An evil race known as the Guardians is taking over the universe, ravaging planets, and killing all peaceful life forms. You are the galaxy's only hope for salvation. As an elite pilot serving in the ARC Squadron, you are tasked to take on the Guardians in head-to-head combat and bring down their empire. With simple one-touch controls, you can shoot, blast, and annihilate enemy forces to hunt down each of the nine Guardian lords and destroy them once and for all. The ultimate battle for the galaxy is nigh. Are you on board? * Stunning graphics, optimized for Retina display * Massive sixty level campaign * More than twenty unique environments * Fifteen challenge levels * Nine boss battles * Upgradeable ship, with more than 80 different visual styles * Eight upgradeable weapons * Gamecenter friend challenges, leaderboards and achievements iPhone Screenshots ARC Squadron: Redux An evil race known as the Guardians is taking over the universe, ravaging planets, and killing all peaceful life forms. … Free Buy Now Watch Media DetailsAn evil race known as the Guardians is taking over the universe, ravaging planets, and killing all peaceful life forms. You are the galaxy's only hope for salvation. As an elite pilot serving in the ARC Squadron, you are tasked to take on the Guardians in head-to-head combat and bring down their empire. With simple one-touch controls, you can shoot, blast, and annihilate enemy forces to hunt down each of the nine Guardian lords and destroy them once and for all. The ultimate battle for the galaxy is nigh. Are you on board? * Stunning graphics, optimized for Retina display * Massive sixty level campaign * More than twenty unique environments * Fifteen challenge levels * Nine boss battles * Upgradeable ship, with more than 80 different visual styles* Eight upgradeable weapons * Gamecenter friend challenges, leaderboards and achievements Information Seller: Genre:Action, Arcade Release:Oct 17, 2013 Updated:Nov 30, -0001 Version: Size:0.0 TouchArcade Rating:Unrated User Rating: (7) Your Rating:unrated Compatibility:HD Universal Hoggy110 Well-Known Member Jan 11, 2012 2,670 0 0 Student The rainbow-fuelled nightmare of my mind https://twitter.com/Hapmatic #2 Hoggy110, Oct 16, 2013 So I take it this is a freemium version of ARC Squadron then...that reminds me, I need to play ARC Squadron Sanuku Well-Known Member Jun 14, 2009 11,954 4 38 Austria http://www.touchgameplay.com #3 Sanuku, Oct 16, 2013 Filesize: squashy Well-Known Member Jan 21, 2013 1,997 1 38 *burp* The Garden of Sinners #4 squashy, Oct 16, 2013 Didn't like it, you have to drag your finger on the screen the whole time. killercow Well-Known Member Apr 8, 2009 3,784 3 38 https://twitter.com/killercow #5 killercow, Oct 16, 2013 Last edited: Oct 16, 2013 Damnit I thought this was a surprise sequel to Arc Squadron.. I loved the original version! Andre Well-Known Member Apr 11, 2012 3,643 2 38 #6 Andre, Oct 16, 2013 Very amazing screenshots. Will play it when the game releases. Drummerboycroy Well-Known Member Apr 2, 2012 4,172 0 36 Clinician Maine! #7 Drummerboycroy, Oct 16, 2013 Last edited: Oct 16, 2013 Edit: A lot has changed since I wrote this post. DBC Exact-Psience Well-Known Member Jan 12, 2012 22,664 2 38 The Work-At-Home Guy Philippines #8 Exact-Psience, Oct 16, 2013 Does he even buy anything at all? LOL. At least now there's a free version for him. awp69 Well-Known Member Oct 30, 2009 8,249 0 36 Greenville, SC #9 awp69, Oct 16, 2013 Kind of surprised they released this. I have the full version but they have been promising an Android version forever. Know some Droid users won't be happy to see this ahead of that release (originally supposed to be at the same time as the full iOS version but delayed...and delayed). Wonder if it will ever come. Sanuku Well-Known Member Jun 14, 2009 11,954 4 38 Austria http://www.touchgameplay.com #10 Sanuku, Oct 16, 2013 Game Impressions Subscribe to the TouchArcade YouTube channel psj3809 Moderator Jan 13, 2011 12,972 722 113 England #11 psj3809, Oct 16, 2013 Is this just a revamp ? Looks different the levels and that no ? Sanuku Well-Known Member Jun 14, 2009 11,954 4 38 Austria http://www.touchgameplay.com #12 Sanuku, Oct 16, 2013 Some of the Missions are changed completely while others got only changed a tiny bit here and there. It`s probably interesting for those that liked the first Version of the Game since the Freemium Part doesn`t look too greedy to hold me back from playing it. Connector Well-Known Member May 6, 2012 15,512 1 0 In the Chatroom http://thechatroom.freeforums.net/ #13 Connector, Oct 16, 2013 Interesting that there are some changes, maybe worse a try then. dwerny Well-Known Member May 9, 2012 112 0 0 #14 dwerny, Oct 16, 2013 The first version (paid) was awesome. Definitely recommend picking it up. jamarohn Active Member May 18, 2012 28 0 0 #15 jamarohn, Oct 16, 2013 I think this is actually an update to the current app, and not a separate app. They're dropping the price to 0 and bumped up the IAP. Right? ttocs Well-Known Member Feb 3, 2012 283 0 16 Sr. Data Analyst Baltimore, MD #16 ttocs, Oct 16, 2013 The game was fun although I'm not a huge fan of the controls. PsyonixDan Member Nov 1, 2012 18 0 0 #17 PsyonixDan, Oct 16, 2013 Last edited: Oct 16, 2013 Trying to cover most of the questions I'm seeing throughout this thread. If I miss anything, I'll try and get back to answer them at some point. - This is not an update to the original, and is a separate SKU. While working on the Android release, we removed some things that we thought were largely unnecessary to the game to reduce confusion, so save files between this and old ARC were no longer compatible during development. Updating in that case would have been kind of bad. - A couple of the levels had some pretty heavy changes for the Android version we were working on, so it was easy enough to do an iOS version along side of it with the changed content. - The original ARC Squadron should be removed from the App Store entirely at some point today since the two games are nearly identical. - Yes