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My view in Shadowgun

I've never really properly got into an optimized game for our phone and found the touchpads terrible. However I've started to pay shadowgun and it is unreal. I'm hooked on it. Feels like a proper game, as if I'm sitting in front of my xbox and the controls are close to perfect. Really gives me hope for the touchpads and proves that they don't have to be hopeless.
By far the best purchase I've made for my play and there's now an expansion pack for it that I noticed but I haven't played it yet, haven't completed the first story.
Definitely worth buying and restoring your faith in the almighty Play!
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I agree. It feels like a your playing a console game on the Xperia Play. I'm loving it

Dead Space and Bad Company 2 also have excellent controls. They're also free

Where can I get bad company 2 from? I can't find it on the market
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It's definitely nice, but my faith in the Xperia PLAY never really staggered to begin with.
If you'd played Dead Space, you would've known a loooong time ago that the Xperia PLAY touch-pads are a more-than-competent means of control input (and also got a sneak peek at the standards in which Shadowgun worked up to). Even outside that, there's so many other devs that have used the touch-pads perfectly that it pretty much is just Gameloft being typical Gameloft... Lantansia, Halfbrick, TwoHeads, NaturalMotion, Art in Games, Glu Mobile, Angry Mob Games and so many more have already established that the touch-pads can work extremely well with high quality titles.

shadowgun is good, so is fifa 12.

vincientjames said:
Dead Space and Bad Company 2 also have excellent controls. They're also free
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Dead Space is not working with my hardware controls.
Thanks for the heads up though, might check out this game because of the sale.

I purchased Shadowgun yesterday but the came constantly crashes [kicks me out to the home menu after the video sequence], anyone else have this problem?

I recently wrote an article on just this very subject for XperiaGamer, you can find it here if you're interested:
http://www.xperiagamer.com/Blog3/xperia-play-touch-pads-a-touch-of-genius.html

So, it has swipe analogs ?
I dont realy play games that dont have swipe analogs and this recent sale interests me.

flat_steve said:
I recently wrote an article on just this very subject for XperiaGamer, you can find it here if you're interested:
http://www.xperiagamer.com/Blog3/xperia-play-touch-pads-a-touch-of-genius.html
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Very good article. The analog touchpads work great with some games.
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Dead Space hardware controls not working

I picked up Dead Space from the Android Market recently on my Play, and the hardware controls don't seem to respond at all. Does it matter if I pick up the game from the android market or from the xperia play launcher?
15 minutes went by before I had the game loaded up. EA doesn't respond to my emails. Feels bad man. I haven't been able to find anything on Google about this issue, I'll keep searching though.

You on cm7?
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Stock 2.3.4 rooted.
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See this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=22211417#post22211417

Mine isn't working using the gamepad on my experia play they need to update to fix iv sent emails but no reply :-(
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I'm having the same problem here! Anyone found a fix?

Market versions of EA/Gameloft games don't work on Xperia PLAY. If there's ever exceptions, they're flukes.
Sad to say, this is just how it is and it's been that way for a while.
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Zardos66 said:
I picked up Dead Space from the Android Market recently on my Play, and the hardware controls don't seem to respond at all. Does it matter if I pick up the game from the android market or from the xperia play launcher?
15 minutes went by before I had the game loaded up. EA doesn't respond to my emails. Feels bad man. I haven't been able to find anything on Google about this issue, I'll keep searching though.
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Just like I did, check your receipt (there a contact EA button) and send them a complaint.
TLRtheory said:
Market versions of EA/Gameloft games don't work on Xperia PLAY. If there's ever exceptions, they're flukes.
Sad to say, this is just how it is and it's been that way for a while.
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So wait, where did all the people in youtube get their .apks then?
EDIT: nevermind.

i bought it yesterday fo 49pence thinking it was for the play, off the market giveaway prices, guess that was a fluke, i also use it on my tf101, what an awesome game, and real pity not optimized for our play.

The EA free version works (1.1.33), the Play Store version (1.1.38) doesn't works in our phone.

This is a absolute disgrace by EA iv sent emails with my purchase and no response! I sent a email from my iPhone and guess what they answered straight away fuming I am !! Still no fix :-(
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any way to grab a .33 version of the apk...i did purchase it, should ea let me pick my version that works...stupid ea

Its absolutely ridiculous that they cant just make the market versions compatible, but instead make us jump through these stupid hoops to get the correct version for our phone.......sigh.......

