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This is a continuation of this previous thread. Since it was getting very close to the 5,000 thread mark, I figured it was time for a reset.

Post any deals you find, recommendations, requests for deals, etc. Please keep things as civil as possible. There's no such thing as a bad deal post and reviews are opinions.


Games in the App store are constantly going on sale. While I originally posted games and prices in this post, it's become almost impossible to keep up with it all. Feel free to post in this topic on good deals and games you enjoy. Developers are also encouraged to join in, especially if they are running promos or sales.

If you want to check out a particular game, try the following review sites, or ask in here so fellow CAG's can assist you.

Price Drop Sites

• 148 Apps
• App Shopper iOS / App Shopper Mac
• Free App Alert
• Touch Arcade
• Free App A Day

App & Game Review Sites

• IGN Wireless
• MacLife iPad
• MacLife iPod/iPhone
• Slide to Play
• Touch Arcade
• Touch Gen
• TUAW Games

Free App offers from Developers
• Get a free copy of the Number Fill app for iOS by sending an email to [email protected] with subject "iOSApp:" (while supplies last).

YouTube Video Reviews

• iPad Game Reviews
• iPhone\iPod Touch Game Reviews

Apple Game Center
Apple Game Center allows you to keep a friends list, track your in game achievements, and compare with your friends. Many games are starting to support this. Currently this only runs on iPod & iPhone, but an update will be coming soon that enables this for iPad users.

Make sure to checkout the official CAG Game Center Exchange Thread. You can post your game center name and see the names of your favorite CAG'rs. You can also exchange OpenFeint & Plus+ names there.

ITUNES GIFT CARD SALES
Gamestop: 6/8 to 6/14, $25 iTunes gift card for $20

Important Notes:

1. Make sure to check for periodic updates either in iTunes or on your iOS devices. For each release of new firmware, there's usually a bunch of games updated right afterward.

2. Some applications also go on sale by their authors when they reach 1 million download and similar milestones.

3. Apps often have specials the day before, during, and after holidays, regardless if said game/app is related to the holiday.

4. Newly released apps will often have a % or dollar amount off for a limited period of time to gain a large following quicker. While browsing the app store you can go to a particular type or genre and order according to release date. This can make finding new app discounts faster.

5. Make sure to backup your purchases in iTunes to CD/DVD for safe keeping. You can do this by clicking File-->Library-->Backup to Disc. Then choose all purchases, applications only, and full or incremental backup. How often is up to you, but I do this monthly, or more often if I buy a lot of apps.

6. Apps can be re-downloaded without incurring an extra charge if you previously purchased it. This is good if you have a crash and forget to backup your purchases. I don't know if this is a permanent feature so backing up regularly is still important.

7. I strongly advise not to buy iTunes Gift Cards by 3rd parties unless you know they can be trusted. Retail stores, receiving cards as gifts, etc are the best ways. There are many credit card scams, stolen cards, hacked cards going around, especially on Ebay.

8. If you are the victim of a iTunes Card scam or get your account locked due to one not all hope is lost. Apple has been fairly lenient on these issues. Call Apple directly at 1-800-MY-APPLE or check the iTunes Store support page. Also going to your local Apple Store to discuss it can help. The account locking is an automated process and can be reversed. This can take time so be cautious if you use gift cards from 3rd party sources.

9. If you somehow break your iOS device, you have some options. If you bought the Applecare warranty it should be covered for most items. If your Applecare ran out or you don't have one, try using one of the repair guides on iFixit to repair it yourself. Apple Stores have been known to give discounts if you bring in a iOS device that they will not fix since it's not in warranty. This discount however is very small.

10. Using a screen protector can extend the life of your device. Most stores carry these, but they can be hard to install. The best I have personally used are made by a company called Power Support. They have both clear and anti-glare protectors. They are easier to install because the protector is a firm yet thin piece of plastic. Two come in a pack, average price I've seen is $20. Griffin Technologies and Zagg are also very good.

11. Universal Apps have a small plus sign in the upper left corner next to their price. They can be played natively on both the iPad and iPod/iPhone. iPhone games that are not universal can still be played on the iPad with a lower resolution. Non universal iPad games cannot be played on the iPhone.


