Subscribe to the TouchArcade YouTube channel Aquaria Finji “Stunningly well crafted with a compelling story, beautiful visuals and music, and hours upon hours of action-adventure,… TouchArcade Rating: $4.99 Buy Now Watch Media Details“Stunningly well crafted with a compelling story, beautiful visuals and music, and hours upon hours of action-adventure, Aquaria provides patient gamers with an ocean of depth.” —Susie Ochs, Mac | Life AN ENTIRE WORLD BENEATH YOUR FINGERTIPS Explore a massive underwater world, teeming with life and filled with secrets. Join Naija, a lonely and mysterious aquatic girl, as she explores the depths of Aquaria. As her story unravels, she’ll travel from hidden caves shrouded in darkness, to beautiful sunlit oases. Control Naija with an intuitive touch screen interface. Use her singing ability to create your own music, affect nearby creatures, move pieces of the environment and even transform Naija into different beings. Combine ingredients harvested from the environment in the “cooking system” to create tasty items. Catch a ride on a seahorse or a giant turtle. Discover new costumes, treasures and hidden secrets. Challenge the ancient gods who lurk beneath the waves. GIZMODO: "With handcrafted visuals and an ethereal soundtrack, Aquaria looks, feels and plays just like a gothic fairy-tale. And it’s not just a loving pastiche of the classic 2D games of yesteryear. Aquaria brings the genre bang up to date with a fresh concept and a unique control system." (Gaming App of the Day) POCKETGAMER: "Aquaria is absolutely gorgeous, and filled with clever ideas and smart puzzles. Both a calming splash in the sea and a frantic fight against the elements, it's an essential iPad game." (Top 10 iOS Games, November 2011) TOUCHARCADE: "a gorgeous and well-produced title with a sharp emphasis on world-building and character growth." (Best iOS Games, November 2011) EDGE MAGAZINE: "Aquaria’s gloomy caverns are a delight to explore, and, a rarity for a modern Metroidvanias, the designers don’t constantly lead the way for you." Will you journey to the land beyond the surface and brave the dark sinister waters below? Will you defeat the ancient beings of Aquaria or fall prey to them? Will you find a companion or wander the waters of Aquaria alone? Information Seller:Finji Genre:Adventure Release:Nov 03, 2011 Updated:Oct 02, 2017 Version:1.1.1 Size:325.6 MB TouchArcade Rating: User Rating: (8) Your Rating:unrated Compatibility:HD Universal
Doh! I told myself I wasn't going to buy anything tonight. 311 MB and $5....I may have to wait a bit, as much as it pains me. This looks phenomenal.
HD Gameplay Trailer (iPad 2/First 15.Minutes of Gameplay): Subscribe to the TouchArcade YouTube channel Note: Saw it - Bought it - Playing it - Must Have. There is no Reason to don't get it!
To be fair there is. Cost - how much space you have left on your iPad - if you like this sort of game - is it any good
I've been telling iOS-using friends for two years now that Aquaria would make for an ideal iOS game. And here it is, but not for my device Will Aquaria gain iPhone/iPod Touch support, devs? (With everything from RTS games, realtime MMOs, online beat-em-ups, multiplayer 4X games, competitive multiplayer fps games, titles with extremely complex interfaces (Dungeon Defenders), and even a twitch-based space shooter MMO, all for touch screen devices, we are well past the "can't adapt interface/gameplay to small screen" argument (Last time I ran across this reply from a developer was with Small World, a game that would work extremely well with pull-down menus on an iPhone screen.) So, unless developers judge that a certain game would not actually sell well enough to justify the porting process, or that they just don't care enough , I can see no reason ever to release a game for iPad alone.)
This'll be an instabuy for me as well. I already played it on the Mac but it's been long enough to play it again...
I've not spent long enough with this yet for detailed impressions, but after a half hour or so I must say in every respect this feels like a great game. A great game period; not just a great game for the iOS. Don't know yet how it will develop and whether or not it will yet build on its potential, but the basic components are sheer quality and give every indication at this stage of amounting to more than the sum of their parts.
Getting this tomorrow morning. Almost forgot it was coming first week of november. Not a bad week: Greed Corp, Aquaria...
It's starting to look like this is the only game I will be buying tonight. I played the pc demo to get a feel for the game and something about it reminds me of a metroidvania type game, which I love. Also when I was quiting out of the pc demo, it asked if I wanted to purchase the full version for $30. So if the ipad version is the same as the pc full version then we're really getting a great deal.
all I care is if the controls are excellent. Trust me, the content IS (if the kept the original content`*). IMHO it´s among the most moving plots you can find in games these days. *PS: the PC original is 225MB in size. so this should have full content with 311MB on the iPad.
The demo sucks up all my cpu resources! So I have yet to try out this game... but it does looks rather good so I shall be getting it anyway.
I've got the PC version... and really, if I ever do get an iPad, this game will be a BIG reason why...
Anybody know how much space this sucker takes up once installed? I just managed to clear 300 MB and perhaps I need to give some more apps the axe. Or maybe I shoud just play the games I have.