noooo! noooooooo! dont do that!! poor little puppy didnt do anything to u! All of you have to chill and remember that everyone is entitled to his/her own opinon. Just because someone doesnt like a game, does not make it bad. It just means that its not their style/type of game. Everyone likes different things! Thats why we have alot of choice! The world would be pretty boring if everything wes generic and the same!! For me, the games Ive had the most fun with/spent the most time with is MC:2, Real Racing 2, Game dev story (was totally hooked on that for about 3 days solid!), CTW's and Gangstar: MV The game that blew me away the most was Fifa 11 i think...purely because I did not expect a game of that graphical nature from EA. Especially considering that the other footy games I tried were pretty awful (IMO)
Best Graphics: Infinity Blade Best Multiplayer: Modern Combat 2 Real Racing Best Casual Game: Cut the Rope Worst Noteworthy Game: ---------- Best Developer: Gamevil, firemint, crescent moon Best Driving Game: Real Racing 2 Best Port: GTA Best Game No One Knows about: -------- Most Overhyped: RAGE Best Sci-Fi Game: Nova2 Best RPG: Aralon Most Addictive: Game Dev Story best sports: 9 innings pro baseball
So what the first post is the "official" TA list, or just the poster's own? Funny how lots of grouped together. "Best RPG"? Best "what" RPG? Western RPG, turn-based RPG, strategy RPG, JRPG? Only an idiot will compare a western RPG with a JRPG. Best graphics: Infinity Blade Best puzzle game: Cut the Rope Best cty driving game: Asphalt 6 Most Overhyped: Dungeon Hunter 2 Best JRPG: Chaos Rings Best TD: Plants Vs. Zombies Best linear unit-summoning game: Crystal War Best fighting game: Street Fighter IV Games You're Sick of Hearing about: mini-games developed by indies in their spare time, any endless games, retro graphics, match X, games without any animation
Nope just my opinion Hopefully we'll see an official TA list soon. We know Eli is working on one from a recent tweet:
Best Graphics: Infinity Blade When Epic Games and their subsidiary, Chair Entertainment, stepped into the iOS gaming community, they brought with them, their weapon of choice: Infinity Blade. Infinity Blade is a deep, evolving tale of legacy and heritage, lineage and vengeance. The tale unfolds with the GodKing making fast work of your forefather, revealing your hero bent on ending his reign. What makes Infinity Blade truly shine, however, isn't the frantic sword fights or the vast swath of loot... It's the surreal visuals. Whether it's the glint of your armor, shimmering under the suns awesome flare or the scarred wrinkles burrowed in the brow of a Feral Troll, infinity Blade is truly a sight to see. The best looking title to appear on Apples iOS platform. Best Multiplayer: Modern Combat 2: Black Pegasus Gameloft is no stranger to iOS and multiplayer titles. They truly adapt console megahits into their own creations. Modern Combat 2, follows their development credo and adopts much of what makes Call of Duty fun. Gameloft built of the foundation of the first Modern Combat and created the most intune, polished sequel they could craft (at the time). The game is a terrific military shooter. However, the multiplayer is where this title shines. You enter the online component, ready and willing to either: succeed or fall. The battles are a blast. There a five maps, 4 modes with up to ten players each. There are 72 levels in which to rise and a plethora of unlockables along the way. Each battle can be as intense or as focused as the players you fight with, or against. It's a fabulous time to kill or be killed. Best Casual Game: Cut The Rope The Om Nom is hungry. ZeptoLabs and Chillingo have brought the sweet stuff, with Cut the Rope. Cut the Rope, stars the cutest little creature created: the Om Nom. He's a hungry little bugger and he likes candy. You begin with minor obstacles which grow in difficulty, as puzzles progress. You make quick work of ropes, slowly dropping the candy toward it's destination: The Om Noms tummy. Cut the Rope is a cute and charming title, but it's also a lot of fun. Definitely worth playing if you like casual games and enjoy physic based puzzles, oozing with charm. Worst Noteworthy Game: Dungeon Defenders: First Wave Unreal Engine 3. A port of PC/Console counterparts. What could possibly be wrong? Nearly everything. Dungeon Denders:FW, Includes graphics which are disappointing, for a visual engine with as much hype as Unreal 3. The worst tutorial system I've ever had the displeasure to endure. A camera system which seems to focus on everything but the action around