Got a MySpace page? How about a spot of Facebook?
Are you tired of getting 100 requests to play this game or add that app?
Well, they aren’t going to be stopping any time soon. Moreover, they may be coming to you iPhone and iPod Touch. Although, since the chain letter mindset of MyFace life has been left behind, what you are getting now is some of the best games ported and improved to fit on that iGadget in your pocket.
Zynga.com, the creators of two of the most popular (read addicting) MyFace apps, had recently released iPhone/iPod Touch versions of Vampire and Mafia Wars. And while the game mechanics are similar to the web-based versions, these mini-versions bring some improvements to the presentation and entertainment value.
In both games, you play a single character that collects currency, crewmembers for your posse, weapons, skills and properties. You can perform tasks to earn experience or go out and beat on other players. In fact, this describes about 90 percent of the FacePlace games out there.
The basic difference between the two games is the genre. In Mafia Wars iPhone, you play a gangster fighting his way up the criminal ladder. You can buy Tommy guns, getaway cars and body armor. Invest the money you steal in legitimate properties and business to generate even more income.
In Vampire, you’re a bloodsucker who hunts for more and more blood, which can be used to increase your mystical powers and dominate humans.
In both games, improving your skills and arsenal are important, but increasing your clan/mob size may even be more important. However, since the MySpace/Facebook restriction that limits you to people who are on your friends list, the game is wide open to add new crew members—if you can find them.
In the iPod/iPhone versions, you are assigned a pin number to give out to your friends/fellow iUsers. I am sure that there are networks forming of lists of people wanting to join your mob. I haven’t explored them too much yet, but I did use Twitter.com to broadcast my id number – 7400 7876 20 – to anyone who might want to add me to their team.
While the comments and rival lists have yet to make their way to the iVersions, Zynga has added a very smart interface, sound effects and other tweaks. The iVersions are much faster and more responsive than their MyFace Flash-based counterparts, which immediately endeared them to me.
So, whether you like to bite or fight, you can now add them to your favorite iDevice and take them with you. They do require an Internet connection to play, but that’s why you got an iPhone or iTouch, right?
And don’t forget to add me!
Got a MySpace page? How about a spot of Facebook?
iMafia Wars
Are you tired of getting 100 requests to play this game or add that app?
Well, they aren’t going to be stopping any time soon. Moreover, they may be coming to you iPhone and iPod Touch. Although, since the chain letter mindset of MyFace life has been left behind, what you are getting now is some of the best games ported and improved to fit on that iGadget in your pocket.
Zynga.com, the creators of two of the most popular (read addicting) MyFace apps, had recently released iPhone/iPod Touch versions of Vampire and Mafia Wars. And while the game mechanics are similar to the web-based versions, these mini-versions bring some improvements to the presentation and entertainment value.
In both games, you play a single character that collects currency, crewmembers for your posse, weapons, skills and properties. You can perform tasks to earn experience or go out and beat on other players. In fact, this describes about 90 percent of the FacePlace games out there.
The basic difference between the two games is the genre. In Mafia Wars iPhone, you play a gangster fighting his way up the criminal ladder. You can buy Tommy guns, getaway cars and body armor. Invest the money you steal in legitimate properties and business to generate even more income.
In Vampire, you’re a bloodsucker who hunts for more and more blood, which can be used to increase your mystical powers and dominate humans.
In both games, improving your skills and arsenal are important, but increasing your clan/mob size may even be more important. However, since the MySpace/Facebook restriction that limits you to people who are on your friends list, the game is wide open to add new crew members—if you can find them.
In the iPod/iPhone versions, you are assigned a pin number to give out to your friends/fellow iUsers. I am sure that there are networks forming of lists of people wanting to join your mob. I haven’t explored them too much yet, but I did use Twitter.com to broadcast my id number – 7400 7876 20 – to anyone who might want to add me to their team.
Bloodlust comes to your iPhone or iPod Touch
While the comments and rival lists have yet to make their way to the iVersions, Zynga has added a very smart interface, sound effects and other tweaks. The iVersions are much faster and more responsive than their MyFace Flash-based counterparts, which immediately endeared them to me.
So, whether you like to bite or fight, you can now add them to your favorite iDevice and take them with you. They do require an Internet connection to play, but that’s why you got an iPhone or iTouch, right?
And don’t forget to add me!
Despite the fact that everyone even slightly aware of the video game market and the dynamic success of Batman: Arkham Asylum has known for months that a sequel was coming (Heck, there has been a teaser trailer out there for most of the year), everybody has gone gaga over the recent and official Time Warner announcement. Of course the big news was the name: Batman: Arkham City.
