Icarus-X: Tides of Fire The Quadsphere Genres: Games Entertainment Arcade Role-Playing GAME CENTER ENABLED $3.79 NZD Supported Devices: iPadMini iPhone5 iPhone6Plus iPhone5c iPadFourthGen4G iPadFourthGen iPadThirdGen4G iPhone5s iPodTouchFifthGen iPhone6 iPadThirdGen Minimum iOS Version: iOS 6.0 Download Size: 78.8MB Icarus-X: Tides of Fire The Quadsphere This application is compatible with the iPad 3, iPhone 5, iPod Touch 5 and newer devices (older devices are not supporte… TouchArcade Rating: $2.99 Buy Now Watch Media DetailsThis application is compatible with the iPad 3, iPhone 5, iPod Touch 5 and newer devices (older devices are not supported). Blast your way through waves of enemies and bullets and defeat massive boss ships in this fast-paced vertical Shoot'em Up with a traditional Arcade Mode and an experimental Campaign Mode that borrows from the mechanics of ARPGs such as Diablo and Borderlands. CAMPAIGN MODE Choose from 3 ship classes, gain experience up to level 30, loot randomly generated weapons, shields and mods from your enemies and carefully spend points in non-resetable skill trees. Make your own challenge: overwhelm lower level enemies with devastating firepower, min-max your ship's stats to farm a specific chapter for rare loot, or bite all that you can chew and risk losing it all in hardcore mode. Randomly generated enemy waves 3 sub-modes: Casual (no death penalty), Normal and Hardcore (perma-death) 3 ship classes: Fighter, Cruiser and Destroyer 30 levels of ship experience 15+ stats to min-max, such as Critical Damage, Armor, Shield Regeneration, Hitbox Size and more 3 skill trees (Attack, Defense and Technology) Evolutive special powers Billions of randomly generated items with 4 quality tiers and according rarity 4 tiers of difficulty World ranking ARCADE MODE 1 bullet death: no life bars or shield shenanigans Chain scoring: combos increase your score multiplier 1CC scoring: you can continue when out of lives but your score and chain will reset In-game power-ups COMMON FEATURES Replays Leaderboards Achievements Original soundtrack HOW TO PLAY Move your ship by dragging it with your finger (relative touch). Double tap to trigger your special power. Campaign mode: Collect the blue orbs released by enemies to fill your energy bar. Once the energy bar is full you can trigger your special power. Collect white, green, blue and orange loot released by enemies. You can only equip new items between levels (and you should!). Your overall campaign score is the addition of each chapter's highscore (regardless of tier). Arcade mode: Kill all enemies in a wave to increase your Chain. Collect power-ups (blue items), bombs (orange items) and extra lives (white items) released by enemies. Information Seller:The Quadsphere Genre:Arcade, Role Playing Release:Jun 25, 2015 Updated:Jul 06, 2015 Version:1.0.16 Size:118.9 MB TouchArcade Rating: User Rating: (5) Your Rating:unrated Compatibility:HD Universal NOEN Well-Known Member Jul 31, 2012 3,245 0 0 U.S. #2 NOEN, Jun 24, 2015 Nice! raravan Well-Known Member May 18, 2014 829 38 28 #3 raravan, Jun 24, 2015 instabuy. TheQuadsphere Well-Known Member Dec 28, 2009 157 0 0 #4 TheQuadsphere, Jun 24, 2015 Last edited: Jun 24, 2015 Subscribe to the TouchArcade YouTube channel Qwertz555 Well-Known Member May 22, 2010 2,318 29 48 #5 Qwertz555, Jun 24, 2015 The videos are not showing up for me. I found another one (?), maybe this one works. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=S_kOza4sxrA Definitely an instabuy, though the word has to get redefined due to Apple's disability to fix their new releases problem. TheQuadsphere Well-Known Member Dec 28, 2009 157 0 0 #6 TheQuadsphere, Jun 24, 2015 Thanks! I fixed the youtube link. ramzarules Well-Known Member Sep 13, 2014 2,112 128 63 Greece #7 ramzarules, Jun 24, 2015 If it doesnt need internet connecrion to play, i will buy as soon as it is available here Exact-Psience Well-Known Member Jan 12, 2012 22,664 2 38 The Work-At-Home Guy Philippines #8 Exact-Psience, Jun 25, 2015 Yay! I've been waiting for this one! syntheticvoid Well-Known Member Jun 20, 2010 14,504 124 63 Musician & factory worker. a[V-O-I-D] http://apparentsymmetry.bandcamp.com #9 syntheticvoid, Jun 25, 2015 AHHHH!!! Holy carap!! I absolutely LOVED the first one... Can't wait to snag this! =oD Thanks for the vids, I had yet to even hear of this. It looks fanfarickintastic! Qwertz555 Well-Known Member May 22, 2010 2,318 29 48 #10 Qwertz555, Jun 25, 2015 Interesting observation i just made. I opened my regular TA site "newest games and drops" and another instabuy (for me) showed up - Piloteer. I went to my swiss store and was able to buy it right away. Icarus isn't there yet with the old BS result "not available anymore". metalcasket Moderator Staff Member Patreon Silver Patreon Gold Patreon Bronze May 24, 2010 11,065 1,342 113 Deepest Circle, Hel #11 metalcasket, Jun 25, 2015 Whitaker Trebella decided to release Piloteer worldwide a tad bit early. Unfortunately everything else is the same old bullshit. Squablo Well-Known Member