Comments on: 'Blue Skies' to Bring 2D Scrolling Shooter to iPhone

By: tosui

tosui — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 21:55:32 +0000

It's in the store! http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=289256879&mt=8

Let the reviews commence (and convince me if it's worth the $$?)

By: Frank Rizzo

Frank Rizzo — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:38:18 +0000

Does anyone remember Tigerheli? It was originally an arcade game and the Sega Genesis had a port of it. Great game. This game reminds me of that. Hopefully it will be 80% of what Tigerheli was.

By: SteveJ

SteveJ — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:01:25 +0000

"it needs real RPGs"

What do you consider to be a "real RPG"? Vay is a real RPG. I'm not going to say that it is a great RPG, but it is a real one. It was for the Sega CD system originally. I think it's worth picking up, but do yourself a favor and immediately set it to "Hard" difficulty. On the "Normal" setting the game is ludicrously easy, to the point of boredom.

" and action titles"
Blue Skies would appear to a pretty "real" action title to me. I guess we'll find out for sure later on.

In any case, I question the notion that in order to compete with the DS and PSP, the iPhone *has* to have anything more than casual games. I would like it to have more than that, and I think it will, but Nintendo has shown that the market for casual games is massive, indeed perhaps bigger then the "core gaming" market. Moreover, on an uber-portable platform like the iPhone and iPod Touch, casual games are even more the king IMHO. If Nintendo doesn't watch out they are going to lose a substantial share of their portable market to the iPhone.

I have had a DS for some time and I have loved it, but since the 2.0 update to my iPod Touch I haven't played my DS much and I haven't bought any new DS games. I'm even less enthused about upcoming DS games. It's not that the DS games are worse (they certainly aren't), but I have my iPod Touch with me all the time and it contains all of my games without any cartridge swapping, nor cartridges to lose. Those are *huge* things for a portable platform. Oh, and not to mention that AppStore games are way cheaper than DS games.

By: Gregz0r

Gregz0r — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:11:32 +0000

Desert Strike was made by EA, so, who knows? It could make an appearance.

By: Gregz0r

Gregz0r — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:10:31 +0000

That Apache reminds me of the old Sega Megadrive(Genesis) game called Desert Strike(and it's subsequent sequels, Jungle and Soviet Strike), which was a cool 3D isometric game, which would be awesome on the iPhone!

By: tosui

tosui — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 05:02:21 +0000

Looks like a 1942 old-school shooter, which in my book is serious fun! Not sure if it'll be worth $9.99. Maybe more like a $4.99, but I say that without trying it. If the controls are well done, it would justify the $$.

By: Bloc Party

Bloc Party — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 22:14:28 +0000

"I seriously can’t wait for a non-casual game for the iPhone. In order for it to truly start taking on the DS and PSP it needs real RPGs and action titles, not just puzzles and minigames."

Preach on brother!! Couldn't agree more.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:44:15 +0000

I'm not sure I'm sold on the controls. We'll have to wait and see though…

By: jason

jason — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:06:13 +0000

looks great but unfortunately I am not a big fan of the accelerometer steering. I hope that developers start putting in an option to steer via onscreen buttons.
i get sick while constantly tilting the screen to steer…

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 14:37:08 +0000

Looks a lot like the Stike series on the PS1 (Soviet Strike, Nuclear Strike). Unfortunately it doesn't look like it has the depth of the those games. I seriously can't wait for a non-casual game for the iPhone. In order for it to truly start taking on the DS and PSP it needs real RPGs and action titles, not just puzzles and minigames.