As we’ve mentioned in all of our previous cover of The Room ($0.99), you really should be playing the game- Especially with its new content update. This morning, Jared and I played the first ten minutes or so of the epilogue, and we really like what we see. It’s basically The Room, but more, which is really all we could ever ask for.
SPOILER ALERT! so much of the experience of this game is figuring out these little puzzle pieces by yourself. You’ll have an infinitely better experience playing through this totally fresh, so you’re the one making all of the discoveries in the game. But, hey, some people just really enjoy watching us play video games, so, whatever!
The Room is currently on sale for 99¢, and I don’t know what else I can do to convince everyone out there to download it. Especially on the iPad, it’s one hell of an incredible experience.
5 stars give-away
Lets be honest here: the writers can't win.
Two 5 stars: People whine that 5 stars are found on trees
Junk Jack gets 5 stars, Terraria gets less: Terraria fanboys cry
Terraria gets 5 stars, Junk Jack gets less:
Junk Jack fanboys get mad
Both games get less than 5 stars:
Limbo incident reborn
But yeah, in my opinion both 5 stars are well deserved. Dont insult either of these brilliant games by thinking you have to choose. Get both.
If you never played terraria before than for sure get it, if you already played it then get jjx.
You, good sir or madam, are a genius.
Why thank you LOLCAT :)
I'm glad we're not picking sides but if Terraria had multiplayer I think it'd get six stars
Yeah me too! I never even heard of Terraria, nor did I pay attention to Junk Jack until TA announced both games were released last week. I bought both and agree that you really can't say one is better than the other. I've played JJX maybe twice and it's really cool looking, but it's something about Terraria that catches my attention more. Still though 2 great games that are very similar, but also different. Best $10 spent.
iOS gaming and GTA V is going to make for some good gaming in the Fall.
I think other than no multiplayer the game still has some considerable flaws.
I've played both, and the controls (especially fighting controls) irked me in Terraria. I've stuck to JJx. However both are very nice games.
Im loving it but the small world size is the killer. It just breaks the immersion so badly when you walk from one side of the world to the other in a minute.
The hardest part for me is i have no idea what i can and cant do compared to the PC version. So progression is a little flakey without any real knowledge of where the end of content is in this version. :/
That's just me tho and itll better once some guides/databases go up for the ios version.
But till then ill just keep feeling lost tho.
And ill agree with the Author, no multiplayer at launch is pretty sad, almost made me close it after 5 minutes but meh, its still as fun as i remember on PC and ill definately finish it on my iPhone 4S, and for those wondering i have no real problem with "screen real estate", 5 item hotbar is a little limited but i got used to it very quickly.
Just as a final note, if you haven't played terraria this is a great entry point for anyone.
If you have played terraria however its a simple question of do you like it enough that you want a smaller portable version to play on your iphone/ipad.
Junk Jack X is small like that too, but I really like that. As a Minecraff novice (my only other experience is Blockheads), I don't really want a huge world; it's too overwhelming. I don't play for hours and hours on end (not saying you do), so a smaller world fits my schedule better as well.
In JJX each world may be a bit small but together and with the biomes they create quite an expansive experience. I think if you laid every world end-to-end it would take about 20-30 minutes to walk across.
And at least now you're cycling around the world instead if hitting an invisible wall :)
I never played this game, and i'm very interested.
If anyone could, I'd like a deeper explaination of what it means that it doesn't compare to the PC version, so that i can choose the best place to play this on
PC for sure and is main plat and where you get the most bang for your buck, latest updates etc and the community is amazing. Jjx is iOS (I know people will disagree but that is my opinion.) lets not forget its multiplayer either that you don't get on iOS.
I've finished Terraria on iOS but have it as well on Mac. Difference is iOS generates a random small map automatically while you can choose small, medium or large on Mac/PC. Mac/PC has multiplayer which is more interactive than playing by yourself on iOS. Mac/PC has Hardmode and you can craft better stuff while iOS is stuck on normal mode even if you defeat the last boss. It will get boring, trust me. IMO get the one for Mac/PC, you'll enjoy it more there. Especially they're coming up with version 1.2 which brings in more cool stuff. :)
There's a Mac version???
More like a wrapper. So Mac users get it for free.
everything in this genre has bored me to tears in mere minutes. its up there with endless runners in terms of time wasters, but actually/neferiously having a purpose to that endless time wasting makes it appealing. still, i'm not OCD enough to want to waste any of my life on this stuff.
You still up to waste your life on other games, as you are registered on this site ;)
So it means this genre just is not for ya
most definitely, gaming is NOT a waste of time, saying otherwise is blasphemy. but yeah, this genre to me is just a pile of scat, but i do respect the 'to each their own' clause when it comes to everything in life.
Lol blasphemy has to do with religion. Does it now?
"the act or offense of speaking sacrilegiously about God or sacred things; profane talk."
gaming is sacred, so yes. :)
I'm digging JJX at the moment (literally) and also interested in Terraria title. So i got a question and will be grateful if someone can elaborate:
I often hear this Terraria edition is 'nerfed' compared to PC and the world is small. So the question is HOW SMALL is the world and is it still big enough to get lost (in a good sense of exploration)??
Thanx in advance for your answers
Would like to know this as well.
It's extremely small, smaller than the smallest PC world. And the difficulty has been nerfed a lot. Too small, too easy. But for $5 it still was fun for like 3 days.
