Titan VG Edition - (Valley Games, Inc.)
Awarded "Best War/Tactical Battle Game App" of 2011 by BoardGameGeek!
The epic struggle for domination is now available for the iPad!
Players take the role of a Titan, moving through the constantly changing terrain of the Land with Legions of Ogres, Gargoyles and other monsters of myth and legend. Players move their Legions along specific pathways recruiting creatures to their side and using those Legions to battle their opponents. Battles then take place on separate terrain maps where only the strongest survive!
This classic strategy game supports 2-6 players. The iPad app supports both Local games, with any mix of humans and AI, and Online games against remote opponents.
Want to learn more? Check out our introductory tutorial at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-I-5BJy7UU, also included in-game.
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So...tell us about the game this is trying to simulate, and as an old pro, how does the AI hold up?
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Been a long time player of Titan, and its computer version Colossus, and this seems a good port.
Fun so far and the AI seems fine, but I'm just in my first game.
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The great thing about this board game for me has always been the strategic overview contrasted with the tactical battles in the individual hexes.
So far it seems a great implementation, though the menus seem a tiny bit slow when doing things like recruiting.
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Any tutorial?
No but there are pretty detailed instructions, from what I've heard, that are easy to bring up at any point in play.
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OH
MY
GOD
(as stated in the 'wrong' thread

)
I've still got my AH copy.
This is a fantastic serious wargame with two main parts - you start by roaming the world map building your forces, and when two armies meet you pull out the appropriate mapsheet and play a turn-based battle on it. Survivors return to the world map.
A major twist is that YOU are on the board somewhere as a titan and if that piece is eliminated, you are out of the game. This is both very cool and the worst part of the game - in a 6-player game that can last half a day, it's a real bummer when you end up sitting out because you've been eliminated. Online play and/or games against the AI will help that a lot.
I'm both short of funds and lacking an iPad of my own at the moment, else I'd have instabought this at pretty much any price, it's an amazing game that I have probably spent months of my life playing. Aside from the Archon games on the PC, I can't think of anything else quite like it.
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Squids!?
Worst idea ever!
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OH
MY
GOD
(as stated in the 'wrong' thread

)
I've still got my AH copy.
This is a fantastic serious wargame with two main parts - you start by roaming the world map building your forces, and when two armies meet you pull out the appropriate mapsheet and play a turn-based battle on it. Survivors return to the world map.
A major twist is that YOU are on the board somewhere as a titan and if that piece is eliminated, you are out of the game. This is both very cool and the worst part of the game - in a 6-player game that can last half a day, it's a real bummer when you end up sitting out because you've been eliminated. Online play and/or games against the AI will help that a lot.
I'm both short of funds and lacking an iPad of my own at the moment, else I'd have instabought this at pretty much any price, it's an amazing game that I have probably spent months of my life playing. Aside from the Archon games on the PC, I can't think of anything else quite like it.
I'll probably get it as it has been one of those board games I always wanted to learn how to play since my early days of gaming but never had a chance. I just hope the dev adds some Single Player vs. AI related stats.
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Cool, looks a bit like Neuroshima Hex, that I LOVE! More impressions please!
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There is quite the discussion developing over at BGG. There is some criticism that the learning curve for newbies is almost vertical.
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There is some criticism that the learning curve for newbies is almost vertical.
Oh, it is. I would
not recommend this app for newcomers. Not at any price.
OTOH, veteran players seem to love it. So the developers apparently did a very good job with it.
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Oh, it is. I would not recommend this app for newcomers. Not at any price.
OTOH, veteran players seem to love it. So the developers apparently did a very good job with it.
Well, if the app is done well, the other is fixable. I would guess that with as many huge fans as the game has, someone is going to come along a do a video tutorial, whether from VG or otherwise.