Recommended Games by Genre
Feel free to add games, genres or move titles as needed. This list is to give CAGs a chance to catch up on missed high-quality games and to get new users started on "can't miss" titles to download for their new idevice. Underlined titles are universal (ipad and iphone/ipod touch). Italic are iPad only.

Casual - Tiny Wings, Angry Birds, Doodle Jump, Fruit Ninja, Cut the Rope. World of Goo, Osmos, Bird Strike - GOLD EDITION, Parachute Ninja, Pilot Winds, Depict, Flight Control, Time Geeks: Find All!, Bird Zapper!, Tapper World Tour, Amazing Breaker
Shooter - Tilt to Live, Galaxy on Fire 2, Espgaluda II, Dodonpachi Resurrection, Space Miner: Space Ore Bust, Radiant, Warblade, MetalStorm: Online, Minotron 2112
F/TPS/Action - Shadowgun, N.O.V.A., N.O.V.A. 2, Infinity Blade, Modern Combat 2: Black Pegasus, Dead Space, Shadow Guardian
Dual-Stick Shooter - Age of Zombies, Minigore, Solomon's Keep, Solomon's Boneyard
Action/Arcade - Jet Ball, Super Mega Worm, Zombie Highway, Pac-Man Championship Edition, Plunderland
Adventure - Super Brothers: Sword & Sworcery EP, Broken Sword: Director's Cut, Broken Sword - The Smoking Mirror Remastered, The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition, Monkey Island 2 Special Edition, Sam & Max Episode 1, Scarlett and the Spark of Life, Back to the Future Ep 1 HD, Back to the Future Ep 2 HD
Platformer - League of Evil, Mirror's Edge, Kami Retro, Pix'n Love Rush, Soosiz, Fastar!, Frogatto, Rolando, Rolando 2, Creepy Caverns, :Shift:, Robot Wants Kitty, Perfect Cell, Beyond Ynth, Spider: The Secret of Bryce Manor, Hoggy, Edge
Endless Runner - Hook Champ, Super QuickHook, Hook Worlds, Monster Dash, Solipskier, Robot Unicorn Attack, Inspector Gadget's MAD Dash, Run Like Hell! Deluxe
Tower Defense - Plants vs. Zombies, Holy Moly Dragons, Defender Chronicles, iBomber Defense, The Creeps!, Geodefense, Geodefense Swarm, Epic War TD, Sentinel Mars Defense, Sentinel Earth Defense, Sentinel Homeworld, Guns'n'Glory, TowerMadness
 RPG - Zenonia, Zenonia 2, Zenonia 3, Battleheart, Dungeon Hunter I & II, Across Age, Chaos Rings, Sacred Odyssey, Eternal Legacy, Secret of Mana (yes, that Secret of Mana :D), 100 Rogues
Puzzle - Azkend, Sparkle, Bejeweled 2, Dungeon Raid, Drop7, Puzzle Agent, Trainyard, Puzzle Quest 2, Crosslogic, bitFLIP, Love Battle Princess, Heroes of Kalevala, Antrim Escape 1/2
Card/Dice - Sword & Poker 1 & 2, World Series of Poker Hold'em Legend
Sim - Game Dev Story, Hot Springs Story, Sims: Ambitions
Strategy - Civilization Revolution, Trenches, Crystal War, Legendary Wars
Sports - NBA Jam, Backbreaker Football, Backbreaker 2, Flick Kick Field Goal
Fighting - Street Fighter IV, King of Fighters-i002
Racing - Asphalt 6, Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit, Need for Speed: Shift, Real Racing 2, Reckless Racing, Disc Drivin', Jet Car Stunts, Death Rally, Tires of Fury
Time Management - My Kingdom for the Princess 1 & 2, Hotel Mogul, Airport Mania, Roads of Rome HD
Board Games -Small World, Carcassonne, Catan, Words With Friends, Reiner Knizia's Samurai, Neuroshima Hex
Trivia - MovieCat, You Don't Know Jack
Hidden Object - Little Things, Pictureka
Non-Game Essentials - Appshopper, Atomic Web Browser, Stanza, CloudReaders, Flipbook, TuneIn Radio Pro, Dropbox, Air Video+, Evernote, Video Stream, mBox Mail, Genius Scan, Urban Spoon, Documents To Go Premium
 
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The gameloft fathers day sale includes the iPad versions of these games at $.99 - are any of the iPad versions especially good? I'm specifically considering Gangstar 2 and Spiderman

Thanks!
 
