Just got both Assassin's Creed and EA's Tiger Woods for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Assassin's Creed is beautiful to behold, while Tiget Woods take a while to get used to. I'm still playing Gameloft's Let's Golf and am in that "arcade mode" and jumping into Tiger Woods simulation-type gameplay definiely need adjusting to. What's a delight on Tiger Woods is that the framerate is super-silky-smooth and stable, unlike Let's Golf.

Need For Speed Undercover for iPhone and iPod Touch is OUT! USD9.99!

Point your cursor here and click for that awesome juiciness that is Need for Speed! Burn rubber!

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Added on May 6, 2009, 5:08 amHoly shit! This is the most detailed and texture-heavy game I've ever encountered on an iPhone/iPod Touch before, and the framerate is blisteringly smooth to boot!

The Garage where you do you car selection alone is worth the price of this game. Once you finish showing off your skills to Maggie Q, head to the Garage. Swipe left and right for your first car purchase, and pinch out. You can now view your car from any angle by tapping and holding your finger and dragging it around to view 360 degrees around the car. FRAKKING AWESOME!

This post has been edited by stringfellow: May 6 2009, 05:08 AM

If you played the DS version, the Assassin's Creed on the iPhone is quite similar. The game looks great with the variety of textures, the framerate is mostly smooth, no crashes so far.

GAme controls you have the option of either an 8-way virtual joystick control, or a full 360 degrees analog simulated joystick control. It takes getting used to, but to give credit to the 360 degrees control scheme, I've navigated the narrow beams on the rooftop stages nicely without feeling frustrated with it.

The gameplay allows a lot of variety too. There's the action part of it of course, hack and slashing your way through the stage. There is also the stealth part, where you approach your target slowly, and either

1- kill him silently with your concealed blade, or
2- interrogate him by administering acupunture-like pain treatment. When this happens, the game changes to a screen where it shows the human anatomy chart, and there are concentric circles that gets smaller as time ticks by, and you need to tap these circles to subdue your enemy into submission. Think of it like the Vulcan Nerve Pinch or Kill Bill Five finger Exploding Heart move, but on a more visual manner.
3 - Or it may just be a thieving option, where the screen will now change into a black screen. you have to clear this black screen by swiping your fingers to clear this black screen(like a fog of war actually), and then tap and drag the item you want to steal to the exit hole of the pouch. Careful now, if your item gets stuck or entangled with other items inside the pouch, your victims is alerted of you trying to steal, and the game moves to the hack-n-slash stage.

Very creative use of the iPhone/iPod Touch capabilities, and the graphics are topnotch. And these are only on the earlier stages, and there are tons of other cities to be unlocked and explored.

This post has been edited by stringfellow: May 6 2009, 04:03 PM

The key is to hit him at an angle, and hit him hard at top speed. I was stuck there too for quite some time, but I learned slipstreaming behind him, and once the momentum carries you as you are about to slide past him, take a wide berth and slam your ride into his side. That will some drain up to half of his life meter.

Me second city in the Tri-city now. This game truly makes you feel like holding a gaming portable in your hands.......plus it makes phone calls and surf the net too! 4 thumbs up NFSU!

This post has been edited by stringfellow: May 10 2009, 11:28 PM

Peggle for iPhone is out! Those who had played the version for the iPod Classic/Nano and the NDS knows how dangerously addictive this game is. Multiple award winner too. USD4.99. Get your Peggle drug NOW!

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Added on May 12, 2009, 2:15 pmAnother new release on the Appstore, this time in the form of Resident Evil: Degeneration by Capcom. Graphicwise, not looking too good. Said to be a port of the N-Gage game, only with slightly better graphics. I'm skipping this after looking at the clip from Toucharcade.com.



This post has been edited by stringfellow: May 12 2009, 02:15 PM

I am rocking it out on Real Racing and Doom Resurrection! Seriously, these are the two games to show to your PSP- and DS gaming buddies who doubts the graphical processing power of the iPhone 3G/3G[S]. Furthermore, on the 3G[S], the occasional framerate stutter is practically gone! In the case of Real Racing, it looks and plays as smooth as the intro video itself!

Doom Resurrection is a great shooters-on-rails. They mix it up with tightly-paced, and tightly-spaced enemy placements, as well as the "Dodge" and "Cover" system. My jaws are on the floor when the camera rotates around the lone Marine before the game starts. The texture quality is simply amazing! Well worth the asking price!

I don't see that option on the game.

Rolando 2. Just released. USD9.99. The reviews are true, [b]on the 3G[S], it DOES look like a Saturday morning cartoon already. Silkay smooooooooth! Buy it, and add your friends in the Plus + network. My Gamername is "Stringfellow".

Bro, check if your Restriction is enabled. Otherwise a clean install with stock apps only in will have to do.

I think I made the right choice of picking Tweetie over Birdfeed for my Twitter account. Very nice geotagging feature, as well as clean interface. Don't now how it is on birdfeed, but definitely a step up compared to Twitterific.

Started a new twitter account. Yes slowpork. Been contemplating on privacy issues as well and all, in the end.......what the heck, why not! Tweet in sig. Promise will try to follow through with this, unlike my attempt at maintaining a diary!

Cheers to Neekun for encouraging me with this. That last conversation on Beejive kinda sparked the interest. I'm gonna be the very thing my hero loathes everyone that had succumbed to the Twitter fad.

Just released, fresh off the oven in the US AppStore, a brand new FULL BLOWN turn-based RPG from Square Enix, exclusive to iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad, presenting Chaos Rings!



http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/chaos-rings/id365678365?mt=8

Watch the Youtube trailer, graphically impressive!

EDIT:Ooops looks like someone posted it before me already. News is still relevant, since the game just appeared and released for the US AppStore. Post spoilered and edited to save forum space.

This post has been edited by stringfellow: Apr 20 2010, 11:53 AM

Just clicked the purchase button on Chaos Rings as well. After such glowing reviews from TouchArcade and SlideToPlay (they even compared this with a standalone turn-based FF!) I just had to get it. 27 minuted till finish download from AppStore. I hope it scales well on my iPad.

If there is anymore doubt on how this game looks and play, this video review on Youtube will quash that doubt. Jawdropping!



This post has been edited by stringfellow: Apr 20 2010, 01:02 PM

My apologies, at the moment only Bailout Wars is FREE. As in full game version free. Post edited to avoid misinformation.

This post has been edited by stringfellow: May 15 2010, 01:48 AM

My apologies, at the moment only Bailout Wars is FREE. As in full game version free. Post edited to avoid misinformation.

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Added on May 15, 2010, 1:36 amUrgh, my apologies then. I thought Bailout Wars marked an open frenzy oftheir games for free for two hours. My apologies.

This post has been edited by stringfellow: May 15 2010, 01:48 AM

My bad then. Last I've looked through the demo section, they're wording it as "Lite" instead of "Free". so I thought it is a free full version. My apologies again.

Yup, I've added you on Twitter, Kern. I just need to weed out others who are just plain bots or feeding on more followers.