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Re: Slice HD: you will hurt your fingers on your iPad

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Post by barredo » Fri, Apr 01, 2011, 4:08 PM UTC

Tycho wrote: post #2

I've got to try this. I love it when people come up with really original stuff for the iPad like this. edit: bought it, great fun. the touch interaction works the way you need it to (ie. more advanced than most touch apps) so you can come up with lots of different techniques to beat the levels. when you get cut it does cause a slight 'aaaahh!' reaction and withdrawal of fingers. you get kicked back a level if you get…

I'm stuck at level 16 or so, I had to use my nose to touch the red button in one level because I ran out of fingers. Amazing game.

Re: Slice HD: you will hurt your fingers on your iPad

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Post by edanm » Fri, Apr 01, 2011, 4:26 PM UTC

Looks amazing.

No iPhone version :(

Re: Slice HD: you will hurt your fingers on your iPad

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Post by markkanof » Fri, Apr 01, 2011, 4:29 PM UTC

nickolai wrote: post #3

Sounds cool. Makes my hands feel uneasy just reading it.

Agreed. The game definitely creates an engrossing environment. I was cringing just watching the video and thinking about my fingers getting sliced.

Re: Slice HD: you will hurt your fingers on your iPad

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Post by jhuckestein » Fri, Apr 01, 2011, 4:55 PM UTC

I just tried this and I endorse every aspect of the game. I reached lvl 15 and I had to call my roommate in to help me on one level (yea yea cheating ... :()

I do think they should include more boobie traps though. Most levels I played were easy to solve mechanically. I want to be scared to touch ANY part of the screen.

Re: Slice HD: you will hurt your fingers on your iPad

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Post by artmageddon » Fri, Apr 01, 2011, 5:03 PM UTC

TillE wrote: post #16

moblivu wrote: post #9

A true tablet game! Not another try at porting a console or PC gameplay like a First or Third person shooter on this form-factor. This is something that you need a touchscreen device to experience at best. Simply amazing as is the execution!

It's novel, but it's still fundamentally a toy. How long are you going to play with it in total, an hour? I'm all for innovation, but stuff like this is no substitute for real games.

I don't think they wrote the game to compete with the latest iteration of Call of Duty or Halo or anything of that sort.

Tic-tac-toe fits every definition of a "game" and the matches are real short.

Re: Slice HD: you will hurt your fingers on your iPad

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Post by amalcon » Fri, Apr 01, 2011, 5:11 PM UTC

ugh wrote: post #17

TillE wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's novel, but it's still fundamentally a toy. How long are you going to play with it in total, an hour? I'm all for innovation, but stuff like this is no substitute for real games.

What's a real game? What do you mean by that? This is a video game like any other video game, saying that it's no "real" game is nothing more than a veiled insult. You should explain the difference, then you can start insulting.

There's no denying that there's a difference between this and (something like) Civilization. It won't hurt anyone to recognize that this is a completely different sort of game, so long as we don't jump to the conclusion that that's a bad thing.

There's certainly room for this sort of thing, just as there's room for horror flicks in a world with Citizen Kane. There absolutely is: they are entirely different products. I'm not going to play this when I want a thinking sort of game, and I'm not going to play Civilization when I only have fifteen minutes.

Re: Slice HD: you will hurt your fingers on your iPad

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Post by calbear81 » Fri, Apr 01, 2011, 6:01 PM UTC

some1else wrote: post #15

Cool trick, but the blood spatter could be done a lot better. From what I can see, blood just "grows out of" the point of contact, and a general splat appears all over the screen. I hope knife velocity impacts the blood splat in the next version.

I think that would be more realistic but it might also lose some of that "pow" effect when you get sliced if you saw a dribble of blood pool up then slowly expand outward. Does the iPad have a vibrate function? If it does, I think it would add to it if it vibrated when it hit your finger.

Re: Slice HD: you will hurt your fingers on your iPad

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Post by 6ren » Fri, Apr 01, 2011, 6:02 PM UTC

One of the few apps that really makes use of multi-touch.

Re: Slice HD: you will hurt your fingers on your iPad

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Post by ugh » Fri, Apr 01, 2011, 6:15 PM UTC

amalcon wrote: post #26

ugh wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What's a real game? What do you mean by that? This is a video game like any other video game, saying that it's no "real" game is nothing more than a veiled insult. You should explain the difference, then you can start insulting.

There's no denying that there's a difference between this and (something like) Civilization. It won't hurt anyone to recognize that this is a completely different sort of game, so long as we don't jump to the conclusion that that's a bad thing. There's certainly room for this sort of thing, just as there's room for horror flicks in a world with Citizen Kane. There absolutely is: they are entirely different products.…

I did not deny that there is a difference. All I was saying is that this is also a real game. (I also think that more complex games are possible on tablets. Carcasonne is more fun on a tablet than on a computer, for example.)

Re: Slice HD: you will hurt your fingers on your iPad

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Post by moblivu » Fri, Apr 01, 2011, 6:19 PM UTC

amalcon wrote: post #26

ugh wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What's a real game? What do you mean by that? This is a video game like any other video game, saying that it's no "real" game is nothing more than a veiled insult. You should explain the difference, then you can start insulting.

There's no denying that there's a difference between this and (something like) Civilization. It won't hurt anyone to recognize that this is a completely different sort of game, so long as we don't jump to the conclusion that that's a bad thing. There's certainly room for this sort of thing, just as there's room for horror flicks in a world with Citizen Kane. There absolutely is: they are entirely different products.…

Compare with numbers:

A "real" game like you say costs around 40$. It is a very well known gameplay (RTS,FPS,RPG,MMORPG,etc.) but in different clothing. You might play with it for 2-3 months.

Slice HD is a unique gameply, a new experience. You will have a heck lot of fun playing it because it is something fresh that you interact with. I may not be an iPad fan, but the thing is that your 1 month with this whole new game and experience only costs 3$.

For 40$ you can buy multiple amazing games with new dynamics while supporting some indie developpers. It sure wont replace those "big game" but for the price and the fun, it can't be matched!