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Some really nice looking games already! Here are a couple of lists to get us started http://kotaku.com/5508240/the-ultimate-ipad-launch-game-round+up http://gizmodo.com/5508756/ipad-app-review-marathon-live |
iPad game/app review thread
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THFourteen 47,939 posts
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Registered 13 years agognaaaaaaaargh
no use in reviews without an ipad!! -
deem 31,653 posts
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Registered 14 years agoSo.
Had mine a few days now, and although apps are a little thin on the ground on the UK store, I've tried a few.
Generally it doesn't handle all 'HD' games brilliantly well tbh. Nova HD for instance doesn't manage 30 fps, but the scaled up iPhone version seems like it's a silky smooth 60 fps, is all the better for it, and plays brilliantly - especially as the HD version lacks the iPhone versions non static controls.
Geometry Wars HD is fucking awesome on the iPads screen and controls very well, and Fieldrunners looks bloody lovely.
Real Racing HD suffers from a slight frame drop but looks lovely and again plays really well on the bigger screen.
Espgaluda 2 scales quite well and again, is awesome on a nice big screen. -
THFourteen 47,939 posts
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Registered 13 years agoI'm waiting for Battle For Wesnoth HD... the dev should be submitting it this week.
A lot of these apps weren't tested on the device itself before release, so I'm not surprised they are iffy.
Have you used any of the non-gaming apps yet deem? Any recommendations for when i get mine (hopefully saturday!!!) -
Jackface 3,736 posts
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Registered 8 years agoI know Mirror's Edge has had good reviews in the US but any of you iPad owning EG-ers had a go and got an opinion? -
deem 31,653 posts
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Registered 14 years agoMirror's Edge and Command & Conquer are now on the UK app store... -
yegon 6,189 posts
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Registered 15 years agoIn prep for receiving mine Ive already bought Wesnoth and Warpgate. Tempted by Dungeon Hunter too - not the best implementation of the higher resolution Ive heard as it's the same zoomed in view, but Im a sucker for these type of games. -
THFourteen 47,939 posts
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Registered 13 years agoDungeon Hunter is pretty cool, although i've only played it a bit. Wesnoth is the best game on the platform by far. And the great thing is, the dev is active on toucharcade forums, and updates the game every month or so with tonnes of new features (newest one is going to include syncing saves between iphone and ipad + faster loading times!) -
Jackface 3,736 posts
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Registered 8 years agodeem wrote:
Mirror's Edge is a definite buy for me but how's C&C play on the iPad?
Mirror's Edge and Command & Conquer are now on the UK app store... -
yegon 6,189 posts
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Registered 15 years agoAre there any free alternatives to Comic Zeal (£4.99)? Happy to pay for it really as I like the iPhone version, but if there's a free one that is equally good... -
THFourteen 47,939 posts
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Registered 13 years agodunno, i'm still using comic reader mobi which i bought on iphone before it was pulled, and it was a universal app -
Are there any FTP/HTML type apps for this? -
Jackface 3,736 posts
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Registered 8 years agoCrispyXUK wrote:
There's HTMLEdit I believe, and Markup, and another one whose name escapes me. All apparently very rough around the edges at this early stage, but with promise if the developers polish them up with updates.
Are there any FTP/HTML type apps for this? -
Dr-Strangelove 2,225 posts
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Registered 14 years agoSo come on then peeps, it's launch day and nary did I expect this thread to have no posts today!
Is there a list of universal apps, I want to install my ipod touch apps on there, but I'm keen to know which ones are universal. Any ideas?
Anybody played the new versionof Galcon? loved it on the tocuch.
And what about flight control HD? -
Jackface 3,736 posts
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Registered 8 years agoMirrors Edge is superb.
The BBC News app is also wicked but you need to create a US account to get it. If you don't already have one, use your 'purchase' of the app itself - it's free so you don't need a card, just a US address such as 1 Infinite Loop...
The Wired app is a great experience with a few little flaws, but worth it to see how a magazine could translate to the iPad. Won't be buying it at that price every month though!
Air Video lets you stream any format of video from your computer to your iPad, over your wifi network or even 3G. Very cool.
Pinball HD, Crosswords and Words with Friends HD (HD is getting old now) are all pretty great looking and play well.
The Comics and Marvel apps are both stunning, and make it very very tempting indeed to get into a series of something. I just cant bring myself to spend that much money on an issue and not have the physical comic to hold and keep, though. But they do look beautiful, definitely grab the apps and get a few of the free comics to try it.
And then there's the Korg iElectribe, which is a £6 software version of something that costs hundreds in the 'flesh'. It's amazing, really.
What else? I have my wish list but im just getting one thing at a time rig now, having a proper go on it. -
askew 16,378 posts
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Registered 12 years agoFlight Control HD \o/ two handed assigning.
Instapaper/Taskpaper were both universal. Evernote and Dropbox too. Love having all my technical e-books within Dropbox and have them downloaded to the app for offline reference. -
Jackface 3,736 posts
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Registered 8 years agoOne thing that's surprised me is not how many fingerprints it attracts but how dirty they actually appear to be on the display. -
mrpon 34,303 posts
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Registered 11 years agoSo I presume you're all using the same Apple account? Have you downloaded everything again? -
morriss 71,290 posts
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Registered 14 years agoDo all iPhone/Touch games work on iPad? -
ElNuevo9 14,128 posts
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Registered 11 years agoThey wipe away quite easily though. Certainly not as stubborn to get rid of as they are on the iPhone... -
Alastair 21,938 posts
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Registered 16 years agoMaybe you need to wash your hands. -
ElNuevo9 14,128 posts
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Registered 11 years agomorriss wrote:
Do all iPhone/Touch games work on iPad?
Pretty certain they do. -
morriss 71,290 posts
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Registered 14 years agoElNino9 wrote:
So can't we just merge the two game/app review threads?
morriss wrote:
Do all iPhone/Touch games work on iPad?
Pretty certain they do. -
THFourteen 47,939 posts
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Registered 13 years agoJackface wrote:
I have my wish list but im just getting one thing at a time rig now, having a proper go on it.
my biggest problem
download 15 things, play each for 10 seconds, never get into anything. -
ElNuevo9 14,128 posts
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Registered 11 years agomorriss wrote:
ElNino9 wrote:
So can't we just merge the two game/app review threads?
morriss wrote:
Do all iPhone/Touch games work on iPad?
Pretty certain they do.
No, because they have there separate stores. -
mrpon 34,303 posts
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Registered 11 years agomorriss wrote:
ElNino9 wrote:
morriss wrote:
Do all iPhone/Touch games work on iPad?
Pretty certain they do.So can't we just merge the two game/app review threads?
It's not vice versa though. -
morriss 71,290 posts
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Registered 14 years agomrpon wrote:
Obv.
morriss wrote:
ElNino9 wrote:
morriss wrote:
Do all iPhone/Touch games work on iPad?
Pretty certain they do.So can't we just merge the two game/app review threads?
It's not vice versa though. -
mrpon 34,303 posts
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Registered 11 years agoSo obviously you wouldn't want them merged. -
Change thread title to iPhone/Touch/iPad and then stipulate whether it's iPad only when you talk about a game/app.
What's the problem?
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