Latest blog entries (Page 1 of 4)
Car Jack Streets, A Complete Steal Today Only
by The Freeloader on 4th May 2010
In association with freeappaday.com, Tag Games have made their top-down crime 'em up completely free of charge. The deal is only on today however, so be sure to snap it up quickly. If you're still not sure, why not read our incredibly complimentary review of the game. See that big juicy 9 at the end there? That means; stop thinking, start downloading.
MAIN FEATURES
- Play in real time
- Infinite number of criminal and legitimate jobs
- Detailed 3D city to explore
- Lots of vehicles to steal and smash!
- Big weapons
- Over 80 minutes of great unsigned music
- Online ranking for the biggest earners
- Achievements and hidden stuff
- Clowns
Astro Ranch -- Free Today Only!
by The Freeloader on 15th Apr 2010
In collaboration with www.freeappaday.com, Astro Ranch - a unique blend of Animal Crossing, Harvest Moon and Farmville - can be downloaded free of charge. Grab it today (and today only!) before the price goes back up to $4.99
Features
• The first ever space themed farming game.
• Amazing alien world bought to life with awesome 3D graphics.
• Ranch management and quest based game-play.
• Wide variety of alien crops, animals, tools and upgrades.
• Fishing, gold panning and tree shaking mini-games.
• Social features allow you to connect and compete with friends
• Customise your game with downloadable clothes and décor (additional cost)
Gameplay video below
Pocket Legends Hits iPhone This Time. Is Still Free.
by The Freeloader on 8th Apr 2010
Fancy a free iPhone massively multiplayer online RPG thats been getting a ton of good feedback from lucky iPad users? Well you just hit the jackpot my friend because today the iPhone version of Pocket Legends has arrived. Observe...
Game features as listed by the developer include:
- 3D real-time persistent iPhone MMO
- Plays across all devices (2g, 3g, 3gs, touch)
- Worldwide multiplayer adventures over Edge, WiFi, and 3G networks
- Client/server architecture supports thousands of players
- Upgrade and customize your avatar
- Thousands of loot items
- Dozens of skills
- Regular content updates
Gameloft Release Lite Version Of Avatar
by The Freeloader on 7th Apr 2010
Regardless of how you may have felt about the movie James Cameron's Avatar turned out to be a great game on the iPhone. It has however always carried a bit of a premium price which, to tight gits like you and me can be quite off putting. Fortunately there now exists a free Lite version so you can judge for yourself if you think it's worth your cash money.
For what it's worth however our reviewer Jamin Smith gave the game 8/10 and a high recommendation...
"...Avatar is an incredibly tight, lengthy, and well presented package. And boy it well presented. Graphically the game is up there with the best the App Store has on offer, and the rich orchestrated scores accompany the visuals perfectly. Indeed, production values are remarkably high throughout, and do wonders in masking the minor flaws in the gameplay.
The game weighs in at a hefty £5.99 on the old price scales, but for high production values and sheer amount of content on offer, the price is justified. Avatar tries to do a lot, and although often to its detriment concerning individual mechanics, the game as a whole is incredibly diverse, with new gameplay elements introduced around every corner. Although film licenses are notoriously bad, James Cameron’s Avatar (on iPhone at least) can stand proudly alongside the film."
Japanese Girl Performs 'Poker Face' on Four iPhones
by Jamin Smith on 7th Apr 2010
I can't quite work out if this is cool or not, but I watched the video in it's entirety, which certainly says something. The title of the blog post explains all you need to know, so I'll give my fingers a rest from typing and just let you watch it. Enjoy!
F.A.S.T. Is Now Free
by The Freeloader on 6th Apr 2010
Hurrah! Fast paced Aerial combat game F.A.S.T. is now free for all... sort of.
Because F.A.S.T. is one of the best selling games of 2009, we would like to give everyone a chance to play it, for FREE!
