Noodlecake and NoHuman Studio have announced Road to be King, a new one-touch endless action game. You control Edward, a curious little creature who’s a knight in this world, as he runs around through vertically-scrolling levels, slashing up enemies that get in his way, and maybe picking up some riches along the way. We all got bills to pay.
Every so often, you’ll be able to get chests that give you certain in-game powerups. And the gems you earn can go toward permanent upgrades to Edward. The game is planned to be free with ads, with an IAP to remove them. The game reminds me a bit of Mmm Fingers (Free), and the developer name seems familiar, though No Monkeys is the developer of Mmm Fingers. So maybe in late 2017 we’ll get a touch-and-drag game from a studio called No Dolphins or something like that. I’m expecting it now! Until then, you’ll be able to play Road to be King on March 3rd on iOS and Android.
My pick for best iOS game of all time. Couldn't be happier that it's continuing to get support. Hats off to Rocketcat.
This ^
By far the best iOS game of all time.
This is a great game.
I wanna play this because I feel I would like it, but it's $10 and Fire Emblem unlocks at 1am, so would I even play it?!
Fire emblem will take up so much of my time in the months to come, hahaha
What fire emblem game is coming out?
Fire Emblem Fates for the 3DS, I believe.
I still haven't been able to finish the third dungeon of the original game, but I'm glad I picked it up on release day seeing as how expensive it has become. $5 seems like a steal now. Maybe I should actually try harder and give it a real go so I can finally "finish" it.
Finally beat the third dungeon a few days ago after nearly two years of consistent play. Still can't believe a game this deep and perfectly balanced was designed for a mobile platform. One of my all-time favorites, and that's saying a lot.
Congrats! Beating the third dungeon for the first time must feel great, right? The next one feels better. ;-)
Please please add easy mode. I really want to play this but know I will loose interest once it gets too hard as I suck at games.
For a game that was designed (and popularized) to have a high difficulty level, I think a straight-up easy mode in this game won't be considered by the dev. Heck, the content update includes a harder dungeon than the previous one LOL.
The game was designed by Rocketcat knowing that not everyone will completely beat it. If you go into this with that in mind, you might still enjoy the game. :)
I wanna say you shouldn't but how many people won't finish Dark Souls, Wayward Souls, Demon's' Souls etc. because there's no easy mode, they've got really great atmospheres so it's kind of a shame not to let people without the time to train to get there... Maybe call it baby mode (or jester mode and you can play as an OP jester, or evil sorcerer, dragon person) or something like that tho and just amp up the power and weapon reach (obviously this can't be an IAP, because that would creat incentive to make stuff too hard)... I don't know, I beat it and I like hard mode on all mah games but I been doing dis for a hwhile... sounds like a dark, evil, wayward, demonic dilemma!
Uhhhh just noticed the similarities in the titles of all these impossible games. Weird. Illuminati confirmed
Agreed. I suck at games and this one sounds really fun. I just want an easy mode or a character that is really powerful.
They could call it idiot mode, sucks at games mode, wuss mode, cry baby mode or any other insulting thing.
I wouldn't say this game is hard (and I consider myself a casual gamer), but I know it can be, especially at the beginning.
Small word of advice: start with the Warrior and max out his abilities, he is by far the strongest class in the game when it comes to taking punishment and protecting himself with shields (which drop plenty). After that you can easily accumulate enough coins to upgrade and try out other classes as well.
That's great advice, Vader!
It's 2016 and we can't even back up iOS game data. (Used to be able to with iExplorer, then they shut that down.) Had to delete this gem and lost all my progress.
Anyone know any solutions aside from never uninstalling anything?
Concerning 'Wayward Souls' there are cheat codes that will grant you access to all characters, fully upgrade them, and unlock all modes/levels.
Personally, I've always kept the game on my phone since its release to avoid losing my progress.
Jailbreak.
iMazing! I wrote about it late last year.
Part of me wants to try this game, but I have a serious mental block against paying more than the launch price for anything ever.
