Almost as predictable as the White Sox losing baseball games this season, Chair’s own Donald Mustard took the stage at the keynote this afternoon to announce Infinity Blade III as benchmark software for the just-announced iPhone 5S, which, according to Mustard is “five times faster" than the iPhone 5.
OpenGL 3S 3.0 support on the iPhone 5S means that lighting and other graphical effects are going to be absolutely incredible. Judging by the various liveblogs, the realtime demo shown is crazy-detailed.
Like all of the games announced during Apple keynotes, details are remarkably vague. We expect the trailer shown during the keynote to pop up any minute now, so stay tuned for that. What we do know is it’ll be available on the App Store along side the iPhone 5S, which shouldn’t be much of a wait at all.
To be fair, gems are actually scattered in the world. One of the few games where you can get premium currency just by playing. Buuuut, i find that the powerups you spend money on don't always work. Which makes this a very unpleasant experience for me (Sucks when the coin magnet is not working for three runs in a row)
Yep. I spent way too much on coin magnet. Now it's at 80% and it still does nothing.
You know that spin power ups only work hen you win them in the slot machine,
Note that the upgrades you purchase are only in effect when you roll the get the relevant boosts.
Completely addicted...but some of the upgrades don't work.
That's because the upgrades below the "boulder" upgrades are the "spin bonuses" upgrades. I rather upgrade my boulder more than the spin bonuses.
So the 20 thousand coins I spent for 'coin magnet' only works during a spin?
That's something we should be told, not have to figure out.
It's one of those things it's quite hard to communicate in a compact way. We are thinking about how to best do this though.
An endless boulder roll with lopsided IAP is rated equal to Minigore 2 and higher than Limbo.
Interesting.
Still on about that? Look, there's a big internet out there with many other sites that'll tell you exactly what you want to hear regardless of merit, you might find more joy if you go look.
I think the Limbo thing was this site's "640k should be enough for anybody". It will take a long time to live it down.
Pointing out injustices gives me plenty of joy, but thanks for the advice.
the core of this game is incredibly fun. probably the most aggressive iap push i've ever seen in a game though. if they just had like a $1.99 coin doubler (like maximo, for instance) i bet they would rake in a lot more than their current insultingly high price structure.
Agreed. I downloaded this day 1. I barely saw any progress after 30 mins of playing and deleted it. There are better games on the market which reward a player for their time. The first few upgrades are key in free to play games. They should entice a player to keep playing and make them want to see what the next upgrade will allow them to do. Having a weak currency system squashes this and turns away some would be paying fans.
Totally agree. This game is a blast, but the IAP system is greedy beyond belief. And it's littered with crap - spins, gems, jump aheads, pop up ads, coins, goals, blah blah blah. But, gatdamnit, I cannot stop playing it.
Yeah that was kind of like what I was thinking.
I was gonna go get double coins when I realized it costed more than I expected, like some greedy games. It's not a good idea for people making IAP's too pricy for a "not that much" exchange. I'm not gonna buy any of the IAP of this game unless if I find it fair enough. If not, then I would just tell Adult Swim to blame themselves for their expensive IAP.
Well rather then that, I'm in the 5th page in the "Gallery O' Victims" Challenge Book. I played most of them and completed most of the challenges. Just to tell you, every page you unlock will extend your maximum multiply limit and, however, show you 2 more red units. It gets harder Everytime you get closer to the last page! I wonder what's the last page through...
me too. I was totally gonna get the double coins, assuming it was $1.99. But $5? For reals? And you're not even buying the full version, they still pummel you with crap. Adult Swim should make me want to spend real money, not make it so outside the "feels too expensive" range.
Yep
$1.99 was my number too.
A pop-up ad every like 8 runs? Is it that big of a deal?
It's annoying yeah. It's another roadblock between me & the game. Another thing I have to hit no to. I'd rather pay 99¢ or even $1.99 to have a cleaner version without all the crap.
Where did you get the idea that the ads only come "every like 8 runs"? I get one nearly every single game I play.
Tilt controls suck!
Change them. It's in the options, they have three control schemes.
Fun concept, but the constant Facebook requests are a constant annoyance.
They trick you into hitting them too.
They get your fingers used to pressing a certain place at a certain time, and then all of a sudden they put a Facebook button there, or trick you into spending your coins when you didn't want to.
Greedy bastards.
I know Freemium is where the $ is at for game studios, but I'd much rather just pay $3 for the game.
I agree, it's always better to be able to buy a game
Yeah, I agree, it's always better buying a game for a premium price and not having to deal with the free-to-play format.
Should lose a star for the ultra-annoying music and yodeling.
no way, that's the theme & personality of the game.
gaaaaame ovaaaaaaaaa game ooovaaaaaaa I love it.
This game is something creative, interesting, unique, and addicting, I absolutely recommend that anyone tries it,
"...but the crux of the game involves rolling down the mountain over and over until you uninstall the game."
Hahahaha. That's exactly what I did. Really enjoyed it the first 20 or so runs, then played a few lackluster runs before uninstalling. Definitely a good game for what it is, though.
Everything gets 4+ basically
If you're interested in this, then you're probably better off getting Indiana Stone.
nice game in it's own right, but it doesn't have the same personality or charm
Maybe I have the best version ever but I don't think I've ever seen an ad...
I'm surprised they don't offer an IAP to remove ads for only $29.99
I've spent absolutely no money on this and just collected coins and gems in game. it's brilliant. really just brilliant. can't get enough of it. even with the adverts, which I just close without looking at, and get on with rolling down that mountain. Die! Die! Die! Evil Wife Killers!
[adult swim games] is sadly going fown the roads. About a year ago, all their games were fine and very much fun to play. Now, they embrace the worst kind of the IAP model.
To be fair they are in this to make money, and as a game playing whole, we've spoken with our wallets. Freemium games make more money than $2 games.
i am so with you on this. i would have gladly paid 3-5 bucks for a "premium" (used to be standard, actually) version, without double currencies and payable cheats. i miss the old days.
My frustration/love-affair with this game has me about to cheat on it with 'Indiana Stone'.
How do they compare?
Anyone recommend it?
Couldn't wait
Installing now
I guess it's battle of the over tha shoulder boulder rollers...
Have to join in the consensus here ... great game overall, and based on game design alone a worthy addition to PikPok's track record, but the IAPs are so grossly overpriced as to be almost insulting to the educated consumer. Thumbs down to $5 coin doublers and paying $2 for a few continues.
What saddens me the most is that Adult Swin support this blattant ripp of the great game Rock of Ages by AceTeam (xbox, ps3, pc).