EDIT 2: Looks like its out in NZ again on 12th of Feb. Price is showing up as free now. Should be out in US at 11 EST (unless it disappears again) ===================================== EDIT The Game showed up in New Zealand store for a bit but then got pulled soon after. So moved the thread to upcoming games forum. Here's the description/screenshots which showed up while it was in the NZ store... ===================================== Retina ScreenShots (click to enlarge) Download The FreeAppADay Store App And Wish For More Top Rated Paid Apps Like Buddy Rush To Become Free For A Day! ====================================== Launching Event-Only for 7 days! Play and get 40 Chips and 10 Stamina! (Worth $5 USD and you can buy game items with it!) ====================================== Get ready for the best FREE dungeon crawler ever! Create a character, grab a Buddy (or two) from your friends’ character lineup, and go forth on Missions as you thwack ugly Oblins and other creepy-crawlies! Buddy Rush is a cross-platform, single-player, action role-playing game (RPG) developed for Facebook. Connect with your Facebook account and play through your internet browser or on your iPhone and/or iPod touch (coming soon iPad). You’ll adventure through a beautifully rendered 3D world, taking along buddies that aren’t just generic NPCs – they’re computer-controlled characters that your Facebook Friends have created! Earn experience points for Buddies just for bringing them along on Missions, and earn experience points for your own character just for getting taken along in your friends’ own adventures! The full FREE game features: - A cute isometric 3D world to grab loot and level up in! - 7 customizable characters: Choose a class and customize outfits, armor and weapons to help improve your character’s talents and increase the chance that your friends will select your Buddy for their next Mission! - Play with your friends’ Buddy character: Form groups for Missions and Dungeons by selecting from Facebook friends’ existing Buddies. Reward their Buddy with experience for bringing them along and they’ll return the favor by inviting your Buddy for their own adventures! - 5 different Chapters and 40 Missions: Each Chapter presents a new environment and soundtrack, with fresh objectives, monsters and bosses to overcome. - Over 1000 items: Earn items that make your Buddy stronger by completing challenging Missions, Dungeons and Challenges, or by purchasing in the store. Coming Soon! More Chapters, Missions, Characters and Gear, and for the iPad. Like and Play us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/buddyrush Watch us on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/buddyrush Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/buddyrush Tell your friends and get more Buddies to play with! Click the arrow next to “Free App” in the iTunes App Store and select “Tell a Friend” from the dropdown options. For the latest news and updates, visit: http://buddyrush.sollmo.com/ To receive game support, please email: contact [@] sollmo.com Buddy Rush ® --------------------------------------------MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:iPhone 4 / iPhone 3GS / iPod Touch 4 / iPad Free Buy Now Watch Media Details--------------------------------------------MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:iPhone 4 / iPhone 3GS / iPod Touch 4 / iPad--------------------------------------------“… bright graphics, excellent sound, good sense of humor, and vast re-playability will keep fans of the genre happy for some time." – 148Apps"…the brightly coloured world… is endearing… it's fun to pop into for a quick mission." – Pocket Gamer"It plays and looks great, it has plenty of content and charm, and you can play it wherever you are, be it on your desktop or your phone.” - GamezeboGet ready for the best FREE dungeon crawler ever! Create a character, grab a Buddy (or two) from your friends’ character lineup, and go forth on Missions as you thwack ugly Oblins and other creepy-crawlies! Buddy Rush is a cross-platform, single-player, action role-playing game (RPG) developed for Facebook.Connect with your Facebook account and play through your internet browser or on your iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. You’ll adventure through a beautifully rendered 3D world, taking along buddies that aren’t just generic NPCs – they’re computer-controlled characters that your Facebook Friends have created! Earn experience points for Buddies just for bringing them along on Missions, and earn experience points for your own character just for getting taken along in your friends’ own adventures! The full FREE game features:- A cute isometric 3D world to grab loot and level up in!- 16 customizable characters: Choose a class and customize outfits, armor and weapons to help improve your character’s talents and increase the chance that your friends will select your Buddy for their next Mission!