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Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Sega Announce Halloween ‘Screamtastic’ Sale

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Halloween is coming and that means fancy dress parties, trick or treaters, candy and App Store seasonal sales!

Sega has announced today just what they have to offer in their ‘Screamtastic Sale’, lasting until October 31st.

Sale titles include the recently released family arcade puzzle game Brick People, priced at $0.99, reduced from $1.99 or $2.99 depending on the version.

There’s also price drops for Dreamcast classic ChuChu Rocket!, now available for $0.99 for the iPhone and iPad instead of $2.99 and $4.99 respectively.

Older classics such as Gunstar Heroes, Golden Axe 2, Golden Axe 3, Altered Beast and Virtua Fighter 2 are also available for a mere $0.99, down from their regular prices of between $1.99 and $2.99.

Pick of the bunch has to go to Samurai Bloodshow, esteemed winner of our Editor’s Choice award, and now available for $1.99.

All these games are on sale until All Hallow’s Eve, October 31st.

Happy pre-Halloween, folks.



















Apps mentioned in this post: Altered Beast, ぶろっくぴーぽー, ぶろっくぴーぽーHD, ChuChu Rocket! HD, Golden Axe 2, Golden Axe 3, Gunstar Heroes, Virtua Fighter 2, 源平大戦絵巻　～白の波濤、紅の雲霞～


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Jennifer Allen 26 Oct, 2011


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Robo5 Review

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Robo5 Review

By on October 25th, 2011
Our Rating: ★★★★☆ :: PUZZLING PLATFORMER
iPhone App - Designed for the iPhone, compatible with the iPad

Robo5 takes players into a gritty steampunk inspired world with an interesting take on the puzzle genre.

 

Developer: Yuguosoft Co.
Price: $0.99
Version: 1.0
App Reviewed on: iPhone

Graphics / Sound Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

User Interface Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars

Gameplay Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

Re-use / Replay Value Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

Overall Rating: 3.88 out of 5 stars

The story in Robo5 is one about a robot trying to find his true identity. The tale will not put the popular Short Circuit movie to shame, but it does have its share of interesting quips and humor. Where the game comes to life is in the puzzles and gameplay. Players need to guide the robot protagonist up a tower of boxes, but this is no simple task. The robot may push and pull boxes to make steps necessary to climb higher but players must always remember that blocks will only attach to one another so long as one full edge of two boxes touch one another. Add to this blocks that float, crumble as walk over them, don’t move at all, or even some that explode and the solution can quickly escape into the pit of frustration. Add all of this together with some complicated vertical labyrinths and the final stage in each chapter tacking on time limits, and this makes for some serious mind-bending puzzles.

Stars in this game are also handled different from just bragging rights. Every 20 stars collected will open a new diary level in which players learn more about LA and LY, the mysterious sisters who either help or hinder the box climber throughout his journeys. Completing these levels, which are as hard if not harder than the main story, unlocks some secret info. This use of stars makes mastering every story level particularly compelling while adding a nice touch the re-play value to the game.

If there is one complaint about the iPhone version, iPad version is due out later, it would be the finicky controls. Tapping, or swiping, to move the robot to his next destination is sometimes hampered by inaccurate inputs. There were plenty of times I got stuck or had to undo a move because the game thought I wanted to do one move when I wanted to do something vastly different. After a few levels I was able to adjust my play style to fit more with the game, but it is irritating to have controls add difficulty to a game that rewards speedy times and the fewest amounts of inputs.

Make no qualms about it, this is a great puzzle game for iOS. The world is gorgeous, the puzzles difficult, and the story interesting. Gamers looking for a puzzle game that finally breaks the mold, has quite a bit of character, and can adjust to the controls will find a great value in this title.



Apps mentioned in this post: Robo5


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Chris Nitz 26 Oct, 2011


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Suggest Store Improvements Via iSuggest

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Maybe I’m an increasingly grumpy person or maybe it’s because I’ve worked in service industries a lot in the past, but I can’t stand bad customer service. I reckon it comes down to two things most often: individual workers simply not having the right attitude for the job and companies not knowing what changes they need to make to improve service. Both problems can frequently be solved by the customer letting the company know what the issue is, but how easy is that to actually do? Hopefully iSuggest will make things much, much simpler.

iSuggest is a virtual suggestion box app that lets customers leave instant feedback to any retail business within the US, all from their iOS device. Customer feedback is delivered straight to the management, cutting out the potential problem of feedback going ‘missing’ or the customer struggling to find someone to tell.

Using GPS functionality, users can see a list of nearby businesses so it’s easy to select the relevant store. There’s also a historical element to things enabling the user to browse for nearby stores, such as a store that was visited in the past. Anonymous feedback means that the user can speak freely without any worries of reprisal, but with the hope that changes will be implemented.

Despite the anonymous nature, users can still view the progress of the suggestion as it gets delivered, read and (hopefully) responded to along with any follow up messages from the business involved or the complainant. Businesses can even supply coupons or special offers through the interface.

How successful iSuggest becomes does depend on the businesses themselves but considering most businesses enjoy making a profit and keeping their customers happy, this has the potential to be hugely successful. Hopefully in time it will spread to other countries. For now, iSuggest is available for free for all US App Store users.



Apps mentioned in this post: iSuggest


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Jennifer Allen 25 Oct, 2011


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The Early Edition 2 Review

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The Early Edition 2 Review

By on October 25th, 2011
Our Rating: ★★★☆☆ :: STYLE OVER SUBSTANCE
iPad Only App - Designed for the iPad

It’s beautiful to look at but The Early Edition 2 lacks the functionality to make it an essential RSS reading app.

 

Developer: Glasshouse Apps
Price: $4.99
Version Reviewed: 1.0.2
Device Reviewed On: iPad 2

iPhone Integration Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
User Interface Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
Re-use Value Rating: 3 out of 5 stars

Overall Rating: 3.17 out of 5 stars

Rebuilt since the release of The Early Edition comes The Early Edition 2, adding even more splendour to the reading experience as well as much needed Google Reader functionality. Unfortunately, while The Early Edition 2 looks impressive, it’s not the easiest of apps to use.

Set up is certainly easy. Load the app and the choice to use it as a standalone app or to sync with Google Reader presents itself. Once the relevant option is chosen, The Early Edition 2 intelligently converts all the latest stories to a newspaper style layout, providing columns based pages for everything. It looks fantastic and is easy to navigate. An option to download all images immediately ensures that offline viewing is just as trouble free. This also makes it possible to view all images as part of a gallery which can be particularly useful when dealing with certain stories.

The problems appear when the user wants to do more with their RSS reader. The settings are hidden away to enhance the aesthestics of the app but it does make it less friendly to adjust. It’s not possible to view one feed at a time unless a category is created for each one frequently making it awkward for me to track down what I was looking for. As someone with many, many RSS Feeds to keep track of, it would have been immensely helpful to be able to easily view according to site, not just the predefined categories.

Swipe gestures make The Early Edition 2 initially seem very easy to browse around. It is to an extent but I found it awkward to go from end of the paper to the other quickly, with a scrolling bar reacting sluggishly even on the iPad 2. Crucially, I just found it easier to tap the links and headlines in a less attractive yet simpler app like Reeder than sticking with The Early Edition 2. Looks aren’t everything, functionality and ease of use is.



Apps mentioned in this post: Reeder, The Early Edition 2


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Jennifer Allen 25 Oct, 2011


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