Comments on: 'Mino' – Internet Multiplayer Enabled Tetris http://toucharcade.com/2009/07/31/mino/ ... keeping in touch with the latest in iPhone gaming Sun, 21 Mar 2010 01:32:06 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Ankaya http://toucharcade.com/2009/07/31/mino/#comment-31510 Ankaya Tue, 04 Aug 2009 12:33:34 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=15060#comment-31510 Find out more reviews, news and all about iphone apps in http://www.appsd.com/iphone-app/mino/315238201 Find out more reviews, news and all about iphone apps in

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]]> By: Lukeb http://toucharcade.com/2009/07/31/mino/#comment-31473 Lukeb Tue, 04 Aug 2009 04:39:31 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=15060#comment-31473 2nd gen ipod touch with OS 3.0. There is always at least 45mb free before running the app, and my airport is close at hand. 2nd gen ipod touch with OS 3.0. There is always at least 45mb free before running the app, and my airport is close at hand.

]]> By: Eli Hodapp http://toucharcade.com/2009/07/31/mino/#comment-31472 Eli Hodapp Tue, 04 Aug 2009 04:36:03 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=15060#comment-31472 What kind of device are you playing on? I haven't had a single issue on my 3GS. What kind of device are you playing on? I haven't had a single issue on my 3GS.

]]> By: Lukeb http://toucharcade.com/2009/07/31/mino/#comment-31471 Lukeb Tue, 04 Aug 2009 04:34:36 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=15060#comment-31471 Please completely disregard my last post. This app is horribly unstable online. In fact, it may be the most buggiest and most crash-prone app I've purchased to date. The only app that crashed as much as this one was Real Racing until they fixed that. This will be the first app out of more than 75 paid apps for which I'll attempt to get a refund. If you're going to rip off someone else's game design then at least make it work right before you release it. Please completely disregard my last post. This app is horribly unstable online. In fact, it may be the most buggiest and most crash-prone app I've purchased to date. The only app that crashed as much as this one was Real Racing until they fixed that. This will be the first app out of more than 75 paid apps for which I'll attempt to get a refund. If you're going to rip off someone else's game design then at least make it work right before you release it.

]]> By: Lukeb http://toucharcade.com/2009/07/31/mino/#comment-31402 Lukeb Mon, 03 Aug 2009 12:00:48 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=15060#comment-31402 Either people browsing the app store do not know that Mino is a Tetris clone, or Tetris' day is really past. There are some bugs, such as seeing rooms 0/5 full labelled as "game in progress" that crash the app when you enter them, or appearing as both "watching" and "playing" a game, but otherwise online works as advertised. I for one had not played Tetris in almost a decade, so it was a pleasure to reacquaint with it through the added excitement of online multiplayer. Either people browsing the app store do not know that Mino is a Tetris clone, or Tetris' day is really past. There are some bugs, such as seeing rooms 0/5 full labelled as "game in progress" that crash the app when you enter them, or appearing as both "watching" and "playing" a game, but otherwise online works as advertised. I for one had not played Tetris in almost a decade, so it was a pleasure to reacquaint with it through the added excitement of online multiplayer.

]]> By: Abu http://toucharcade.com/2009/07/31/mino/#comment-31311 Abu Sat, 01 Aug 2009 12:21:42 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=15060#comment-31311 Give teh lite version a try. Its pretty good. Give teh lite version a try. Its pretty good.

]]> By: Abu http://toucharcade.com/2009/07/31/mino/#comment-31310 Abu Sat, 01 Aug 2009 12:21:14 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=15060#comment-31310 Give the lite a try. Its pretty good. Give the lite a try. Its pretty good.

]]> By: JCat http://toucharcade.com/2009/07/31/mino/#comment-31306 JCat Sat, 01 Aug 2009 07:38:08 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=15060#comment-31306 Wait, after seeing the demo -- I think I'll have to get this! The video looks impressive.. Wait, after seeing the demo — I think I'll have to get this! The video looks impressive..

]]> By: JCat http://toucharcade.com/2009/07/31/mino/#comment-31304 JCat Sat, 01 Aug 2009 07:35:07 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=15060#comment-31304 Oh man - just last night I was thinking if only EA's Tetris had multi-player, then this Mino along. Unfortunately, the comment from Fooruman has reverted me back to daydreaming... "if only EA's.." lol Oh man – just last night I was thinking if only EA's Tetris had multi-player, then this Mino along. Unfortunately, the comment from Fooruman has reverted me back to daydreaming… "if only EA's.." lol

]]> By: Fooruman http://toucharcade.com/2009/07/31/mino/#comment-31288 Fooruman Fri, 31 Jul 2009 22:09:12 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=15060#comment-31288 The game is attractive, and the online play is amazing - but man does this game suck as a Tetris clone. The game is so easy that when a block lands, I can literally set my phone down, pick it up again, and *still* be able to move the block that\'s just landed. But it gets worse! Because of this slowness, it\'s extremely common to tap the screen and move a block at the last second (when it appears to already be set in position), which can completely ruin your game. The online play is to be praised, but it plays *nowhere* near as well as the official Tetris app, and is hardly a challenge even at top speed. The game is attractive, and the online play is amazing – but man does this game suck as a Tetris clone.

The game is so easy that when a block lands, I can literally set my phone down, pick it up again, and *still* be able to move the block that\'s just landed. But it gets worse!

Because of this slowness, it\'s extremely common to tap the screen and move a block at the last second (when it appears to already be set in position), which can completely ruin your game.

The online play is to be praised, but it plays *nowhere* near as well as the official Tetris app, and is hardly a challenge even at top speed.

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