I have both of the games, and enjoy both of them, but after playing Terraria on the PC the iOS version is minuscule. I'd estimate it takes around a minute 30 seconds to get to one edge of the map.
So if I would suggest one of them, 100% I would suggest Junk Jack. I'd say Terraria deserves 4 stars for less mobs, tiny worlds, and over spawning of resources.
Thats funny, ive never made it to the end of a junk jack world I've ran in one direction for 10 minutes and didn't reach an end. Also so the patch notes say infinite generating worlds. Maybe my version is broken...
Lol wrong website xD how did i post here!?!
Small. Like you get from west point to east in a minute.
I'd say that without multiplayer, it shouldn't get 5 stars.
I hear people saying they finished Terraria. Can someone elaborate on what that means (without spoilers please )? I don't get how you finish a sandbox game.
Terraria has some "events" (to avoid spoilers) and surviving them is the biggest challenge in the game... once you do you beat the game basically. You should get spoiled actually, finding out how to trigger some of this stuff is almost impossible without a wiki
Thanks!
While I thoroughly enjoy the iOS version, IMO the game is WAY too generous. I managed to get a full suit of gold armour, all gold tools and maximum health within an hour. Plus I found three underground houses almost literally next to each other. I know the world is a lot smaller than the PC or console versions, but I still think its little too over generous. Other than that the controls are great and is still fun to play.
...yeah, but gold is nothing.
Shocker.
The only game I've played in this genre is Blockheads (which I sank a lot of time into), how do this and JJX compare?
Well for one there is alot more items, and crafting doesnt take an hour its instant, unless you use the simple crafting!
I played The Blockheads obsessively, like you.
I'm familiar with the PC and Xbox 360 versions of Terraria, and enjoyed the former immensely. Seriously, if you have a personal computer of any description, get it. When I tried the Xbox 360 version, however, it became clear that the game, having been designed for a keyboard and mouse control scheme, was very difficult to adapt to other input schemes.
I have Terraria (and Junk Jack X) running on an iPhone 4S, and though the touch interface suits Terraria far better than the Xbox controller did, it is still very awkward and imprecise. If you were to approach this game without knowing it was a port, you'd probably find yourself wondering at some of the design decisions.
Junk Jack X, on the other hand, was clearly designed for a touch interface from the start. Its blocks are larger, like The Blockheads, and require no zoom-in subsystem to properly manipulate.
Additionally, Junk Jack X includes an option to play in "peaceful" mode, with no enemy encounters, which may suit you better if you're approaching this game having only played The Blockheads before.
I have a few other observations as well, but real life is intervening.
Well it's closer to the console/PC version than minecraft pocket was when it launched. Sure the world's are smaller and it's balanced towards easy but it's still awesome to have it on an idevice. Bring on the updates!
"I’m not here to compare every game of this kind, nor do I care to play them all."
That's literally what you're here to do. You're an iPhone game reviewer on the world's biggest iPhone game website.
Hes not gonna compare them! He didn't say he's not going to review! He said he wasn't gonna compare them!
Thank you.
Right, okay. I'm not trying to be a jerk, but how can you review something in isolation from all of the other things around it?
Like imagine a car review from a guy who's never driven a car before, and tries to make a virtue out of it.
Lets discuss this outside of TA. Tweet me: @qualitybeats84
Great review. Deserved score.
Loving this game alot. Can anyone point out the differences between this version and PC (before giant update)?
The reviewer had a few negative things to say, and yet this game still earned 5 stars. I thought games had to be flawless in the eye of the reviewer to earn a perfect score.
Maybe I'm wrong, but it seems like the community is starting to influence scores games get these days a little too much. I think TA was too careful to give both Terraria and JJX the same score. They're not the same game so it's not required they score identically. They weren't even reviewed by the same person.
Personally, I think the interface of JJX works better on iOS devices, so that would warrant a higher score from me. (Yes, I know it was built solely for this platform.) That being said, from strictly a game standpoint, I'm more of a Terraria fan.
Just makes me scratch my head a little bit.
I feel like TA is losing their confidence to give a popular game a bad rating. They should've given Junk Jack X 5 stars, and Terraria 3.5 or less. That would've started an entertaining outrage.
Please help Junk Jack X or Terraria. Please I'm so confused.
Both...
my biggest issue is how terrible the controls are. If you decide to build or destroy things by using your finger in the circle, its incredibly hard to work with because if you go too high up the magnified vision cuts off. If you use the right analog on the bottom of the screen its very hard to pinpoint what you want. These controls are atrocious. I'm most likely picking up junk jack x
I was a firm 100 percent junk jack x is bettern terraria guy. Well. Junk jack is awesome. Built a house and did a few other things. Collecting stuff making a treasure room. Pretty sweet. Anyway I thought is try terraria (since I did buy it). I played for a bit and thought meh, whatever. Played for a bit more a discovered I spent days on it. Man there is so much more to do in terraria then junk jack. Way more. I love jjX but I think terraria is the better game now. Like wow. I didn't expect that! I've gotten onto the controls and I don't even notice em anymore. God this is a good game. I made a hole from the ocean to the underworld though. Now my world crashes but! It was meant to be. What a great freaking game. I already killed bosses and collected some cool ass stuff. Yes. Good game
I love it. Good graphics and the content. That's what I care about when to start playing a game.