It's idiotic that EA, or any other dev, doesn't just update all their games with the Xperia Play in mind and just have the code check for it. Especially since I didn't get a chance to really test out the game until after the 15 min window was up.

well for what its worth i sent in a support ticket about dead space two and the correct versions...
also sent gameloft a ticket about NOVA 2 and the lack of support unless i go through them, even though its not stated in android market...even on gamelofts site it shows the xperia play and nova 2 on it..
humm...stupid companies

Only 1.1.33 works on Xperia Play. I solve mine by download 1.1.33 apk and get the SD of 1.1.38... but what's the different between 1.1.33 and 1.3.38? Didn't understand EA.....

Will Real Racing 2 get xperia play optimized ? Or are EA just too stubborn to do that?
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Help!
Even though I downloaded Dead Space from the Flexion store, it won't recognize the Xperia Play gamepad and touchpads and the only option it gives me for playing the game is with the touchpad controls. I checked and it is v1.1.33. I also wanted to download Battlefield: Bad Company 2. But it says it isn't compatible with my device. Is the problem that it doesn't recognize my device as an Xperia Play? I really want to play both these games so badly.

and the dead space version 1.1.40?

vokal1992 said:
and the dead space version 1.1.40?
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That has already been confirmed to not work at all on anybodies phone.

Final Fantasy III released... with no Xperia Play support.

Final Fantasy III on Google Play Store
I was so excited that I bought it instantly. I already have this on my iOS4 device... but I'm really worn thin of putting up with gaming on that 3:2 dinosaur... putting it on Xperia Play would've made me care less about the PSP remake that would suffer from upscaling on Vita!
...unfortunately, the screen size seems to only consider 800x480 res, and there's no Xperia Play controls. How much 'ya think we'd have to bug them to get physical control support? You'd think touch would be okay for RPGs, yet we have Eternal Legacy feeling 5x better with physical controls, and I really don't feel like stepping down from that.

Are they sh!tting me!!! $16 bucks for it! If it had xperia play support I would possibly consider it, but touchscreen only at that price.... screw it...

fvck up with that game ,very expensive price . . .no Xplay optimized . . .sucks . . .their kidding me !

jgregoryj1 said:
Are they sh!tting me!!! $16 bucks for it! If it had xperia play support I would possibly consider it, but touchscreen only at that price.... screw it...
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As a side note at that price I will Co tiniest to happily play any of Kemco JRPGs. They are a lot of fun and a lot cheaper
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Is it English? Cause when i saw it on the Market, the Screenshots are Japanese.
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Now they f*cked up.

Instead of complaining we could try to ask for optimization. 1st we asked for it to be released as english. Now its here and we complain. How would they give us the chaos ring and other titles if they get all our complains.
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lol typical of devs not to include xplay support anymore
just bought it.......touchscreen only:crying:
trying with joystick center 6:fingers-crossed: ill tell you how it goes

Sorry, I'm not a fan of this, so maybe I'm only saying a bulls**t, but, can't you play the original one on a NES emu?

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Sorry, I'm not a fan of this, so maybe I'm only saying a bulls**t, but, can't you play the original one on a NES emu?
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this is the porting of the DS version, it has a better quality and is more difficult
btw for me is a good game, liked it on the DS, but i had finished it on the DS so i won't buy the android version (maybe if they do a porting of final fantasy tactics i will buy it, but ff 3 or 4 no)

I'm very sure they are testing us. 17 dolars is too expensive.

bhavei said:
Is it English? Cause when i saw it on the Market, the Screenshots are Japanese.
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I can at least say it's in English
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I f##cking love this dam game. Ment to be spending my time on my site but been playing this all day. No one should be moaning it has no controls, it's freaking FF on android and a good version at that. Pricy but so worth it. Buy it if you have not already.
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Is this real life? Omg I'm so happy Square is finally bringing their iOS cataloge to Android!:victory:
I understand if you guys are disappointed by the price tag and little optimization. But at least it's available for everyone now. This is just one step from having Chrono Trigger, Secret of Mana, and the other Squeenix games available on Android in the future!:fingers-crossed:

Price probably will go down in time. Still not too bad for a indirect port of the DS game.
I am a little surprised the game even runs on the my touch slide 3g. How long as this been out in Japan?
Screen shots look good too. The wonders of better resolution than the Nintendo DS.

anyone tried this with Gamekeyboard?

