ugh dang it. I'm watching a game grumps video of Civ V now I want a civ type game. Any suggestions? Maybe something lighter than Civ, or even a type of game that's between sim city and civ.
edit- actually I got this empire: deck building strategy game the other day, and it's not what I want.... I think i want to build a civ more than have strategic battles
So if I'm hearing this right you want to play Civ but you don't want to play, like, Civ?
ugh dang it. I'm watching a game grumps video of Civ V now I want a civ type game. Any suggestions? Maybe something lighter than Civ, or even a type of game that's between sim city and civ.
edit- actually I got this empire: deck building strategy game the other day, and it's not what I want.... I think i want to build a civ more than have strategic battles
Did Civilization Revolutions not do what you wanted?
Edit: Other ones I've heard of are Starbase Orion, Star Traders 4x, Ascendancy, and Vincere Totus Astrum. The last one is supposed to be pretty casual, but it looks like it hasn't been updated in years.
Seriously, Kingdom Rush is fucking value! Finished the main campaign, and now doing the extra levels + Iron/Hero challenges. Can't wait to move on to the supposedly better Frontiers sequel.
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I didn't like Civ Rev at all. Haven't played 2 though, but I believe it is more of the same. I have over 500 hours in Civ V btw.
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I only play civRev on console, but I enjoyed it for what it was (stripped down but still fun civ building) and my friends finally had an understanding of why I called it "SM's One More Turn".
(It was free for awhile on 360 so that's when I got it)
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I wish someone would Port over some of the older PC games to iOS, but not do anything major to the graphics. I'm sick of playing games that are really simplistic, but have super hidef graphics that drain the battery in like 5 minutes.
And while I'm wishing for things I wish the government would ban IAPs and also I'd like a pair of new kidneys.
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I ended up trying out Godus. It was quite enjoyable, and the IAPs did not seem quite as necessary as they are in some games even though they were pretty in-your-face about them. I almost thought I was in trouble for a while, until the game suddenly decided to delete my save for no reason. Booted up the game, logged in as normal, and suddenly I am back to square one.
I would have been pissed, and there may very well be some way of recovering the save, but honestly I am a bit relieved to be free. For someone who's into clash of clans but prefer the building aspect over the fighting, I would recommend it.
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I've been playing it off and on. Last major bug I had was the game deciding to put a bunch of landscape back where I had removed it, and in doing so:
1. Created a non sculptable mountain in front of the doorway to my main farming settlement so the farmers couldn't get out
2. Destroyed a dozen big houses, instantly making hundreds of my followers homeless and plummeting their happiness to zero right before the Astari festival so I then lost a bunch of them to the Astari
3. Those defectors had been working on a beacon, so I lost a bunch of time on that
4. Turned a big area of reclaimed ocean back into ocean, including an expensive land bridge
I finally had to hit the mountain with a meteor to get rid of it.
Really wish there was a way to manually save instead of hoping the servers aren't acting up.
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i dunno? reviews for civrev2 suck, should I just get civrev 1?
I think most of the poor reviews come from the fact that CivRev2 isn't significantly different from CivRev1. From what I've read, if you already have CivRev1, you can skip CivRev2; if you have neither, go with CivRev2.
i dunno? reviews for civrev2 suck, should I just get civrev 1?
I think most of the poor reviews come from the fact that CivRev2 isn't significantly different from CivRev1. From what I've read, if you already have CivRev1, you can skip CivRev2; if you have neither, go with CivRev2.
The only issue with that is CivRev1 is less than half the price.
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Hopefully a quick question.
Years ago I was playing Infinity Blade 2 on my iPod Touch. In the last year I got an iPad which will make the game so much more fun to play, but I'm completely out of practice. Is it possible to reset the game back to the beginning, tutorials and all, without deleting your items and gold?
Edit: If I remember correctly there was an option for that, Rebirth or something right?
Quick, kinda weird question: What do you guys know about the mobile company Pocket Gems? Have you played any of their games, and what can you tell me about them?
