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Must Have Android Apps and Games?

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  • #7292
    dulpit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,413 ✭✭✭✭dulpit


    BenEadir wrote: »
    Which app are you referring to?

    The golf one, sorry.


  • #7293
    BenEadir
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,539 ✭✭✭BenEadir


    dulpit wrote: »
    The golf one, sorry.

    Yeah, it's simple and fun and reminds me of the old school games I used to play in the 80's like asteroids.


  • #7294
    Turtwig
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,578 ✭✭✭✭Turtwig


    dulpit wrote: »
    I fear I shall have to purchase this app - definitely worth it gents?

    Depends. The only video game I was playing was a few sporadic hours of FIFA here and there. I got this app and within a week I've almost completed 1,000 holes. That's a somewhat unsettling thought. It's a great game. Fantastic escapism! My main tip to anyone would be if you're losing patience take a break. It's so easy to rack up a ridiculously high stroke count on an individual hole that's not really all that difficult. The important thing is not to beat yourself up over it as that only makes things worse. Also, don't forget you have a life outside of golf. Those pork chops would probably have been burnt anyway!


  • #7295
    nedd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,054 ✭✭✭nedd


    Just the right amount of simple, addictive and annoying.

    https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rovio.retry


  • #7296
    b.gud
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,871 ✭✭✭b.gud


    nedd wrote: »
    Just the right amount of simple, addictive and annoying.

    https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rovio.retry

    Senior manager at Rovio: "Flappy birds is popular, is there anyway we could rip it off without looking too obvious?"
    Other employee at Rovio: "Maybe we could use a plane instead of a bird?"
    Senior manager at Rovio: "Perfect make it happen"


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  • #7297
    Ste-
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,751 ✭✭✭Ste-


    b.gud wrote: »
    Senior manager at Rovio: "Flappy birds is popular, is there anyway we could rip it off without looking too obvious?"
    Other employee at Rovio: "Maybe we could use a plane instead of a bird?"
    Senior manager at Rovio: "Perfect make it happen"

    This reminds me of a dilbert cartoon.


  • #7298
    b.gud
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,871 ✭✭✭b.gud


    Ste- wrote: »
    This reminds me of a dilbert cartoon.

    At times it's weird how accurate Dilbert strips can be


  • #7299
    dulpit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,413 ✭✭✭✭dulpit


    Downloaded, so far so good (passed a trip to the toilet nicely, makes a changes from the usual Stick Cricket)


  • #7300
    timetogo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 990 ✭✭✭timetogo


    dulpit wrote: »
    Downloaded, so far so good (passed a trip to the toilet nicely, makes a changes from the usual Stick Cricket)

    I hope that's an app and not a euphamism.


  • #7301
    Turtwig
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,578 ✭✭✭✭Turtwig


    3,001 strokes played in deserting golf. Average 2.76 strokes per hole. That'll do pig.


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  • #7302
    Mr E
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 55,669 ✭✭✭✭Mr E


    There is a Desert Golfing thread over on the mobile games forum. This was my hole from hell earlier today. Needed 2 perfect shots back to back (including a straight chip into the hole for the 2nd shot). It was the first hole that took me more than 100 shots to finish.

    IeCJUWay.png


  • #7303
    Turtwig
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,578 ✭✭✭✭Turtwig


    Play the ball back from the tee, then wallop it full power upwards and at as much at horizontal angle as possible. If you land in the centre pit no biggie. Just a gentle tap backwards up the left slope and it will stick. Then another gentle chip in. Playing it against the bottom of the lower half of the incline and using bounce and momentum to make up the hill without too much overshoot.

    4/6 shots max. :p


  • #7304
    EGriff
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,906 ✭✭✭EGriff


    It can bounce back out of the hole, very annoying when you land a lucky shot from miles away.


  • #7305
    Thargor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,186 ✭✭✭✭Thargor


    Not seeing the attraction tbh, a bit boring, Super Stickman 1 or 2 are way better in basically every way.

    Not getting Rovios Flappy Bird ripoff either, there are places on the levels where you're obviously meant to go but it is physically impossible to get the plane there, do I have to pay for a better plane or something? Also it relies too heavily on memorizing the levels instead of skill.


  • #7306
    killbillvol2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,182 ✭✭✭killbillvol2


    Thargor wrote: »
    Not seeing the attraction tbh, a bit boring, Super Stickman 1 or 2 are way better in basically every way.

    Not getting Rovios Flappy Bird ripoff either, there are places on the levels where you're obviously meant to go but it is physically impossible to get the plane there, do I have to pay for a better plane or something? Also it relies too heavily on memorizing the levels instead of skill.

    Agreed. I played it for 10 minutes and got a refund.


