As another holiday is here, this time in the form of Easter, many of the major App Store developers are slashing prices on their apps for both the iPhone and the iPad.
It’s great to see that iOS owners get to save money multiple times each year and not just during the traditional sales time of Black Friday and after Christmas. Now is a great time to fire up the App Store on either your computer or mobile device and grab yourself some of the games that you’ve always felt were just a little too expenses.
Many, if not all, of EA’s games have seen price reductions for both the iPhone, and the iPad some of the all time classics such as Flight Control and Real Racing 2, so if you are one of the small percentage of iPhone or iPad users that haven’t brought either of them yet what are you waiting for.
Other titles that can be snapped up for a bargain include Smash Cops, NFL Flick Quaterback, Lost Winds, Where’s My Water, Lego Harry Potter and just in time for the start of the baseball season 9 Innings: Pro Baseball.
If you looking for some bargains and ways to pass the time if you’re one of the lucky ones with a long weekend then head on over to the App Store and let us know in the comments below what you picked up.
]]> https://touchreviews.net/iphone-ipad-apps-games-easter-sale/feed/ 2These are some of the best Arcade Sports Games for iPhone & iPod touch:
Some games have a depth to them that add nothing to the game other than additional complexity however this is not the case with 9 Innings: Pro Baseball 2011 [App Store]which provides the complete baseball experience and covers it all so well.
Batting, Pitching and Fielding are all here and the controls are simple enough to pick up quickly yet detailed enough to give you full control over all your players. The graphics are in a Manga style and they look great throughout.
In addition to taking your team, all the MLB teams are here in full including player names, through a complete season you can also play an Exhibition game or for the glory hunters out there simplicity and glory of the Homerun Mode also provides some instant gratification.
As if all that wasn’t enough 9 Innings: Pro Baseball 2011 also utilizes a Card Swapping process where through a variety of methods you can collect player cards, swap and combine them increase your player stats.
9 Innings: Pro Baseball 2011 is a must for any baseball fan with an iPhone or iPod Touch.
There are some big football games available for the iPhone and iPod Touch with EA’s Madden and Gamelofts NFL leading the pack of full game simulations. But for the sheer pick up and play pleasure of scoring touchdowns they don’t come any better than Backbreaker Football [App Store].
The aim is as simple, take your customizable running back from one end zone to the other without getting tackled. Sounds simple enough and for the first few goes it is but as you progress through the multiple levels the defenders increase in numbers, skill and power and your juking and spinning will need to be at their best to avoid the bone crunching tackles from the defensive players that feel like they are coming out of the screen rocking you to the core.
With two game modes, 90 levels, global leaderboards and Facebook integration Backbreaker Football lives up to it’s name.
Not all sports are fast paced physical experiences, there are some more sedate ones too that require an equal amount of skill. One such title is 10 Pin Shuffle [App Store] which brings the tabletop pub game to the touch screen.
The game is played on a custom table top with each player having 4 weights that they take in turns to slide down the table to get as close to the other end of the table without falling off the edge, kind of like Curling without the ice and brooms!
The touch screen is a perfect interface for sliding the weights across the top of the shining smooth playing area and the movement is just as you would expect as if you were playing for real.
You can play though a variety of cpu players each of which get progressively more skilled and aggressive in their game-play or you can play a 2 player game against a friend. Once you’ve played Shuffleboard you can switch things up a bit by playing the bowling version of shuffleboard where 10 pins will be placed at the end of the table for you to knock down or mix things up again by playing 10 Pin Poker!
10 Pin Shuffle (Bowling) may be more sedate than other titles in the genre but is no less engrossing and entertaining.
What’s the best thing about playing/watching baseball? Correct, homeruns, and Com2Us have taken that single part of the game and made it into a colossus title that will keep you coming back again and again.
The first thing you will notice is how good the game looks and then how simple it is to strike the ball. But the thing that will hook you into the game is the first time you hit the ball flying out of the park, it’s not going to give you the feeling the Albert Pujols gets when he hits one but it’s possible as close as many of us will get!
