Universal Mad Bullets (by Istom Games)

Discussion in 'iPhone and iPad Games' started by PeteOzzy, Jul 16, 2014.

  1. orangecan

    orangecan Well-Known Member

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    No your right I'm not sure it needs changing either I just couldn't quite work out why I wasn't reloading when I thought I should be
     
  2. isTom Games

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    We're thrilled, huge thanks for the confidence, we really appreciate that!
     
  3. isTom Games

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    Thanks! About the reloading: if You think it through, the way the reload works in the game is a "law of a game". We spent a whole lot of time balancing the reload, and if it would not be stopped during firing, it would be the biggest CHEAT in the game. It would kill the gameplay.

    About the difficulty: if You got to a point where more than one enemy is firing on You, then that means You're playing very GOOD! The enemies will be more wicked, and more difficult to fight (Iron Cowboy, anyone?) as You progress in the game. So keep pushing forward, You'll be better and better in time :)
     
  4. LarryWP

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    Not everyone plays the same, what can I say. Glad I gave you a laugh! ;)
     
  5. krautboy

    krautboy Well-Known Member

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    Pretty cool game,for free without timers and energy nonsense it's a marvel.
    I'd personally like it more if it were stage based like Major Mayhem,but i'm not a high score chaser,so for what it is it's cool. Another thing is that the incentive to kill baddies,save damsels,make headshots and so on are purely tied to high scores and the occasional mission. Would be cool if that could be tied to making progress. Right now it pays off more to just focus on shooting barrels and deflect bullets,beside whatever mission your focusing on.
    And... Whenever i haven't played for a couple of hours my daily mission resets.
    This morning my daily mission was kill 2500 enemies. I killed 263 when i left home,came back tonight and it was reset,said i killed none,bummer.
    I thought i had the same a few days ago,but wasn't sure. Today it happened for sure though,hope you can tackle that bug.
     
  6. isTom Games

    isTom Games Well-Known Member

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    Thanks for the feedback! We will look after this issue and fix it asap!
     
  7. orangecan

    orangecan Well-Known Member

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    Hi there,

    Really enjoying the game despite the various issues that have been mentioned but I think I've found a bug.

    Just did the shoot only enemy bullets for a minute goal and I got the message flash up during the game telling me I'd done it but when I died the goal screen is the same and didn't flash up as completed.....
     
  8. deadcandance

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    Wow. I love shooter. Hotd. Major mayhem. Major Gun. Mercenary ops. Draw. Red gun. Diehard. Lawless. But those pale in comparison. Sound. Graphics like ability. Playability. Upgrades. Daily challenges. Humor. Hardcore shooting. This has it all. No timers. No necessary iaps. Great great game. Best shooter Best tap shooter ever. Great job devs. Please tell me there are updates planned. New area. New power ups. Further upgrades. Shotgun. Anything? Lovin it
     
  9. rIcHrAnDoM

    rIcHrAnDoM Well-Known Member
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    I've got to admit, Mad Bullets is insanely good! The sheer amount of things to shoot never gets old. There's a ton of variety going on here. I'm a big fan of these type of arcade shooters and this one ranks in my top tier of favorites. I've been scanning the AppStore for several days now in search of something I don't own (I own almost everything I'm interested in :( ), so I've decided to invest in some in app purchases here instead.

    Probably a silly question: if I purchase the ad remover, do I still get the option to watch a video to continue after death?

    Anyway, great job IsTom. I'm having a "BLAST" with this one :D
     
  10. Bytebrain

    Bytebrain Well-Known Member

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    I agree, it's the best in its genre on the AppStore.

    It just need better in-game currency balance.
    As to the ads, when you buy the ad remover, it'll also be removed from the "revive" menu when you die, but the dev. have promised to put it back after the next update which also will remedy the currency balance.
     
  11. mscottveach

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    It took me a bit to figure out this was happening to me as well but I very much disagree that it's an imbalance that should be fixed. It's a nearly perfect design choice; the reason why the game is fun; it would be WAY too easy if this were not the case.
     
  12. isTom Games

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    Mad Bullets got more than 100k downloads in a few days!

    ANNOUNCEMENT!!!

    The genre revitalizing iOS lightgun game got awesome reception from mobile gamers.

    Budapest, Hungary – July 21, 2014 – isTom Games proudly announces its latest success. From obscurity to fame, isTom Games’ new app, Mad Bullets got into spotlight right after its 17th July release, and achieved more than 100,000 downloads on the App Store under its first weekend. Besides that, it is last weeks highest rated new game on the App Store with nearly 3,000 ratings with the average of 4,5 stars out of 5.

    Mad Bullets is now featured on US App Store’s Best New Games category.

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    Thank you guys for the awesome support! We will support you as well with new game updates in the near future.
     
  13. dreadnok

    dreadnok Well-Known Member

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    I came here to kick ass and chew bubble gum I'm ou
    Thank you for living up to the hype of the trailers and pictures
    I love this game
     
  14. TheClaff

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    Ok now that I think about it fixing the reload would be a potential exploit. It's still a issue for me because I always screw up because of it and I feel like the game gets to a point pretty quickly when you need more than 5 bullets before you could successfully reload.

    As for difficulty - if i'm playing very good it doesn't feel like it. But that is more an issue with how many sacks you get from doing "very good" and I think/hope you are balancing that still.

    I still think there needs to be some sort of bonus or level up tied to your score, as others have pointed out there is no real incentive to save hostages or shoot the enemies unless they are shooting you as score doesn't play a part in progress or rewards at all (other than bragging rights and I don't know anyone on my friends lists playing the game).
     
  15. isTom Games

    isTom Games Well-Known Member

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    That's right, we're currently working on the first update, and we have VERY cool plans for the future about the game :) Can't wait to show You guys!
     
  16. sink_or_swim

    sink_or_swim Well-Known Member

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    great game, I'm having lots of fun with it. But some missions are very hard, I played the game a lot but still haven't reached rank 3. And I'm glad to see that the dev is working on the currency balance, the upgrades are way too expensive. But the gameplay is fantastic :)
     
  17. Anotherkellydown

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    #97 Anotherkellydown, Jul 21, 2014
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    Hey sink, some of the missions are easier when you use certain power ups. I'm sure you figured that out already.. I'm rank 6 ATM. One of the missions is to rescue 15 hostages in a round. That's gonna be hard to do!

    @isTom - congrats on your success so far! I'm very excited to see what the future holds for this game.

    I was wondering if it would be easy enough to display your friends scores after a round. I noticed there is an in-game leaderboard with my GC friends names on it but their scores are all zero. Must be a Facebook thing I'm guessing?
     
  18. orangecan

    orangecan Well-Known Member

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    I'm finding the missions hit and miss in terms of difficulty. I aw stuck on 3 for ages and then the next batch I finished with no problems at all
     
  19. dreadnok

    dreadnok Well-Known Member

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    I came here to kick ass and chew bubble gum I'm ou
    I'm rank six I've upgraded 2 bars on the life meter and 2 for the reloads. I focused mainly on the tasks to level up faster since I'm a terrible shot
     
  20. Breinstein

    Breinstein Well-Known Member

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    Does this game have iCloud save ? If i buy the disable Ads and the sac doubler iap Will that be device specific or is it a one time buy for all my devices?
     

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