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Posted: Aug 11th 2009 9:47AM NaeemTHM said

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One of my friends bought the game last night and I tried it out. It looks fantastic...just like Duke 3D on the PC 40 years ago. However, it controls like DOG DOO.

In most iPhone games you just have to slide your finger around to move your character, but in this game you have to tap in the little circle to move Duke around. It's all very awkward and makes the game unplayable.

The good news is according to the forums on Touch Arcade, their working on a patch to make this play more like Wolf3D (which is still the only game to get it right).

I might still get this if the controls are ironed out. I loves me some Duke...
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Posted: Aug 11th 2009 9:57AM StormEagle said

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"Ass, face, my game's controls..what's the difference?"
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Posted: Aug 11th 2009 11:48AM Captain Planet Planeteer Power said

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The controls are fine. You can pick between digital (slide) and analog (stick) controls. I prefer the analog, it feels more precise.
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Posted: Aug 11th 2009 9:59AM Chris DPSN AggieCEO XBLThe Aggi said

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ummmm no thanks...SOME thinks just dont need to be in the iPhone....shooters, IMO, are one of them
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Posted: Aug 11th 2009 10:13AM Cahlito said

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some THINKS huh?
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Posted: Aug 11th 2009 10:16AM Chris DPSN AggieCEO XBLThe Aggi said

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damn...I need to go back to bed....lol

SOME THINGS
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Posted: Aug 11th 2009 10:13AM (Unverified) said

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downloaded the game and its alright.

the analog controls stink, the d-pad option is better but i still think the character moves way to fast. other then that its a pretty cool game one thing i liked is that you can move the action buttons anywhere on the screen.
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Posted: Aug 11th 2009 10:13AM Cahlito said

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Off to the abyss you go!
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Posted: Aug 11th 2009 11:15AM (Unverified) said

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Don't buy don't buy for the love of god don't buy. The controls are broken straight up. I'm half convinced it's a bug because it is literally unplayble. There's no way the playtesters tried out the analog controls and thought "Nailed it!".
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Posted: Aug 11th 2009 11:21AM (Unverified) said

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WARNING: To all 1G iPod Touch users, they've screwed us over. If you try to install, it says 'unable to install on THIS iPod Touch, because this app needs a microphone'. I wondered when crap like this would start.
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Posted: Aug 11th 2009 11:35AM Chris DPSN AggieCEO XBLThe Aggi said

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damn...that sucks ass...
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Posted: Aug 11th 2009 12:56PM RKN said

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Needs a microphone, why?

Now gaming on these will be like PC gaming with all the incompatibility and system requirements.
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Posted: Aug 12th 2009 5:39AM alinos said

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What you talking about willis

my ipod touch has no mic and it installed fine

on the other hand the control scheme sucks and the other actions are all clustered

Shooters on the iphone seem to be good(wolf 3D) provided you remove the need for a Z axis(vertical)

left right back and forth are all there should be
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Posted: Aug 12th 2009 11:24AM (Unverified) said

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You probably have a second generation Touch, that has a mic as an accessory. Apple wants 1G guys to buy new Touches, so they've started limiting the apps.
But I refuse to buy another iPod after Apple's behavior towards owners-charging for software updates, declaring it obsolete, etc. I'll go with a Walkman X-Series or Zune HD instead.
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