App Sale: Rogue Planet
Tony Mei | May 20, 2010 App Sale Alert, Games
User rating: 
(18 votes, average: 1.67 out of 5)
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Rogue Planet is on sale for free – normally $4.99
Edit: Looks like Rogue Planet’s sale is over :( We’ll be on the lookout for the next sale when it pops up over the next few days.
As a continuation of Gameloft’s 10th Anniversary Happy Hour, their fun, polished and turn-based gem of a strategy game is on sale for the awesome price of free. This is a whole lot of gameplay offered at an unbelievable value, so it would probably be wise to take Gameloft up on this nice Thursday pick-me-up we’ve been offered.
App Sale: Theseus
Tony Mei | Apr 18, 2010 App Sale Alert, Games
User rating: (8 votes, average: 3.13 out of 5)
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Theseus is on sale for free – normally $2.99
Theseus is a fiendishly addictive and all-around superb puzzle game. Taken from the app store description: “Theseus is a refreshing twist on the traditional maze.”. And frankly, Theseus is personally one of the most enjoyable app store puzzlers I’ve seen in a while, if not my new all time favorite.
The game is at heart a logic puzzle, and involves lots of strategy and thought. Its 85 levels will keep a persistent gamer busy for a long time, so don’t expect to get much done for the few hours after downloading this app. It’s sleek user interface and easy-on-the-eyes game play is icing on the cake.
These kinds of apps don’t go on sale every day, so its highly recommended (I’m begging) that you head on over to the app store, grab Theseus, and enjoy some quality time with one of the top puzzlers on the app store.
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- And also, Theseus also boasts one of the best tutorials I've seen in any game, especially helpful for a moron like me.
App Sale: Uniwar
Brad H | Mar 5, 2010 App Sale Alert
User rating: (4 votes, average: 3.25 out of 5)
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For today only Xpressed is slashing their price on Uniwar from 4.99 to Free! Uniwar is a turn based strategy game that can be played against the computer, online, cross platform, or even with a friend on a single phone. If your a fan of games like starcraft this could be your next time sink, so head over to the app store TODAY and get this game.
Version 1.0.6
App Launch Sale: Assassin’s Creed II: Multiplayer
Brad H | Mar 4, 2010 App Sale Alert
User rating: (6 votes, average: 1.83 out of 5)
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Earlier this week Ubisoft released AC2 Multiplayer for free as a promotion. Launching a well known title I’m sure they expected a lot of downloads, which they got, but what they weren’t expecting was a buggy release where a majority of people couldn’t even play a round. Ubisoft is aware of the situation and extended the free promotion until their update is released. I picked up the game and like many I was unable to play, that is until I tried to create my own game. If you try to do a quick play the load circle just goes and goes giving you no sense of progress on weather people are joining the game or if its just frozen. When you create your own game you see all four slots so when someone joins the game you can see. This is the only way I have been able to play a game so if you got the game and have the same problem I had try this method out. If you haven’t downloaded the game I would recommend doing it fast because the update can come at anytime.
It really works
iTunes Link – Assassin’s Creed II : Multiplayer
Version 1.0
App Sale: Compression
Tony Mei | Feb 27, 2010 App Sale Alert, Games
User rating: (5 votes, average: 3.00 out of 5)
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Compression is on sale for free – normally $1.99
Compression is a snazzy, Dr. Mario – style tetris game that I reviewed a few months back.
It’s casual, fun and pretty easy to pick up and play. There’s also a new $0.99 in-app purchase that unlocks another addictive game mode. A recent update fixed some of the issues with the first version, giving you another reason why you should definitely pick up this game while it’s on sale.
Version 1.1
Music Catch
Tony Mei | Jan 28, 2010 App Sale Alert, Games
User rating: (6 votes, average: 3.67 out of 5)
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Edit: It would seem Music Catch is on sale for free. Better get it quick, if you’re interested.
