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'Crossy Road' Coming Soon to Apple Arcade for iPhone and iPad
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Apple Arcade: Frogger
Apple Arcade: Frogger
I mean, that sounds pathetic (and maybe it is), but these days free apps are LOADED with ads to the point of exhaustion. Crossy road may have been “free” before, but having it be ad free for a very low cost (considering apple one bundles) greatly increases its appeal. Games should be fun, and if that means paying a little more so I don’t have to watch endless, predatory, misleading ads, then I can’t complain!
I'd rather see a perfectly emulated collection of all Cave Co, Eighting/Raizing, Taoplan, Psikyo and Konami shooters on Apple Arcade. That would not only make it a real arcade - it would also make me a customer : )
Same. I too thought Arcade covered AppleTV, iPhone and iPad. Shows you how much I’m using my One membership.
Sadly, not at the local Dave & Busters, where I saw a stand-up arcade version of it that cost tokens to play. (Granted, I'm pretty sure it was one of the games that spit out tickets you could cash in towards prizes afterwards -- but still....)
This one released last Friday:
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Apple Arcade must be a pet project of someone high up, otherwise it's hard to imagine how this still exists.
Apple killed it. Aside from very old iOS apps, you can’t really run most things.
It becomes an advanced programming tool for developers and that’s about it.
I immediately searched App Store and thankgod I can download it.
Just in case one day Apple remove it from App Store, making it Apple Arcade only, like Fantastia.
Just in case one day Apple remove it from App Store, making it Apple Arcade only, like Fantastia.
It has loads of microtransactions. It's listed as free but it's not. It is overflowing with pay-to-play and paid unlockables.
I saw “Crossy Road” and had to check the date of the article. I remember nodding off during the demo of it years ago. It was really popular with the elementary school kids here but I haven’t heard about it in years. I’ve never played it. I think I still have a subscription to Apple Arcade. Maybe now I’ll try it. I’ve never found anything else there I wanted to try.
I can recommend it, it's fun! The entire level theme changes with the character you select.
Indeed... time I recall my coin-op days and see what I can re-code and relabel... though I guess my first idea of redoing "Space Invaders" as "Illegal Alien Invaders" with a segmented border wall at the bottom would get rejected (FYI in these times I have to say it... I'm *not* serious).
This has to be fake news. I wouldn’t even let my kid play this. Where’s the decent tech for a $250 stream box? Just buy an Xbox S and be done with it.
As if anyone would move over to Apple Arcade for this game…
As if anyone would move over to Apple Arcade for this game…
Apple would never put real games in Apple Arcade.
For real. I used to pay $25/month for Apple Music family and 2TB iCloud storage. I figured, maybe the other stuff “News, Fitness, Arcade” would be worth the extra $5, but I’ve admittedly not gotten any real use out any of them yet.
Same. Compared to what I was paying for 2TB + Music, it is a good value (even if in theory) - I just don’t yet use Fitness (well intended) or Arcade (tho my 7 yo seems to mildly enjoy that Sasquatch game and a few others). While Im not a gamer, Arcade seems pretty entry-level (hence the 7 yo interest and 10 yo disinterest). And I haven’t found News+ has seen any measurable difference from the free version. Could be old user habits at play there, but I’ve just not seen the benefit of paid News. YMMV.