Playing the single player mode of the game will enable you to build up your characters stats with the addition of clothing and equipment that not only make your player look better but also increases their power and control.
The best part of the game though is the Matchup Mode where you can take your fully customized player online and compete against other players from all of the world. This process has been beautifully integrated into the game and you’ll find yourself seamlessly moving between both modes.
For sheer enjoyment and satisfaction of hitting homeruns Homerun Battle 3D [App Store] wins everytime.
Quality boxing games are few and far between in the Apple App Store but Glu have manged to create a fun and challenging boxing game in the form of Super KO Boxing 2 [App Store] which adds a large dose of humor to the serious task of knocking down your opponent before you get knocked out.
At first this beautifully colorful, brash and loud game may appear to be a simple button basher where the speed of your fingers will lead you to the title, however things are a little more intricate than that.
Each of the 15 unique fighters have their own strong and weak points so simply bashing the buttons is only going to get you so far, finding your opponents weak spots is the key to progression through them all.
There are 3 modes of play and in addition there are 30 achievements to be unlocked that add additional value to game. There is some controversy to the newly added Roid Rage feature but in a game that is more about fun than realism this feature which aims to make things easier for players that are struggling with the more difficult opponents fits in perfectly, even though it will cost you more!
For sheer crazy pugilism there is no better boxing game than Super KO Boxing 2.
Soccer Superstars [App Store] from Gamevil takes the traditional game of soccer and adds a large amount of fun and craziness too it. What Soccer Superstars lacks in real teams and player names but it makes up for it in fast and furious action where your team of cartoon players and super powered strikers look to dominate the game.
The controls will be pretty standard if you’ve played other soccer games where a virtual d-pad and 3 action buttons give you all the control you need. It’s the players skills and special players that set this aside from other soccer games as it becomes part soccer game and part RPG.
There are 5 modes to play through Exhibition, Season, Dramatic, Cup and my favorite My League where you get to lead and develop your own player through multiple seasons with the aim to making him a soccer legend.
While the soccer game itself isn’t a total simulation of soccer as Fifa or PES would be, all the elements are there and I don’t believe that there is another soccer game available that utilizes a Ninja as your main striker!
Soccer Superstars mixes soccer and RPG in a way that while doesn’t sound great on paper actually works perfectly and provides many, many hours of soccer fun.
Talking of soccer, Deadball Specialist [App Store] takes one aspect of the game of soccer and reproduces it perfectly creating an addictive game that demands just one more go again, again and again.
While scoring any type of goal will send the player, team and fans into rapture there is something extra special about a goal scored from a deadball situation where it curls around a wall and into the top corner of the net.
Deadball Specialist re-creates these moments by providing you the challenge of scoring from free kicks place all around the goal area. Power and spin are easily applied to each shot as you flick your finger across the touch-screen.
The first few levels will prepare you for the challenges ahead as more and more defenders are added to the defensive wall for you to curl the ball around. The graphics look great as do the sound effects from the cheering crowds to the crack of leather on wood as the ball smacks against the crossbar.
Each new challenge is quickly loaded leaving no time for boredom and with the OpenFeint integration adding global leader-boards and achievements this is a game which will keep you coming back for more again and again.
Just as Backbreaker Football focused on one aspect of the game Flick Kick Field Goal [App Store] focuses on one of the undervalued parts of the game, the kicking. While the kicker may not get the headlines of the Quarterback, Wide Receiver or Running Back he can often be the difference between winning and losing the game.
In Flick Kick Field Goal the simple challenge is to kick the football through the posts from a variety of distances with added difficulty of having to take the wind into consideration that will come from different directions and strengths.
A swipe of the touch screen is all it takes to send the ball flying through the air but as you add power the effect of the spin and the wind will start to have a major impact on the balls flight and so while kicking the ball is easy, mastering the skill of accurately hitting it through the posts again and again is not!
