Apple’s been known for their Apple Design Awards, honoring the best apps and games on the App Store. Google hasn’t had anything similar, but they’re doing that starting this year, with the Google Play Awards debuting at Google I/O 2016. On May 19th at 7:00pm PDT, Google will honor Android apps in several different categories, including several gaming categories. The Best Game category is an interesting one, as the nominees are an interesting bunch: Alphabear (Free), Clash Royale (Free), Clash of Kings (Free), Marvel Future Fight (Free), and Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes (Free). Nothing wrong with that list, just different from what my list of top nominees from the past 12 months or so would be, though Clash Royale would definitely be on there. Send help.
There’s also a “Standout Indie" category, “Best Use of Google Play Game Services" category, and “Early Adopter" category including Minecraft Story Mode (Free). Google seems to be taking more of a bigger role in trying to put apps on their store into the spotlight, especially with things like the Indie Corner just introduced on Google Play as well. The App Store is still the cultural leader in mobile gaming, and steps like this might be key to ensure that Google plays a bigger role.
I REALLY wish this was universal. Maybe it will be eventually if it does well early on.
On Android it works on both phone and tablet why no Apple universal love?
Is the android out yet? I can't find it anywhere...
Yes its out since yesterday on play store and allows tablet and phone install.
Same here!
EXCELLENT!
I enjoy the free to try model before dumping money on the game. I don't really care about the price tag but I know many people would be reluctant to pay 25$ out of the gates.
I'm really intrigued and hopefully the game gets some positive traction.
Great job on the business model.
iPad only? Seriously? Why would I waste money on one when I've got a 6+. Come on
HEY THEY'RE EARLY... well at least for their last announced delay which was for tomorrow. well credit where credit is due! thanks obsidian! welcome to insta-buy country.
iPhones when? Please? Come on guys
That is a pretty expensive unlock :O if I like it I will of course purchase it but not sure when I'll be able to afford it my gaming budget is kinda slim for now
Yeah, except the physical content originally cost significantly more than that. Like over $200. It's a pretty good deal when you think about it that way.
Woohoo! Been looking forward to this for a while, the physical card game always looked fun but too expensive and fiddly for me. Have gone through the tutorial and the first mission so far, and it already seems like there's going to be plenty of strategy involved here.
I also appreciate it being free-to-try. I did some Maths on the bundle; assuming the other adventure packs are also 4000 gold each, and not paying twice for Amiri/Lini/Sajan/Seelah (Because they're included in the Character Add-on Deck pack), the full bundle pack amounts to 38250 gold, or just under £30; so £19 looks like a fair saving. I don't think saving that much through play would be practical...
You can unlock the adventures and characters with in game gold you earn as you play or you can buy the season pass and spend that gold on chests.
The initial release is Tablets, with phones and PC coming down the lines. That being said we did not lock out, phones but the game is not optimized for phones. Things like the UI might be too small on some phones. That is coming later.
Thanks for the interest and I hope you enjoy!
Hi, really enjoying the campaign so far, but i can't play quests on my ipad pro 9.7. Its just stuck on loading. Is it a bug?
Hi Ryan can you please head over to our forums and post there so we can collect more details and look further into you issue?
http://forums.obsidian.net/...
sure, thanks
Hi any chance releasing small update to allow install on iPhone. I don't kind smaller text like you did on android. I run it on android phone and text is fine
You can play on PC through Bluestacks. I played, but the quests are not working.
Is it on pc or just iPad?
This game is really cool. I like it so much much that I went ahead and purchased the daily gold for $1.99. The problem is it took my money but didn't give me the gold! I have noticed that most everything is for sale for -1 gold piece (negative). I can't buy anything though.
There is no way I'm going to spend anymore money until I get my daily gold!
The game play is really cool though! I played through the tutorial and it was really fun!
Looks like the purchasing is straightened out. Restore didn't work for my previous daily gold purchase so I went ahead and bought the daily gold again. Hopefully I'm not billed twice.
Don't purchase anything from the in-app store right now as people are reporting buying the bundle and not having access to the characters or 2 additional adventures. Hopefully this will get fixed soon so myself and others experiencing the same issue can move forward and enjoy the game.
Having played through the entire analogue version of Rise of the Runelords with every expansion, I can happily say that I'm looking forward to doing it again in digital format.
Is it a collectable card game? or does it use a standard deck of cards that you pull from to improve your character as you play...
The latter, and various add-ons called adventure decks expand the game with new locations, items, gear and scenarios.
I agree with Mark. But to elaborate further this is neither a CCG (customizable card game; i.e. Magic the Gathering, Hearthstone) or an LCG (living card game; i.e. Ascension, Dominion, Tanto Cuore). It's essentially an old school pen and paper RPG in the form of a table top card game. This plays out in the form of different character classes. A characters class determines what types of cards (weapons, armor, spells, items, allies, blessings, etc.) and how many of each that character can have in his or her deck. This results in pretty small decks of around 10 cards. You then earn more cards as you explore a location and achieve different feats, so you number of cards will increase as you play through a scenario which itself is only a portion of the larger adventure. In addition to this the game play mechanics involve a bit of a balancing game given that your characters' decks also represent their health and when exhausted result in that character's death. This makes it important not to over extend yourself by taking exploratory or offensive actions and instead balance those actions with ones that heal your characters by causing cards from your discard pile to be shuffled back into your deck. This is only some of the basics of how the game works but should give a good idea of how it differs from other types of card games, especially those available on iOS.
HELP! I tap tutorial or play and get 'you are currently offline! If you would like to continue earning gold, please connect to the Internet'. I tap the Login button and nothing happens. I can't seem to get the Link Social Gaming Network to work. Any thoughts on what's wrong?
Never mind. Looked it up on their support page. I guess my game Center wasn't on. Once I started the game Center app, it worked fine
This is an awesome game.
Be aware that it is a battery hog and will drain your battery if you want to spend an afternoon playing through the free content (the tutorial and the first adventure). I'm on an iPad Air 2 and have also been playing Final Fantasy IX and that doesn't go through the battery as quickly as this does.
As for good news, the first purchasable expansion "Burnt Offering" is currently on sale for 80% off at 750 gold versus the normal price of 4000 gold. The 750 gold can easily be acquired by completing the first adventure on normal difficulty and then playing through 2-3 of the scenarios again on the difficulty of your choosing. If you find the game interesting but aren't yet ready to pay for additional content this is worth doing. This will enable you to get the second adventure at no cost and you can sink your teeth into more of the game before deciding to commit real money. This is undoubtably an introductory sale that won't last long so take advantage of it while you can!
Having said that, this is a great game and it's worth supporting the developers by paying for the additional content.
too bad it seems bloated with bugs, two characters party became four, all characters been duplicated, sometime i cant pass the character configuration screen after missions ( wheras no objet is in the red), cant play quest mode i.m stuck on the loading screen, sometimes cards disapears or became invisibles ( if i drag en empty zone the reappers...) ... i understand now why it was delayed so mush times, maybe they should have delayed it one more time...
by the way the game is still playable and will be awesome when this annoying bugs will be fixed