The Good: Music Catch is a fantastic, zen-like game made by Reflexive Entertainment. The game was an absolute favorite of mine on the computer (http://www.reflexive.com/index.php?PAGE=WebGamePlay&WGID=94), and I was super excited stumble upon it on the app store. Game play is wonderfully calming: just move your fingers to collect shapes while beautiful ambient music plays in the background. Things like bonus multipliers and point-collecting vacuum cleaners add a bit of spice to the game play. Frankly, enough apps are made about slashing enemies or shooting others, and it’s nice to wind down a hard day of violent gaming with a bit of Music Catch.
The Bad: Those seeking a more active game will get bored easily by the zen-like feel. I was hoping for some sort of online leaderboard or stat tracking – OpenFeint and the like. The replay value is inherently low (the game has four songs that each take a few minutes), but I did find myself drifting back to the game, even after I thought I was sick of it. After the first few rounds, Music Catch will only end up catching your attention for a few minutes before drifting away.
The Ugly: To be honest, I couldn’t find any glaring negative qualities about Music Catch. Again, this game would benefit from more development. Things like online integration, leader boards and more songs would make this already good app pretty darn great.
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- Self explanitory, I would hope
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- Very New Age song titles, if you ask me
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- Point grabbing vacuum cleaner
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- Just pretend you hear ambient music while reading this review
App Sale: Classics
Tony Mei | Jan 27, 2010 App Sale Alert, Books
User rating: (5 votes, average: 4.20 out of 5)
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Classics is on sale for free – normally $2.99
Classics is an extremely impressive book library for your iPod Touch and iPhone.
Classics is streamlined, quick, and doesn’t lag, unlike many other book apps. The library to choose from is pretty unique, ranging from The Call of the Wild to The Art of War, and the selection is pretty beefy, clocking in about 20 full-length works.
The books are a joy to flip through, and the app has a set of rather neat features (bookmarks, reading multiple books at once) that set it apart from other mobile bookshelves.
Andrew Kaz and Phill Ryu created an impressive app that’s already a favorite in the app store, and is a fantastic deal right now.
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- Impressive display of literature. Show offs.
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- Let's play: Guess What Book This Is
Edit: Almost forgot this link again, but I caught myself. I’m learning.
App Sale: Heavy Crossbow II
Tony Mei | Jan 20, 2010 App Sale Alert, Games
User rating: (3 votes, average: 3.00 out of 5)
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Heavy Crossbow II is on sale for free- normally more expensive
Heavy Crossbow II is a neat strategy game that combines castle defense, RPG – style weapon leveling, zombies, one of those iPhone gun apps, and firing a big freaking crossbow.
The main twist to the game comes from actually having to drag back the string on the crossbow or reload a shotgun, which, I suppose, is more work than actually pushing a ‘shoot’ button of some sort.
The controls occasionally get a bit wonky and unresponsive, but I can’t expect to shoot zombies without having my giant crossbow malfunction once and a while. Occasionally the controls would stiffen up, leading a parade of marauding zombies into the castle and me back to the beginning of the level.
For those who are a fan of the castle defending style, ByGames provides some fresh nourishment and quite a bit of zombie-thrashing potential in this game.
iTunes Link – Heavy Crossbow II
(Guess who remembered to put this link in their post)
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- Epic battle sequence
Tags: castle defense, free, Games, sale
Where’s Waldo? The Fantastic Journey
Sara | Jan 1, 2010 Games
User rating: (1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5)
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Imagine a game with pictures straight out of your favorite childhood picture finding book. Now combine that with the technology of an iPhone and the great game play from Ludia. Add some cute music, bundle it all together and you get Where’s Waldo? The Fantastic Journey.
This app is a Where’s Waldo book with some extras. The game is set up as an adventure game where you follow Waldo, Whitebeard the Wizard, Wendy, and other characters through a journey to collect the 12 mystical scrolls. When you collect all 12 scrolls, Whitebeard the Wizard will reveal to Waldo an important secret that Waldo has been searching for. At the start you can choose normal game play or kids. The kids version is noticeably easier as it will make sure the item/person you are looking for is always in the area it brings you (in other words, you don’t have to move the screen view around).
Tags: $2.99, fun, game, good for kids, sale