There are three modes of play and with the OpenFeint integration which enables global leader boards and 19 different achievements there is enough fun in Flick Kick Field Goal to keep you coming back for more again and again.
Just like Homerun Battle 3D the satisfaction of succesfully converting a 35 yard field goal with a 10 mph cross wind brings the ultimate satisfaction.
Much of my youth was spent playing a table top soccer game called Subbuteo which allowed me to live out my soccer playing fantasies tacking Chelsea to the European League title. Now from what I understand children in the USA lived out their footballing fantasies via a game called Electric Football, a table top football game for the whole family.
While I’m waiting for Subbuteo to be brought to the iPhone those children that once played Electric Football can now re-live those days via Super Shock Football which aim to re-create the classic table top to your hand-held device.
The game doesn’t have all the glitz and glamour of the full football sims such as Madden and NFL 2010 but what it lacks in sophistication it makes up for in simplicity and pick-up-n-playability! All the key areas of football are reproduced here in all their retro looking glory, from pass and run offense to defense and kicking, the game is fun and exciting from beginning to end.
Just as you would expect from a game that has been ported from a table top version the controls are simple and easy to pick up and while the runs to the end zone may not be as direct as you might expect the satisfaction from scoring one is as big as ever.
The view of the screen can be controlled by the movement of the device allowing you to see all of the field and while the minimal control over your defense makes the game more of a shoot out than a game of detailed tactics the excitement lasts from the 1st quarter to the end of the 4th.
As with many of the games on this list it also has OpenFeint integration which includes a a massive 45 achievements that will keep you coming back for more again and again.
So, these were 9 best arcade sports game for iPhone. Which one is your favorite? Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below.
]]> https://touchreviews.net/best-arcade-sports-games-iphone/feed/ 2Com2Us have been producing quality games for the whole range of iDevices for some time now and none more so than the slug fest that is Homerun Battle 3D. While their latest title (9 Innings: Pro Baseball 2011 for iPhone) is another baseball game it’s a simulation of the full game rather than just focusing on home runs.
The other noticeable difference between the two games is the graphics, where Homerun Battle 3D included high quality 3D graphics which lit up the screen of whichever iDevice you were playing the game on 9 Innings: Pro Baseball 2011 used a more toned down cartoon style graphics in an almost Manga style even though real player photo’s are used through the rest of the game.
You could think that due to the cartoon style graphics that the game play is light weight too, that couldn’t be further from the truth as the game play is deep and detailed although it is also easy to pick up and play, which is the perfect combination.
The game has three modes, Exhibition, League and Homerun mode. Exhibition and League Mode allow you to play either a single full game or a full season of baseball respectively while the Homerun mode is like a game of Homerun Derby where you get 5 pitches to achieve a set number of points from homeruns.
The main part of the game though is the League Mode where you get the opportunity to take your selected team as far as you can through multiple seasons and this is where I spent the majority of my time during my review of 9 Innings: Pro Baseball 2011.
After selecting your team and confirming your line up you are taken to the first week of games and are immediately thrown into the game. There are two methods of help built into the application, the first is a video tutorial that takes you outside of the application and the other is the text based help.
In all honesty neither of these help options are particularly helpful, the video concentrates on the card trading aspect of the game, more of which later, while the text based help is extremely wordy without the help of screenshots. With all that said though the controls are very intuitive and it didn’t take too many games before I had the controls down even if I did lose my first game 18-2!
I’ve split the controls into three areas batting, pitching and fielding. Batting couldn’t be easier with two options available, a normal hit and a bunt. For the normal hit you can tap the screen anywhere on the screen while there are two bunt buttons to bunt the ball to either the left or right hand side of the field. With controls this simple the main aspect of hitting the ball for a homerun is all based on your timing and works very well.
Once you have hit the ball you can then control the batters run. He’ll automatically run to first base but from then on you can either chose to advance the player or leave him to stay where he is. This again is both simple and effective and gives you complete control over your success and/or failure!
