Remember when Owen compared the graphics to mini-golf? That was a long time ago.
Vietnam ’65 has the distinction of being the App Store’s version of The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, with the difference being that Vietnam ’65 is releasing today whereas Terry Gilliam’s pet project isn’t scheduled to release until next year. Since last summer, Vietnam ’65 has been submitted to the App Store with a scheduled release date, and then pulled before its release while a new publisher was sought. Eventually, Slitherine took the reins, updated the graphics and, finally, tonight we’ll see the fruit of their labor.
Vietnam ’65 is a different kind of war game, one in which you need to control not only the strategic aspects of fighting a war, but also the political aspects and trying to keep the locals on your side. It looks pretty nice, too. Vietnam ’65 will be for iPad, but I can’t find a link so I’m not sure of a price. Guess we’ll find out tonight.
More of what we can expect on tonight’s App Store after the break.
Pixel Heroes: Byte & Magic has one of the greatest trailers ever. Or it might be one of the worst. I don’t know, but I can’t stop watching it. That said, actual information about the game is pretty light. Who cares, though. I’m going to go watch it again.
Egad, that was fun. Anyway, back to Pixel Heroes. This is a rogue like RPG in which you build a party of characters from over 30 different classes. When a character dies, however, they’re gone for good. Sounds a bit like an 8-bit version of Darkest Dungeon, with a sense of humor and without the over-the-top narration. It’s been available on Steam for awhile now, with good reviews, so this is one that will definitely be getting picked up. It will be available for iOS Universal and should run somewhere in the $5-$7 range (it’s $9 NZD).
Twilight’s Last Gleaming is the digital port of Decision Games board game of the same name. TLG puts you in the shoes of the Americans or British during the pivotal battles of the War of 1812. There are 5 tutorial missions and 10 regular missions which you can play as either side. The game offers a ton of different troop classes from infantry to British rocket units. Give the trailer a watch; there’s something about the look of this game that intrigues me. Everything is sharp and crisp and it just looks better than most of the hex war games I’ve seen. Then again, it could just be me. I’m on my 2nd pot of coffee. Since lunch.
Twilight’s Last Gleaming is coming out for iPad and costs $10.
RAD Boarding isn’t normally the kind of game we would talk about here at Pocket Tactics; it looks to be an endless runner in the same vein as Tiny Wings. That said, watch this trailer. Sure, the game might not be our cuppa tea, but can you resist that shredding guitar? Did I mention the giant bear? Seriously, give the trailer a look and then try to not download RAD Boarding at midnight. It appears to be both free and radical, so why not?
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