Still thinking about Chaos & Order. By the way, keep in mind that there's a sub.

Gameloft’s latest release is called Order & Chaos Online – and is their iOS answer to World of Warcraft (WoW). It just hit the App Store and comes with a $6.99 (universal) price tag. That’s not too bad for an iOS game, but you’ll also need to pay a subscription fee. You get three months free when you first login, and to continue playing after that you’ll have to pay $0.99 per month, $1.99 for three months, or $2.99 for six months.
 
I forgot about the subscription part. Well, I guess I'll get at least 3 months out of it. But now I'm also really hesitant to fire it up because I may not be able to put the time into it yet to make it not feel like I wasted some money. So I guess I'll be holding off on it. Stupid subscription games. Oh well.
 
[quote name='crunchewy']I forgot about the subscription part. Well, I guess I'll get at least 3 months out of it. But now I'm also really hesitant to fire it up because I may not be able to put the time into it yet to make it not feel like I wasted some money. So I guess I'll be holding off on it. Stupid subscription games. Oh well.[/QUOTE]

holy christ, it's 9 months of gaming for 4 dollars. You can't get your moneys worth out of that?
 
4 bucks for a 6 month mmo sub is incredibly cheap. That being said, I doubt you will keep on playing this game for more than a few weeks unless its changed. The game has a very solid foundation but gets dull after a while because there isnt much to do other then quest and grind and all the quests are very similar. I never got to the level cap, but from what Ive read there is nothing really to do once you get there. I still think you can get a ton of game play out of it before it gets old. It is a good value for a buck, I just dont think the experience lasts for months/yrs like Warcraft or other mmos(at least in its present form).
 
[quote name='HerbFoster']holy christ, it's 9 months of gaming for 4 dollars. You can't get your moneys worth out of that?[/QUOTE]

Uh. What if I fired it up, played it for 10 minutes, then didn't get back to it for half a year? I've got games I've downloaded and even bought that are like that. :)

Not a game, but Maven Web Browser has gone free and seems to have good reviews:

http://appshopper.com/productivity/maven-web-browser
 
[quote name='PrarieD0G']Egg vs. Chicken is free for the first time and highly reviewed.

Edit: oh, beaten. oh well, heh.[/QUOTE]

There seems to be a lot of complaints in recent reviews that this has moved even further to push IAP (which sucks for those who paid for it). Still will probably download to give it a shot for free.

EDIT: According to a TA thread, the game takes up about 300 MB of space after install. And with all the IAP complaints, I'll pass on this one. Have an 8GB so gotta set priorities.
 
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[quote name='DtotheP']Don't get mad

Army of Darkness Defense - Free[/QUOTE]
Perfect! I'm glad I waited on this one. I had a feeling it might go free. I just didn't think it would happen quite so quickly. The HD version is also available for FREE for your iPad enjoyment.
 
[quote name='jimrome27']Spiderman for a buck is a steal. Having a blast with it. I just can't get pass through the 2nd boss.[/QUOTE]

Good old Rhino. That's the biggest problem with the game, insane difficulty spikes, I never did make it passed the second boss before I moved on to other games.
 
[quote name='Dimsdale']Perfect! I'm glad I waited on this one. I had a feeling it might go free. I just didn't think it would happen quite so quickly. The HD version is also available for FREE for your iPad enjoyment.[/QUOTE]

Have you started to get a sixth sense for Apps that will go free too? I swear I can tell when a new app is going to drop to $1 or free soon after its release.
 
