Fieldrunners 1.1 Now Available… With Sound
posted November 19th, 2008 7:25 PM CST by arn in $4.99, Strategy, iPhone games, iPod touch games
Subatomic Studios has released version 1.1 of Fieldrunners which is now in the App Store. This point upgrade brings a number of new features to the popular iPhone game:
- Sounds and music are here! This update includes sound effects and a Fieldrunners theme song.
- Added a new map that requires new strategies.
- Added the highly requested Endless gameplay mode!
- Introduced two new fieldrunners. Watch out, one is invulnerable to goo!
- Added a grid to help place towers.
- The most recently obtained high score is now highlighted.
- Enhanced the visual quality of the title screen and the maps.
- Improved the user interface.
A number of bug fixes and options have also been added. So if you have it, upgrade now. If you don't have it, well, you should. We consider Fieldrunners to be one of the best iPhone games available. Our first look review of it provides a gameplay video from the 1.0 version.
App Store Link: Fieldrunners, $4.99
November 19th, 2008 at 7:29 pm
they did the sounds perfectly
this update is def. worth it
havent unlocked the new map yet or the endless one…maybe later tonight…
awesome
November 19th, 2008 at 7:35 pm
WOW.
Touch Arcade you are my CRACK !
Thank you Thank you Thnak You
November 19th, 2008 at 7:41 pm
Been waiting for this update to purchase the game… looks like now's the time!
November 19th, 2008 at 7:43 pm
F I N A L L Y !
November 19th, 2008 at 7:57 pm
@Robert
Crack is Whack, unless its administered at TouchArcade
November 19th, 2008 at 8:17 pm
Great! I can stop checking every day now
November 19th, 2008 at 9:44 pm
"If you don’t have it, well, you should."
That is so freaking true. Out of the thirty or so games I have, nothing comes close (but hopefully I missed some just as or almost as good, but which ones?). But beware, this game is VERY addictive. I actually have dreams where I'm trying to fill cells with different towers (albeit with that funky dream logic in play).
November 19th, 2008 at 10:01 pm
Awesome update! Anyone got some strategies for the new map?
November 19th, 2008 at 10:15 pm
Are you guys able to put your high scores in on the second map?
I just reached level 57 and died, but didn't have a way to put my score in.
Strange. Anyone else with this issue?
November 19th, 2008 at 10:55 pm
Never mind!
November 19th, 2008 at 11:10 pm
Don't forget that some of the game settings can be found within the "Settings" app on the phone itself.
November 20th, 2008 at 12:39 am
I love fieldrunners. It's top of the line for the tower defense games.
This update seriously increases the replay value of the game.
It's completely true that you should just buy this one if you like strategy games.
With that said I do have some improvements I would like to see.
I would like to be able to have sound fx without music, so I can listen to m own music through the iPod.
I would also like to have a fast forward feature because frankly it gets tiring waiting for it sometimes. I appreciate the pause button but double and quad time would be great.
The new map is great. How about a few more? (it looks like that is the plan)…better yet user contrib maps with online download ability.
Community. Plublish scores or something.
Rotating the display with tilt.
Don't mistake any of this as a reason not to buy the game. You should get it. It's well worth $5. No question about it. But I do hope a few more things get added in updates…
November 20th, 2008 at 12:44 am
second map…on easy…I made it to lvl100.
Lot's of electrical things in the middle of the map. Rerouted some tragic after a bit to force a longer route and merge both entrances traffic.
After the reroute a d combine you can pretty much follow the same style of defense you would have on the original map.
But then again….that was easy…
November 20th, 2008 at 12:46 am
second map on medium I made it through level 100. It didn't seem that hard.
arn
November 20th, 2008 at 1:29 am
This game is amazing with sound!!!
P.S. I love this website!!!
November 20th, 2008 at 4:08 am
Anyone figured out what the two new fieldrunners are?
I've only had a quick play on Easy but not noticed the new ones yet.
November 20th, 2008 at 4:15 am
there's little guys in anti-goo suits, and there's a big slow moving blimp that's hard to destroy.
November 20th, 2008 at 4:57 am
you have to play the new map to see the new fieldrunners.
The new map is great! They come from two directions with mixed troups and mixed speed!
November 20th, 2008 at 10:07 am
@fattychance
you can switch off in game music and only have fx sounds.. read my post above yours on how to do that.
November 20th, 2008 at 10:23 am
And in which way does the disabling of the game music solves the problem, that the app fades the iPod and does not play the sound effects on top of your own music?
November 20th, 2008 at 10:26 am
Having a fast forward button would be PERFECT!
And I wish there was a "challenge" mode, where each new wave automatically comes out of the gate every X seconds (60 for easy, 45 for medium, 30 for hard)
November 20th, 2008 at 11:43 am
The new map suffers from tons of slowdown!
November 20th, 2008 at 1:43 pm
No slowdown for me, didn't even have to restart the phone after updating.
I made it through the new map on medium with 15 lives left in about 2 hours. It's a big improvement! The sounds are great — I get nervous now every time I hear the rumble of the helicopters. I agree that it would be nice to speed it up sometimes — maybe by sending out the next wave of runners, a la DTD.
Next up, polishing my juggling skills for the hard mode! I don't even want to think about endless….
November 20th, 2008 at 1:47 pm
there was mention of a grid layout, but i cant seem to find it. anyone know where it is?
November 20th, 2008 at 2:50 pm
Incredible site, fast as hell!
Thank you TouchAcrade, we love you!
… and we love FieldRunners!
November 20th, 2008 at 6:43 pm
I still feel like there are times when many enemies and many guns on the screen causes the whole game to slow down, a little bit like the old SNES games. I've been the Crossroads map on Hard, so I am writing from experience!
@Rob: To turn on the grid overlay, go to your iPhone settings, then look for Fieldrunners' settings listed after your phone's general settings.
To listen to your own MP3s that you started from the iPod application while playing the game, you have to turn off all sounds (this seems counterintuitive — wish there was a way to listen to my own songs AND hear sounds in the game).
November 20th, 2008 at 6:43 pm
"I've [beaten] the Crossroads map on Hard" …
November 21st, 2008 at 2:26 am
Wow, I failed on Medium level of Grasslands! So sad
I did see the two new fieldrunners on Crossroads. It looks promising to be able to add new maps in later updates!
November 21st, 2008 at 11:44 pm
The endless mode i quite boring. When you reach level 100 it just keeps repeating the same wave over and over again.
November 28th, 2008 at 7:30 am
in fieldrunners, is there only 2 maps?
or after playing medium and hard, new maps are going to open?
November 30th, 2008 at 6:30 pm
They mentioned that there was a bug with Endless mode… but It was fixed in an update (1.1.1) and it's been out for a bit… I played it, it's what you expect, the units change every round!! it's awesome!