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hexage, the makers of radiant hd, evac hd, and totemo hd released a new game today called robotek hd. im a huge fan of everything theyve made thus far and robotek hd is another killer game!
you got that right! ive been playing it nonstop
omg. i discovered this on my own from the suggestions on the web version of android market and can i just say...
best. game. ever. (i think)
everything about it is so frikkin cool!
My son loves this game. I haven't been able to pry the NOOK out of his hands all day!
only bad thing about the game is you cannot beat it without spending about 12 dollars on upgrades
You got this on the Android Market? Can't find it for my Evo. Ill try the NC tomorrow.
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addicted...
ramiss said:
You got this on the Android Market? Can't find it for my Evo. Ill try the NC tomorrow.
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Not finding it either (on my manualnootered nook). Market online says not compatible.
bobo12 said:
Not finding it either (on my manualnootered nook). Market online says not compatible.
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im running cm7 - gb 2.3.4
luciferii said:
only bad thing about the game is you cannot beat it without spending about 12 dollars on upgrades
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I spent .99 in order to unlock the recharger node and now when I run out of charge just beat the recharger node for charge I currently have over 2000 charge and almost finished the game
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Not finding it either (on my manualnootered nook). Market online says not compatible.
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Dunno' why, but I couldn't find it when I searched "Robotek". A search for "Hexage Ltd" displayed all their games, however, including this one. I was able to download and install. I'm on CM7.
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Dunno' why, but I couldn't find it when I searched "Robotek". A search for "Hexage Ltd" displayed all their games, however, including this one. I was able to download and install. I'm on CM7.
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Tried that, got everything but Robotek.
Hexage's Robotek Cheats Big Time
Don't play this game. The AI cheats big time and gets all the impossibly lucky rolls. Its hack attack is uncannily accurate while yours is so weak. Total imbalance. You have to keep paying real money to win. Don't get suckered.
I have a pretty good strategy and its allowed me to beat the toughest nodes. I have not made any inapp purchases. If you look over the readme, it explains the AI and its occasional "cheating".
This game is very beatable without in-app purchases.
Just use Titanium backup and restore if you lose.
I have over 1000 charge points at level 12 because I'm batting a thousand using Titanium.
thanks luciferii, now I'm addicted
thinking of trying totemo next.
I dont know how a so repetitive game can be so addictive...
its just too fun!
I recently finished Robotek and was able to draw a good conclusion as to why it has so many bad reviews and accusations of cheating AI on the Android Market. The dev claims the AI is "damn good" in the FAQ, but it really isn't. I finished the game with about 6500 charge, no in-app purchases, and defeated the level 50 mainframe. Lost the occasional game, but can confidently say every loss was completely out of my control.
Robotek isn't rigged, which initially crossed my mind and almost made me quit as I ran low on charge. It was a fair assumption: this is far from my first or most complicated/difficult strategy game. I knew the rules and knew what to do, yet still managed strange and irritating losses. The problem was obvious: perfect rolls, which give a powerful unit/effect/attack plus an extra turn, occur far too frequently. This is the source of all the frustration that has led so many people to ***** and moan about the gameplay. As a turn-based strategy (albeit a simple one), no amount of skill can save you if the opponent continues getting free turns while you wait idly and get pummeled.
In the early game, the player has fairly low HP and a few perfect rolls on the AI's side can quickly kill you. In the late game, you can lose upwards of 200 HP from this common scenario and still recover for a comeback win. This would explain why newer players rushed to the Market to slam the game of cheating, while those who stuck it out said winning without paying was doable and not difficult.
If the dev would greatly decrease the chance percentages of perfect rolls, then the number of complaints would go down with it. I've angrily played through too many rounds where the AI got anywhere from 4 to 8 perfect rolls, while I had none. Cheating or not, this is very poor game design and it happens frequently enough to make any sane person want to quit in anger. I recall around level 15 playing one particular mainframe and losing to it with nearly all HP intact. I played it again, using the same exact strategy as before, and quickly won with full HP. Downright silly.
To be fair, I played a number of games where I was the one with "luck" on my side. It made the game no more enjoyable and really made it seem worse. I often took stock Droid and Drone up to Hero across several turns of careful strategy, making my way towards a sound victory.. only to be rewarded with a bunch of unnecessary perfect rolls that made the whole experience feel very cheap and easy.
The other main issue is the low level of control at the player's hands. I wouldn't suggest getting rid of the slot machine, since this is obviously a unique aspect of the game. I would suggest allowing a player to choose which unit attacks which. At the very least grant the player the ability to assign the attack order! Too often an Elite or Hero Droid wastes its powerful laser on a low-HP unit or shield when a stock Tankbot could've done the job. Or my units directing attacks at a harmless messed-up Tankbot while leaving a dangerous Drone alive to fight another turn.
I think all of this masks how weak the AI actually is and simply adds an unneeded layer of frustration, causing less-patient players to jump at the in-app purchases. I gave Robotek a 2-star rating when I thought the game was cheating, and left it at 2 stars when I came to realize its actual problems.
