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Daily iPhone App: Slayin is an adorable microRPG

by Mike Schramm (Apr 5th, 2013)

Since the App Store opened its virtual doors, we've seen a lot of "micro" versions of larger genres, including platformers and RPGs. The iPhone lends itself to smaller, quicker experiences, and so a lot of developers have boiled down some very large game styles into much smaller forms. Slayin ...

Daily iPhone App: bit Dungeon is a retro RPG done well

by Mike Schramm (Apr 3rd, 2013)

bit Dungeon arrived on the App Store a little while ago, and if you missed it then, you'd do well to try it out now. Quite a few games have used the old 8-bit, top-down RPGs as a rubric, but bit Dungeon is probably the best example I've seen of all of them. You simply go from room to room, ...

Daily iPhone App: QuestLord is a retro RPG trip back in time

by Mike Schramm (Feb 20th, 2013)

A lot of apps these days show that developers are always thinking about what they can do in a new way: How can we change up controls for a touchscreen device, or use the power of the iPhone to create a new experience? QuestLord, however, is very decidedly old school. It's an RPG from the ...

Hands on with NimbleBit's next title, Nimble Quest

by Mike Schramm (Feb 19th, 2013)

I am a huge fan, as you may already know, of the two brothers behind NimbleBit and all of their work, from the earlier titles like Scoops and DizzyPad to the much larger freemium hits they've had like Tiny Tower and Pocket Planes. The last time I talked to either of the Marsh brothers in ...

Daily iPhone App: Poker Knight combines poker hands with an RPG

by Mike Schramm (Dec 12th, 2012)

Poker Knight is a game that I was really excited to see coming to the App Store. I'm a big fan of poker, and I'm a big fan of role-playing games, so when that trailer arrived, I was right away looking forward to seeing what this one was like. Unfortunately, it didn't quite live up to my ...

Daily iPhone App: Penny Arcade's On The Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness 3

by Mike Schramm (Oct 30th, 2012)

I've become a big fan of Zeboyd Games recently -- their last title, Cthulu Saves the World, is a really well-designed (and funny!) love letter to the Japanese RPGs of yesteryear. Penny Arcade is a very popular video game and pop culture webcomic that's released three games now, and Zeboyd was ...

Skylanders iOS versions officially announced

by Mike Schramm (Oct 29th, 2012)

We've known since the beginning that the enormously popular toy/video game combo of Activision's Skylanders would come to Apple's iOS platform at some point, and now here comes the official announcement that Skylanders fans are getting not one but two different iOS games to play. Skylanders ...

Square Enix's World Ends With You: Solo Remix arrives on iOS

by Mike Schramm (Aug 27th, 2012)

Square Enix dropped a surprise on the App Store this weekend: a specially-formulated for iOS version of its really inventive RPG The World Ends With You. The game was first created for the Nintendo DS (and made extensive use of that device's lower touch screen), and the newly released "Solo ...

Warhammer Quest coming to the App Store next year

by Mike Schramm (Aug 21st, 2012)

Rodeo Games, the team behind the popular Hunters strategy RPG series, has announced a new title called Warhammer Quest, which is of course set in the excellent Warhammer universe owned by Games Workshop. Unfortunately, despite there being a short teaser trailer for the upcoming game, we don't ...

Daily iPad App: Puzzle Craft is puzzle farming bliss

by Mike Schramm (Aug 20th, 2012)

I came to a realization a little while ago: I love grindy games. I really enjoy games with a certain amount of repetition to them, games where I slowly but steadily build up resources and a character (or an empire) while performing somewhat mindless but infinitely amusing tasks. Puzzle Craft ...

Daily iPhone App: Wizorb turns Breakout into an RPG

by Mike Schramm (Aug 9th, 2012)

Wizorb is a title that originally came out on Steam, but it just recently arrived on iOS, and it's a nice one to have in our gigantic library. The game is a mix of breakout and the old 8/16-bit RPGs, and the combat is essentially the old Breakout game. You use a paddle at the bottom of the ...

EA shares more about upcoming Ultima Forever for iOS

by Mike Schramm (Aug 7th, 2012)

Bioware and EA recently announced plans to revive the Ultima brand as a free-to-play online title that will premiere on iOS. In a recent interview, executive producer Jeff Skalski shared more information about the game. First, the game's microtransactions will mostly focus on cosmetic ...

Daily iPhone App: 10000000 is a great, complex game with a strange name

by Mike Schramm (Jul 27th, 2012)

Some games pare down a core idea to something really simple and elegant, cutting everything else away until one main bit of gameplay shines through. Canabalt is probably the perfect example of that recently -- it's just one core mechanic, done very, very well. But other games go the other ...

Daily iPhone App: Battleloot Adventure tweaks turn-based RPG combat

by Mike Schramm (Mar 26th, 2012)

When I first heard about Battleloot Adventure, it was being compared to the great Battleheart game on iOS. That's a fair comparison given the way the game looks, but I think I have a much better one: old-school Final Fantasy, with a focus on combat. As you might have expected, Battleloot ...

Baldur's Gate coming to iPad

by Mike Schramm (Mar 22nd, 2012)

An enhanced edition of Baldur's Gate was announced this month by developers Overhaul Games (which includes a few devs from Bioware that worked on the title originally), and now there's even better news: That enhanced version is also making its way to the iPad. The game will be out on Apple's ...