We’ve been following Arena of Valor for quite a while now, as in China the game is the biggest thing ever, and now they’re boasting 100 million daily active players. That’s a number that honestly, is difficult to wrap your head around, as any mobile game that has even a million daily active players is a massive success. 100m is … on a whole new level. We’ve been waiting for Arena of Valor to launch in North America for ages now, particularly since in Europe back in October.
It’s now available in North America, but what’s strange is everything inside the game mentioning the North American launch is for the “soft launch." For instance, the in-game store is advertising a soft launch promotion that runs through January 3rd of 2018. The game is definitely out, playable, and working fine so, I guess we’ll have to see what happens when the game officially launches after the third?
Anyway, I think everyone should give this game a download, if for no reason other than to see what all the fuss is about. It’s a shockingly good mobile version of League of Legends and I’ll be super curious to see how it does in the American market.
In for $30! I like premium games, this is a good development. Does it have iCloud support?
Same price as the Mac version... seems reasonable!
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TAKE MY MONEY NOW!
Sounds great. The pay after 60 turns is probably very smart given the addictive nature of Civilization gameplay.
Honestly if someone likes strategy games theres absolutely no hesitation here, Civilization is ampng the best of the genre !
Agreed 100%. Civ kinda defines "the best" for this genre.
Omfg yay!!! Definitely a buy for me! I want this to happen on iOS. Several wonderful high quality games can be ported to iOS, but people aren't willing to pay $30 plus dollars for them. There is no reason 3rd party games that are on the switch (Skyrim) can not be ported to iOS. I really hope this game sells well, and this becomes a common occurance.
I've got this on Steam, and don't have a newer iPad, so not for me. But I'm certainly glad they did it. And honestly, I like Civ Rev more than Civ VI, although both are great.
Now, if this was a little trimmed down and on iPhone, boom, I'd buy it.
Happy for you if you like Civ Rev, tbh i HATE it, I dont like strategy games when they get narrowed 😅
Milo, I completely get what you're saying. I think the trick with Civ Rev (full disclosure: my unqualified all-time favorite game) is to see it as something of a "reboot" of the series. It's the game that Sid Meier was more involved in than any other since the first, and if you ever played Civ 1, it has a LOT of the same vibe. Its complexity is certainly narrowed compared to, say, Civ 5 or 6, but if you think of it as a sequel to Civ 1, it's a really great blend of simplicity and strategy. If you're looking for sprawling empire management and very granular tweaking and strategy, the main-line games are definitely a better fit for you. But I don't think that Civ Rev is meant to compete with those; it's very much its own experience.
And I agree with your points, I dont think it was meant to compete with the latest entries either. I do see the way they envisionned it as a ''simple yet effective'' Civ that can be easily picked up in short bursts, looks like a winning formula, thing is, when I only have a few minutes i prefer to pop a little rpg or something, Civ is the type of game I like to lose myself in for hours, one more turn.... one more... again and again. I guess its just a '' to each their own'' type of thing, im glad we have both :)
Will wait to see if the DLC actually comes to this. It is nice to see AAA games coming to the iPad. The $30 temporary price point seems reasonable, but I won't pay $60. This game is weaker than 4 and 5 and needs DLC to hopefully be better, just as Civ 5 did (and it improved greatly, with it).
Absolutely worth $60 on any platform but I will gladly take that 50% discount lol
Instadownload for sure
Yeah same !
What a steal ! That just made my month, couldnt be happier !
I refrained of buying it on PC because i have V with all the expansions and DLC...
But A FULL FLEDGED Civ on the go !?!
Hell YES, instabuying this little baby ! Have 0 fears either, Aspyr are reliable !
Wow....this game barely runs on my PC...I'm astonished. How long are AI turns on iPad?
allow it on iphone please. Make it more zoomable or I dunno...
£30 is 50% more than I’ve ever paid for any game on any platform, so I won’t be buying this, but I agree with jeupsy. If I was interested, the lack of family sharing would kill it for me.
You never paid more than 15 on any platform ?
Guess you never buy games on release then ?
That current sale is the exact same one thats happening on Steam right now, so its not like theyre treating iPad users badly compared to PC players.
I’ve never paid more than £20. (£30 is 50% more than £20, but £20 is 33% less than £30). That was for Left4Dead - and that is the only full(ish) price game I ever bought on release.
I’ve got no problem with them charging the same for the iPad, but that price rules it out for me. I know from experience (Settlers 2 many years ago) that I’d probably play through it once and then never open it again.
This is not the type of game you should buy to "go through it once", if thats how you play games Civilization might not be for you.
I did thoroughly enjoy Civ 1 and 2 when I played them - but there are too many games and not enough time.
This may be a little off topic, but if you liked Civ 1 and 2 and stopped there, Civ Rev 2 might be perfect for you. I've played the main series games through Civ 4, and while each iteration is consistently phenomenal, they're also progressively more complex... perhaps to their detriment. Civ Rev, to me, feels very much like a sequel to Civ 1 -- a "Civ 1-2," as it were. While it feels pared down compared to, say, Civ 6, it feels like a really strong followup to the original, and very much in its vein. It's my favorite game of all time -- bar none. And, it's only $10 in the App Store, rather than $30/$60!
Yeah. I had Civ Rev 1 on my iPhone and did enjoy it. The only thing that has put me off Civ Rev 2 is that from what I’ve read, it’s basically exactly the same game with an (admittedly very nice) upgrade to the graphics.
I probably will get that at some point.
Just realized that the game already includes keyboard shortcuts.
Since it is a port from a desktop game, it helps to replicate the PC gaming on an Ipad pro with keyboard. Quite glad that this has not been overseen by the developers!
Seriously I didnt even dare try my keyboard before it was mentionned in this review... Aspyr never ceases to amaze !
When I was playing this I looked in the options and was like, "Wow this is a pretty lazy port if they didn't even get rid of the key binds menu." Then I paired my keyboard just to see what would happen... O_O
I think ive never seen a game on iOS support keyboard for amything else than typing.
Certainly nothing recent that I can think of, when iOS first added Bluetooth keyboard junk adding keyboard support was super in fashion but I think devs quickly figured out no one used it.
I am often harping on about the requirement for MFI controller support, but this having keyboard support?
:o
I wonder if this is a sign of growing premium gaming on mobile...or is the rare one off kind of thing.
I'd pay that amount to get an update from Aspyr for Fahrenheit, which must not have been 64-bit compatible, because it only works on my iPad with iOS 10 on it. So, for now, my iPhone is sad about not having Fahrenheit anymore. Wonder if it has anything to do with sales or licensing.
Works great on my iPad Pro 12.9! Looks fine, like PC-version running on low-mid.
This is a statement game.
Apple would do well to promote this.
I hope it sells well.
Respect to Aspyr.
interesting.
I was about to dismiss this game since it was 'Free', like I do all F2P/P4F/Freemium "games", however looked a little deeper knowing it's a well known PC game, but it looks to be a proper premium game with a one off 'Unlock' IAP purchase that is priced comparably to console and pc counterparts.
Will check up more on the game before I make the plunge.
Rats... I will not be able to pick this up as apparently it won’t run on an iPad mini 4... I wish they would make a mini 5 ☹️
Has anyone tried a multiplayer game on the LAN with an iPad and a Mac?