Oct 24, 2010 189 0 16 #12 Squablo, Jun 25, 2015 ........MFi? VirtualBoyFreak Well-Known Member Patreon Bronze Apr 26, 2011 4,801 85 48 Spain #13 VirtualBoyFreak, Jun 25, 2015 "This application is compatible with the iPad 3, iPhone 5, iPod Touch 5 and newer devices (older devices, and specifically the iPhone 4S, are not supported)." LOL'd, it's as if devs had seen some of my posts and said "before this dude asks for 4S compatibility, we'll put it right here IN YER FACE!" LOL'd Wicked8146 Well-Known Member Patreon Bronze Nov 17, 2009 777 50 28 Dinosaur hunter Los Angeles #14 Wicked8146, Jun 25, 2015 Excited to buy this when the item becomes available. TheQuadsphere Well-Known Member Dec 28, 2009 157 0 0 #15 TheQuadsphere, Jun 25, 2015 Only Campaign mode on Hardcore requires an internet connection. Sorry Wicked8146 Well-Known Member Patreon Bronze Nov 17, 2009 777 50 28 Dinosaur hunter Los Angeles #16 Wicked8146, Jun 25, 2015 It's now available. VirtualBoyFreak Well-Known Member Patreon Bronze Apr 26, 2011 4,801 85 48 Spain #17 VirtualBoyFreak, Jun 25, 2015 No prob I've already accepted my 4S is the great grandad, but it still copes well with many other games, so no worries Wicked8146 Well-Known Member Patreon Bronze Nov 17, 2009 777 50 28 Dinosaur hunter Los Angeles #18 Wicked8146, Jun 25, 2015 This is a fun shmup. The interface with the upgrades confuses me a bit as there are a lot of attributes for each weapon and I am not sure what is good or not, but I do truly appreciate the detail that went into including that into the game. The background on level 1 was a challenge for me. Many times I kept going after things that were in the background cause I thought they were enemies. I think the game would be easier if played against a black background, but I can understand if that would be boring. Overall, a great addition to the shoot em up genre. Def worth the price of admission. mcamp Well-Known Member Dec 17, 2010 61 2 8 #19 mcamp, Jun 25, 2015 I'm disappointed. This is the ugliest shmup I've played in recent memory; the background is way too busy, and just makes it difficult to focus on the action. The ships and objects just look bad. If they were going for a PSOne-era budget-shooter ascetic, they nailed it. And the menus ... Ugh. I really wanted to like this one, but I just ... don't ... can't ... mcamp Well-Known Member Dec 17, 2010 61 2 8 #20 mcamp, Jun 25, 2015 Just re-downloaded the first game for comparison, having not played it in years. It looks WAY better than this new one, and the backdrops are far less cluttered and distracting. (You must log in or sign up to post here.) 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The videos are not showing up for me. I found another one (?), maybe this one works. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=S_kOza4sxrA Definitely an instabuy, though the word has to get redefined due to Apple's disability to fix their new releases problem.
AHHHH!!! Holy carap!! I absolutely LOVED the first one... Can't wait to snag this! =oD Thanks for the vids, I had yet to even hear of this. It looks fanfarickintastic!
Interesting observation i just made. I opened my regular TA site "newest games and drops" and another instabuy (for me) showed up - Piloteer. I went to my swiss store and was able to buy it right away. Icarus isn't there yet with the old BS result "not available anymore".
Whitaker Trebella decided to release Piloteer worldwide a tad bit early. Unfortunately everything else is the same old bullshit.
"This application is compatible with the iPad 3, iPhone 5, iPod Touch 5 and newer devices (older devices, and specifically the iPhone 4S, are not supported)." LOL'd, it's as if devs had seen some of my posts and said "before this dude asks for 4S compatibility, we'll put it right here IN YER FACE!" LOL'd
No prob I've already accepted my 4S is the great grandad, but it still copes well with many other games, so no worries
This is a fun shmup. The interface with the upgrades confuses me a bit as there are a lot of attributes for each weapon and I am not sure what is good or not, but I do truly appreciate the detail that went into including that into the game. The background on level 1 was a challenge for me. Many times I kept going after things that were in the background cause I thought they were enemies. I think the game would be easier if played against a black background, but I can understand if that would be boring. Overall, a great addition to the shoot em up genre. Def worth the price of admission.
I'm disappointed. This is the ugliest shmup I've played in recent memory; the background is way too busy, and just makes it difficult to focus on the action. The ships and objects just look bad. If they were going for a PSOne-era budget-shooter ascetic, they nailed it. And the menus ... Ugh. I really wanted to like this one, but I just ... don't ... can't ...
Just re-downloaded the first game for comparison, having not played it in years. It looks WAY better than this new one, and the backdrops are far less cluttered and distracting.
