I am on an iPhone 4S/iPad mini (1 st gen) so I am in the same boat, really need to upgrade! Will be getting a new phone this year, so I maybe playing on a smaller screen!
Well if it works fine I can't see a reason to upgrade. The iPad 3 is actually doing a good job keeping up with the latest games even though its processor isnt powerful enough for its display hah. But that won't last forever! You'll have to upgrade eventually!
Seems like they optimised the game for each device out there individually. If true, great. Because it was about time!
I use an iPad mini retina, which has the same chip as an iPhone 5, so will I have access to all the effects and graphics?
Yes they did . They did it with NOVA 3 as well if I remember correctly. They greatly dumbed down the graphics so that it could run fine on the lower devices. Sadly no. Only A7 devices will have the SSAO Edit: sorry I just glanced at your comment! I thought you said you had the iPhone 5. You will have the fancy effects like Mess said
Totally getting this in the future or on the release date since i have money on my account and do you really need internet connection to just open and play the campaign? ._.
The iPad mini retina actually has the same Processor as the 5S and iPad Air, the A7 so yes you should get the best graphics etc... That is the beauty of the Mini Retina, it's the same as the Air (pretty much, screen isn't as good apparently) so you have a better spec'd device that you thought If you have the Non retina mini (like me) you will have the A5 processor, the same as the iPad 2, 4S and iPod touch 5th gen. I think the 4S maybe under clocked compared to the others. But it seems that they have optimised for each device, which if true will be awesome! I can live without the fanciest graphics as long as MP gameplay keeps up Yes you do. GL have introduced unified progression, so levelling up in SP will level you up in MP, I assume that any money earned transfers as well. Without being online this will not be possible. Also they are using it to prevent hackers, as you a always have to connect to their servers - and I presume they will do some sort of verification/automation then to prove you haven't applied any hacks. Also if you want, join the TA squad we are building for MP, there will be a number of us getting it on launch day and hitting the MP for some fun
Ah, not really. It's mostly journalists and Gameloft people that have it now. Any of the promo code winners for those twitch streams will all get emailed to them early on launch day but still launch day. Can't really be upsetting the world (and the release) by having people post unseen footage before release. It'd kinda spoil the surprise element. A lot of the community managers have been testing and playing on a range of devices, low and high, just to let people know it'll be good to go on the compatible list. Plus we will all read the reviews on launch day. They are out of luck for multiplayer till launch day though, not enough out there, but they have been plugging away at single player and so far all reports are solid on the low end devices. Some of the graphics are lower or turned off but it seems to be a solid 30fps (locked) on each device.
I'd imagine they'll optimize it well for all of the lower end devices, considering they did a fantastic job with it in NOVA 3's multiplayer. I would be in a full lobby and the game would run fine on my iPhone 4. And it looks like they did the same with this game too! The textures look very bland on the lower devices lol. These guys are great with optimization, compared to the folks at Montreal. Nothing against them, they make awesome games, but they just weren't the best when it came to low-end optimization.
Oh, I was rather talking about A7 devices. I'm just so sick about playing games with bad framerates and seeing lower end devices performing far more well then a newer device due to the lack of optimizing. Considering there is almost the next gen ahead of us this took too long imo. But well, I just got in contact with someone who is actually already playing it on his iPad Air and he said it is as smooth as I could imagine so I wont complain about that anymore (at least on this one). Just glad devs finally stepped up.
Rip73, We must have played together MC 4, so I hope we'll have that opportunity to play again MC5 next week The others were: Paul202, Lolavi, 2133 . can't remember the rest of You. Sorry 4 dat.
We did indeed, many times. I recall you being top notch so it'd be a pleasure to have you on a squad. Paul202 is with us already and I'm hoping those other two guys turn up soon. Here's the thread link just in case, didn't get a chance to add it in last post. http://forums.toucharcade.com/showthread.php?t=236300&page=6 Oscar has been excellent at setting it up and maintaining it.
