A few weeks back during E3 we got our hands all over a demo version of Street Fighter X Tekken running on iOS, a mobile port of the console game that hit earlier this year. It felt great in our brief time with the demo, and featured some upgrades from the hugely successful Street Fighter IV Volt ($4.99) iOS game, like fully 3D character models and non-static backgrounds.
At that time it was sort of up in the air whether or not the Street Fighter X Tekken iOS demo would materialize into a full game, but the following week Capcom confirmed that the game would indeed be coming to the App Store sometime this summer. Then late last week, Capcom posted even more new details and screens for the upcoming iOS fighter.
Along with the original 4 characters from the demo (Ryu, Chun Li, Kazuya, and Nina), 4 new fighters have officially been announced: Guile and Dhalsim from the Street Fighter camp, and Hwoarang and Paul from the Tekken side. Controls were also detailed, and should feel familiar to fans of Capcom’s other iOS fighters – single punch and kick buttons, a special move button that performs different functions based on what direction you’re pointing the d-pad when you press it, and a single button for tagging in your partner.
Speaking of tag partners, that’s where things get interesting in the iOS version. Even though you’ll pick two characters for your team, only one will be your primary character and have a life bar. The secondary character can be tagged in while your primary character rests and recovers health, but won’t have his or her own life bar. Instead, a “Partner Gauge" is used which limits the amount of time your primary character can be tagged out. If the secondary character takes damage it will deplete the Partner Gauge even more quickly, and cut short the amount of time your primary character can regenerate health on the sidelines.
The secondary character can’t be beaten, just forced to tag back out if the Partner Gauge is emptied. However, a Pandora Mode will allow you to sacrifice your secondary character to temporarily power up your primary fighter, after which the secondary character will be out of the match for good.
It all sounds incredibly interesting, especially since I haven’t dove into the console versions of Street Fighter X Tekken yet. Stay tuned for more details which are said to be coming leading up to the game’s release at some point this summer, and you can also dive into our forums for discussion of Street Fighter X Tekken coming to iOS.
I'm sorry but the assets were clearly taken from other games..... Player models from CS, monsters from doom 3, maps from CS and I'm sure other games. The 148apps link trailer even has them playing on a Quake 3 map. The HUD is straight from CS as well, the icons and text/font. Hopefully it plays well...
On my device (iPod Touch 4th gen, which you could say at this point is kinda old) it runs pretty smoothly if you're just exploring, but once enemies and other players have to render it slow down quite a bit. Zombie mode is the worst, as it has to render TONS of entities, so its wicked laggy. But if you play a pretty modest match with like 2 or 3 people on each side, it's playable. And I'm sure it runs silky smooth on newer devices.
Eh think it needs more detailed blood or somethin looks kinda old for 2012 but thts just me
Just a heads-up, Counter-Strike has already been ported to both Android, PC, and iPhone. Your device needs to be jail token to install it though. Cross-platform play is included, along with graphical options and the ability to host your own servers. You can even have zombies.. So just go to "cs-portable.net"
I'm not sure it's a good idea to let PC users play against smartphone/tablet users... Seems like intermediate PC players will beat the crap out of even the champion of touchscreen... Just like it happened with halo on the Xbox and PC
Is it me, or does it seem you're almost always running backwards? Just a constant retreat! I like attacking, not running away all the time. If it wasn't for that, I mean it looks fun with lots of killing goodness, but, I dunno...
Step 1) Download Unity.
Step 2) Steal a bunch of assets.
Step 3) Get a name designed to trick consumers.
Step 4) Get on Touch Arcade.
Step 5) Profit!
It's already out for a long time and it's free. Download from cs-portable.net (if I'm not wrong. Google it) it's just not on the app store
just played web version and it is a total rip off but god damn! CS in my pocket thank you, next game!
Old news.. a real port of counter strike to iPhone and iPad has been around for months.
And what is it called? Is it the one with some Chinese/ Japanese/ Korean characters in the name? Because that one wasn't exactly done well...
He must be referring to the version on Cydia. It's crap. This game with the classic 4v4 CS multiplayer would be awesome, if the controls are done correctly and are completely customizable.
He means http://cs-portable.net it runs really well, cross platform with android at least is decent and their improvements make the game feel more and more like cs 1.6. Though there's still way to go, though.
I'm referring to "CS-Portable" it was ported to Android and iPhone/iPad. The controls are not too bad either. Also custom maps.
Wait is there really a counter strike on ios??
Sniff...Sniff....I smell a lawsuit!
I smell a hater...
why are people complaining that this looks a lot like CS? CS was awesome. i dont see people complaining that modern combat 3 looks like modern warfare 3. so just shut up and enjoy this game when its released, as it looks great!
Ding, Ding, we have a winner.
I don't think the issue is so much that it looks like CS so much as assets may have been taken directly from other games?
Nevertheless it appears awesome & that's good for iOS gaming. Not sure why peeps are moaning.
Actually there is a beta version of CS Portable on this website http://cs-portable.net/en/d... , free to download for both iOS and Android , you guys may try it , but this is not the official app from AppStore , in order to play it , you must jailbreak your devices
I just Can't!!! Btw this will B Multiplayer Right?!
Can someone tell me when this game is coming out?
Man I hope this didn't get canned...
Official topic of the game is here guys: http://forums.toucharcade.c...