I, like many a XDA member, switch phones pretty often. This year I have been through a Nexus One, Samsung Vibrant, G2, and tomorrow I am ordering a MyTouch 4G. I have purchased 3 games from Gameloft. I have Sandstorm HD, Let's Golf, and Dungeon Hunter.
I bought Sandstorm on my Vibrant, and the other two on the G2. I was hoping to get all three games on my NEW SHINY MyTouch 4G. According to Gameloft though, the games only work on the device that you purchased the game for.
Now is it just me or does this sound like total BS? I mean why is it that every other app developer that dev's for Android can let you re-install purchased apps when you switch phones, but GameLoft can't. Is that F*%#@!$ ridiculous or what?
I mean I can see if I was to switch from android to iPhone, or WP7, but we are talking about a switch from one device to another. I am pretty sure they don't reprogram each game for each android device. I really love gameloft games but this is basically a deal breaker for me. If they don't give me all of my games on my new device, I am through buying games from them. I buy a lot of apps. I would guess that buy at least one per week.
Anybody else think this policy is BS and just a ploy to make extra cash?
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I love Gamelofts Policy +1 for Gameloft WIN!
I find their policy absurd. That is why they will never have me as a customer until they quit being draconian and greedy. I think if they want to compete with the rest of the dev world for android they need to learn to play nicely in android playgrounds. If not they will not be around except for the people who think their policy is awesome. I feel really sorry for the ones who are not rooted who cant backup their gameloft games so they can play them on their new or replaced android phone.
-1000000000 for gameloft and their poor customer tatics.....
FAIL!
Ainvar said:
I find their policy absurd. That is why they will never have me as a customer until they quit being draconian and greedy. I think if they want to compete with the rest of the dev world for android they need to learn to play nicely in android playgrounds. If not they will not be around except for the people who think their policy is awesome. I feel really sorry for the ones who are not rooted who cant backup their gameloft games so they can play them on their new or replaced android phone.
-1000000000 for gameloft and their poor customer tatics.....
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Lies, Spend more money make them richer so they can invest in R&D for better Games.
You know what?
I would also appreciate cross-platform support..
E.g. you pay for the full version of "Documents To Go" on your Iphone.. you still have to buy another Licence for Android to use it to the max there..
That's something I would like to see them reconsidering..
But of course switching devices with the same OS should be out of question..
I support pirating Gameloft (after buying first copy).
Policies like this are the reason they aren't selling as well as on the friggin Apple Store.
Dude, I just discovered this policy today which led me to this thread. I'm pissed cuz I just got a new G2 and the two games (MC2 Black Pegasus and Asphalt) can't be redownloaded on my new G2. This is just ****ing ridiculous. I paid nearly 5 bucks for those games. **** that. They lost me as a customer. NEVER AGAIN. They can bet I won't be downloading their games (officially) ever again. Bull****....
their games are the only ones that I don't buy.
1. greedy [email protected]!
2. their games won't work sometimes
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I have recently become aware of this and it is a disgrace. They should put their stuff in the Market and all this goes away. I am currently in negotiations with their "support" people to see if anything can be done. I am not hopeful.
Is there a way of flagging this stuff with Google perhaps? Certainly, I would not buy anything from outside the Market and nothing from Gameloft again without properly checking these restrictions.
Supposedly, their policy has been changed according to Android Police. I haven't seen anything on their site that says so and actually attempting to download games fails for my new phone. Put in a support request, will see what happens.
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why do gameloft games comes after 3 or 4 months after it came for iphone?? android phones have more powerful hardware than iphone..sometimes when i search for gameloft games for android..the iphone ones show up and there are so many amazing gameloft games for iphone which havent released in android like "sacred of odyssey" "shadow guardian" "nova 2" "dungeon hunter 2" "eternal legacy" "star battalion" "asphalt 6" "hero of sparta 2"....why so much hate towards android will we get those games any sooner? is there anything we can do to get them soon?
Lets face it, they have a huge fan boy following. Hell even the media it's biased towards apple, so of course they are going to cater. Their app market it's also bigger, giving them more competition, no matter how useless some of them are. That and from what I hear, doing know the truth of it because I don't know how to crack, android apps are easier to pirate. Kind of annoying, but then I sit and look how much freedom I have with my phone, and it makes me feel so much better. If phone were sociopolitical movements, iphones would be communism and android the free world
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As far as I see it apple can go and die! All they have is a headstart. This year will be the year of Android!
