Best most polished shooters available.

[cranker]

I have just picked up Geo Geo wars which I realy enjoy. The controls and graphics are great and it uses openfeint which is a bonus. I also played the lite version of Cell War and have mixed feelings, it does seem like a good game but as much as I find the controls descent, I wish there was an option for touch controls and I like a game that has a really nice global high scores list. (openfeint or similar or just something really crisp and nicely laid out)


What is youe favorite shooter out there keeping in mind graphics, global high scores, great control, and just overall polish.

[rustyjaw]

I have just picked up Geo Geo wars which I realy enjoy. The controls and graphics are great and it uses openfeint which is a bonus. I also played the lite version of Cell War and have mixed feelings, it does seem like a good game but as much as I find the controls descent, I wish there was an option for touch controls and I like a game that has a really nice global high scores list. (openfeint or similar or just something really crisp and nicely laid out)


What is youe favorite shooter out there keeping in mind graphics, global high scores, great control, and just overall polish.

It's funny, I was JUST playing Cell War lite, and saying the same thing to myself. That the graphics and animations are just shy of being great.

As far as the best, I think it's Meteor Blitz.

[cranker]

It's funny, I was JUST playing Cell War lite, and saying the same thing to myself. That the graphics and animations are just shy of being great.

As far as the best, I think Meteor Blitz is it.


I played the game and did not pick it up when it was on sale for .99. maybe I need to give it another look but I prefer touch controls over virtual pads. I really enjoy the graphics and control of geogeo wars, go me thinking about shooters again.

[LBG]

circuit_strike.one and pew pew.

[S.I.D. CrAzY]

My favorites are:

Meteor Blitz
GeoFighter
Isotope
Nano Fighter
Space Invaders Infinity Gene

iDodge: Space Ninja is awesome as well, but there is no shooting involved, so it's not really a shooter :) Still recommend it though.

[Palfince]

Meteor Blitz, it's incredibly polished and a lot of fun. It's also perfect for pick up and play gameplay because of it's almost instant start and save mechanic.

[cranker]

I will check those out :)

What about shooters with touch controls specifically ?

[wootbean]

definitely space ninja
and space invaders

[cranker]

Does space invaders use touch control?

[wootbean]

Does space invaders use touch control?

space invaders uses touch control

[cranker]

My favorites are:

Meteor Blitz
GeoFighter
Isotope
Nano Fighter
Space Invaders Infinity Gene

iDodge: Space Ninja is awesome as well, but there is no shooting involved, so it's not really a shooter :) Still recommend it though.

Which of these games use touch control ?

[S.I.D. CrAzY]

Which of these games use touch control ?

All of them(with a slight exception for iDodge).

Dual stick touch controls:
Meteor Blitz
GeoFighter
Isotope
Nano Fighter

One finger on screen to control the ship:
Space Invaders Infinity Gene

Tilt to move around, but touch to go into "slo-mo" mode
iDodge: Space Ninja

[AaronAMV]

GeoGeo Wars is pretty great...

[cranker]

GeoGeo Wars is pretty great...



I love it :)

I played the lite version of meteor Blitz to see what the fuss was about and thought I remember it being controlled with virtual sticks ( I habve trouble with virtual sticks or pads or whatever they are)..........maybe not...or maybe there is a touch control option............so many games :)


maybe i should start with space invaders infinity gene ..........been waiting for a sale on that one ! probably won't happen, at least for a while.

[S.I.D. CrAzY]

Is dual stick not touch control? I mean you ARE touching..lol.

[cranker]

Is dual stick not touch control? I mean you ARE touching..lol.



I know, my mistake. I meant games like geogeo wars where you can touch anywhere on the screen. I think that space invaders infinity gene also controls like that too.

Castle of magic ruined virtual pads for me :( Nice looking game but the control was :( for me.

[S.I.D. CrAzY]

I didn't like COM's controls either, but I enjoyed all the games I listed and yep Space Invaders does controls like you mention.

You might wanna pick that up.

And I don't know if this changes anything, but for Isotope the dual sticks appear wherever you put your thumbs and for iDodge you can touch anywhere in the screen to go into slow mo. Which plays a vital role in the game, especially when you get into further levels. The actual ship is controlled via tilt though, but I can't say enough nice things about the game and I usually hate tilt controls.

[cranker]

I will look into all of those games. thanks for the info :)

I thought that space invaders was all hype but it seems like it's a really good game. Are there Global high scores in it ?


I just picked up Chalk Fighter by the way and I find it very fun (free for 24 hrs)

[S.I.D. CrAzY]

I'm pretty sure it doesn't have global high scores.

[cranker]

Too bad. Does it at least have local high scores? and are the levels where you play your own songs really good ?

[S.I.D. CrAzY]

It save your high score for each level. The levels where you play your own songs are good, well some of them. Of course they depend on the song you're playing, but some of them can get really chaotic(in a good way), it my favorite thing about the game.

High scores aren't saved on your music levels though. I think it was proven awhile ago that it doesn't actually follow the beat of the song, it just makes a complete random level based on the song data.

So if you were to name two completely different songs with the same song data, the level the game generates would be the same.

[debtOFskittles]

I love it :)

I played the lite version of meteor Blitz to see what the fuss was about and thought I remember it being controlled with virtual sticks ( I habve trouble with virtual sticks or pads or whatever they are)..........maybe not...or maybe there is a touch control option............so many games :)


maybe i should start with space invaders infinity gene ..........been waiting for a sale on that one ! probably won't happen, at least for a while.

Yeah its dual stick... meteor blitz is definitely the best shooter out there. It's deliciously tough.

[lazrhog]

You should pick up noiz2sa free too. Firstly it's a kenta cho classic, and secondly it's the full game completely free :-)

[Kerrby]

I really like Modern Combat: Sandstorm, now that's a really polished game.

[Dark_Messenger]

I have not played supermany iphonegames but of those i have tried, i think meteor blitz counts as no 1 regarding control. Graphix is also awesome. Arkanoid and space invaders is really good also. =)

It really annoys me that controls seem to be so far down the priorityladder for devs. Dont they realize that its the controls that often make or break a game?