Apple: the king of portable gaming platforms

If you consider that the iphone is one of the most popular mobile phones, with android & black berry coming in second and 3rd respectively you can see why. Also iPhone game development is easy for small teams so its growing increasingly popular for small start ups.
 
I have a iPhone and an iPad. I don't play games on it (even though I own a couple), simply because iOS games are really lacklustre in comparison to other handhelds.
 
Strifehart said:
I have a iPhone and an iPad. I don't play games on it (even though I own a couple), simply because iOS games are really lacklustre in comparison to other handhelds.
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Try out infinity blade 1 & 2, grand thef auto III, Jetpack Joy Ride are all good ones. You can also get classic Streat Fighter II which plays really well. But I guess it depends on person to person.
 
OmegaFenix said:
Try out infinity blade 1 & 2, grand thef auto III, Jetpack Joy Ride are all good ones. You can also get classic Streat Fighter II which plays really well. But I guess it depends on person to person.
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Played Infinity blade on a friend's iphone. Really not liking the limitations of the interface at all. Tapping on a screen is not the same as having buttons. I have SFIV Volt, which I play every now and then when I'm standing in a queue somewhere, but even so it doesn't come close to having a dedicated handheld with buttons.
 
Strifehart said:
Played Infinity blade on a friend's iphone. Really not liking the limitations of the interface at all. Tapping on a screen is not the same as having buttons. I have SFIV Volt, which I play every now and then when I'm standing in a queue somewhere, but even so it doesn't come close to having a dedicated handheld with buttons.
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I see. For me the idea of forking out £££ for a dedicated hand held device seems like a waste of money. So different strokes for different folks. Apple makes most of its game revenue from the casual market anyways.
 
OmegaFenix said:
I see. For me the idea of forking out £££ for a dedicated hand held device seems like a waste of money. So different strokes for different folks. Apple makes most of its game revenue from the casual market anyways.
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My wife loves titles such as Dragon Quest and Professor Layton, and considering it's the only platform(s) which has those games we tend to buy the handhelds regardless. :)
 
leezo said:
US Itunes selection of games ROCKS!!! How can you not game when having those games?
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I am using a US account. iOS titles tend to be closer to the majority of casual games on the Wii than actual proper "core" gaming titles you'd find on the 360 and PS3. Very few games are designed with the platform's interface in mind (i.e. Infinity Blade) and the ports tend to be rather poor.

At the end of the day, I need buttons.
 
Yeh I don't know what I'd do without my iPad games when I'm traveling for work or flying!

Just like a PC, most people have Apple devices not for gaming, but for the massive amounts of utilities. I'd survive without games but I'd definitely need an outlet to the web, word processing, etc. Apple devices give that in addition to awesome gaming performance. Dedicated gaming devices are never going to do as well.
 
Strifehart said:
I am using a US account. iOS titles tend to be closer to the majority of casual games on the Wii than actual proper "core" gaming titles you'd find on the 360 and PS3. Very few games are designed with the platform's interface in mind (i.e. Infinity Blade) and the ports tend to be rather poor.

At the end of the day, I need buttons.
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“The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.” - Alvin Toffler
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But yeah, you need to take the platforms UI into account and few devs have managed that.

Have you tried ShadowGun? Its a gears clone, controls take a bit of getting use to but its not a bad effort.
 
OmegaFenix said:
But yeah, you need to take the platforms UI into account and few devs have managed that.
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Definitely, that's why I'm saying that games like Infinity Blade are good examples of titles that actually work on the platform. I still don't find it (IB specifically) entertaining enough to actually buy.

OmegaFenix said:
Have you tried ShadowGun? Its a gears clone, controls take a bit of getting use to but its not a bad effort.
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Nope, but I'll investigate it.

My iPad is primarily used for browsing and reading comics/magazines/books.

“The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.” - Alvin Toffler
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I definitely agree with the quote, however I feel that it's not really applicable to this at all. Considering that it's a case of simplifying the interface to a point where 75% of the previous functionality is practically impossible and the limitations of the hardware architecture doesn't allow for any real improvement/new functionality. Which results in a pretty poor and shallow experiences at the end of the day.
 
Strifehart said:
Definitely, that's why I'm saying that games like Infinity Blade are good examples of titles that actually work on the platform. I still don't find it (IB specifically) entertaining enough to actually buy.



Nope, but I'll investigate it.

My iPad is primarily used for browsing and reading comics/magazines/books.



I definitely agree with the quote, however I feel that it's not really applicable to this at all. Considering that it's a case of simplifying the interface to a point where 75% of the previous functionality is practically impossible and the limitations of the hardware architecture doesn't allow for any real improvement/new functionality. Which results in a pretty poor and shallow experiences at the end of the day.
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There is also a tech demo called Angry Bots, its developed in Unity a free to use game engine. Shadow Gun was done in the same engine.

I like to look at it as just the next UI we need to get use to, like the controller, mouse, move, kinect etc. But I hear what your saying.
 
I've never quite figured out how to see past my thumbs, they always keep sliding off the "analog" stick and into the middle of the screen. I did however pley the cr*p out of Hector Ep 1. Classic point and click adventure games are few and far between.
 
I won't call myself a cellphone gamer, but I almost completed Angry Birds while at home affairs one day :)
 
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