Link: https://apps.apple.com/lb/app/far-lone-sails/id1525515023 FAR: Lone Sails Assemble Entertainment - Master your vessel: Maintain and upgrade your vehicle to overcome numerous obstacles and natural hazards. - Discover a… $3.99 Buy Now Watch Media Details- Master your vessel: Maintain and upgrade your vehicle to overcome numerous obstacles and natural hazards. - Discover a unique world: Explore a desolate dried-out seabed, follow the trails of your people and find relics and buildings, that tell the story of a civilization on the run. - Experience an atmospheric journey: Let the sky full of clouds pass by and heed the wind that drives your sails towards the horizon. - A Zombie-free Post-Apocalypse: It’s just you and your machine vs. the big nothing. Traverse a dried-out seabed littered with the remains of a decaying civilization. Keep your unique vessel going, overcome numerous obstacles and withstand the hazardous weather conditions. How far can you make it? What will you find? "There is something therapeutic about tending to your ship and then just moving along slowly through the day. ... Not a lot of games are brave enough to tell a story this way, and to me, that’s exactly why FAR: Lone Sails is a gem." 5 / 5 - Platinum Rating Catherine Ng Dellosa, pocketgamer.com TouchArcade Game of the Week "There are some games that aren’t really about testing your reflexes, or your high scoring prowess, or any of the many other video game-related skills, but are more about offering up an experience. And boy is FAR: Lone Sails ever an experience. ..." Jared Nelson, toucharcade.com "A short, intimate and memorable experience … This is one game that’s a must-play for just about anyone." appunwrapper.com Information Seller:Assemble Entertainment Genre:Adventure, Simulation Release:Oct 21, 2020 Updated:Dec 18, 2020 Version:1.32 Size:565.7 MB TouchArcade Rating:Unrated User Rating:Unrated Your Rating:unrated Compatibility:HD Universal Subscribe to the TouchArcade YouTube channel Anotherkellydown likes this. anthony78 Well-Known Member Nov 13, 2015 3,128 704 113 #2 anthony78, Oct 21, 2020 Last edited: Oct 21, 2020 Already out in the US! Bought and downloaded! MetaGonzo Well-Known Member May 7, 2009 1,459 271 83 #3 MetaGonzo, Oct 21, 2020 Started playing this on Xbox. Seemed rather good; probably a good fit on touch screen. ste86uk Well-Known Member May 9, 2012 6,774 1,003 113 #4 ste86uk, Oct 21, 2020 I don’t know anything about the game but it sounds interesting. Already out in the U.K. too. Bloodangel Well-Known Member Jan 19, 2011 1,824 46 48 Retail England #5 Bloodangel, Oct 21, 2020 Does it play like FTL, without the combat (obviously)? PewPewOnYou Well-Known Member Aug 27, 2020 108 38 28 Male USA #6 PewPewOnYou, Oct 21, 2020 Left arrow doesn’t always work on iPhone XR metalcasket Moderator Staff Member Patreon Silver Patreon Gold Patreon Bronze May 24, 2010 11,065 1,342 113 Deepest Circle, Hel #7 metalcasket, Oct 22, 2020 This is SO good. Sure, the controls (both movement and camera) could use some major overhauling (perhaps the way Playdead utilizes swipe-based controls for their iOS ports and maybe just swiping up/down or tapping in the upper right corner to swap between the 3 levels of camera zoom), but the gameplay is so wonderful, I can’t help but smile whenever playing this. PraetorianX likes this. ColeDaddy Silver Supporter<br>Moderator Staff Member Patreon Silver Patreon Gold Patreon Bronze Mar 20, 2010 4,234 131 63 Male Sojourner Washington D.C. #8 ColeDaddy, Oct 23, 2020 Does play resemble FTL in terms of urgency and micromanagement? Bloodangel likes this. gmg979 Member Jun 8, 2017 7 0 1 #9 gmg979, Oct 23, 2020 Wow, this came out of nowhere. Has universal praise on consoles, looks really interesting. metalwastebasket Well-Known Member Jan 5, 2017 161 55 28 #10 metalwastebasket, Oct 23, 2020 Last edited: Oct 23, 2020 Just so no one is confused, this isn't a micromanagement/resource management game. It contains aspects of that genre of games, but in an extremely basic fashion, and there's not really a sense of urgency. Taking too long to fix your clunky-ass vehicle will likely cause it to explode, but we're talking about a game that is supposed to be super lax and meditative. This is basically a variant of the LIMBO/INSIDE formula, where it's a left-to-right side-scrolling platformer with light puzzle mechanics. The difference is that in FAR, you're not controlling your char--ugh, I mean...in addition to controlling your character, you're controlling the aforementioned vehicle. EDIT: Having just finished the game, my comments above still stand. It's a beautiful game that I can confidently say everyone should try at least once. As a mobile port...it's a mobile port. It doesn't feel native to the platform and the Playdead games really do stand leaps and bounds above it (again, in terms of it being a port) because there's always some sort of battle between yourself and the controls. Again, that doesn't take away from what is otherwise an INCREDIBLE experience. One thing I didn't mention before though is the darkness. There are a few moments where you're basically playing in pitch black darkness, and to make matters worse, there's at least one instance of a puzzle occurring in said darkness. Nothing short of reworking the entire game will fix this and thankfully not too much of the game happens at night, but it's something that needs to be brought up. PraetorianX likes this. ColeDaddy Silver Supporter<br>Moderator Staff Member Patreon Silver Patreon Gold Patreon Bronze Mar 20, 2010 4,234 131 63 Male Sojourner Washington D.C. #11 ColeDaddy, Oct 23, 2020 Thanks man. Is the game playable on the iPhone XR screen size? metalcasket Moderator Staff Member Patreon Silver Patreon Gold Patreon Bronze May 24, 2010 11,065 