it's free, no there aren't any new IAP. The balancing is largely the same as the original, so if you didn't feel the need to buy the IAP then, you still won't. This release is really just about getting it out to as many people as possible. - Android version will be out some time tomorrow. iOS has a much easier to deal with automated rollout system, so it's just kind of doing its thing for us. Edit: Tomorrow morning US....dawned on me it's already tomorrow morning in NZ and Australia. awp69 Well-Known Member Oct 30, 2009 8,249 0 36 Greenville, SC #18 awp69, Oct 16, 2013 Last edited: Oct 16, 2013 This concerns me greatly. When I saw this, I was happy to see a dev doing the right thing by releasing a freemium version separately rather than updating a paid app to have a freemium model. But now that I hear that you are pulling the old version, I'm not a happy camper. Why are you pulling it? Does it do any harm to leave the old version there? You say the new version is " nearly" the same and is balanced, but with past experiences, that still doesn't provide comfort. Yes, previous owners should be able to redownload the old version through their purchase history, but there's been a few pulled apps that can't even be retrieved that way. So I ask again, why pull the original version? EDIT: Urghh... Went to redownload and it's already pulled! Now I need to scour my purchase history to see if I can get it back. PsyonixDan Member Nov 1, 2012 18 0 0 #19 PsyonixDan, Oct 16, 2013 We decided to go free with the same balancing as iOS for Android, so it was either release the new version for free on iOS, or don't do the new release for iOS at all. Realistically we simply don't have the resources to support multiple versions at once, so doing it this way was the most feasible for us. awp69 Well-Known Member Oct 30, 2009 8,249 0 36 Greenville, SC #20 awp69, Oct 16, 2013 It frankly doesn't matter if you never updated the old app again. There was no reason to remove it. I'm not finding it in my history so far. This is exactly the kind of move that really makes me sour on a Dev. It's a fantastic game and one of the first I bought when I upgraded to a phone that could play it. I also liked that it had cloud support. 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So I take it this is a freemium version of ARC Squadron then...that reminds me, I need to play ARC Squadron
Kind of surprised they released this. I have the full version but they have been promising an Android version forever. Know some Droid users won't be happy to see this ahead of that release (originally supposed to be at the same time as the full iOS version but delayed...and delayed). Wonder if it will ever come.
Some of the Missions are changed completely while others got only changed a tiny bit here and there. It`s probably interesting for those that liked the first Version of the Game since the Freemium Part doesn`t look too greedy to hold me back from playing it.
I think this is actually an update to the current app, and not a separate app. They're dropping the price to 0 and bumped up the IAP. Right?
Trying to cover most of the questions I'm seeing throughout this thread. If I miss anything, I'll try and get back to answer them at some point. - This is not an update to the original, and is a separate SKU. While working on the Android release, we removed some things that we thought were largely unnecessary to the game to reduce confusion, so save files between this and old ARC were no longer compatible during development. Updating in that case would have been kind of bad. - A couple of the levels had some pretty heavy changes for the Android version we were working on, so it was easy enough to do an iOS version along side of it with the changed content. - The original ARC Squadron should be removed from the App Store entirely at some point today since the two games are nearly identical. - Yes it's free, no there aren't any new IAP. The balancing is largely the same as the original, so if you didn't feel the need to buy the IAP then, you still won't. This release is really just about getting it out to as many people as possible. - Android version will be out some time tomorrow. iOS has a much easier to deal with automated rollout system, so it's just kind of doing its thing for us. Edit: Tomorrow morning US....dawned on me it's already tomorrow morning in NZ and Australia.
This concerns me greatly. When I saw this, I was happy to see a dev doing the right thing by releasing a freemium version separately rather than updating a paid app to have a freemium model. But now that I hear that you are pulling the old version, I'm not a happy camper. Why are you pulling it? Does it do any harm to leave the old version there? You say the new version is " nearly" the same and is balanced, but with past experiences, that still doesn't provide comfort. Yes, previous owners should be able to redownload the old version through their purchase history, but there's been a few pulled apps that can't even be retrieved that way. So I ask again, why pull the original version? EDIT: Urghh... Went to redownload and it's already pulled! Now I need to scour my purchase history to see if I can get it back.
We decided to go free with the same balancing as iOS for Android, so it was either release the new version for free on iOS, or don't do the new release for iOS at all. Realistically we simply don't have the resources to support multiple versions at once, so doing it this way was the most feasible for us.
It frankly doesn't matter if you never updated the old app again. There was no reason to remove it. I'm not finding it in my history so far. This is exactly the kind of move that really makes me sour on a Dev. It's a fantastic game and one of the first I bought when I upgraded to a phone that could play it. I also liked that it had cloud support. I actually deleted it last week to make room for another game KNOWING that I could redownload it later and pick up where I left off. All that progress will be gone if I can't get it via my purchase history.
