Thanks, Jacob! But your reward is in another Mass Effect!

There are a quite of few iPhone games out there well worth the purchase.

Don't bother Storm Eagle. There are those that will never accept the iPhone as a gaming device.

It's better to just respect their opinion and move on. Otherwise you're having a discussion with a wall.

He's right, I will never ever accept the Iphone as a capable gaming machine. The damn thing doesn't even have buttons, so how can people expect a game like Mass Effect to be good on it without drastically changing it to a shallow touch shooter (like the mgs4 game)?

I agree with you Tmac.

Games on the iPhone fail when they try to emulate what's done on dedicated gaming machines. However, when a game is built from the ground up for the system it CAN and does rival games seen on the DS and PSP.

Games like Real Racing and Sims 3 make similar games on the DS and PSP look like amateur hour. I think more developers should worry less about how to shoehorn their series onto the device and worry more about how to bring us the same compelling experience in a whole new way.

The iPhone is just as capable as my BlackBerry. That is to say, it's great to kill 5-10 minutes on, but anything more than that? Come on...

I think the mentality of not accepting the iPhone as a gaming device comes from the irrational hatred of all things Apple.

It's definitely a capable gaming machine. I've played many games on it and it works well.

But if people just want to hate Apple, that's another story.

Hey, I have played the hell out of Peggle on it!

The iPhone is as much a gaming machine as the Wii. Take that however you want to. If you consider the Wii to be a gaming machine, so is the iPhone. The only way it competes with the DS or PSP is the same way the Wii competes with the PS360 - indirect sales. That is, gamers like you and me don't buy an iPhone or Touch just for games, the same way most of us would sooner buy a PS360 for more core games.

Having said that, if you already own one, there are a couple games out there that are fun, but none are as good as the PSP/DS counterparts. This is where I really hate this argument. People say the app store has things that compete with PSP/DS - IT DOES NOT!!! The closest thing I've found is Mecho Wars, an Advance Wars clone, which is actually pretty good so far. But Brothers in Arms is a JOKE of a game. I bought it of a review online that said it's as good as any PS or DS game in its class - it is not. I had more fun with the DEMO for Medal of Honor on the PSP than Brothers in Arms in it's entirety. Metroid Prime Hunters was miles better in every aspect than BIA, and I'm not even a Prime fan!

Finally, to those who really want to say it's a competitor - compare Metal Gear Touch (or whaever gay name they came up with) to Metal Gear Portable Ops. MGPO is a REAL GAME where Touch is a point and click arcade shooter that isn't even 3D!! GOD DAMMIT PEOPLE!!!

Scramble is fun tho. Dig it

Just so what I did. Buy your wife a 360 and a copy of the game.

lol or share a controller every once in awhile...

My controller is like a t-bone steak. Dont touch if you want to keep your hand. ;)

But really. We dont play enough to warrant another tv/360/game purchase. I would really hope that Bioware codes co-op into ME2/3.

As a side note, I was able to recreate my wife's appearance for Sheppard in ME1. It was pretty cool to see "her" doing stuff in the game.

Good God man... Buy another controller then. I completely understand not letting people touch your controller, but your wife? Really? What else do you not let her touch?

Do you honestly think I dont have more than one controller? Hell, we've got 4. Do you really think I would treat my wife like that? Did you not see the ;) ?

Why don't you play it before passing judgement?

Because I might waste 5 bucks...

that couldnt even fit the broadest of definitions for a spoiler