The suggestion that this game is not rigged is just utterly ridiculous, although I agree with much of the rest of the above post. It may just be that it takes some folks longer than others to see that. There is no debating whatsoever (with me, at least) that this is a classic pay-to-win setup. 'Pay-to-win' is synonymous with 'rigged-by-design'. Yes, it is possible to win a fair number of rounds without paying a dime, but especially in multiplayer mode, your ranking will never advance very far without paying, or without using a hack or cheat of some kind (like some of the folks using Titanium backup to reduce damages). If you do not pay (and no one should), the game will make sure that the odds are stacked heavily enough against you that your wins will be limited. In other words, Robotek IS rigged.
I find this entire pay-to-win model obnoxious at best, and downright creepy at worst. It also seems to me that a person has to be especially desperate, or just a pretty bad player, in order to even want to spend money to be better able to defeat one's robotic foes.
To me this whole approach is disingenuous, and I will personally never give Hexage a dime. I'm even mean enough to say that all I wish for them is bankruptcy. However, I gather it isn't just Hexage doing this. That is unfortunate, and a weakness of closed-source, for-profit apps and app stores. Such games take on the flavor of the arcade games that were mainly after a person's quarters. I read somewhere recently that this kind of thing may be the wave of the future. I certainly hope not.
Like arcade/light gun shooters. But it'd be more of "point and click", I guess. I'm not really a big fan of shooters like N.O.V.A. and the like cause they're awkward to play.
I was just thinking about this and cursory searches in the Marketplace and on the internet didn't really net me anything relevant.
Contract Killer?
hmmm yeah this is similar to what i want. Pretty good game, thanks!
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I'd really love so see some good rail shooters on Android like House of the Dead: Overkill. I think they'd do great on mobile phones since it's so hard to play most games without keyboard controls.
this is a game changer in my eyes, not so much because EVERYONE has onlive or will get it, but because apple can advertise that there tablet can do these things,
and its pretty FREAKING awesome!
http://kotaku.com/5866154/play-batman-arkham-city-la-noire-and-other-aaa-games-on-your-ipad
i must have this for my android! please tell me this isn't an apple only deal!?
Calm down, it's also available for Android, and it was already available in the Flyer for quite some time now (HTC invested heavily in OnLive back then)
It's a really great idea but right now there is not many games and it is limited to very few country
And Apple doesn't advertise something that's not made by Apple.
They buy it, rebrand it, then they advertise it.
http://phandroid.com/2011/12/07/onl...nced-and-now-available-in-the-android-market/
HOLY CRAP... no.
Ya no... this has LAG written all over it. If you've seen people play BFBC2 and Black Ops from their Transformers 1 using remote desktop... it's essentially the same thing. MOST games would be totally unplayable :/ BUT it is a cool idea!
Worked fine on my Motorola XOOM ..no lag at all.
The Market doesn't show the app yet but you can find it here:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.onlive.client
Their web site:
http://www.onlive.com/mobile
Brings Full Console Gaming To Android Devices
http://phandroid.com/2011/12/07/onl...nced-and-now-available-in-the-android-market/
I'm playing games on my phone without any lag. been subscribed member of onlive for few months now. love it
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Android version will be better
Android version will allow in-app purchases, and probably controller support will be better. And having 4 cores on the Prime means there will be enough cores to handle video, network and game controller data.
But no need to overhype it. Even without lag/offline issues, games designed for a 20+ inch display are hard to play on a <10 inch tablet. Probably get sniped and never see who shot you. LOL
Games like Fallout and Skyrim need a large screen to make out the detail and find stuff. And in RTS games, units will be way too small. The eye strain is gonna be seriously bad.
IMHO, games designed for a tablet with proper (i.e. bigger) fonts and objects are better. But I guess people want to know it's _possible_ to play PC/console games on a tablet, even if it's not any good.
Unless you have 10ms or less ping to their server there will be noticable lag. How noticable depends on your preferences (and on type of game). I think you could still play without much problems with ping up to 50ms or sth though.
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Android version will allow in-app purchases, and probably controller support will be better. And having 4 cores on the Prime means there will be enough cores to handle video, network and game controller data.
But no need to overhype it. Even without lag/offline issues, games designed for a 20+ inch display are hard to play on a <10 inch tablet. Probably get sniped and never see who shot you. LOL
Games like Fallout and Skyrim need a large screen to make out the detail and find stuff. And in RTS games, units will be way too small. The eye strain is gonna be seriously bad.
IMHO, games designed for a tablet with proper (i.e. bigger) fonts and objects are better. But I guess people want to know it's _possible_ to play PC/console games on a tablet, even if it's not any good.
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Not true scaling dude this tablet 13 inches away will be apear about the samesize as a 42 inch tv from 5-6 feet away..... That's how you can stand to read on a phone with a 4 inch screen lol
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Not true scaling dude this tablet 13 inches away will be apear about the samesize as a 42 inch tv from 5-6 feet away..... That's how you can stand to read on a phone with a 4 inch screen lol
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I've played Fallout on an 11-inch, 14-inch laptop and 26-inch monitor... there is a huge difference. And reading on a phone, you can choose a large font and pinch to zoom.
