Highly Rated iOS Role-Playing Game 'Aralon' is Free for Limited Time

MacRumors · Dec 12, 2012, 10:05 AM

Sister site TouchArcade.com is offering a new promotion called "Free Play" in which they work with developers to offer highly rated games for free. The first offering is a role-playing game called Aralon.

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Aralon features over 30 hours of gameplay, and an incredibly depth character creation system complete with multiple races and classes- Each with their own unique skill trees. Accompanying the main story quest is tons of optional side quests to complete, hundreds of items to acquire, faction systems, crafting systems, and mounts ranging from basic horses to epic dragons.

Aralon first came out in 2010 and received a 5 star review at the time. Aralon was originally priced at $6.99 and has seen price fluctuations since its release, but has never been free before. [Direct Link]

Article Link: Highly Rated iOS Role-Playing Game 'Aralon' is Free for Limited Time

Joe-Diver · Dec 12, 2012, 10:10 AM

Might be worth a try...unless it's a trap: have to "buy" the good stuff otherwise you'll never be able to really enjoy the game.

arn · Dec 12, 2012, 10:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Joe-Diver

Might be worth a try...unless it's a trap: have to "buy" the good stuff otherwise you'll never be able to really enjoy the game.

nah, not a trap
http://toucharcade.com/2012/12/12/in...ames-for-free/

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Additionally, they are all going to be real games, as they were originally meant to be played- Not games that are promoted as free as part of a stealth update implementing loads of IAP and in essence turning it into a free to play game in the process.

this one does have iap, but seems more of a "cheat" than actually needed to enjoy the game as intended.

splitthebiscuit · Dec 12, 2012, 10:15 AM

The second ability's icon in that screenshot is a mirror imaged version of WoW's Slice and Dice. They're identical lol. www.wowhead.com/spell=5171/slice-and-dice Not that it matters (or maybe it does legally), it just caught my eye and thought it was funny.

v0lume4 · Dec 12, 2012, 10:19 AM

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Originally Posted by splitthebiscuit

The second ability's icon in that screenshot is a mirror imaged version of WoW's Slice and Dice. They're identical lol. www.wowhead.com/spell=5171/slice-and-dice Not that it matters (or maybe it does legally), it just caught my eye and thought it was funny.

We all just LOVE Rogues :P

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This makes me so, so happy. Ahh!

r2shyyou · Dec 12, 2012, 10:19 AM

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Originally Posted by arn

nah, not a trap
http://toucharcade.com/2012/12/12/in...ames-for-free/

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Additionally, they are all going to be real games, as they were originally meant to be played- Not games that are promoted as free as part of a stealth update implementing loads of IAP and in essence turning it into a free pay to play game in the process.

this one does have iap, but seems more of a "cheat" than actually needed to enjoy the game as intended.

Cool, promos like this one and Apple's Free App of the Week are good, in my personal opinion.

Also, should it be "pay to play" in the quote above?

Stephen Dowling · Dec 12, 2012, 10:24 AM

I'm very excited to see that this is free. I almost paid $6.99 for it on Monday, but I got sidetracked. Can't wait to try it out.

Yvan256 · Dec 12, 2012, 10:58 AM

Great, another thing that won't work on my first generation iPod touch...

"Requires iOS 3.1.3 or later"

Downloading right now!

gmanist1000 · Dec 12, 2012, 11:23 AM

No iPhone 5 support... no download.

HabSonic · Dec 12, 2012, 11:30 AM

Very nice! Downloading now. Thanks TouchArcade!!!

ArtOfWarfare · Dec 12, 2012, 11:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Stephen Dowling

I'm very excited to see that this is free. I almost paid $6.99 for it on Monday, but I got sidetracked. Can't wait to try it out.

Same for me, if by Monday you mean the day Touch Arcade covered it in 2010.

Edit: whoops, nope, it was reviewed on a Wednesday.

NightFox · Dec 12, 2012, 12:57 PM

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Originally Posted by gmanist1000

No iPhone 5 support... no download.

What do you mean, no iPhone 5 support? Works fine on mine. If you mean it doesn't take advantage of the bigger screen, then that's nothing to do with support. And why is a game that's perfectly good on an iPhone 4S suddenly not even worth a free download on iPhone 5?
It's like refusing to watch a classic movie that's been given you for free just because it doesn't fill the screen on your new widescreen TV

I don't get the logic, seems like your loss to me.

CodeBreaker · Dec 12, 2012, 01:06 PM

Thanks TouchArcade and developers. Will rate it.

Undecided · Dec 12, 2012, 01:24 PM

Can't wait for Ravensword 2 to come out in a week or so.

drummingcraig · Dec 12, 2012, 01:48 PM

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Originally Posted by NightFox

What do you mean, no iPhone 5 support? Works fine on mine. If you mean it doesn't take advantage of the bigger screen, then that's nothing to do with support. And why is a game that's perfectly good on an iPhone 4S suddenly not even worth a free download on iPhone 5?
It's like refusing to watch a classic movie that's been given you for free just because it doesn't fill the screen on your new widescreen TV

I don't get the logic, seems like your loss to me.

