Late last month, a very cool upcoming iOS game caught our eye. It was for an abstract, minimalist platforming game called David ($1.99) that, similar to its inspiration Shadow of the Colossus, had you engaging in a series of battles against massive bosses. The game was already available on Mac and PC, so I took that version for a spin and really liked what I saw, but I found myself wishing for the iOS version as it felt like a game that would actually be better on a touchscreen. Well, today I got my wish, as David has popped up in the App Store.
I’ve only spent a little bit of time with David so far, but already my feelings are confirmed: this game rocks on the touchscreen. Also, the physics feel especially good for a game like this, and I love the abstract visuals. Despite the characters being composed of simple shapes, they’re animated beautifully which gives them a real sense of life. We’ll continue to put David through its paces, but if you were interested in the game when we posted about it before and have a spare dollar lying around, give it a spin for yourself and check out more impressions in our forums.
Another classic game ruined by IAP and timers. I'll avoid it.
Who *didnt* expect exactly this?
Well actually to be honest I didn't expect to pay for it. So at least they 'surprised' me with that.
2 stars is all it deserves. IAPS going up to $100 is pathetic. Also you can't seem to hire workers like janitors and mechanics. You do all that yourself and you can only make custom rollercoasters and not water rides like you could in the PC games. This game is nothing like the old RT games, it's a god damn disgrace to what were some of my favorite computer games.
Two stars? That's way too much for this BS....
I don't understand how the developers thought that anyone would actually want to play this...?
Gotw ?
Jumped the track? More like razed the whole roller coaster to the ground.
Disappointment of the year.
Saddened. Just like dungeon keeper this game was messed right up. It kinda feels like these big devs with the rights to these awesome games we used to grow up with think we are all lisa sparks. .sigh.
Totally disappointed , dungeon keeper , trials and the same will happens with age of empires .
No no no they won't mess up AoE, will they????
THEY CANT MESS UP AOE
They already did Age of Empires. It's called Age of Empires Online and they're already canning it by June 1st this year.
If they ruin my precious Age of Empires... I'm done.
Trials Frontier isn't nearly as bad as this imo, and at least they are still making decent console versions that are not F2P...
Although I guess they are saying that the PC version of RCT 4 will be nothing like the mobile version, but I have a feeling it will still not be what us fans of the series are wanting in a sequel...
This is one giant smoldering pile of donkey dung I will NOT be buying.... Totally dissapointed. Atari should be ashamed of themselves.
I'm not sure what's more troubling: classic games being turned into freemium entertainment; or freemium entertainment being priced as a premium game.
Better if this game was in 3D like theme park from EA not in 2D
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Thank you, ea, and atari for free to play stupidity.
If anyone needs me, I'll be playing the 1st and 2nd games.
Making me like Atari even less. Soulless piece of crap, nice to see every big publisher just wants to drain each and every penny of every dissatisfied customer until no one is left.
I HATE THIS GAME AND EVERYTHING IT STANDS FOR!
Sorry, I couldn't say that without all caps. It's just...too...TRUE.
Oh screw timers, sell me the full game please
First EA, now Atari??? 😭🔫
Coaster Physics, I don't see any.
What happened to the simulation part of the rollercoaster simulator?
Critical thinking and creativity have been hampered with these timers and IAPs. Unlike the Roller Coaster Tycoon games on PC (or the good ones I should say), you can only use IAP to advance quickly rather than using logistics to keep a well maintained park. And calling this piece of garbage a direct sequel to one of my favorite games is slander! It's a shame most gaming companies have gone the freemium way.
This is really saddening. I loved this game.
I'm very happy the internet exists to warn me of garbage. I almost knee jerked and bought this. It's easy to tell who reviews the games honestly, and who is paid to click 5 stars.
I hope Chris Sawyer gets Atari to release another version of RCT someday called "RollerCoaster Tycoon, The One You Remember Edition." This freemium crap has to go and I hope Apple does something about it.
Do you think they make more money offering up these IAP riddled games with timers, than simply charging more for a proper game (all inclusive). I mean it's obvious that the IAP style game has the potential to generate money over the long term, but do they in reality?? Who actually fronts the cash for these overpriced IAPs. I wouldn't mind paying £5 for a remake of roller coaster tycoon, theme park, theme hospital, dungeon keeper etc.. It's such a shame that there aren't many fully featured releases like FTL on Ipad. At least we have that :-)
This is by far the shittiest game i have seen in my life. No game hs ever hit the worst games list so quickly.a game with micro transactions and that is $3 is complete bullshit. Atari took the core mechanics of the game, and threw it out the window. I'm dissipointed, and i expected way more.
It's too bad they wanted timers AND money. I've never known a game so quickly demolish the good will its name brought to the table.
They should have sold the core game for £2, and then expansion packs which add scenery, themes, animals, safari, water amusements - a bit like happened in the past. I'm sure people could deal with that providing the core experience wasn't gimped or artificially broken to screw people for more cash.
I have bougth this, and I can only agree fully with this review. I have spent hours and hours on the PC version but is not worthy of being comparred to the PC version. Unfortunatly, because I really miss a good management game for the IOS like the PC version was.