you. Confusing gameplay and objective based strategy. I could go on, but this game was a huge failure, in my eyes. Best Developer: Crescent Moon Torn between the iOS Golliath that is Gameloft, or the David that is Crescent Moon - I had to go with Crescent Moon. A small team, borrowing and refining it's source material (from Galoobeth Games) until near perfection. Aralon, is the finest independent creation, to appear on iOS, so far. The landscape is sprawling and particularly majestic. The songs, which sing through the world capture your wanderlust spirit. Every detail is crafted with love and passion. You can feel the enchantment, from the very first frame. Crescent Moon, took on a massive undertaking and truly rose to their challenge. Aralon is not only the most hand crafted RPG on iOS, it's also the big league arrival of Crescent Moon, now forever in our collective conscience. Best Driving Game: Real Racing 2 I have not played RR2. Though it looks stunning. Best Port: Lego: Harry Potter Travelers Tales have Hogwarts in our hands. Lego Harry Potter is a blast! Following in the Lego fashion, the game loosely carries players through the story of Harry's first 4 wizardly years. You could cast Wingardium Levioso with your arthritic finger, collect Lego nibs until your blue in face, or simply stare at the screen...either way, Lego Harry Potter truly delivers on iOS. True to the Nintendo DS and PSP ports, the game includes everything from those versions. Not only that, but the controls have been given a stunning reworking for iOS, as well as improved visuals in every regard. Truly magical and the best port, this year. Most Overhyped: Rage Id Software. Enough said. Any true gamer understands the legacies of Quake, Wolfenstein and Doom. Id instilled those titles into the gaming lexicon, under the guidance of Master Programmer John Carmack. Rage is the upcoming title from Carmack and co. However, rather than reward us with a deep and engrossing take on that source material, we've been given a watered down-side story rail shooter. It's not the the game is on rails. It's that Rage plays awkwardly and disappointingly, regardless of those rails. A sideshow, more than a game. Not worth the space it takes on your device. Best Sci-Fi Game: Nova 2 Kal Wardin returns to save the day. Gameloft's preeminent franchise returned this winter, ready to aim and fire on iOS. Nova 2 begins with a gripping cinematic and brings with it, riotous gameplay. Not only is Nova 2 closer to Halo, after this installment, it's also the best looking FPS on iOS. Guns reflectively glint in the light, the water shimmers with transparent ripples, enemies cloak with defraction mapping. The list goes on and on. Enemies swarm, flank, fly, duck, roll...environments are less linear, organic and crisp. Multiplayer brings more modes and maps. The list goes on. Gameloft upped the iOS ante, with Nova 2 and it shows. Kal Wardin, again in 2010, reigns supreme. Best RPG: Aralon: Sword & Shadow Crescent Moon and Galoobeth Games, teamed up to bring us the most immersive world on iOS: Aralon. Aralon is a vast and open world. You start the adventure in a small village, making your way across mountains and seas - to uncover the stories of lore, and quests of courageous fortitude. Aralon's music is epic and orchestral, you craft your character and begin your own journey. Never before has a game of this magnitude and scale, appeared on iOS. The closest to Elderscrolls we could ask for. Aralon is immersive, grand, impressive and most of all fun. Groundbreaking and deserving of your time. A MUST play for any RPG fan. Most Addictive: Infinity Blade Not every game grabs you. Infinity Blade not only grabs you, it stabs you. There's a ton of loot to grab and levels to raise, coins to collect and potions to poke... Ah, then there's that expensive and awesome Infinity Blade. You intend to play for a brief period, but then, you wonder "just one more fight" or "just a few more bags of coins"...before you know it, your on your umpteenth bloodline, mastering your gear with a stash of cash in the bank. A fabulously addicting and beautiful experience, for sure. Best Action Game: Shadow Guardian Gameloft brings hero Jason Call to iOS. What started its development life as a tech demo, became the best Tomb Raider/Uncharted Hybrid on the platform. Shadow Guardian will take your hero through Egypt, the Red Sea and more exotic locales. The action is fast clipped, the climbing is spot on and the voice acting is leaps and bounds above all other Gameloft games. The visuals are rock solid, employing the best iOS graphics only bested by Infinty Blade and Rage. A action adventure worth taking. Best Platformer: Pizza Boy Swedish developer Acne Play, has imbued Pizza Boy with old-school and retro pizzazz. Charming chip tunes and solid controls play alongside the finest platforming title this year. Pizza Boy stars your little delivery dude on a quest to retrieve his stolen pizza. Stop baddies with cola cans, save up strawberries and retrieve a lost kitten, or two. An endearing and fun platform title, the closest we have to Mario on iOS. Overall Game of the Year: ARALON: SWORD & SHADOW
