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'Infinity Blade II' Hitting App Store with Cutting-Edge Visuals and Enhanced Gameplay
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OpenGL ES 2.0 is a subset of OpenGL 2.1. The reason iOS hasn't implemented the full OpenGL stack is due to PowerVR 6 not being out yet. It's been in Apple's hands for at least 6 months to develop the next SoC solution and that does support the full OpenGL 3.2 stack.
What sort of things aren't available from the game and have to be bought? Is it documented somewhere? Seems like a cool game but I'm not interested in paying more to get the full game.
Oh wow, that's unbelievable for a mobile platform. Didn't know about the PowerVR 6 series. Thanks!
I loved the first one, for awhile. It got too repetitive too quickly.
I hope this one is different though.
I hope this one is different though.
You didn't burst any bubble. Because the "bubble" is actually reality itself.
This is a massive market outside of consoles (and even cutting into consoles), growing exponentially, and probably a little too fast for your own personal tastes. Which is what's *really* going on here.
Those two markets overlap tremendously.
As iOS devices gain horsepower, they are a direct threat to console hardware. Especially given that Apple is updating hardware at roughly 8 times the speed of the XBox/PS teams.
There had better be some serious power under the hood if it's expected to push all those polygons and pixels on such a high resolution display. I'm not sure the Tegra 3 (quad 1.3ghz with fancy nvidia gpu) could even cut it.
Oh look, another graph from Flurry, a company that makes 100% of its profit by contracting its services out to iOS/Android developers. They couldn't possibly be biased
Yeah, it's great but too bad 99% of the games on iOS barely even use the graphics pipeline. It's kinda hard to milk bleeding edge graphics and tech in a commoditized market where no one wants to buy anything that costs more than a small pizza.
Which will cause graphics to end up being like their PC counterparts. If you have good hardware it looks pretty, if not, well at least you can play the game... Consoles don't have that problem cause the hardware is static for a longer period of time. The games will look the same for every player of said game.
When is infinity blade 3 going to be out?
What? Someone had to ask?
Ok, how about Siri? Will it work? Slash monster left to right...duck...weave... I'm sorry, I don't understand.
What? Someone had to ask?
Ok, how about Siri? Will it work? Slash monster left to right...duck...weave... I'm sorry, I don't understand.
a glorified tap, tap game... Love how iOS kids keep talking about "X" just kills your batteries and turn around and waste battery life on an idiotic videogame that all you do is time taps and swipes
keep saying it, iOS is the dumbing down of apple
What are you expecting, or anyone for that matter, from a game played exclusively on a 3.5 inch screen with no physical buttons to play with?
All ios games are tap tap games, you tap, swipe, pull, push. What game doesn't use these features on the ios platform.
Thats like calling Diablo 3 a Click Click game, all you do is CLICK!
Must be the dumbing down of PC Gaming, how dare they!
Listen, I get that somewhere along the line you became jaded, or pissed off at Apple for something they did, its apparent you have some aggression aimed at iOS specifically. Its not just iOS, all touch screen style games are swiping and tapping. Yes, its a timed game, but it still takes skill, try some of the hardest levels of the first Infinity Blade and try to tell me its simple, its not.
iOS is not the dumbing down of Apple, Apple has ALWAYS been about K.I.S.S. (Keep it simple, stupid) Their operating systems, their hardware, and now iOS which does some amazing things, and not all are simple and dumb. How can you blame the dumbing down of Apple on a third party application?
No.
I won't be buying another Infinity Blade. Nice visuals, but IMHO repetitive & pretty lame gameplay.
I won't be buying another Infinity Blade. Nice visuals, but IMHO repetitive & pretty lame gameplay.
And the other little iOS game developers ask themselves:
"What can we do to get our game software advertised in the tech blogs like this?"
But these little developers realise:
"We don't bribe, blackmail, partake in actions with questionable morality to get the advertising. Like some of the others do."
And the little developer goes to sleep with the knowledge their game software might not sell much but they did not sell themselves out. Their pride is in tact.
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And iOS is the same. Many many games out there, attractively priced, and there is something out there for almost everyone. The developers just like on the Wii got used to making a great game within the file size limit they have. Remove the bloat and every second of game (or MB of game data) is first class.
And this is the difference. And this is why the portable console market is a 2 horse race. Nintendo vs iOS. With all the rest dying a quiet death. Even Nintendo have realised their biggest competitor in this market is iOS.
"What can we do to get our game software advertised in the tech blogs like this?"