Finally there is the pitching, here you have a few more options but again its been implemented really well and is very straight forward. Firstly each pitcher has between 3 and 5 pitching skills and so the first task is to select your specific pitch, then you can drag the ball to the area you wish to pitch the ball too.
At that point timing is again the key as a blue circle will grow and shrink around around the ball and tapping the screen when the ring is at it’s smallest point will produce the best pitch possible. Obviously despite your best efforts the opposing team will hit the ball at that point you will need to field the ball.
Your players will automatically attempt to catch the ball and as the players run around the bases you can tap on the base images that pop up on the screen to choose where you wish to throw the ball.
The game moves along at a good pace and I found both the pitching and the batting enjoyable. As you play you also earn achievements which in turn earn you points that can then be combined with the various cards that you pick up to increase your player stats.
There are over 100 achievements to unlock during game play and they can also be achieved multiple times enabling you to earn the points associated to them in each and every game.
That brings me on to the card collecting part of the game. Depending on the team you choose you will automatically be given a selection of cards from that team. As you play you will gain other cards and then have the opportunity to draw, combine and level up you cards and subsequently your player statistics.
The basics of the card trading part of the game is pretty straight forward, selecting your player cards gives you the opportunity to level them up. This will cost you points that you will have gained from unlocking the achievements, however it’s not guaranteed that you will level up even if you have enough money as for some reason occasionally you will get a response that the level up has failed for no apparent reason and you’ll have still spent your money!
As points are the currency of the game you can also purchase points for real money. However as I was playing this final version of the game prior to its official release no prices as to how much purchasing, rather than winning, these points would cost.
Obviously the game would be even better if had a multi-player option and had a better help system but it only takes a little away from what is a great game.
Overall 9 Innings: Pro Baseball 2011 has both the depth and simple controls that will keep you coming back for more and more over and over again. Com2Us have another hit on their hands, I have to go now, I have a season of baseball to finish!
Price: $4.99 (iTunes Store)
Category: Games
Released: Jul 08, 2010
Version: 1.0.0
1.0.0 (iOS 4.0 Tested)
Size: 18.6 MB
Languages: English, Korean
Seller: Com2us USA, Inc.
© 2010 Com2uS
Requirements: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 3.0 or later.
Let’s Golf!
A 3D golf game with 63 holes in 4 different locations. There are 4 characters to choose from that you can customize and each one has their own individual skills.
You can play through multiplayer via wifi with your friends. There is an easy and advanced mode so it really is suitable with any whether you have golf experience or not. Great for fans of golf simulation games.
Real Tennis
Tour the world showing your tennis skills and try to be the best. You have a choice out of 8 players to choose from with 7 different stadiums and a choice of 3 different surfaces you can play on. The controls are easy and at times you use tilt on your phone to serve.
Again this also can be played multiplayer via wifi. You can also play it in career mode that lets you join a tennis tour.
Pro Baseball
Enjoy the real baseball experience in this great 3D baseball game. There are different game modes to try with a 162-game season and with play offs in the home run mode.
There is also a lot of great sound effects and audio commentary that make this another great game complimented by a range of animations.
Grab this now at the app store!
]]> https://touchreviews.net/gameloft-release-sports-packk-iphone/feed/ 1After the ‘freemium’ model proving to be a great success, iPhone developers are now offering ‘Game Packs’ to promote their games. All-In-1 Gamebox and AppBox Pro are currently trending in the Top 25 paid apps category and Gameloft is all set to offer their first game pack this March.
3in1 Gameloft Sports Pack will offer the hugely popular sports games Let’s Golf, Real Tennis and Pro Baseball. If you still haven’t bought these games or had a difficult time in choosing the best one then you can just buy this game pack for $4.99
Triple the birdies, triple the power shots and triple the grand slams with 3 of most popular sports games on the App Store; Lets Golf, Real Tennis & Pro Baseball
Gameloft Sports Pack – iPhone/iPod touch trailer
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