[quote name='mang9432']wow, continuity 2 looks awesome. comes out june 23rd for $0.99 +app

def be day 1 purchase for me[/QUOTE]
That does look pretty cool. Thanks for the heads up.
 
[quote name='prayformojo']Good old Rhino. That's the biggest problem with the game, insane difficulty spikes, I never did make it passed the second boss before I moved on to other games.[/QUOTE]

I got stuck forever as well and looked up the strategy online. You need to be near a wall and dodge when he's charging. He'll hit the wall and get dizzy and you can attack him easily then. He'll eventually stop being dizzy, and you just repeat the same strategy. Boss fight goes quickly when you use that strategy.
 
I didnt see this anywhere but Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 got an update today that added 10 characters and 6 more levels. Finally bringing the rest of my favorites back into the game. The game is still lackluster but there arent many fighting games on the iphone to begin with.
 
[quote name='Billy Jean']I didnt see this anywhere but Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 got an update today that added 10 characters and 6 more levels. Finally bringing the rest of my favorites back into the game. The game is still lackluster but there arent many fighting games on the iphone to begin with.[/QUOTE]

Maybe cuz most developers are turned off on trying to compete with the likes of Street Fighter 4. It does set a pretty high standard bar.
 
[quote name='XClaude']Maybe cuz most developers are turned off on trying to compete with the likes of Street Fighter 4. It does set a pretty high standard bar.[/QUOTE]

That may be but even before SF4 hit, there werent many then. SF4 is def the best on the ios but that shouldnt stop anyone from bringing another fighter out. UMK3 isnt bad, its just buggy. Im still confused as to why they decided to redo the characters in the game as 3d models... i guess they couldnt really make the original HD without making it look nasty.
 
Hey what's the best way to submit a request for a refund? I just found out that the fitness app I use (full fitness) got pulled, but what irks me is that it was released as a replacement for another app that got pulled (ifitness) so basically I've paid twice for this app and twice it's gotten pulled.
 
[quote name='DtotheP']Hey what's the best way to submit a request for a refund? I just found out that the fitness app I use (full fitness) got pulled, but what irks me is that it was released as a replacement for another app that got pulled (ifitness) so basically I've paid twice for this app and twice it's gotten pulled.[/QUOTE]
Email Apple support. It's not guaranteed but worth a shot.
 
[quote name='outphase']Email Apple support. It's not guaranteed but worth a shot.[/QUOTE]

Thanks! Normally I'd just ignore it but this crap has happened more than once. There's too much of this bait and switch type stuff happening in the app store recently.
 
[quote name='DtotheP']Thanks! Normally I'd just ignore it but this crap has happened more than once. There's too much of this bait and switch type stuff happening in the app store recently.[/QUOTE]Why do you feel that warrants a refund? Both iFitness and its replacement are fantastic apps despite no longer being on the store.
 
[quote name='iowaholdem']Why do you feel that warrants a refund? Both iFitness and its replacement are fantastic apps despite no longer being on the store.[/QUOTE]

Because I want to buy an app that will continue to get updates and bug fixes, etc. Full fitness was even better than ifitness, but with 5.0 or even 4.x updates, the app may no longer work. Full fitness was supposed to be the ifitness code but with all sorts of updates coming etc, so a lot of ifitness users bought it, then it got pulled.

Btw Applichord mini is currently Free
 
Chop Chop Soccer is the new main FAAD game.
"Chop Chop Soccer. Fast pace, frantic Action, epic 3 Vs. 3! Chop Chop Soccer has been specifically developed for the iPhone. Whether you choose to dribble your way through the defense or pick it apart with perfect passes, everything is possible with only one finger!
A soccer game has never been so intuitive !"

ZoombieDiggerWT is the new OpenFeint FGOTD.
"Continue the fight against adorable but deadly Zoombies animals in Zoombie Digger WORLD TOUR! This time, it’s global!
The zombies have finally found their passports and are flying to the United States, Australia, Russia, Mexico. You must defend these countries from this cute but terrible invasion!
Zombie bears, hedgehogs, moose, piranhas, and many more are coming on foot, on skateboards, and even on rockets and it’s up to you to stop them from getting to your house. Grab your shovel, lasers, slingshot and any other weapon you can find to defend yourself!
Protect your home from the zombie beasts… no matter how charming they are!"

