Hm, honestly I guess WI does have pretty good controls. The game just doesn't play too well. I guess the part that really made me dislike it after a while was the lack of auto-attack. I can't develop games for shit, but I think I'd be able to figure out the code to allow a trigger for auto-attacking enemies after some time. It's been over 2 years, they've had enough time. I'd suggest WI's control, combined with some form of conveniently place hotkeys, like you hold down a button on the default screen and when you hold it down, 10 tabs appear where you can select or create control groups. In any case, I'm sure gameloft will get down some pretty good controls for us.
IMO Land Air Sea Warfare has the controls spot on. You can create groups and easily attack enemies and select units.
The game should be finished soon enough. This week should be available. We still haven't got the gold version done, but we are close to it. I'll let you know more today. The game will be great.
Is this the gameloft dev that we need to grill for a release date? And i will second this; i asked on twitter and they said it hadnt gone gold get. Im eagerly awaiting this game, there is a shocking lack of good-real-honest RTS game for iDevices. I will be soo000o0o0o disapointed if Starfront is: A: cheesy B: crappy C: like every other worthless RTS side scroller out there-and they arent even RTS games your just creating wave after wave of tiny fags. Lol more info soon pl0x
Well I can't tell you the exact date (but it will be soon). I can only say that it is nearly finished. The game is not like any other RTS-s available. It's Starcraft-like....sort of.
its great to hear some kind of information. Why is there no kind of buzz about it? its seems to me that it could be one of the greatest games on iPad, if done correctly.
We are working under strict confidentiality rules. Therefore this is as far as we can go with information until the game will be released. Personally, I would buy the game (I've been playing it since the project started) if I had a touch device for myself. I will not buy one since I have had enough of Apple's iOS crap while working here (yes, we hate iOS devices from all our guts). Also, I believe there is another reason for the lack of "buzz". The game is amazing for a touch device, but for some of you (and us) it can be disappointing in comparison with a PC RTS game. @mekanikal friend: Of course it can be a great game for the iPad. Any touch game is better on the iPad than on an iPod/iPhone. http://www.slidetoplay.com/story/starfront-collision-ipad-hands-on-preview?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+SlideToPlay+%28Slide+To+Play+Top+Stories%29 I believe someone had his hands on one of our versions.
Hard to believe you're worried about confidentiality rules. I think they would fire you for what you've posted here. I would if I were them.
Well now, what I posted here (and a whole lot more) can be found in the review I mentioned in my previous post. Just info from the web, my friend. I will not mention release dates other from what has been posted on the web, nor info about the gameplay.
Who said anything about me being a Gameloft dev? Also what in the world is wrong with what I said? iOS is a crappy OS. There is nothing wrong in saying it. If you are an Apple fan, then I understand your reaction.
Gameloft do not know how to buzz on any of their game... Most of the time, we are informed 1 or 2 weeks before release on the AppStore... Well, it means that they inform us when it is just submitted... There ar ejust few exception with attempts to make it, but have you ever seen any long buzz on their game ?
This game hinges upon how well it is balanced. Please let Gameloft know that in RTS games there is no "perfect" straight out of the gate. They will NEED to provide balance tweaks and updates to the races.
Hey GRIP, could you tell us why gameloft almost never updates their games. Most of their earlier releases were not even optimized for retina display, such as skater nation and zombie infection. The only update I hear you guys making is the MC 2:BP update. Btw could you shed some light on that? Will it be released soon?
