This is from the iPod games experiences, and not the HD versions, but I suppose you can use this help. If you can only pick one, I'd pick Asphalt 6 HD. However, all of them are .99 and Hot Pursuit, Asphalt 6, and Reckless Driving are all worth it. For Shift, do yourself a favor and avoid it even though it's .99. Hell, even if the game was free, you shouldn't download it. Shift is that bad. And if you only have .99 to spare right now, the reason I said Asphalt is that while Gameloft has sales often, they don't put many of their more successful games on sale, and thus the probability of Asphalt going on sale later won't be as high as the EA games. In addition, Asphalt 6 is a pretty decent racer, and while I'm not a guy who likes arcade racer, I can safely say that it is one of the best arcade racers in the App Store, and many people tend to agree on this.
thanks for the kind review. been getting conflicting reports on them hope i won't end up getting all. someone's gonna frown on the splurge I have Death Rally now, just wondering if Reckless Driving is worth that 0.99 since both are similar Was thinking of the following too Red Alert VS StarFront? NOVA 2 vs BC2? Settlers VS Sim City
If you have Death Rally already, you can skip on Reckless Racing, and you leave yourself with either Hot Pursuit or Asphalt 6. Again, personally I'd go with Asphalt 6. As for your choices: Starfront: Never played Starfront personally, but I've heard many great reviews. I have played Red Alert though, and didn't really enjoy it. However, the overwhelming positive reviews for Starfront should be enough for you to download it. Beware though, Starfront has a massive 1.1 GB size. NOVA 2: When it comes to FPS games on the iOS, Gameloft is king. No further explanation needed. I'm not sure about Settlers/Sim City, so hopefully someone else can pitch in their opinion.
Best realistic racer: Real Racing 2 Best arcade racer: NFS Undercover (still more fun than Shift / Hot Pursuit for some reasons), then Hot Pursuit and Asphalt 6 Best overthetop racer: Horror Racing then Death Rally Rather than Reckless Racing (not driving) you'd better get Cubed Rally Racer.
+1 For some friends of mine and me personally Asphalt 6 is the best iOS game overall. We are playing bluetooth multiplayer on iPads almost every day. Can't await Asphalt 7.
If it were free, it still wouldn't be worth it. EA would have to pay you in order to make the download worth it.
alright just got Asphalt 6 HD and Hot Pursuit HD thankss! but just wondering, what about it that is so bad? the google reviews are like praising it to the stars
Need for Speed Shift? Try it on iPad 2 (better don't): Asphalt 6 simply eats it in almost all aspects. It plays in another league.
Interesting opinions here... While death rally is an awesome game... I like Reckless Racing equally as much. THere's more of "driving" to be done in reckless racing, where as in Death Rally is more about action. And Reckless Racing is all the more fantastic on iPad. For 99 cents... HD... i highly recommend it.
The physics in Hot Pursuit bother me.. you can have a max speed head on collision and you just steamroll the other guy. When you ram into a racer to end the level their car goes about 1 foot and stop. All collisions are generally meh. Granted, I cant name a racer off the top of my head with burnout style physics... but none the less it makes it feel second rate to me, oh well. Still pretty good though.
I *almost bought Shift due to the price... Can someone explain why it's bad? I mean, the press reviews are overwhelmingly positive .
I didn't like the frame rate and sense of speed. Just doesn't feel and look like you're going fast. Not to mention that it took 7 months for it to get retina support -_-
Because it isn't a game. It's a game designed to help toddlers listen to directions. Why do I say this? The game gives you a god damn line to follow to win. The line even changes colors to tell you when to speed up or slow down. If the game was updated to include a feature to remove this line, there's still a billion other complaints about the game. Sense of speed is totally nonexistent. Drifting sucks. Controls aren't great. Numerous bugs/glitches. Just get Real Racing 2. Real Racing 2 is hands down the best racing sim in the App Store. Even if it might be $6 more expensive right now, $6 VERY WELL spent far exceeds wasting $1 on a game that is so bad it that it wouldn't even be worth it if it was free.
I have not played Red Alert, but reviews tend to be rather negative. I do play StarFront and I really like it. The interface is really nice on the iPad, but also plays quite well on the iPod/iPhone. The game is what I expect from an RTS. Three factions, buildings, research, upgrades, etc. Overall I have been impressed. Though the default AI is a tad easy. I did read in some thread of someone who does like RA more than SF:C. Settlers vs. Sim City is a tough one. I have both for my iPod and iPad, but have not really spent enough time on either game to give a good opinion. They are very different kinds of games, though. Settlers is about managing resources and building an empire. You tell your people what to build and do. Sim City is about planning and building your city. Sim City has an intricate level of management and keeping tabs on things. There have been some complaints about bugs in Sim City, but I have not played enough to hit them. Personally, I prefer G5 Entertainment's "Virtual City HD." For me, it is the perfect blend of city building and management, with a lot of the finer details removed, just right for an iPad. Overall though, for 99 cents, you can't really go wrong. Except the way I read reviews for Red Alert, I won't even buy it for 99 cents.