868-HACK, one of the finest roguelikes on iOS, is on sale for the first time. I grabbed it last night, and it's really good! It has some of the same elements as traditional roguelikes, but they're wrapped up in some very, very different mechanics. It's almost feels like a turn-based arcade arena shooter.
Note that the tutorial only gives you the bare minimum information you need to play. You'll need to poke around and experiment a little bit to discover all the mechanics.
Also, there's no IAPs, but there are a bunch of "spells" in the reference list that are locked off; presumably you need to somehow discover them. Or click the "Unlock everything" button. But that seems like cheating.
So I need your help remembering the name of an app. It was wildly popular about 3 years ago. It was a match 3 type game where you matched swords, potions, coins and experience gems. It was endless and you just kept going until you died. Ring any bells?
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Dungeon Raid was good, but I feel like sessions went on for too long when you got good at it. It didn't really push back, it just kept going. And going. And going. A sequel that addressed that issue would be worthwhile.
You exponentially grew in power, but the linear enemy scaling eventually caught up (after like, hundreds and hundreds of turns), scaling enemies with health you can't possibly deal with
Just finished Shadowrun: Returns on the iPad. Very pleasant and atmospheric. Pretty linear and not terribly challenging but very enjoyable. I'll definitely pick up the expansion when it comes out. I never touched the PC version so I don't really have a frame of reference but I thought it worked very well in the tablet form factor
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So Angry Birds Stella is ludicrously polished and adds more strategic elements to the formula (carefully re-aiming birds in mid-flight and stuff) but it's just not as much fun to destroy structures by hurling birds at them if the birds don't seem to get horribly injured in the process.
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So if I'm hearing this right you want to play Civ but you don't want to play, like, Civ?
Did Civilization Revolutions not do what you wanted?
Edit: Other ones I've heard of are Starbase Orion, Star Traders 4x, Ascendancy, and Vincere Totus Astrum. The last one is supposed to be pretty casual, but it looks like it hasn't been updated in years.
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(It was free for awhile on 360 so that's when I got it)
And while I'm wishing for things I wish the government would ban IAPs and also I'd like a pair of new kidneys.
-Indiana Solo, runner of blades
I would have been pissed, and there may very well be some way of recovering the save, but honestly I am a bit relieved to be free. For someone who's into clash of clans but prefer the building aspect over the fighting, I would recommend it.
1. Created a non sculptable mountain in front of the doorway to my main farming settlement so the farmers couldn't get out
2. Destroyed a dozen big houses, instantly making hundreds of my followers homeless and plummeting their happiness to zero right before the Astari festival so I then lost a bunch of them to the Astari
3. Those defectors had been working on a beacon, so I lost a bunch of time on that
4. Turned a big area of reclaimed ocean back into ocean, including an expensive land bridge
I finally had to hit the mountain with a meteor to get rid of it.
Really wish there was a way to manually save instead of hoping the servers aren't acting up.
-Indiana Solo, runner of blades
I think most of the poor reviews come from the fact that CivRev2 isn't significantly different from CivRev1. From what I've read, if you already have CivRev1, you can skip CivRev2; if you have neither, go with CivRev2.
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The only issue with that is CivRev1 is less than half the price.
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I do all my playing on an iPad... I think those would all be playable on an iPad.
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Years ago I was playing Infinity Blade 2 on my iPod Touch. In the last year I got an iPad which will make the game so much more fun to play, but I'm completely out of practice. Is it possible to reset the game back to the beginning, tutorials and all, without deleting your items and gold?
Edit: If I remember correctly there was an option for that, Rebirth or something right?
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Note that the tutorial only gives you the bare minimum information you need to play. You'll need to poke around and experiment a little bit to discover all the mechanics.
Also, there's no IAPs, but there are a bunch of "spells" in the reference list that are locked off; presumably you need to somehow discover them. Or click the "Unlock everything" button. But that seems like cheating.
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They play surprisingly well on the phone. Much as i love the screen real estate, it's pretty nice to have access to them everywhere. My vote is phone.
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