Nerz said:
Lets face it, they have a huge fan boy following. Hell even the media it's biased towards apple, so of course they are going to cater. Their app market it's also bigger, giving them more competition, no matter how useless some of them are. That and from what I hear, doing know the truth of it because I don't know how to crack, android apps are easier to pirate. Kind of annoying, but then I sit and look how much freedom I have with my phone, and it makes me feel so much better. If phone were sociopolitical movements, iphones would be communism and android the free world
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dude iphone pirating is soo easier than android i guess..they just have installous so they can directly download pirated apps from phone...our android is better!!! and i hope these gameloft people understand it and develop quality games for android
Apple app store makes devs way more money than the Android one, that and fragmentation are Android's biggest problems.
gunnyman said:
Apple app store makes devs way more money than the Android one, that and fragmentation are Android's biggest problems.
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so does that mean they wont be developing as many games they are developing for apple?
i went to get black pegasus and att wasnt even listed,so now i use a warez site and steal everything
smackdownn said:
so does that mean they wont be developing as many games they are developing for apple?
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Seems to be the case for them and many other developers.
Give it some time...
screw gameloft, screw apple!!! lol
I just got modern combat 2 straight from my phone no problem. Through dolphin browser select t mobile on gameloft they sent the link and I downloaded it.
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HELLO EVERYONE...
all the android users out there,please join the poll and support the
porting of more and more games to android...
i think android is the next big thing in the smart phone market,
the reach is getting bigger than the iphone even as i type...
and the handsets are sporting cpus,gpus,and rams which would make the even
the iphone envy..
so all of you out there vote and support the games for android...
especially since there is almost no competition for android in 3d games section
gameloft is already ahead by light years here...
please gameloft port all hd games to android...
and all the android users,also mention which games you want to be ported to android..
i personally feel THE SETTLERS should be ported,as there are no strategy games on android..
please join the gameloft forums(it takes a min) and support my poll
go to this poll,i have pasted the link below...
http://forum.gameloft.com/index.php/topic,9064.0.html
When i see the number of iphone games i get really jealous..please poll and persuade gameloft to port all the games to android,by showing how many android gamers actually care...and why arent the gameloft games on the market?they will get much more popularity and recognition,and revenue if they join the android market...
smackdownn said:
why do gameloft games comes after 3 or 4 months after it came for iphone?? android phones have more powerful hardware than iphone..sometimes when i search for gameloft games for android..the iphone ones show up and there are so many amazing gameloft games for iphone which havent released in android like "sacred of odyssey" "shadow guardian" "nova 2" "dungeon hunter 2" "eternal legacy" "star battalion" "asphalt 6" "hero of sparta 2"....why so much hate towards android will we get those games any sooner? is there anything we can do to get them soon?
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HELLO EVERYONE...
all the android users out there,please join the poll and support the
porting of more and more games to android...
i think android is the next big thing in the smart phone market,
the reach is getting bigger than the iphone even as i type...
and the handsets are sporting cpus,gpus,and rams which would make the even
the iphone envy..
so all of you out there vote and support the games for android...
especially since there is almost no competition for android in 3d games section
gameloft is already ahead by light years here...
please gameloft port all hd games to android...
and all the android users,also mention which games you want to be ported to android..
i personally feel THE SETTLERS should be ported,as there are no strategy games on android..
please join the gameloft forums and support my poll
go to this poll,i have pasted the link below...
http://forum.gameloft.com/index.php/topic,9064.0.html
When i see the number of iphone games i get really jealous..please poll and persuade gameloft to port all the games to android,by showing how many android gamers actually care...and why arent the gameloft games on the market?they will get much more popularity and recognition,and revenue if they join the android market...
You can get tons of gameloft games on android underground.
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gunnyman said:
Apple app store makes devs way more money than the Android one, that and fragmentation are Android's biggest problems.
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Yep. iPhony devs only have one primary OS to deal with, whereas Android is often customized by carrier, phone model, region and version meaning devs have to work way harder at developing on it.
Hey guys! Just want to say that Dungeon Defenders is now free on the market! No idea if this is permanent or just today, so grap your copy now!
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.trendy.ddapp&feature=search_result
I believe it is free now because Google launched their in-app payment model, and they developer will be charging real world cash to acquire in-game items.
BazookaAce said:
Hey guys! Just want to say that Dungeon Defenders is now free on the market! No idea if this is permanent or just today, so grap your copy now!
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.trendy.ddapp&feature=search_result
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Nice! Thanks...