Download F.A.S.T. for Free and experience one of the best games of the year. You will receive limited access to Training and Campaign mode. If you enjoy your experience, you may purchase the full version directly within the app.
Full version you say? So basicaly think of this as more of an extended Lite version with the option to unlock the rest of the content via additional payments. Admitedly these payments don't run any higher than a couple of bucks but hey, this is the App Store! Anyway this is well worth checking out for anyone that hasn't downloaded it yet. Enjoy! [App Store Link]
It's the Weekend! Hurrah!
by Lew Reed on 6th Mar 2010
Weekends aren't often of particular importance to me. This is, I'm sure, due to having been in education so long where the weeks and weekends are entirely seamless. For the short time that I've been fully occupied with office work, weekends have been something to look forward to; in the end I just play games all the time, and this is what I'll be playing this weekend!
Heavy Rain (Don't worry, kids, no spoilers here)
Despite what David Cage asks of me, I NEED to play this game again. I can't know that there are 22 endings without seeing at least a quarter of them, and playing the game again with the knowledge of who the killer is will obviously be interesting. I was fully captivated the first time around, and it's frustrating that CERTAIN PEOPLE haven't finished the game yet because I want to talk to them about it! I genuinely feel that it's a leap forward in not just narrative, but in approach to game design in general. You can wave your arms up and down all you like, it seems as if buttons are still capable of conveying emotion and involvement. Enough so that, at one point, I was genuinely scared about what might happen to a certain character. I tried turning back but the door was locked, I was trapped and had to force myself through some agonising minutes of suspense and fear.
I'll be trophy hunting mainly, but only because I know they're there to encourage you to see all the ways the story can play out. I don't want to play the game to break it or exhaust the experience, so I'll try my best to keep rainfall to a minimum.
Pokémon Pearl, FireRed, Emerald & Sapphire
I kinda like Pokémon, and in preparation for Pokémon Soul Silver - the remake of a game I never played - I'm playing as many GBA games as I can get my hands on so I can transfer my Pokémon up to Soul Silver eventually... assuming it lets you do that like Pearl did; I'm not actually sure now. Well, anyway, I'm hoping either that or transfers from Pearl to Soul Silver will work otherwise it's quite a bit of wasted time. Catching Pokémon at all might be a waste of time, but while I'm walking around in the garden with my Pokéball I will feel INVINCIBLE!
Professor Layton and the Curious Village!
Bought a new DS Lite this week and got Layton with it. Never was that interested in it before, but I'm really enjoying it and the puzzles range from easy-peasy to devilishly difficult. 'Hardcore' and 'casual' is not applicable here, nor is it anywhere else for that matter.
Other stuff
I'll be dabbling in Fahrenheit/Indigo Prophecy, Advance Wars Dual Strike and GTA China Town Wars, as well as the usual intake of Guitar Hero followed by the inevitable outlet of RAGEEEE.
Ground Effect Is Free Today!
by The Freeloader on 1st Mar 2010
The Free-App-A-Day crew are up to their usual tricks, this time the free app is a game, and a decent one at that! Ground Effect is your treat du jour!- DOWNLOAD
Here are some game features to sell you on the download...
- 14 challenging levels
- Choice of 10 Ground Effect craft
- Touch or accelerometer controls
- Stunning terrains - courses over land and sea - spanning 70 km2
- Attain speeds of over 400 kmh
- Throttle speed & boost controls
- High score recording
- Replay mode - take over and perfect your performance at any point
- Ghost race - race against your own fastest time
- Free roaming – explore at will
- Huge draw distance
- Sensitive and intuitive flight controls
- Enjoy the in-game music or listen to your iPod
It's dangerous to go alone! Take this.
by Lew Reed on 1st Mar 2010
Ah, so this is where I write about how stupid Lost is, and post videos of bands with 4 guitarists? Sweeeeet. Things I like include video games, heavy metal, specialty Tea and the phrase "if it's not a right angle, it's a WRONG angle".
