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New iOS Downloads 03-20-2014
March 20, in the year of our Lord 2014
– Here are the new iOS downloads for today:
Chillingo Launches Tiny City
Become the mayor of your own metropolis, available now on the
App Store
Leading independent mobile games publisher, Chillingo, today
announced the launch of Dodo Games' Tiny City on the App Store.
Here comes Tiny City — the latest town building sim for your
mobile.
You have just opened a shop in a tiny town with a tiny
population. Local authorities turned their backs on the citizens
a long time ago, so now you are the town’s last hope!
Your goal is simple: lead the town to the prosperity, turning it
into true metropolis. Use your wits, plan the development and
urban sprawl of your would-be metropolis — in other words, build
a city of your dreams!
This is another one of the dreaded and hated free apps. It is
free to download, and contains the despised in-app purchases.
The mobile platform is drowning in village/city builders.
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Darkstone stumbles over to Mobile
and Tablets
Montreuil, March 20, in the year of our Lord 2014. Joystick
Replay honors "Darkstone", a classic of Action/RPG on iOS and
Android under the supervision of its original designer Paul
Cuisset.
In 1999, "Darkstone" marked the Hack’n Slash universe on PC then
Playstation. It received a 34 out of 100 score from Family
Friendly Gaming. Today, “Darkstone” is adapted on mobile
platforms and offers specifically rethought menus and interface,
for a greater experience on mobiles and tablets.
The players’ task is to take up arms to help the inhabitants of
the Land of Uma where the evil Draak wreaks havoc. To that end,
they must find the 7 legendary crystals which will put an end to
his vile doings. Players have to complete many quests, explore
randomly generated dungeons, fight hordes of monsters to get the
best possible equipment and the most powerful spells. Players
will tread a long road before restoring peace.
To begin the action, players can choose one or two heroes among
8 available classes of characters (monks, assassins, amazons and
sorceresses...) as well as the level of difficulty. When the
players play for the first time, they have to start at the
novice level, but once they have reached level 20, players will
be able to start at master, then expert level (from level 35)
and hero (from level 45). Once in the Land of Uma, players can
use the new, specially developed touch screen interface for
Smartphones and tablets. Just tap it to switch between
characters and to access maps, shortcuts for spells (e.g.
Resurrection or Fireball), skills (like foiling traps and
finding hidden objects...) and various potions that restore the
health or give magical energy.
As well as the traditional health and energy status bars,
players also have to keep an eye on the characters’ hunger
gauges displayed on the top right of the screen next to the
avatars. With a single click, they can see and do everything
that relates to their characters: equip or feed their heroes
with the food you buy to prevent their health from waning, check
out statistics and amounts of gold, use their inventories, and
customize shortcuts.
For swift mastery of the game’s basics, players can run through
the tutorial before they start. The mobile version of the game
has stayed faithful to the original where players explore a
world that has been plunged into chaos.
To complete a game, players have to carry out eight main quests
that they choose randomly among the 22 available. There are also
additional quests that enable the player to collect special
equipment. The positions of the enemies and objects also change
from one game to the next, in order to constantly change the
tactics. Players have to alternate between consecutive explore
and fight phases in order to find the seven crystals scattered
among the different dungeons. Confrontations enable the players
to gather experience, equipment and gold – all necessary for
improving their characters’ levels, increasing their powers, and
buying spells and skills from local merchants.
Downloading “Darkstone” is entirely free. From the start,
players receive three resurrection scrolls to start over where
they have failed. They can also get extra gold and resurrection
scrolls at any time in order to progress in the game. Or use the
dreaded and hated in-app purchases.
It is dubbed in English and subtitled in English , French,
Italian, German,
Spanish and Swedish.