- Play with your friends’ Buddy character: Form groups for Missions and Dungeons by selecting from Facebook friends’ existing Buddies. Reward their Buddy with experience for bringing them along and they’ll return the favor by inviting your Buddy for their own adventures!- 11 different Chapters and 104 Missions: Each Chapter presents a new environment and soundtrack, with fresh objectives, monsters and bosses to overcome.- Over 2000 items: Earn items that make your Buddy stronger by completing challenging Missions, Dungeons and Challenges, or by purchasing in the store.Coming Soon! More Chapters, Missions, Characters and Gears.Like and Play us on Facebook:http://www.facebook.com/buddyrushWatch us on YouTube:http://www.youtube.com/user/buddyrushFollow us on Twitter:http://twitter.com/buddyrush Tell your friends and get more Buddies to play with!Click the arrow next to “Free App” in the iTunes App Store and select “Tell a Friend” from the dropdown options. Information Seller: Genre:Action, Role Playing Release:Feb 12, 2011 Updated:Nov 30, -0001 Version: Size:0.0 TouchArcade Rating:Unrated User Rating: (1) Your Rating:unrated Compatibility:HD Universal Subscribe to the TouchArcade YouTube channel ojtitus Well-Known Member Jul 7, 2010 3,228 5 38 Male Canton, Ohio #2 ojtitus, Feb 10, 2011 So if you aren't actually playing with your friends but rather bots controlling your friends characters, do you have to be online in order to play this? Howlingwolf Well-Known Member Feb 18, 2010 2,208 0 0 Uk #3 Howlingwolf, Feb 10, 2011 Looks like a pretty neat idea will be interesting too see what the pricing will actually be Gabrien Well-Known Member Nov 24, 2009 5,148 0 36 #4 Gabrien, Feb 10, 2011 I saw this at the Aus store a couple of days ago actually for $4. Checked now and looks like it's been pulled. I'd say that points to a "Free" release. dalbertson Well-Known Member Jan 25, 2011 485 2 18 #5 dalbertson, Feb 10, 2011 Looks awesome! Doesn't seem to be much excitement around this. WunDaii Well-Known Member Apr 13, 2009 2,674 10 36 http://touchaholics.com/ #6 WunDaii, Feb 10, 2011 This is confusing. So is it cross-platform, like iPhone players can play with iPad users AND PC/Mac users? It says you can play this in your internet browser. Also, is the iPad version out? It says it's coming soon, but the trailer suggests otherwise. AND, is this an MMO? Is it online, so you can play with multiple friends? It says they're computer-controlled. LOLWUT. jsrco Well-Known Member Patreon Silver Oct 15, 2009 2,134 1 38 Coordinator Seattle https://www.Fatthunder.com #7 jsrco, Feb 10, 2011 So do you need facebook? Cause that would be stupid. New England Gamer Moderator Staff Member Patreon Silver Patreon Gold Patreon Bronze Jul 30, 2009 6,143 1 0 #8 New England Gamer, Feb 10, 2011 It seems they have to be playing the Facebook version - but how you interact is puzzling. There are several contradictory statements. It also says it is free for FreeAppADay but then in the description it goes on to say the full FREE version yada yada yada. I am joining you all in the befuddled category. The thing that is worrisome to me are the controls - if you watch the video it seems like it is all touch to move with commands at the bottom of the screen so you are constantly moving all over to control your character. And if that is a seasoned player - as in someone who has experience with the controls - what will that say for a learning curve for new players? I guess bottom line I can try anything for free if it releases as such, to experiment around; but with uncertainties, if it has a price then I will wait for much more in depth impressions. WunDaii Well-Known Member Apr 13, 2009 2,674 10 36 http://touchaholics.com/ #9 WunDaii, Feb 10, 2011 Stupid? I don't think you know how many people have Facebook. Especially social gamers. WunDaii Well-Known Member Apr 13, 2009 2,674 10 36 http://touchaholics.com/ #10 WunDaii, Feb 10, 2011 Hmm... I'll check it out if it lands here for free tomorrow. dhgamer Well-Known Member Dec 25, 2008 364 0 16 New York #11 dhgamer, Feb 10, 2011 There's a ton of info here... Play guide Actually looks pretty cool although I'm a sucker for these kinds of games. jsrco Well-Known Member Patreon Silver Oct 15, 2009 2,134 1 38 Coordinator Seattle https://www.Fatthunder.com #12 jsrco, Feb 11, 2011 I don't think you realize how many gamers do not have facebook. Becasue it is still a large number, and setting a requirement to an alternative source for a game limits the amount of people that can have access to it. I am totally cool with it having fb implementations and even a bonus if you do use it. But not being able to access it because you do not use fb is a huge problem. Nekcik Well-Known Member Sep 18, 2009 870 0 0 Aiken, South Carolina #13 Nekcik, Feb 11, 2011 This was removed from the NZ store , Wonder if this