PopCap: The iPad "Will Change Gaming"

[Outamyhead]

Ungh...The ipad is a huge waste of money, and if popcap games are going to be the driving force of this doorstop, then it has some serious problems to deal with.

 

[DeadlyYellow]

Touch screens are fine, but they'll never get proper competitive gaming on there. RTS? Better controls than a gamepad, still not as good as a mouse+keyboard. I can't imagine anything else that would thrive on an iPad better than other platforms.

Actually RTS is one of the few genres I see enhanced by touch-screen capabilities (well, multi-touch.) You can do all the things you could with a mouse/keyboard but at a faster pace, and look like an absolute powernerd while you're at it.

Also, what's with all the hate on PopCap? Just because it doesn't feature steroidal, ambiguously homoerotic undertones, and guns from a 14 year old's wetdream doesn't make it any less of a game company.

 

[Snotnarok]

The IPad popcap? It's a bigger WORSE Ipod/Iphone with lower DPI and no multitasking and it's not travel sized anymore. The hell are they talking about? I can't fathom anyone getting use out of the ipad. I have an Itouch, it's amazing sure, but blown up? It's twice as easy to spot and steal and a tenth as easy to carry around.

 

[seventy7l]

I don't care if popcap supports apple as long as you make games like plants vs. zombies i'll be fine.
Sooooo addicting.

 

[BonerMacTittyPants]

So who's saying something is revolutionary this time?

PopCap?


...Hahahahaha.


Yeah. Right.

 

[Meggiepants]

Spoiler: Game according to some Escapist users

Spoiler: Not a game according to same Escapist users

Hypocrisy? Amongst the gaming community? Perish the thought.

Heh heh heh! I applaud this.

As to the OP, I don't know if I'd buy and iPad just to play a game (I honestly can't think of a reason to pick one of these underpowered machines up quite frankly), but I did fork out more than a grand on my gaming systems to do just that. If the iPad has any chance to really change gaming, I think they have some work to do. I have a big ole touch screen phone, but I only screw around with the games on it when I'm waiting around in line or otherwise unable to flip on one of my game systems. Now... when I start choosing my phone based on what games it can play... then I think these people might be on to something.

 

[Jeronus]

I heard the same thing when the Nokia N-Gage came out. They said it would change gaming and put the DS in its place. We all know how that ended.

 

[The Night Shade]

its just the ipod with a bigger screen and 2 or 3 things more thats all

 

[Bob_F_It]

It will change casual gaming, yes. But it's not going to do anything for the majority of mainstream games. It's as if PopCap thinks it runs the whole shop.

 

[008Zulu_v1legacy]

I don't fancy playing Command and Conquer or Supreme Commander on an iPad, even if it were capable of such a task.

The other week I was in a cheapie store and I saw they had these massive oversized but working TV remotes intended for people with poor vision. This how I see the iPad, and oversized Touch meant for people with poor eyesight. If it were marketed as such then I can see where it would be useful, but as is, it seems like Jobs's accountant told him he made slightly less money this month than the previous month, so he rushed out a pretty expensive idea.

 

[Pimppeter2]

I was going to call bull, then I saw Plants Vs Zombies


You win this round Apple

 

[Heart of Darkness]

If any company has a shot at actually turning the iPad into a gaming device, it's PopCap. If it was any other company, I'd be calling bullshit, but it seems plausible when you apply PopCap games' addicting quality with their simplistic gameplay mechanics, and the iPad could stand to see some "market share."

...even if it is small...

 

[The_Blue_Rider]

I really dont see the point of the Ipad, you cant replace a laptop with it because a laptop has more features, it wont replace paper and pencil because its $500+, i wish it made sense!

 

[Jared]

I really dont see the point of the Ipad, you cant replace a laptop with it because a laptop has more features, it wont replace paper and pencil because its $500+, i wish it made sense!

Yeah, seriously x.x

Although, if Pop cap wanna go ahead I am sure they will make some good games for it but...seriously...I see no use for the iPad at all aside from its pretty

 

[Abedeus]

Spoiler: Game according to some Escapist users

Spoiler: Not a game according to same Escapist users

Hypocrisy? Amongst the gaming community? Perish the thought.

As much as I love PvZ, PopCap never improved gaming in any way. PvZ is just a well-thought and funny tower defense game. And most of their games are remakes or games already done, because they're easy to make.

Name one genre that will benefit from iPad more than from a PC.

 

[TxMxRonin]

It'll change gaming, the same way 1983 did.

 

[Cryo84R]

I don't fancy playing Command and Conquer or Supreme Commander on an iPad, even if it were capable of such a task.

Command and Conquer for the iPhone is actually really good.

 

[008Zulu_v1legacy]

I don't fancy playing Command and Conquer or Supreme Commander on an iPad, even if it were capable of such a task.

Command and Conquer for the iPhone is actually really good.

Was actually thinking more along the lines of C&C 3 and 4. Is the iPhone one a port of the classic with all the fmv included?