The closer the screen is, the greater the eye strain. So I guess it'll depend on a person's tolerance.
Yes and im 16 and have an extremely high tolerance to small screens
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Just downloaded on live and tested on the prime.
Its awesome,
Too bad i don't have a controller but it doesn't seem like there's too much of a lag.
Its quite different from playing with splash top.
andyxover said:
Just downloaded on live and tested on the prime.
Its awesome,
Too bad i don't have a controller but it doesn't seem like there's too much of a lag.
Its quite different from playing with splash top.
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Interesting. When you say quite different do you mean the lag while playing?
Magnesus said:
Unless you have 10ms or less ping to their server there will be noticable lag. How noticable depends on your preferences (and on type of game). I think you could still play without much problems with ping up to 50ms or sth though.
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There's also the ability to conncet the tablet via microHDMI to a TV, which I plan on doing (with emulators and Mizuu Media Center) ALL THE TIME as is.
How does this work, once u purchase the app/controller, it gives u access to their library of console games. Do u need to purchase the games from their library. Or is it free/subscription service.
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How does this work, once u purchase the app/controller, it gives u access to their library of console games. Do u need to purchase the games from their library. Or is it free/subscription service.
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You put app on device. You sign up for free. Then you have access to free demos and trials. Every game has free 30 min trial. Then you can pay $9.99 per month for unlimited access to over 100 games. Bundle deal
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lmm112190 said:
How does this work, once u purchase the app/controller, it gives u access to their library of console games. Do u need to purchase the games from their library. Or is it free/subscription service.
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Directly from their site:
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Demo Free
Test-drive games instantly!
2
Rent or Purchase Games
3-day, 5-day or Full Access
3
Get the PlayPack Bundle
Unlimited Access to 100+ Games
Looks like you can rent or buy the games for X amount of money and then play them on any device. Or, you can get their subscription service that's $9.99 a month so you can play 100+ of their games whenever you want as long as your sub is active.
joe_dude said:
The closer the screen is, the greater the eye strain. So I guess it'll depend on a person's tolerance.
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I'm nearsighted (well, on one eye, but still) and it's "the closer the better" for me. I watch movies on 23'' screen from 30 centimeters sometimes. And the view is better than in cinema! Sharp and beautiful (I recommend my screen by the way - eizo fs2331, best black you can get on LCD and almost perfect colour gradients, C-PVA panel).
Pls post all game related issues here. What for? Well I don't know about u guys Buh the game incompatibility issue is killing me...I really want to enjoy gaming on my DNA....we all know the gpu is good enough for most graphic intensive games out there, and even tough that screen is demanding, this phone should have no problem handling games. I have been forwarding reports to game devs via email....and I know they will work on it if we pressure them...so post the game, the issue u having and developer...I will forward it to them.....I am one hell of a gamer and I can't watch my DNA sit there like that,when it has one of the mist powerful CPUs and GPUs out there.
Apart from complaining, you can share your gaming experience on this monster....and help other folks with issues...
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Ok here are a few:
Need for speed most wanted- When side loaded the game starts and loads only show HUD in race unfortunately
Dark meadow - says it's compatible in store, crashes on menu
Galaxy on fire 2 - small buttons (resolution issue)
All I can think of right now... Aside from those this phone is a beast with anything I throw at it
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Something I'll bet a lot of us didn't figure on when drooling over this 1080p resolution
Very few games work. Knowing what I know now, I would not have traded my unlimited
data plan to get this phone. Sure, I can watch beautiful Netflix movies but, I have to worry
about data now. I just want a good GOLF game really.
I am looking for some killer must have apps that are just amazing on the htc one. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated. Thanks guys.
I haven't seen a thread like this, but there might already be one. If so just please let me know.
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Osmos HD. Absolutely beautiful and great sounding with the speakers.
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My most used app is Pulse. It's a news app that aggregates all of YOUR sources (unlike blinkfeed which can only use HTC's), with a great UI and multiple pages for different topics, all configurable by YOU. I currently have 1hr 35min of screen on time (at 75% battery, woohoo!!) and an hour of that is probably from Pulse. I used it on my iPhone as well and also use it on my iPad. Awesome, awesome app.
Games:
Plasma Sky- awesome shmup
Into the Dead- cool first person endless runner with zombies
Repulze- Wipeout on Android
Sector Strike- side scrolling shooter
Oscura- slick platformer with awesome art style that looks amazing on our screen. Frustratingly difficult at times
Blue Libra- Space rts. I don't think anybody has every heard of it but its a favorite time waster of mine
NOVA 3- Bad ass sci fi FPS with amazing graphics. One of Gameloft's best.
Super Stickman Golf 1+2- Golf. With a Stickman. Who happens to be super.
Google Voice or Chrome? Maybe thats a given tho
Tune-In Radio
BBC iPlayer Radio
Paprika (for cooking)
Xbox Smartglass (if your a gamer)
AdAway from F-Droid (rooted and sys rewrite enabled)