Nick (xbl: andsoitgoes42)

@Anticrawl

I don't understand mobile phone "gaming."

- A lot of people do. A LOT. I am one of them, and have virtually eliminated all other forms of gaming. And if the games are coded properly, which most of the top shelf games are, you do still get decent battery life out of them. And add-on batteries are so cheap that if you really want to commit to gaming, you will have no problem doing so while keeping your battery charged. Maybe you need to try it.

If you have a smart phone didn't you buy it for productivity and making calls? Playing any game for any length of time will rape your battery.

- See above regarding the battery. And no. If I wanted that, I'd get a basic, boring, non-iOS/Android phone. I have a phone to keep me busy while on the bus, waiting for... well, anything. Bathroom breaks. Break breaks. Music. Video. It's for everything, it works for everything and is downright fantastic. I never thought I'd game much on any sort of device like a phone/etc until I got my iPad, then an iPhone. My primary use is fun, gaming, mail, texting. I occasionally make a phone call, and when I need to it works just fine. If I need to schedule an appointment or manage my calendar, it also does that just fine. Actually far better than my old Windows Mobile phone that was about as useless for anything other than texting and making calls.

I never enjoyed a phone until I got my iPhone. It's been a dream.

Wait, why is this tagged under Mobile?

That said, lots of good stuff here. If you haven't played Borderlands, you owe it to yourself now, now now to pick it up. You won't be sorry.

Bar none this is one of my favorite iOS games in the entire time I've had my devices.

It is the first game that my children have excelled at, they're 6 and got through all the levels on easy. They are in love with the game and stunned by the music and interaction.

Cannot believe such an amazing quality game is available. I have played loads of music/rhythm games on almost every platform but nothing, at all, has been so easy to enjoy and just FUN.

Simple, but challenging (just try to get those S rankings!)

My only issue is the price of the iap for songs and avatar add ons. I bought the songs available, but I'd like to see song packs for better than $1 each.

And Eric, I don't mean to be pestering you tons here or on your forums, but I can honestly say that I wouldn't be if I didn't LOVE this game.

- Confirmation prior to laying your trains. Either that, or changing around the drag and drop to select and tapping on where you want them placed. It's easy to slip as you're releasing your track and put it possibly one track to the right or the left. IT sucks to lose a game from a silly mistake.

- Varying AI difficulty. I am far from "intelligent" and I hand the computer its but on a regular basis, even playing against 4 or 5 people.

Again, it may seem I'm complaining, or being an annoyance, but it's only because of how stellar this game is and how great a job has been done.

Eric - There's also been a lot of talk, request and pleading for:

Bluetooth/WiFi multiplayer
Asynch multiplayer.

I know your thoughts on asynch, and I know that I'm not someone who would use it much, but I do see many, many people who have asked for this, and I honestly do see its place. Personally, I can see running 10+ games on the go at any time, quickly whipping through them like speed chess.

I agree, $20 for a cable is stupid. I don't care if it is made with gold.

That said, there are still 1500+ spots to get it for a dollar. I may be cheap, but I totally did that. Another better quality cable for cheap?

But I'm really frustrated that they think $20 is a fair price.

I normally simply adore all Apple commercials.

I like this one, but I didn't feel any zinging with this one. Effective, yes. heart wrenching, no.

And I'm a guy with 2 kids, so it doesn't take much for me ;)

I'm exactly with you here.

I do see the issues with devs issuing the promo codes to their dummy IDs, but I do not see that as often as developers providing the codes to people, for example ON the Toucharcade forums, to review in exchange for the codes.

It's so bloody hard to get new apps noticed, and this is a cheap, easy way to boost the visibility of the app.

And as someone who is a budding reviewer, being able to review the app on my site, which isn't hugely popular yet, as well as through iTunes - this slams a lot of doors closed for me.

What need to companies have to share their app for free? It was a great tool, and I've honestly not seen it abused as much as others, I guess. Terrible apps will still be terrible, even with a few BS reviews.

Very impressed with these.

They cover a huge range of educational levels, too.

A couple are perfect for my K-1 daughters. And many are designed for the iPad, so that was a nice bonus.

Can you imagine if we in our 30s had this when we were kids???

Or just wait for a sale and get a yearly subscription for a fraction of the price.

With some fancy deal, I ended up getting a year for $5.

Or if it goes on sale, buy a permanent license. I have seen it go for around 30 bucks or so.

But it does work okay. It's not perfect, but it works.

The quality through playon is SD. if you're expecting to see anything in high definition, it isn't going to happen.