You might know me from several places. Woffls is the name I hide behind most of the time, and you'll find me on various forums including videogamer.com and gameplay.co.uk. I previously worked with Jamin at Hide and Geek - which has since passed - for a while, and wrote a few iPhone reviews for videogamer before my dissertation got the better of me and consumed my life.
Pretty soon I'll be unemployed again and playing videogames all day, which, despite knowing exactly what it will be like, I am still telling myself will be a whole lotta' fun. I'll finally get to play Heavy Rain and Mass Effect 2 all day every day for achievements and trophies; I'm sure this is what I was born to do.
Graal Classic: A Free MMO Today Only
by The Freeloader on 25th Feb 2010
The Free App A Day crew have dropped another free game in your laps, this time it's an MMO called GraalOnline Classic. We really have no idea if its any good as we've just tinkered with it for a few moments before getting bored. Perhaps you'll have more fun?
Only one way to find out. TO THE DOWNLOADNASIUM!
GTA Chinatown Wars Lite Now Up. Go Go Go!
by The Freeloader on 23rd Feb 2010
EDIT: Currently only available in some countries.
Yeah so it looks like there's a trial version of GTA:CTW up on the App Store. I'm guessing if you're reading this you were previously on the fence so nows the time. Clicky click.
Beneath a Steel Sky: Lite+ Now Available
by The Freeloader on 23rd Feb 2010
The rather superb Beneath a Steel Sky can now be sampled for free thanks to the new Lite+ edition which comes with the built in option to purchase the rest of the game.
Is it worth a download? Basicaly yeah, it is. Get on the case already! - LINK-O-MATIC
Try X2 Snowboarding For Free In "Boarding School"
by The Freeloader on 23rd Feb 2010
X2 Snowboarding is awesome. That said, we're all about free stuff so if you want to play it for free before you inevitably splash some cash then here's what you want to do.
Go to this page of the App Store and download the free X2 Snowboarding Boarding School game that acts as a demo.
Here's what we thought of the full version as taken from Chris' review...
X2 Snowboarding does a lot stuff right, hell it gets almost everything right. From the crisp and vivid graphics to the fluid animation and satisfying mix of racing and trick based gameplay. X2 Snowboarding is an easy recommendation. You really can tell that a lot of work and effort went into making this the best game in its genre on the App Store and the team should be commended for doing so. Even the soundtrack has been laboured over with licensed songs from the likes of Bonobo and Mr Scruff to name a couple. With this release X2 Games have simultaneously made themselves a force to be reckoned and crystallised their position as being one of those talented studios to keep an eye on over the coming year. We’re expecting great things.
Rasta Monkey Free For Three Days
by The Freeloader on 23rd Feb 2010
In order to celebrate the release of their new game E-Punk Nikato are making Rasta Monkey free for the next three days.
Here's what we thought of Rasta Monkey in our review...
"Built around a simple swing mechanic, Rasta Monkey is a platform game that uses branches as platforms, and swaps jumping for swinging. Essentially, the game is all about getting from A to B, and collecting as much fruit as you can along the way. Many will draw comparisons to Illusion Labs' Sway, although Rasta Monkey is a far simpler affair, both in terms of its gameplay and aesthetic. This is by no means a bad thing however, Rasta Monkey is still an incredibly challenging game, and although only clocking in at around two hours of play, there’s enough here to entice even the seasoned gamer.
Rasta Monkey isn’t the most in depth or technically impressive platformer available on the App Store, but most will fall in love with it regardless. The game just has a terrific vibe to it. The catchy reggae music is fantastic, and in combination with the clean visuals and genuinely hilarious dialogue, a really fun and vibrant atmosphere is created. Although the game may live in Sway’s shadow from a gameplay perspective, Rasta Monkey can still hold it’s head high as one of the App Store’s finest platformers."
So basically it's pretty good and well worth getting for free! Here's the download link.
And here's a video of the game in action. Enjoy!