The match-3 puzzler Charmed is the featured freebie on Free App Calendar.
"Charmed will captivate you with amazing gravity-twisting, Charm-matching action across 40 unique levels! NEW FANTASY CHARM SET AVAILABLE!
Rotate your device in all 4 orientations to change the direction of gravity! Play it once and you'll be hooked!
We recently added 5 new powerups, but you only can enable one power up at a time, so choose carefully!"

A decent brick breaker, Jet Ball is once again available for FREE.
"Destroy all static and moving bricks and obstacles to win the level. Touch and move left or right the pulsing circle under the pad to control it. Touch anywhere higher with another finger (use multi-touch) to release a ball, launch a rocket or shoot with plasma gun.
Shining blocks contain bonuses that can seriously change the situation. Green power-ups will help you to cope the task – such as ball splits, rocket launcher, plasma gun, fire ball, acid ball, magnet, shield and so on. Try to avoid red power-downs, that can speed up balls, decrease board size, make balls flight trajectory unpredictable or even explode the board."
 
[quote name='DtotheP']I smell an incoming EA father's day sale... NFS hot pursuit just dropped to a buck.[/QUOTE]

I wish it was the hd version that's a buck
 
[quote name='jimrome27']I wish it was the hd version that's a buck[/QUOTE]

It just dropped to $5. Keep your fingers crossed for a 4th of July sale.

Update: my free app sixth sense strikes again:

Carnivores: ice age - Free for 24 hours.
 
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[quote name='TheRock88']Firemint has all 4 versions of the Real Racing series on sale for Father's Day. First time ever that Real Racing 1 has dropped to a dollar.

Real Racing (iPhone/Touch) - $0.99
http://appshopper.com/games/real-racing

Real Racing (iPad) - $1.99
http://appshopper.com/games/real-racing-hd

Real Racing 2 (iPhone/Touch) - $4.99
http://appshopper.com/games/real-racing-2

Real Racing 2 (iPad) - $6.99
http://appshopper.com/games/real-racing-2-hd[/QUOTE]


Just wondering, is there any point in buying the original if I'm buying the sequel?
 
I still can't decide from the last time Fast Five was $1 if Fast Five is worth buying if you have Asphalt 6. Hm. And come on, Gameloft, put MC2 on sale already. It's starting to annoy me. :p
 
[quote name='TheRock88']Firemint has all 4 versions of the Real Racing series on sale for Father's Day. First time ever that Real Racing 1 has dropped to a dollar.

Real Racing (iPhone/Touch) - $0.99
http://appshopper.com/games/real-racing

Real Racing (iPad) - $1.99
http://appshopper.com/games/real-racing-hd

Real Racing 2 (iPhone/Touch) - $4.99
http://appshopper.com/games/real-racing-2

Real Racing 2 (iPad) - $6.99
http://appshopper.com/games/real-racing-2-hd[/QUOTE]

EA bought firemint. This is part of their manly sale.
 
Is Real Racing 2 HD worth $7? It looks fun, but I just don't know. Seeking opinions.

I'm in for free Army of Darkness & HD. It's worth a shot for free even though I'm not really a defense game fan.
 
Is there any reason to buy Real Racing 1 if I'm gonna get Real Racing 2? I have the new generation ipad so how good is Real Racing 2? Debating whether I want to pick it up or not.
 
I'm curious about Real Racing 2 HD for iPad. I went to YouTube to view gameplay for it.

I may sound weird but does Real Racing 2 offer NON tilt controls (like a standard analog visual nub or something)? I loved Death Rally and Galaxy on Fire 2 for this.

Sorry if I sound off, I barely slept last night due to weather ;_;
 
I'm giving away a code for Hard Lines, which is an iPhone/iPod Touch game I really enjoyed. It's basically Snake + Tron Light Cycles. Details here.

And @wongjp: Real Racing 2 does have non-tilt controls, but I can't comment on whether they're any good.
 
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