Best Graphics: Infinity Blade/Rage Best Multiplayer: - Best Casual Game: Tilt to Live Worst Noteworthy Game: - Best Developer: - Best Driving Game: Need for Speed: Shift Best Port: Assassin's Creed 2: Discovery Best Game No One Knows about: Beyond Ynth Most Overhyped: Infinity Blade Best Sci-Fi Game: - Best RPG: - Most Addictive: Plants Vs. Zombies/Peggle Games You're Sick of Hearing about: Freemiums Overall Game of the Year: Rage/Street Fighter IV
I don't play racing games on iDevice too much but when I get the chance, I thought Need for Speed: Shift was pretty good (having not played RR or RR2 )
Best Graphics: Infinity Blade Best Multiplayer: Modern Combat 2: Black Pegasus Best Casual Game: Plants vs Zombies Worst Noteworthy Game: Infinity Blade Best Developer: Crescent Moon Best Driving Game: Real Racing 2 Best Port: Lego Harry Potter Best Game No One Knows about: Run Like Hell Most Overhyped: Infinity Blade Best Sci-Fi Game: NOVA 2 Best RPG: Aralon: Sword and Shadow Most Addictive: Plants Vs. Zombies Games You're Sick of Hearing about: Infinity Blade Overall Game of the Year: Plants vs Zombies
@Balu gotta disagree w you on the Gameloft thing. I still think they make the best games. As for Aralon and Crescent Moon. I haven't tried Aralon yet but Ravensword was a MAJOR disappointment to me. It was innovative for when it came out and pushed the envelope for iphone gaming. It def opened the way for making good RPGs so for that I can appreciate it I just got very bored and didn't enjoy the story. Still gonna give Aralon a try tho so I'm not being close minded. It looks a lot better than Ravensword. And ditto everything I said before as far as Infinity Blade. I agree w @Vovin and the others about that game. GREAT graphics but the gameplay was just eh, to me. But again it pushes the envelope graphically so I can appreciate it. favorite RPG was Across Age so far Real Racing was best racer best port def GTA casual game Com2Us Homerun Battle sciFi galaxy of Fire 2 best developer (I have to give it to them) Sick of hearing about Graal (tired of seeing the thread in new releases) Overhyped Jet car stunts (Just couldn't get into it)
Best Graphics: Infinity Blade Best Art: Kometen Best Multiplayer: Modern Combat 2 Best Casual: Zen Bound 2 Best Driving: Real Racing 2 Best Game No One Heard About: Eden/ Kometen/ Magnetic Shaving Derby Best Sci-Fi: Space Miner/ Perfect Cell/ Osmos Best RPG: Aralon/ Chaos Rings Most Addictive: Fruit Ninja/ Tilt to Live Best Sound: Zen Bound 2/ Space Miner Best Music: Space Miner/ Super Quick Hook Best Writing: Space Miner/ Today I Die Again Weirdest Game: Magnetic Shaving Derby/ Super Mega Worm Most Overrated: Infinity Blade / Modern Combat 2 Overall Best Original Game: Either: 1. Space Miner: Space Ore Bust 2. Aralon 3. Perfect Cell Overall Best Adapted Game: Either: 1. GTA: Chinatown Wars 2. Zen Bound 2 3. Phoenix Wright
oh favorite game o one talks about Book Worm and Wurdle oh and the Ghost n Goblin games from CapCom are really good ports also although I'm not sure if they are direct ports. There might have been a few new things added to them.
It is certainly much better than Ravensword. Ravensword was good for it's time but Aralon is so much more polished and in depth than Ravensword was and they're already pushing out updates for it to continue to improve on the experience. Really I think Infinity Blade is definitely GOTY quality. The gameplay is perfect for a touchscreen phone: can be played in short bursts since battles only take a minute or two, it's items and leveling system are very addictive, and the way they implemented the swipes and such really works prefect for the touchscreens on iOS devices.
Best Graphics: Infinity Blade Best Multiplayer: NOVA 2 Best Casual Game: Fruit Ninja Best Developer: Gameloft Best Driving Game: Real Racing 2 Best Port: GTA: Chinatown Wars Most Overhyped: Aralon Best Sci-Fi Game: Galaxy on Fire 2 Best RPG: Zenonia 2 Most Addictive: Super Mega Worm Games You're Sick of Hearing about: Aralon Overall Game of the Year: Tie Between NOVA 2 and MC2
