Galaxy on Fire 2 HD (Universal) By Fishlabs

[fishlabs_games]

Originally Posted by BrEaKBEaT

Couldn't agree with that more. Keith over pronounces EVERY line! I'd suggest Fishlabs pop into their local Tesco next time, where they'll find at least 10 people who could do a better job.

On topic, GOF2 is a fantastic game. The visuals blew me away when I first got it for my iphone, then later on iPad 2, where I completed it and bought the addon..... with that in mind, I do feel let down that I'd have to pay full whack again to experience the GFX upgrade. Surely there's a way to give existing GOF2 owners the game at a reduced rate??

Hi Breakbeat, many thanks for buying GOF2 and Valkyrie and glad to hear you liked it. We will give guys like you who have already purchased Valykrie the HD version of the add-on for free when it hits the streets in Q1 2012. Technically there is no way to give a discount on an app and to release GOF2 HD as an update with IAP would have not worked either as we don't have the Valkyrie assets in HD quality yet. Please keep in mind this not only a Retina display update, which indeed should be free, but a five man-years investment.

Besides, Keith's voice in the trailer is indeed from our Sound Engineer as we did the trailer when we had not recorded the professional speakers yet. We demoed this to some US guys and they thought we can get away with this but oboviously we did not ;-)

CHeers,
Michael

[RayZZoo]

I understand your opinion,fishlabs_games.

But I don't understand how there is a way to give free HD version of Valkyrie for the old buyers, and not to give free (or to do a discount at least) for the old buyers of the normal version.

I'm lost

[BrEaKBEaT]

Originally Posted by RayZZoo

But I don't understand how there is a way to give free HD version of Valkyrie for the old buyers, and not to give free (or to do a discount at least) for the old buyers of the normal version.

I'm lost

Me too, as that'd imply there's a way to see which itunes accounts have bought the game etc. Or perhaps it'll be a redeem scheme... whichever way, I'd have rather had that on the 'new' game rather than addon.

The flipside though, and thanks for your reply Fishlabs... is that it's a game / developer worth supporting. £6.99 doesn't even buy me two pints at my local, and it's a heck of a lot cheaper than the £40 I wasted on Deus Ex recently.

Valkyrie for free is a good gesture regardless, so I may well buy again.

btw; I was referring to Keith's in-game voice, not the trailer. Your sound engineer probably did a much better job, and probably doesn't have a voice that makes you want to punch him repeatedly

[fishlabs_games]

This would require a license server on our side. We also considering to give Valkyrie HD away for free for all GOF2 users as the license server might be just too much work. With GOF2 HD installed on the device the app can detect if GOF2 (SD) has been installed previously. If TRUE Valkyrie HD will be unlocked automatically after the fee updated has been installed. Obviously, this won't work if GOF2 HD is not on the device. Hence, we can't give a discount on GOF2 HD for GOF2 SD users in the first place.

[Maniacfive]

Enough with all the iPad 2 owners! Jeez! Please someone, tell us 4S owners how it looks!

Is the lack of AA that noticeable on the smaller screen? 64gb to fill with awesomeness, I'm certainly tempted to rebuy and play through again. £6.99 is still cheaper than a 1200 microsoft point DLC for an a xbox game, and will provide much longer lasting entertainment than the 5-6 hours you usually get from that.

Originally Posted by BrEaKBEaT

a lot cheaper than the £40 I wasted on Deus Ex recently.

Wasted? We're you playing a different Deus Ex? It's the best Deus Ex since, well, Deus Ex.

[RayZZoo]

Originally Posted by fishlabs_games

This would require a license server on our side. We also considering to give Valkyrie HD away for free for all GOF2 users as the license server might be just too much work. With GOF2 HD installed on the device the app can detect if GOF2 (SD) has been installed previously. If TRUE Valkyrie HD will be unlocked automatically after the fee updated has been installed. Obviously, this won't work if GOF2 HD is not on the device. Hence, we can't give a discount on GOF2 HD for GOF2 SD users in the first place.

Thanks for the explanation... it is logical.

So, it would be possible to release a "lite" or "free" HD version, with a full unlock by IAP which could recognize that the normal version has already been bought

Just a "lite" version would be usefull for the people who are not sure that the additional amount for the HD is worth.

I'm just dreaming

[fishlabs_games]

Yep, that would work too. However, many iOS users don't like to unlock a full game via IAP and we would have just another version to maintain with updates (bug fixing, HD add-ons) which is very tideous and complicated to communicate as well. It is already also very confusing for many users with all the different versions of GOF which is why we decided not to have a lite HD version on top of that. At least we never did separate builds for iPhone and pseudo HD versions on iPad.

[BrEaKBEaT]

Originally Posted by Maniacfive

Wasted? We're you playing a different Deus Ex? It's the best Deus Ex since, well, Deus Ex.

I'm sure it's great for some, but I found the ai to be inexcusably stupid, and that kinda ruined things for me. Still, I learnt a valuable lesson... never buy things out of boredom!

With GOF2 HD installed on the device the app can detect if GOF2 (SD) has been installed previously.

Cool, I get it. Look forward to playing through again at some point.

[soldat7]

Is anti-aliasing in the cards for a future update?

[fishlabs_games]

Well, implementing AA seems to be unlikely as the assets are just too demanding for this. However, it's the RIM shader that causes the fine white jaggies most people complain about and we are currently looking into reducing the effect...