Slowly d/l'ing into my EVO via 1x
NotATreoFan said:
I believe it is free now because Google launched their in-app payment model, and they developer will be charging real world cash to acquire in-game items.
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Oh i see! LIKE!
What does this mean for the persons that paid for this app? Are we subject to having to pay for everything now to?
The only difference is that you paid for it and we don't. Everyone can use the in-app purchase.
They made it free so that more people will play it. It's a strategy for the console/pc version which is soon to be released.
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Damn I paid for it. Hopefully we get more players now.
Any dates for console version?
"Dungeon Defenders” has never had an official release date for its PC, XBLA and PSN versions, though a Q1 release was Trendy’s initial goal. The game is now looking at a March or April release date for the XBLA and PSN versions, with the PC version releasing sometime later."
Hopefully the people that paided for it get something nice in-game
ARE YOU KIDDING ME
i bought this and now its all free.
and the people who paid for it get nothing.
BULL****.
I hope their PC/Console games fail.
I bought it but hardly played it, it's just too damn complex for a portable game.
I'm not real impressed about being nickle & dimed for it after buying it at full price, I won't be purchasing anything further from this developer that's for sure. If they'd given paying users SOME sort of acknowledgement then it'd be different, but that's just insulting the people that've supported them.
I guess they figure the microtransaction model works for Zynga, so why not them as well.
Didn't you people get tons of free items every-so-often already, delivered to you?
Geez, it's not like the developer is asking you to pay a monthly fee; they only made the apk free of charge. The new players who now download the free apk will never be able to get the free items you all got. And if you don't feel like spending any more cash on the game, then don't buy anything using the in-app purchasing mechanism.
Sheesh...
maybe you guys don't know how to play the game so you all are complaining that it should have been free. it's pretty cheap for a game like this!
knightnz said:
I bought it but hardly played it, it's just too damn complex for a portable game.
I'm not real impressed about being nickle & dimed for it after buying it at full price, I won't be purchasing anything further from this developer that's for sure. If they'd given paying users SOME sort of acknowledgement then it'd be different, but that's just insulting the people that've supported them.
I guess they figure the microtransaction model works for Zynga, so why not them as well.
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how is a hybrid of building towers and blasting enemies complex ? it even has auto aim.
Do you guys experience major bugs with BackStab?
I got it as a free title but I don't even think people should be buying this piece of *%$&%
I constantly will find bugs in the game like falling down into walls/stands/houses and being unable to escape which means a restart of the level/check point.
Also often times when you are swimming it won realize you have left water > land so you are pretty much stuck in swimming mode, swimming around the land and once again having to restart the level.
These bugs have made it unplayable for me because I get frustrated every time I have to restart a level and for the same thing to happen over and over again.
Let Gameloft know about the bugs so they can actually fix them?
You poor sheltered child...
zerojay said:
Let Gameloft know about the bugs so they can actually fix them?
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They know about the bugs and haven't fixed them.
This was more a post wondering if other people are experiencing the same problems.
Yeah, I only paid £1 for it but it is pretty awful with bugs, glitches and quirks.
The swimming one is bad, don't know how many times I've literally swam around town.
I've played the game from start to finish, and there are plenty of really obvious bugs that I doubt will ever be fixed.
The game isn't even that good anyway.
It's no wonder that Sony walked away from Gameloft and chose a somewhat more prestigious brand like EA for the next exclusive games...
Logseman said:
It's no wonder that Sony walked away from Gameloft and chose a somewhat more prestigious brand like EA for the next exclusive games...
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Um... they didn't walk away from anything with anyone.
Well, Backstab was an XPlay exclusive when it was released... now they're not picking any more Gamelift's games for that, are they?
The game is pretty buggy and laggy, but it's a great attempt from Gameloft. There's not a lot of elaborate games like this for Android on our phone yet and they did a pretty decent job, much better voice acting and gameplay than say Assassins Creed: Altair's Chronicles.
I highly doubt Joe Sony walked up to John Gameloft and said, "HEY, YOUR GAMES SUCK! I'm gonna go hang out with Hank E.A. now!" Also, remember this is SonyEricssons platform, not Sony (SCE).
It is a shame because it seems to be the only original game they came up with.
There was so much hype about this game in my country and they really dropped the ball on this one.
I highly doubt Joe Sony walked up to John Gameloft and said, "HEY, YOUR GAMES SUCK! I'm gonna go hang out with Hank E.A. now!" Also, remember this is SonyEricssons platform, not Sony (SCE).
