Zero Punctuation: iPhone Games

[Gigano]

Oh why did I ever get a much cheaper Android smartphone and thus exclude myself from hurling birds at pig property and cutting ropes?

...On second though, it might be a fair trade-off. Especially since this one also come with a handy breathe-on-Mars app.

Seems like amusing games though, just not what I want from a phone.

 

[unindexedsearchengine]

I survive mars by saying "meh meh meh" every 5 mins

 

[Live4Lotus]

I don't live on Mars, I live on earth and I need a phone that actually does things. This is why I have an android. Screw apple...they are the nintendo of phones...more popular but total crap.

 

[John the Gamer]

Life on mars is totally underrated. Works perfectly fine for me...

 

[YunikoYokai5]

I don't have an iPhone...the contracts are just too expensive for me (that and £10 credit can last me well over 4 months, sometimes even 6, so a Pay as you Go phone is all I really need)

How do I breathe on Mars? With stolen octopus lungs I ripped out when I mixed a fish with knowledge.

 

[unwesen]

I breathe on Mars with the help of my Android phone.

 

[jimbob60]

I can't stand apple products, they seem to be trying standardise innovation which, not unlike a book burning nazi can only lead to trouble.

I wish apple would crumble.. and die

 

[Myoukochou]

Oh why did I ever get a much cheaper Android smartphone and thus exclude myself from hurling birds at pig property and cutting ropes?

I have an Android phone myself. Vastly prefer it. It's snowing on Mars, by the way; very pretty.

Angry Birds is available on Android as well (it's on the Market); quite a lot of these games are also available on Android, and where they aren't, clones of them are: the "mixing elements" game on Android is called Alchemy (and is OK, for what it is).

Replica Island is a pretty good platformer on the Android platform, by the way, give it a look.

But yes, I definitely want an FF6-style or Pokémon-style RPG or two; it's definitely possible on the platforms, which have more power than a PlayStation 1 and you can do plenty of 3D on them too if you're clever. Are there any?

 

[Gigano]

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I have an Android phone myself. Vastly prefer it. It's snowing on Mars, by the way; very pretty.

Angry Birds is available on Android as well (it's on the Market); quite a lot of these games are also available on Android, and where they aren't, clones of them are: the "mixing elements" game on Android is called Alchemy (and is OK, for what it is).

Replica Island is a pretty good platformer on the Android platform, by the way, give it a look.

But yes, I definitely want an FF6-style or Pokémon-style RPG or two; it's definitely possible on the platforms, which have more power than a PlayStation 1 and you can do plenty of 3D on them too if you're clever. Are there any?

Thank you for the heads-up, I might have to check out what all the fuss is about then.

I'm afraid I for one wouldn't know anything about whether any JRPG's are on Android Market, but they'll probably come around soon if there aren't.

 

[kuolonen]

Breathing is for pussies! I do not require oxygen!

On a side note; it would be awesome if yahtzee started to explore other genres again... like maybe starcraft 2 review? *wink* *wink* *nudge* *nudge*

 

[Rogue 9]

Well I'm an iphone-less martian vacuum breather, but I played Doodle God on Kongregate and I have to say, Yahtzee's description of the game was 100% identical to my experience. I would've stopped playing after about 3 minutes if there hadn't been gamer score achievement points a badge for completing the game.

 

[Rickyvantof]

What now, everyone owns an iPhone?
I thought in total Blackberry is selling more phones than Apple.
Also all of my friends have Androids.
I have a DS and a cheap phone.

 

[Dooly95]

While I have not developed a method of breathing on Mars just yet, I can tell you that with the price of an iPhone (and all its connection fees) I could get myself a regular cheap phone on prepay, a DS and a couple of games (or, one of those card things).

Because, hey, as much as I like Apple products (I don't), I don't poop out money every five seconds.

 

[ZeppMan217]

Innovative games on mobile platform? *spherical sphere full of vacuum here*
...Anyway, search better if you want to find better games. A small hint: he's Super and MEATy.

 

[Darmort]

Mars actually has a rather pleasant atmosphere. It's lovely and scenic, there's a butchers down the road and there's none of this iPhone shit for me to go into a homicidal rage about.

As it stands, that was quite surprising to be honest. I always found games on iPhones, or any kind of phone, to be frustrating and difficult to handle because at the end of the day I keep thinking of it as a PHONE, not a GameBoy...

 

[the Dept of Science]

Cat + Internet = Internet surely?

 

[emeraldrafael]

Snip

In truth we are, but i just dont think you can judge any handheld that has had a console tie in, because even at its worst, it was till on a console. And I just dont think that any solely handheld series has done that thats in the US. Consoles give you more, because they can do more, so its a deeper and involving story over all.

 

[theprokrastinator]

i breath on mars using the money i didnt spend on an iphone to buy a space suit

That must be one awesome space suit, with a built in swimming pool and mini bar :O

 

[Mydnyght]

Sonic Colors cost the Escapist $80?! HIGHWAY ROBBERY!!!

Man, I gotta get an iPhone one of these days. Apparently I'm sick of breathing Martian air.

And what the hell fell onto the imp at the end of the credits??

(And remember, people, keep your iPhone away from LRR's Paul Saunders -- he might have the desire to install Linux on it. ^_^)