Puzzle and Dragons, Nimble Quest, and Other Games for Iphone or Ipad
Saturday, September 7, 2013
I've posted about many other apps and games for the iPhone or iPad before and noticed that I hadn't done one for awhile. Well, here is a great new post about some apps that have chewed up a wack of my time that I could have used to do something else. I'm a big console game fan, but I have to say that some of the best fun out there right now is for cheap or free and it is on iPhones or Androids.
Puzzle and Dragons
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/puzzle-dragons-english/id563474464
Also on Android. First of all, the biggest time sink I have run into for awhile is Puzzle and Dragons by Gungho Entertainment. This was a big hit in Japan and it has gone world wide. Just in the last week this game was finally release on the USA / Canada app store. Best of all it is free, but look out for the in-app purchases for this one. The game is another match 3+ item kind of puzzle game with a few twists. You can move a tile as long as you have time on the timer and it can create all kinds of combos. The game combines elements of Pokemon for monster collecting, levelling up, and team building; a bit of Puzzle Quest for the matching of tiles to do damage and for story, and of course Bejewelled for the whole match 3 type game play. THIS GAME IS FUN, but beware of how you spend money. I bought about $10 worth of stuff just to say I like the game and to support the developer, but you could sink a great deal of money to try and level up your team of monsters or get some super rare monsters that can help out your team. This game requires PATIENCE if you want to have fun and not spend a lot of money. The company drops freebies to so you can get gold eggs (to hatch a super rare monster) or runs other promos every so often. Have fun, make friends as you will need them to help you with each level. Enjoy it without spending a fortune. BTW, there is almost always a better monster so resist the urge to buy more. I still wish I could get the goddess Isis that some players got through lucky draws of their early monster. Some of the Japanese online shops like HLJ and AmiAmi are also selling little figures from the game now too!
Some Tips:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/candy-crush-saga/id553834731
Also on Android. This is an amazingly addictive little match the candies game in the match 3 tradition with a number of twists. I will not spend a cent on this game though as you buy consumable powerups which then have to be replenished through buying more. If they had a fixed price to buy the game, I would consider paying it, but no way on consumables as the levels get quite difficult after level 30 or so. I'm up at level 93 without spending money, but I've now pretty much stopped playing the game. Still, play this game, don't blow a fortune, and have fun.
Nimble Quest
https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/nimble-quest/id583638819
Also on Android. This is an awesome variant on snake. You lead a trail of fantasy adventurers through dungeons and fight monsters with your various attacks. It is like guiding a train on a path of your choice where each adventurer has a special attack and is shooting out of each train car at the critters around you. You start with one character of your choice (you unlock new types by completing levels) and you gain treasure and new adventurers from drops as you kill monsters. This isn't bloody or anything and is good for all ages. It has retro 8-bit style graphics and you'll be playing into the wee hours of the morning if you aren't careful.
Infinity Blade I + II and Pacific Rim
https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/infinity-blade/id387428400
https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/infinity-blade-ii/id447689011
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pacific-rim/id639615384
These are fighting games where you guide a character or robot in the 3rd person view from behind and you fight opponents by pushing a few buttons or different finger swipes. These are great games, especially if you can grab them for free via the occasional special offer. The Infinity Blades are very nice looking games from the graphics point of view and the skill level ramps up fairly quickly after the first few levels. Pacific Rim lets you take one of the big Jaeger robots to battle it out with Kaiju. I liked the movie so the app stays on my iPad for awhile. I need to unlock more robots by battling still and it seems fairly fun. Both games let you inflict high damage combos on the enemy when you do a series of dodges or blocks right. Note there are two Pacific Rim games and I'm talking about the one by Reliance Big Entertainment.
Thats all for now. Have fun.
Other App Reviews on this site.
