or family these days, and many of them aren't into traditional video games, but they do have iPads. What video chat game apps/platforms do you use? Preferably very simple stuff like card games, Pictionary, charades, etc. Stuff that people who aren't great with tech could manage. A few weeks ago, we tried https://backyard.co which is free and pretty fun. It's in beta, so it's missing a few features I'd like, and there are the odd bugs here and there. I'll be keeping an eye on it as it develops, but wanted to see if there were other options out there. [link] [comments]  | ||
| Any good free habit tracker app? Posted: 04 Mar 2021 01:42 PM PST I'm looking to make positive changes and I would like to keep track of them [link] [comments]  |
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