is still coming out tonight. ojtitus Well-Known Member Jul 7, 2010 3,228 5 38 Male Canton, Ohio #14 ojtitus, Feb 11, 2011 I don't think it's being released tonight. K?! Well-Known Member Nov 5, 2010 1,366 0 0 alea iacta est #15 K?!, Feb 11, 2011 Online ruins games if not well implemented. Will se how this works out. New England Gamer Moderator Staff Member Patreon Silver Patreon Gold Patreon Bronze Jul 30, 2009 6,143 1 0 #16 New England Gamer, Feb 11, 2011 Found this article that explains the game a little more. The thing that jumped out at me from it was that online play is not synchronous. So not sure how that can be cooperative - you "borrow" friend's avatars? Little confused by that. And the big one - missions use up stamina that only slowly replenishes over time. Sounds like that is where the IAP comes in to play since you can purchase vials or potions or something like that to replenish that. The article describes it in Facebook terms of using Facebook credits to get the potions. But can't find any indication why this was not released or what the deal is. strivemind Well-Known Member Aug 11, 2010 2,784 2 38 Designer Ottawa, Canada http://www.strivemind.com/ #17 strivemind, Feb 11, 2011 Probably like Gun Bros. you draft a friends character to be played by the AI. The added party member helps you tackle bigger challenges, and your friend gets a % of the experience/loot. ImNoSuperMan Well-Known Member Jun 28, 2009 10,506 19 0 #18 ImNoSuperMan, Feb 11, 2011 Ya, looks like it got pulled already. Probably an accidental release. Moving the thread to upcoming games now coz I have no idea when it'll be out. Dazarath Well-Known Member Mar 21, 2010 1,745 0 36 #19 Dazarath, Feb 11, 2011 I am too. Kind of sad that it got pulled. =/ Dazarath Well-Known Member Mar 21, 2010 1,745 0 36 #20 Dazarath, Feb 11, 2011 From their Facebook page: Let's hope it's accurate. 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So if you aren't actually playing with your friends but rather bots controlling your friends characters, do you have to be online in order to play this?
I saw this at the Aus store a couple of days ago actually for $4. Checked now and looks like it's been pulled. I'd say that points to a "Free" release.
This is confusing. So is it cross-platform, like iPhone players can play with iPad users AND PC/Mac users? It says you can play this in your internet browser. Also, is the iPad version out? It says it's coming soon, but the trailer suggests otherwise. AND, is this an MMO? Is it online, so you can play with multiple friends? It says they're computer-controlled. LOLWUT.
It seems they have to be playing the Facebook version - but how you interact is puzzling. There are several contradictory statements. It also says it is free for FreeAppADay but then in the description it goes on to say the full FREE version yada yada yada. I am joining you all in the befuddled category. The thing that is worrisome to me are the controls - if you watch the video it seems like it is all touch to move with commands at the bottom of the screen so you are constantly moving all over to control your character. And if that is a seasoned player - as in someone who has experience with the controls - what will that say for a learning curve for new players? I guess bottom line I can try anything for free if it releases as such, to experiment around; but with uncertainties, if it has a price then I will wait for much more in depth impressions.
There's a ton of info here... Play guide Actually looks pretty cool although I'm a sucker for these kinds of games.
I don't think you realize how many gamers do not have facebook. Becasue it is still a large number, and setting a requirement to an alternative source for a game limits the amount of people that can have access to it. I am totally cool with it having fb implementations and even a bonus if you do use it. But not being able to access it because you do not use fb is a huge problem.
Found this article that explains the game a little more. The thing that jumped out at me from it was that online play is not synchronous. So not sure how that can be cooperative - you "borrow" friend's avatars? Little confused by that. And the big one - missions use up stamina that only slowly replenishes over time. Sounds like that is where the IAP comes in to play since you can purchase vials or potions or something like that to replenish that. The article describes it in Facebook terms of using Facebook credits to get the potions. But can't find any indication why this was not released or what the deal is.
Probably like Gun Bros. you draft a friends character to be played by the AI. The added party member helps you tackle bigger challenges, and your friend gets a % of the experience/loot.
Ya, looks like it got pulled already. Probably an accidental release. Moving the thread to upcoming games now coz I have no idea when it'll be out.