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Lol, I don't mean that they said that. However, Gamelift's share of attention to the Xperia Play has diminished greatly, and it seems that EA has been appointed as a privileged gaming partner. Besides, Sony's (the alma mater's) involvement with the Xperia devices is greater now, for example the Qriocity store is now preloaded on the new firmware.
That's not at all how this whole thing works and Gameloft's "share of attention" hasn't diminished at all, not sure where you get that from.
Well, in the Gamescom, only Let's Golf 3 was announced as being ported to the Xperia Play, if memory serves me. Meanwhile, EA announced three titles, two of them Xperia Play exclusives, and other developers announced two or three per developer. Here's a list sorted by developers: http://www.xperia.es/juegos/nuevos-juegos-para-xperia-play-anunciados-en-la-gamescom/
I think Gameloft has done pretty well converting their games to be "Xperia Play optimized", they already did it with most of their library - that makes sense - and now probably have to come up with (see: rip off, lol) new games.
It's nice to see more developers jumping on.
Logseman said:
Well, Backstab was an XPlay exclusive when it was released... now they're not picking any more Gamelift's games for that, are they?
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LOL, nothing to do with them "not liking" gameloft, its just the way set exclusives work (same as consoles), in this case gameloft was first, then Polorbit, now EA, it will go back to Gameloft soon.
I much prefer Gameloft Games over the crap EA Mobile bring out, EA games (that aren't even very good) that have been out for absolutely ages on iphone just ported over badly to android, wow! the excitement! we get the year old need for speed: hot pursuit while idevices get the latest need for speed: shift 2 lol. and we already know how the new fifa i going to turn out......
Gameloft are bringing out many more games on the Play in the coming months
Gameloft ---> EA Mobile
FK1983 said:
its just the way set exclusives work (same as consoles), in this case gameloft was first, then Polorbit, now EA, it will go back to Gameloft soon.
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That's also not how it works, not on the play, nor on the consoles.
Red_Kop said:
don't know how many times I've literally swam around town.
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LMAO That would be so funny to see someone pretending to swim around town.
I have this game but haven't had a chance to play it yet.
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I agree wih Logseman. I see a lot of EA promos with the play.
I swimming bug is really >_<
I am afraid to go into the water now
help i cant install back stab in my Xplay R800i why???
bachimon said:
help i cant install back stab in my Xplay R800i why???
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Would be nice if you can give a more detailed description... Like where is it stuck on.
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I was wondering if you guys have been able to find any good games cracked to work with the Atrix 2? Like in the market and stuff and even Gameloft, there are very few games that are compatible. Have you guys found any good games like good 3d games that work (like nova 2 but i already have that).
We don't support the use of cracked software here on xda. Take your illegal activities elsewhere.
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Frankly, if you have every intention of buying the full version with update support, etc... once it's available for our phone, I don't see the issue.
That said, I'm unaware of games cracked to be supported for us. Game devs kinda suck a bit really, we still don't have either NFS game working...
oh wow didn't know that people will look for cracked games this is an android phone not iphone ^_^v you can find a lot of free games that will kill time. My favorites are samurai, destinia and drag racing.
I understand you're asking for games cracked to work on your device, not specifically "cracked" to avoid paying for them, but I'm afraid we can't allow anyone to discuss or post links to any kind of cracked software.
I have been really determined to get Real Racing 2 to work on my AT&T HTC One X. I have tried several different versions and the most successful one still has a graphics error as seen in the screenshot below.
I have Chainfire 3D, but I'm not sure on how to use it. Any suggestions??? Thank you!
buy it from Google Play and stop using pirated software, that would probably help. The fact you said you've tried multiple versions, when there's only one version on the android market is the dead give-away you're stealing software.
Well, he could have bought the game originally from the market, found it didn't run correctly, and then tried other versions, no?
Yup I agree with poster above its complete crap! Prime example for ya! tegra try and get their hooks in every damn game out there and make it exclusive to tegra but yet if yu own a Friggin iPhone you can get the said game most likely! wtf is that?!
That's why I buy a lot of stuff. If the game is good of course! but if the developers are trying to force me to buy a whole new phone with tegra on it so I can play a couple games?! Then that's crap and they're the real criminals! For instance I read that the game dark meadow was purposely engineered to be antichainfire 3d! Now that's Friggin spiteful! Piracy doesn't kill off anything it just weeds out the crap! If something is really good people always want to own the real thing if they can!