iOS: Super Mega Worm
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I like everything about it, but I'd have to play it to see how well it controlled, especially considering it's a touch interface game.
There are 3D games -- apparently the big publishers like EA an Gameloft do okay with their iOS games -- but it seems those 99 cents games with addictive gameplay like Angry Birds rule the day.
Think of it as the Wii-ification of portable gaming. People like these simpler things which don't demand a lot of time or attention. (that may be why there's no place for a PSP2 in today's portable gaming landscape).
So why develop anything requiring a lot of time and effort as far a graphics performance goes, if you're not going to be able to charge a lot for it.
Think of it as the Wii-ification of portable gaming. People like these simpler things which don't demand a lot of time or attention. (that may be why there's no place for a PSP2 in today's portable gaming landscape).
So why develop anything requiring a lot of time and effort as far a graphics performance goes, if you're not going to be able to charge a lot for it.
upnorthsox
Veteran
Why do quick and addictive games have to be graphically inept? Can't they be pretty too?
I've been toying with NOVA, a FPS, on my Captivate.
It's not super easy to play or anything, but I'm pretty impressed they made a working high end style FPS on a phone. I would like to see more of this since FPS is my favorite genre. The GPU in my Capty is supposed to be quite powerful, (moreso than Droid X, Evo etc), so I find myself wondering how much better a FPS that really pushed it could look.
Although, there's so much auto aim and such to make it playable, sometimes I wonder if it's really not just a glorified light gun or on rails game or something, more or less.
It's not super easy to play or anything, but I'm pretty impressed they made a working high end style FPS on a phone. I would like to see more of this since FPS is my favorite genre. The GPU in my Capty is supposed to be quite powerful, (moreso than Droid X, Evo etc), so I find myself wondering how much better a FPS that really pushed it could look.
Although, there's so much auto aim and such to make it playable, sometimes I wonder if it's really not just a glorified light gun or on rails game or something, more or less.
Even the name is awesome. It's not just a Mega Worm, it's a SUPER Mega Worm!
This game looks awesome.
Two problems:
1) At 99 cents, don't expect to have a large art team making graphics.
2) If your app exceeds 20mb then it can only be downloaded on wifi (3g won't be allowed) and hence heavily restricting your audience and impluse buyers, so art needs to be small.
Played through Dark Nebula 1 last night thanks to this thread... 3D or not - it's a really good little game 
Sigfried1977
Legend
Inept? Sorry, but I take Nebula's clean, beautiful 2d graphics over the rudimentary, ugly-ass 3d graphics in most Gameloft titles any day of the week.