But these little developers realise:
"We don't bribe, blackmail, partake in actions with questionable morality to get the advertising. Like some of the others do."
And the little developer goes to sleep with the knowledge their game software might not sell much but they did not sell themselves out. Their pride is in tact.
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Actually the iOS platform is a gaming console for the exact reasons you said it's not. As you said the Wii sold the most cause it had the best mix of longer game sand casual games, and though not true HD, some of them looked fantastic. It catered to almost everyone.
And iOS is the same. Many many games out there, attractively priced, and there is something out there for almost everyone. The developers just like on the Wii got used to making a great game within the file size limit they have. Remove the bloat and every second of game (or MB of game data) is first class.
And this is the difference. And this is why the portable console market is a 2 horse race. Nintendo vs iOS. With all the rest dying a quiet death. Even Nintendo have realised their biggest competitor in this market is iOS.
The market of gamers that iOS is taking is not the "core" gamer market which mostly buy said consoles.
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Works on all your iOS 5 devices
Works on all your iOS 5 devices
Yeah, and you're probably one of those people who say "why would I want to go to the theatre when I can watch movies on my iPhone", right?
Infinity Blade does look cool, but the gameplay is severely limited in comparison to what you'd get on a console, or even a dedicated portable game machine. Comparing it to any console game would be like comparing the Sunday funnies to War and Peace.
That's not to say the iPad won't be able to do console/PC quality games in the near future. But right now? No.
Sigh.
I don't think you actually think about what you post. You just make some one sided argument, see a retort, then post a bunch of graphs thinking it'll somehow prove your point.
But here, this is how it goes.
Consoles are for people who like to play games. This is a smaller market than people who buy cell phones. People who buy smartphones who otherwise wouldn't buy a console are likely to spend money on a bunch of little $1-5 games because they're cheap. Even console gamers are likely to get into the action, because they're likely to have a smartphone, and some of those smartphone games are fun. But will their smartphone replace their Xbox or Wii? No.
So the smartphone game market has grown considerably, but not at the expense of the dedicated game console market. That same core group is still there, buying games and helping the game companies turn a profit. Same as they have the last 20 years.
But even after this, I figure the only thing you'll do is post another graph to somehow prove me wrong. So here, I'll go ahead and preempt you.
*LTD* said:
WHAT YOU ARE SAYING IS WRONG BECAUSE LOOK NUMBERS!
Apple. Extraordinary.
The visuals are impressive, but the first edition proved that no matter how great they are, it doesn't make for a good game.
Bad gameplay = bad game, and not worth paying for.
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That's wrong. Its not drastic yet, but its little by little.
In 10 years time, things will be very different. Your attitude toward it is absolutely identical to how people felt exactly 10 years ago about Touch, that touch-screen devices could not/would not/should not ever replace the traditional PC. Well, it happened, despite the denial.
Same will happen to dedicated gaming consoles. They will go the way of the dinosaur, the radio, and the PC. They will be merge with and eventually totally replaced by newer devices that provide the same level of entertainment.
That's what it comes down to....level of entertainment. Right now, sure I enjoy Nazi Zombies on the iPad, but not quite as much as on the big screen with a true controller.
I'm not sure how, but some new innovation will come along that changes that.
Bad gameplay = bad game, and not worth paying for.
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That's wrong. Its not drastic yet, but its little by little.
In 10 years time, things will be very different. Your attitude toward it is absolutely identical to how people felt exactly 10 years ago about Touch, that touch-screen devices could not/would not/should not ever replace the traditional PC. Well, it happened, despite the denial.
Same will happen to dedicated gaming consoles. They will go the way of the dinosaur, the radio, and the PC. They will be merge with and eventually totally replaced by newer devices that provide the same level of entertainment.
That's what it comes down to....level of entertainment. Right now, sure I enjoy Nazi Zombies on the iPad, but not quite as much as on the big screen with a true controller.
I'm not sure how, but some new innovation will come along that changes that.
Actually, Renzatic is right. The mobile game market is a market expansion consisting of middle-aged women hooked on social gaming, not mobile replacing handheld. If it was, the 3DS wouldn't have outsold the DS its first year on the market.
I agree. But nothing short of an intervention from Apple will improve the level of entertainment of iOS gaming to the point where a core gamer would actually replace his console. iOS is a race to the bottom
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I tried so hard to love the first one! But just got so bored with it after a few hours I got more game time out of epic citadel lol.. Won't be spending the 7 on this one
I tried so hard to love the first one! But just got so bored with it after a few hours I got more game time out of epic citadel lol.. Won't be spending the 7 on this one