I feel that this game gets the most value when you enjoy learning all the quirks of each character abilities. I myself bought it at its current price and I got more than the price's worth. The recent content updates should have increased the price, but it didn't.
Old as it may be, your best bet would be gameplay videos. If you like the look and feel of the combat, I think you should give it a shot. This is coming from my bias that Wayward is one of the best iOS game experience ever.
I've watched some videos and it looks good, but not enough to make me spend more than I've ever spent on an iOS game. I probably would get at its initial £3, but at £5 I'll just stick to the dozens of games in my unplayed folders.
Ya that's kind of their philosophy of never doing sale prices, which I can understand because so many other games eventually go free or reduced (and it's probably annoying for both the gamemaker and early accessee to do sales), and they're also adding a dollar for every major update, which makes sense as it's like if you bought in early you get the expansions/updates for free but if you've never purchased it before you have to pay for the whole shebang. So it's got the same pressures as alphas and betas except this is a full game from the (never gonna be) GET go. The game, in my opinion, has no equal on iOS, so I think their pricing model is fair. I mean I'll probably never spend as much as Squeenix wants for their things even when they're on sale (most of which I own old copies of anyways), but it's not like I can find a free-to-play/cheap RPG that's on par...
I can't remember if I got it at after the first or second price bump. The trailer and its music sold me, and like with Crashlands they seem like good people (the dad by the sword trailer is totes hilarious) who care about their product so, it feels more like I'm supporting them at that price. And I've played an awful lot of free games, and one of the costs of those is time, which is usually equated to money so...
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.These aren't really compelling reasons to buy tho, because so much of the game is the feel of combat and the personal taste of if you like games where you have pretty good control of your character so if the enemies are difficult and you lose it feels like it's more because of your skill level then simply, "f this game, grandma! (because for some reason the "fireball demon" shoots a power EVERY direction at once and is unblockable and undodgeable, but if you get an IAP you can get a fire shield, also a coin doubler and less ads <this game="" doesn't="" do="" that="" sort="" of="" thing)"="" it="" would="" be="" awesome="" if="" you="" could="" somehow="" play="" the="" tutorial="" or="" something...="" i="" suppose="" the="" game="" is="" also="" refundable="" but="" i="" do="" miss="" demos...="">
not sure why that last part's like that. The forumbot must be tired of my nonsense...
I do respect their pricing structure. It always seemed a bit unfair that people who buy games early get the early version and pay more, whereas people who wait can get the much reduced sale price and all the updates - so they're paying less for more.
It's based on what they were buying at the time of purchase. If you bought this game for $5, it had way less content in it than it does now when you buy it at $7. Either way, seems weird to split hairs over a couple dollars for one of the absolute best iOS games. I wish I could pay more money for this so Rocketcat can stick around and keep making such great games.
Unless I'm mistaken, your first sentence is basically agreeing with what I just said.
Your second sentence is fair enough, but you have to draw the line somewhere, and for this game for me the line is drawn somewhere between the £3 it sued to cost and the £5 it costs now.
*used
If you aren't aware of the history of this game, the developer basically came out and said, "Hi, this is wayward souls. If you buy it now and support me now, you get the game for the cheapest it will ever be. As a bonus, I will be adding content and value so the sooner you buy, the more value you get"
Thats still a true statement, if you buy now, you will only get more value going forward out of this app, what kind of dev does that? Probably one that deserves consideration at least. Its great customer service and a fantastic policy. If you are at all on the fence, buy it either for the game it is or the policy behind it, both are great.
Rocketcat rocks it again. Very cool.
Day1 buyer here.
If I can have only one game on my iPhone - this will be it.
Downwell, Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP, Wayward Souls = The three finest iOS games ever created..!!
I didn't much like Superbrothers and Downwell is merely quite good for me so you're not selling me on Wayward Souls ;)
Lol your not kidding anyone. If you can't afford it just say so. Haha or get and Android phone and find it for free on the internet. Cheap skates like you make me sick. Price of a burger King meal is to much for you doesn't mean the game is not worth it. This game is beast!