  • #7307
    Thargor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,186 ✭✭✭✭Thargor


    Bollox forgot I could get a refund...


  • #7308
    Turtwig
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,578 ✭✭✭✭Turtwig


    Stickman games appear more fun, deserting golf just grows on you. I've sunk way more hours into it than Stickman. Initially I didn't quite get the game. Controls seemed clunky, shots seemed a bit odd and there was no undo button. 1,000 holes and 3,000 strokes later and I can safely say it's my favourite android app for pure escapism.


  • #7309
    dulpit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,413 ✭✭✭✭dulpit


    I have to agree with the people who are bigging up Desert Golf, I'm very much enjoying it. Will only play in spurts, but I think that's how it's designed.

    The controls were a little clunky to get used to, but have that sorted out now.

    Currently on hole #45, having taken 158 shots through the first 44 (or ~3.6 shots per hole). Have yet to have a nightmare hole, I would recommend.


  • #7310
    nedd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,054 ✭✭✭nedd


    Thargor wrote: »
    Not getting Rovios Flappy Bird ripoff either, there are places on the levels where you're obviously meant to go but it is physically impossible to get the plane there, do I have to pay for a better plane or something? Also it relies too heavily on memorizing the levels instead of skill.

    there are some really difficult areas to reach that involve some pretty advanced flying technique but nothing that you have to pay to do.

    I think there are some options to buy coins but no option to buy better plane.


  • #7311
    Thargor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,186 ✭✭✭✭Thargor


    How do you go straight up for example? The plane only gets some momentum when it travels forward a good bit, I love these types of games for quick blasts but I literally have no clue what to do in some places and don't want to ruin it with a walkthrough.


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  • #7312
    nedd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,054 ✭✭✭nedd


    Thargor wrote: »
    How do you go straight up for example? The plane only gets some momentum when it travels forward a good bit, I love these types of games for quick blasts but I literally have no clue what to do in some places and don't want to ruin it with a walkthrough.

    Going straight up is a really advanced move. You need to do a loop and at the top let go, then as you drop start another loop. It takes ages to get. But you don't need that in the first levels.


  • #7313
    Slunk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,556 ✭✭✭Slunk


    Anyone know a browser with incognito mode apart from chrome as it seems to be using a lot of RAM.


  • #7314
    dastardly00
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,571 ✭✭✭✭dastardly00


    Slunk wrote: »
    Anyone know a browser with incognito mode apart from chrome as it seems to be using a lot of RAM.

    Firefox.


  • #7315
    Fresh Pots
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,234 ✭✭✭Fresh Pots


    Slunk wrote: »
    Anyone know a browser with incognito mode apart from chrome as it seems to be using a lot of RAM.

    Shopping for gifts for the wife are we?!
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSlohNBJnFk


  • #7316
    George Hissing Ape
    Posts: 7,320 ✭✭✭ George Hissing Ape


    Christmas will be over by the time you get the YT video sorted. :p


  • #7317
    cruhoortwunk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,355 ✭✭✭cruhoortwunk


    A few must-have apps that I like all require root:
    -Adblock plus for android, blocks ads in free versions of apps. Google took it off the play store as it deprives them of ad revenue. So get the apk here and install: https://adblockplus.org/en/android-install
    -Viper4android is an excellent app for sound with equalisers and lots of audio enhancements. It installs a driver, so requires root and busybox to be installed. It is a zip file, so has to be installed in a custom recovery mode like CWM or TWRP. Download latest version here: http://vipersaudio.com/blog/?page_id=48 Enhancements listed here: http://vipersaudio.com/blog/?page_id=43
    -Greenify is handy for auto killing apps when not in use. Good for battery hogs. Available in play store


  • #7318
    cruhoortwunk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,355 ✭✭✭cruhoortwunk


    Slunk wrote: »
    Anyone know a browser with incognito mode apart from chrome as it seems to be using a lot of RAM.
    Dolpin has private mode and if that's not enough, install Dolphin Zero


  • #7319
    Mr E
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 55,669 ✭✭✭✭Mr E


    Monument Valley is Amazon's free app of the day. Fantastic game.


  • #7320
    corkie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,401 ✭✭✭corkie


    Mr E wrote: »
    Monument Valley is Amazon's free app of the day. Fantastic game.


    Got there before me! I paid for it from google play already.

    More levels are in the works, iOS users are enjoying them since last week.

    ⓘ "At some point something inside me just clicked and I realized that I didn't have to deal with anyone's bullshit ever again."
    » “mundus sine caesaribus” «



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  • #7321
    sentient_6
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,777 ✭✭✭sentient_6


    Mr E wrote: »
    Monument Valley is Amazon's free app of the day. Fantastic game.

    Cool thanks! I've been wanting to check it out for awhile but not willing to pay for it to be honest.


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