Not to mention it also supports iPad and iPhone.

Downloading now!

apposphere · Dec 12, 2012, 09:16 PM

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Originally Posted by MacRumors

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Sister site TouchArcade.com is offering a new promotion called "Free Play" in which they work with developers to offer highly rated games for free. The first offering is a role-playing game called Aralon.Aralon first came out in 2010 and received a 5 star review at the time. Aralon was originally priced at $6.99 and has seen price fluctuations since its release, but has never been free before. [Direct Link]

Article Link: Highly Rated iOS Role-Playing Game 'Aralon' is Free for Limited Time

I'm really so happy about this, the more people that know about this game the better. I hope this means a sequel is in the works and coming soon.

By the way this is my first post here hello everyone. I also talked about this game and gave an alert that it was going free on my YouTube channel it's a new one please check it out.

http://youtu.be/N4UU28qaEU8

bjm2660 · Dec 20, 2012, 12:51 PM

OK. I'm completely hooked. I downloaded Aralon after this announcement. Fortunately, my semester ended because playing this game is about all I've been doing. How fun!

Some friends have recommended Skyrim, but I don't currently have a method of playing it (no XBOX 360, no windows).

I don't even really have experience with RPGs of any kind. I played Zelda: Twilight Princess for gamecube way back when. This is reminiscent in some ways. No platforming or puzzling though in Aralon.

bjm2660 · Jan 2, 2013, 08:40 AM

Now that I've finished playing through it…

who can recommend something similar to Aralon?

Adventure RPG, 3rd person?

Dec 12, 2012, 10:10 AM	#2
Joe-Diver macrumors regular Join Date: Aug 2009	Might be worth a try...unless it's a trap: have to "buy" the good stuff otherwise you'll never be able to really enjoy the game. __________________ 24" iMac Aluminum; 17" uMBP (mid 09); 32Gb iPhone4;16Gb iPod Nano 6g Green; 2Gb iPod Shuffle 2g; ATv2
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Dec 12, 2012, 10:24 AM	#7
Stephen Dowling macrumors member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Evans, GA	I'm very excited to see that this is free. I almost paid $6.99 for it on Monday, but I got sidetracked. Can't wait to try it out. __________________ 15" MacBook Pro, 2.2 GHz i7, 8 GB RAM, SAMSUNG 840 Series SSD;16GB iPhone 5 Slate; B&W PowerMac G3;
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Dec 12, 2012, 10:58 AM	#8
Yvan256 macrumors 601 Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Canada	Great, another thing that won't work on my first generation iPod touch... "Requires iOS 3.1.3 or later" Downloading right now! __________________ The first 90% of the code accounts for the first 90% of the development time. The remaining 10% of the code accounts for the other 90% of the development time. -Tom Cargill, Bell Labs.
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Dec 12, 2012, 11:23 AM	#9
gmanist1000 macrumors 68000 Join Date: Sep 2009	No iPhone 5 support... no download. __________________ Tech Reviews on YouTube http://goo.gl/3zjZP Latest Video: iOS 7: First Look & Hands On!
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Dec 12, 2012, 01:06 PM	#13
CodeBreaker macrumors 6502 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Sea of Tranquility	Thanks TouchArcade and developers. Will rate it. __________________ .
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Dec 12, 2012, 10:15 AM	#4
splitthebiscuit macrumors newbie Join Date: Jul 2008	The second ability's icon in that screenshot is a mirror imaged version of WoW's Slice and Dice. They're identical lol. www.wowhead.com/spell=5171/slice-and-dice Not that it matters (or maybe it does legally), it just caught my eye and thought it was funny.
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Dec 12, 2012, 11:30 AM	#10
HabSonic macrumors regular Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Canada	Very nice! Downloading now. Thanks TouchArcade!!!
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Dec 12, 2012, 01:24 PM	#14
Undecided macrumors 6502a Join Date: Mar 2005	Can't wait for Ravensword 2 to come out in a week or so.
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Dec 20, 2012, 12:51 PM	#17
bjm2660 macrumors 6502 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Virginia	OK. I'm completely hooked. I downloaded Aralon after this announcement. Fortunately, my semester ended because playing this game is about all I've been doing. How fun! Some friends have recommended Skyrim, but I don't currently have a method of playing it (no XBOX 360, no windows). I don't even really have experience with RPGs of any kind. I played Zelda: Twilight Princess for gamecube way back when. This is reminiscent in some ways. No platforming or puzzling though in Aralon.
	0

Jan 2, 2013, 08:40 AM	#18
bjm2660 macrumors 6502 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Virginia	Now that I've finished playing through it… who can recommend something similar to Aralon? Adventure RPG, 3rd person?
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