1,342 113 Deepest Circle, Hel #12 metalcasket, Oct 23, 2020 It is, but keep in mind the game does involve zooming in and out...a lot! ColeDaddy likes this. cawaker Member May 27, 2013 10 2 3 #13 cawaker, Oct 24, 2020 I like this game a lot, but I concur with the controls being difficult. I would love controller support, or at least a floating joystick for the left right movement I’m constantly missing the icons and that makes it frustrating also the lack of tips is nice but I can’t seem to figure out if you can just keep loading the fuel or if it’s all wasted once the tank is full, and I’m just throwing junk in there for no reason. Grungebob likes this. Boardumb Administrator Staff Member Patreon Silver Patreon Gold Apr 14, 2009 8,964 880 113 THE BOSS Sacramento, CA #14 Boardumb, Oct 25, 2020 It does support controllers, just not in menus. That's actually how I've been enjoying playing the most. orangecan Well-Known Member Aug 9, 2011 2,000 150 63 #15 orangecan, Oct 28, 2020 I’m enjoying this a lot so far, the controls can be a bit of a pain but not overly so. My main issue with it at the moment is that I’ve no idea when and where it saves - I’ve not seen any kind of visible checkpoints (or logically placed ones). On my first play I’d got to the vehicle and started it up (which I’d thought would be a checkpoint), but when I went into it again I was right at the beginning... the next time I picked it up, I played a bit more and when I went back to it it seemed to have saved just before I’d left it. metalwastebasket Well-Known Member Jan 5, 2017 161 55 28 #16 metalwastebasket, Oct 28, 2020 You'll notice a small spinning circle in the top right corner when it saves, but if you'd like to know when the game last saved, it takes nothing more than heading into the pause menu. Bottom right corner has the time of your last save. #Bonk3rZ likes this. Ghostdog1 Well-Known Member Jan 30, 2015 319 125 43 #17 Ghostdog1, Oct 30, 2020 This game is pure magic. I love it. For me it had the right length and very good puzzle mechanics. Although you get thrown into this world without much context, i loved the atmosphere and the story. I was also a big fan of the ending. It plays very smooth with a controller. 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This is SO good. Sure, the controls (both movement and camera) could use some major overhauling (perhaps the way Playdead utilizes swipe-based controls for their iOS ports and maybe just swiping up/down or tapping in the upper right corner to swap between the 3 levels of camera zoom), but the gameplay is so wonderful, I can’t help but smile whenever playing this.
Just so no one is confused, this isn't a micromanagement/resource management game. It contains aspects of that genre of games, but in an extremely basic fashion, and there's not really a sense of urgency. Taking too long to fix your clunky-ass vehicle will likely cause it to explode, but we're talking about a game that is supposed to be super lax and meditative. This is basically a variant of the LIMBO/INSIDE formula, where it's a left-to-right side-scrolling platformer with light puzzle mechanics. The difference is that in FAR, you're not controlling your char--ugh, I mean...in addition to controlling your character, you're controlling the aforementioned vehicle. EDIT: Having just finished the game, my comments above still stand. It's a beautiful game that I can confidently say everyone should try at least once. As a mobile port...it's a mobile port. It doesn't feel native to the platform and the Playdead games really do stand leaps and bounds above it (again, in terms of it being a port) because there's always some sort of battle between yourself and the controls. Again, that doesn't take away from what is otherwise an INCREDIBLE experience. One thing I didn't mention before though is the darkness. There are a few moments where you're basically playing in pitch black darkness, and to make matters worse, there's at least one instance of a puzzle occurring in said darkness. Nothing short of reworking the entire game will fix this and thankfully not too much of the game happens at night, but it's something that needs to be brought up.
I like this game a lot, but I concur with the controls being difficult. I would love controller support, or at least a floating joystick for the left right movement I’m constantly missing the icons and that makes it frustrating also the lack of tips is nice but I can’t seem to figure out if you can just keep loading the fuel or if it’s all wasted once the tank is full, and I’m just throwing junk in there for no reason.
It does support controllers, just not in menus. That's actually how I've been enjoying playing the most.
I’m enjoying this a lot so far, the controls can be a bit of a pain but not overly so. My main issue with it at the moment is that I’ve no idea when and where it saves - I’ve not seen any kind of visible checkpoints (or logically placed ones). On my first play I’d got to the vehicle and started it up (which I’d thought would be a checkpoint), but when I went into it again I was right at the beginning... the next time I picked it up, I played a bit more and when I went back to it it seemed to have saved just before I’d left it.
You'll notice a small spinning circle in the top right corner when it saves, but if you'd like to know when the game last saved, it takes nothing more than heading into the pause menu. Bottom right corner has the time of your last save.
This game is pure magic. I love it. For me it had the right length and very good puzzle mechanics. Although you get thrown into this world without much context, i loved the atmosphere and the story. I was also a big fan of the ending. It plays very smooth with a controller. I wish they would make a sequel.
