Rush Rally 2 ($0.99) is a mainstay on my iPhone, as despite coming from a small development team from the UK, it managed to be an incredibly immersive, balanced, and most of all fun racing game, which has been a rarity on the App Store of late. While the game was critically acclaimed in our review back in June, this hasn’t stopped developer Brownmonster from enhancing the racing simulator with further additions since release. However, in comparison to the 1.06 update that launched today, previous additions seem relatively superfluous, as multiplayer support through Game Center, an online ranking system and a whole host of both major additions and minor tweaks cement Rush Rally 2‘s peerless position as the best rally racing game on iOS to date.
In this primarily multiplayer-focused update, full online support through Game Center (even including voice chat) has been added, as well as the option for cross-platform multiplayer support over a LAN connection. In addition to the aforementioned world ranking system which will let you fight it out with out players for the coveted #1 position, there have also been tweaks to the AI balance to make it fairer, improved tilt control, and even automatic acceleration as an option. A lot of these additions have been ones that I noted on our forums a while ago, and so it’s great to see Brownmaster get involved with the community, listen to fan feedback and most of all implement such comments. With anti-aliasing and native resolution support on the way in the coming weeks, there isn’t a better time to pick up Rush Rally 2.
This... seems like a really cool idea. Way too rich for my blood (I'd definitely fall closer to the 0/3 side of the spectrum) but it's a neat way to keep super-engaged - and likely super bored - veteran players interested in the game.
Plus! 3 Golden Legendaries? Dammit, I may need to try this...
I'm shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here!
No thanks, I prefer Texas Holdem tournaments where the prizes are real money.
Thanks for letting us know!
This gave me a chuckle. Hahahah
Oh come on, I thought the parallel of a card game with buy-ins and prizes was pretty funny. (Certainly more creative than the typical F2P comment.)
Not sure about all this - honestly as far as Hearthstone is concerned I could just play the 150 gold version of the arena all day long
I won't pay for this but it will be fun to watch twitch streamers blow their donations on this.
I would happily gamble but only if i can win real money back
Can you explain how this is gambling? I've been seeing this comment pop up a lot of places talking about this. It's a skill based tournament structure, it's not like you're spinning a gacha wheel to see how many packs you get. By that logic, is participating in a Magic the Gathering tournament also gambling?
I'm confused by the distinction. Is poker not gambling since it requires skill?
Depends who you ask, I suppose. I've got a friend of a friend who has managed to pay his bills playing poker at the casino near us going on three years now. When you hit that level of consistency, it's hard to really call it gambling. Similarly, I've got friends who will legit always place either first or second in the local Friday Night Magic tournaments. Same deal there.
I guess I'm thinking of legal classification (playing cards for money is definitely considered a form of gambling) while you are thinking of measure of risk involved (if you're really good, no risk??) and, even then, for the vast majority there is some (often a lot) of risk involved, in no small part because of the RNG that it necessarily entails. I have issue with the brawl offering though. People know what they are getting into.
have *no issue...
From a legal perspective, poker is gambling because your winnings are in cash. Magic, Hearthstone, and similar are not gambling because you're winning prize packs which may have an equivalent cash value but are not directly rewarded in cash. It's like if you entered a competitive pie eating tournament where your rewards are pies, no reasonable person would call that gambling.
When eating pies, playing Hearthstone, or Magic there's also no gambling mechanic where you can dump more money into the game. Your entry fee is your entry fee, that's it.
Poker tournaments typically have the same single buy in with varying prizes to the top finishers. And while a game of skill (and luck) is still generally considered gambling by the government if not the players. However, I've seen charity "casino nights" that are legal because at the end of the night of craps, roulette, poker, etc. the chips are turned in for non-cash prizes similar to these virtual card tournaments.
As i said, i would be happy to play on real money, especially when it's skill based. Just like Poker, it's not the same as playing roulette yet it's still gambling. The thing is, playing on real money just to win game point sucks.
It's a skill-based game. Is paying to enter a chess tournament also gambling?
Does the chess tournament prize is chess currency coins?
Sure.
I don't care if it's called gambling or not, if i put real money into a tournament i want a real money prize. It feels like a scam more of anything
Edit: Typo
O_O
So you consider arena gambling as well? Just for much less money? I mean I've never considered it that way, but realistically, I guess it is.
Yes it is and it even more luck based then the heroic tavern bawl. I know it will never happen but IMO Blizzard should make this game like Poker Stars, take a fee for each bet and let us gamble real money and do tournaments.
This may not be gambling technically but it definitely feels like it. $10 to get a pack of cards, or if you are lucky/good a bunch more, with only 5 tries. Along with not balancing cards from old adventures that you once purchased and lumping beginner players with players who have legendaries in their decks, this is another reason scaring me away from ever playing this game again. *shudders*
Again I'm just trying to get someone who thinks this to explain why they would also feel that a Magic the Gathering tournament with a $10 entry fee would also be gambling. I played at a Grand Prix once with a $25 entry fee that had a ton of pro players in it. I lost because they were better than me.
It's not technically/legally gambling, but it's gambling-like or pseudo-gambling. The buy in and pay out structure is *exactly* like games in casinos in Vegas except you are getting cash *valued* items instead of cash (legal loophole). And while skill is involved so is luck/chance. Just because you can pick horses or college basketball teams or yes play cards better than other people which allows you to win more than lose doesn't change this fact. There is still the essence of betting on the outcome of a game of chance. The fact that cards are involved only increases the similarity to common types of legally classified gambling. Look no judgement: I play poker for money and win more than I lose. But just because magic the gathering tournaments give out packs of cards instead of the equivalent in cash to the winners doesn't make it some vastly different game.
Is a chess tournament with a entry fee also "pseudo-gambling?" 😳
There is no chance element in chess (e.g. rolling dice, randomly drawing cards from a deck).
The skill in playing a CCG is mitigating randomness and building a strategy around what you have in hand, what's in your deck, and what your opponent could do... Similar to how your opponent in chess really could do anything and you need to build a strategy around how you respond.
Hmm, the strategy and skill of card players that take into account the cards in their hand, those on the table, those still in the deck while also trying to predict what their opponents will do... we're talking about poker right? ;)
Sure!
There is obviously skill involved in winning Magic type card games but there is obviously a percentage of the outcome determined by the random chance of drawing cards (chess players don't draw cards to learn which pieces they are allowed to play at any given moment). I'm not sure why the obvious parallels between Magic card games and poker are bothering you. Didn't realize you were secretly a gambler at heart? ;)
They're not. The people going off the deep end about this aren't having academic discussions about the differences between poker and fantasy CCG's, they lack a fundamental understanding of what a skill-based tournament with a prize bracket is and instead think you're paying $10 to flip a coin.
If you want to try this without the cash investment, you can simulate it at home.
1. Get a stack of Monopoly $10 bills.
2. Put one in the bank and flip a coin 12 times.
3. If all the coins landed heads, take $200 from the bank.
4. Repeat as many times as you like.
Let me know how that goes!
Where are people getting this craziness from that a game of Hearthstone is 100% luck based???
All the parallels to pure chance gambling make zero sense to me. There's no difference between this and any analog MtG or Pokémon or other CCG tourney at a local comic shop or event, other than its convenience.
I'm not sure I understand why they limited the amount of times you can play the mode. Did they do it just to avoid false accusations of "cash grab?"
I got squat for 7 wins 2 losses. Absolutely nothing...complete waste.