Puzzle and Dragons
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/puzzle-dragons-english/id563474464
Also on Android. First of all, the biggest time sink I have run into for awhile is Puzzle and Dragons by Gungho Entertainment. This was a big hit in Japan and it has gone world wide. Just in the last week this game was finally release on the USA / Canada app store. Best of all it is free, but look out for the in-app purchases for this one. The game is another match 3+ item kind of puzzle game with a few twists. You can move a tile as long as you have time on the timer and it can create all kinds of combos. The game combines elements of Pokemon for monster collecting, levelling up, and team building; a bit of Puzzle Quest for the matching of tiles to do damage and for story, and of course Bejewelled for the whole match 3 type game play. THIS GAME IS FUN, but beware of how you spend money. I bought about $10 worth of stuff just to say I like the game and to support the developer, but you could sink a great deal of money to try and level up your team of monsters or get some super rare monsters that can help out your team. This game requires PATIENCE if you want to have fun and not spend a lot of money. The company drops freebies to so you can get gold eggs (to hatch a super rare monster) or runs other promos every so often. Have fun, make friends as you will need them to help you with each level. Enjoy it without spending a fortune. BTW, there is almost always a better monster so resist the urge to buy more. I still wish I could get the goddess Isis that some players got through lucky draws of their early monster. Some of the Japanese online shops like HLJ and AmiAmi are also selling little figures from the game now too!
Some Tips:
- Save any gems for free PAL eggs or Rare Eggs for festivals or events they run where you have a better chance to get high-level monsters or a god/goddess. Gods are great, but you only have so many points to allocate to having monsters in your party and they chew up a lot of points - so two edged sword. There are a few strategies to use the powerful gods and yet still have a party, but you need certain kinds of monsters to make it work.
- Gungho runs promos, so you'll get gems for free. I have to say buying gems and getting a substandard monster is very disappointing.
- Get to a high enough level to enter the special daily dungeons with dragons (e.g. metal dragons). These give more experience points to allow you to level up much faster.
- Never spend gems on continuing a dungeon if you get killed in it, just let it go and restart since there are no additional penalties anyhow. The gems are better used to expand your monster inventory box and purchase rare eggs. Again, certain specific dungeons with guaranteed drops (you'll need to be fairly powerful already) are an exception to this rule.
- Know your monster's abilities so you can build on your strengths to improve the other monster abilities. E.g. Dragons often have a leader ability that improves all monster attacks of the same element (e.g. fire). Some other monsters acting as leader improve the attributes of the other monsters of the same classification. E.g. All attacker type monsters get an attack bonus multiplier for some leaders.
- Save special attacks for the final boss or a trouble spot.
- Every turn should do damage unless you have some type of massive attack being set up.
- Read this FAQ here. It's very useful:
http://puzzleanddragonsforum.com/showthread.php?tid=11508 - Also check out this other encyclopedia for the game. http://www.puzzledragonx.com/
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/candy-crush-saga/id553834731
Also on Android. This is an amazingly addictive little match the candies game in the match 3 tradition with a number of twists. I will not spend a cent on this game though as you buy consumable powerups which then have to be replenished through buying more. If they had a fixed price to buy the game, I would consider paying it, but no way on consumables as the levels get quite difficult after level 30 or so. I'm up at level 93 without spending money, but I've now pretty much stopped playing the game. Still, play this game, don't blow a fortune, and have fun.
Nimble Quest
https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/nimble-quest/id583638819
Also on Android. This is an awesome variant on snake. You lead a trail of fantasy adventurers through dungeons and fight monsters with your various attacks. It is like guiding a train on a path of your choice where each adventurer has a special attack and is shooting out of each train car at the critters around you. You start with one character of your choice (you unlock new types by completing levels) and you gain treasure and new adventurers from drops as you kill monsters. This isn't bloody or anything and is good for all ages. It has retro 8-bit style graphics and you'll be playing into the wee hours of the morning if you aren't careful.
Infinity Blade I + II and Pacific Rim
https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/infinity-blade/id387428400
https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/infinity-blade-ii/id447689011
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pacific-rim/id639615384
These are fighting games where you guide a character or robot in the 3rd person view from behind and you fight opponents by pushing a few buttons or different finger swipes. These are great games, especially if you can grab them for free via the occasional special offer. The Infinity Blades are very nice looking games from the graphics point of view and the skill level ramps up fairly quickly after the first few levels. Pacific Rim lets you take one of the big Jaeger robots to battle it out with Kaiju. I liked the movie so the app stays on my iPad for awhile. I need to unlock more robots by battling still and it seems fairly fun. Both games let you inflict high damage combos on the enemy when you do a series of dodges or blocks right. Note there are two Pacific Rim games and I'm talking about the one by Reliance Big Entertainment.
Thats all for now. Have fun.
Other App Reviews on this site.