If i have it i'd definitely try out gamekeyboard. Based on the SS gamekeyboard should work.
OOT: anyone knows how to configure gamekeyboard for it to continually press the X? Macro?
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If it works with Gamekeyboard I might consider it... want to see SE bring more stuff to Droid but... the controls thing really blows

I bought the game. If you consider the price for the DS version and the content you get out of it, it's not too bad. Plus the iOS version is the same price wise.
2 questions though. Where are the savegames located? Because I have also the Nexus S and I don't always have the Xplay with me.
And most importantly: The language apparently is the same as your device language. Which is german for me. Can I somehow force english language just for the game without having to change the device language? I have root.

Found it, there's a save.bin in this folder.
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Aralon - Sword & Shadow - optimized for Xperia Play - all info, updates and my .gkp

Aralon - Sword & Shadow - optimized for Xperia Play - all info, updates and my .gkp
I'm thinking about Xperia Play touchpad support. Does anyone dowloaded it? I'm not using Amazon, and it's not in Google Play...
http://www.amazon.com/Crescent-Moon...ie=UTF8&qid=1341558213&sr=1-2&keywords=Aralon
[UPDATE]:
For now (06.07.2012) it's NOT optimised for our Plays.....Hope something will change in the future .
[UPDATE]:
After few days of my .gkp file, made with GameKeyboard, I link it here, so you can play Aralon with GK like an optimized game . Cheers guys, regards!
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[UPDATE]:
(05.02.2013) Game is now available in Google Play, check this now -> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.crescentmoongames.aralon
Unfortunately, without Xperia Play optimize.... :[

god exists. oh good lord. FINALLY.

Is it a MMORPG or like Skyrim game?

Like Skyrim - not MMO. That's why I'm happy .

I might be wrong, but wasn't this supposed to run only on tablets?

Any good?
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bangawasawa said:
I might be wrong, but wasn't this supposed to run only on tablets?
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It's saying it's compatible with my R800a :\
EDIT: Runs RIDICULOUSLY smooth on my Xperia Play, it's all touch-screen though... and I can't do anything about it with GameKeyboard either, sadly

Ooh...... must buy it and play it....... this just screams Xperia PLAY! Good find DikeJ....
Wow, the apk is 310mb. Thank you 64GB SDcard.

if they don't optimize it i'll need to flash xdark ics and get my hands on that touchpad mapping app. Just for this one.

rubbergnome said:
if they don't optimize it i'll need to flash xdark ics and get my hands on that touchpad mapping app. Just for this one.
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bad idea bro... it will not run fluently... i tested it :crying:

Any review yet from xperia play user? Its look great, will make a note to try this one,.
Regards from Lucian
Xperia Play with True Ancestor Rom modded myself..
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datswhy said:
Any review yet from xperia play user? Its look great, will make a note to try this one,.
Regards from Lucian
Xperia Play with True Ancestor Rom modded myself..
Locked Bootloader
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Going to buy it in the Amazon market, test it and give feedback here. Will let you all know

This game is sweet on Xperia s have not tried my play yet because I have to delete stuff. Stunning looks and smooth play
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Update. This game was installing for about 30 minutes, after that I cancelled it. Will try again..... all 310mb of that APK...

was it laggy because of joystick center? that's strange... and awful.

jgregoryj1 said:
Update. This game was installing for about 30 minutes, after that I cancelled it. Will try again..... all 310mb of that APK...
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It surely taking times, i was installed one piece arcard for more than 30minutes, its apk size was 400++mb, i forget the actual size.. Anyway, good luck for it, waiting for review
Regards from Lucian
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I agree with DiKej in his first post - the game runs RIDDICULOUSLY smooth (high for every graphics setting and absolutely no lags at all!) and it's great. Gameloft guys should learn from these guys how to optimize the game. Another good game SCREAMING for Xperia PLAY touchpad support.
In my case 300+MB apk was installing for about 6 minutes (first attempt caused reboot).
Anyone has an e-mail for the developers? Maybe spamming their mailbox with optimization requests will be good strategy, huh?
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i email'd the developers about optimization.
Greetings Crescent Moon games. I already played through Aralon on my old iPod Touch more than a year ago, and that was the best iOS game I had ever played. Now I own an Xperia Play and I found out Aralon was released for Android on Amazon. Me, and the whole Xperia Play community, think that optimizing this game for our gamepad (including analog touchpads) would be the absolute best thing ever happened to our phones. That would be a true Elder Scrolls-like experience. I tried using apps like Joystick Center 6 and Game Keyboard with Aralon, but they don't work.
Thanks a lot for your attention.
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The response:
Hi there,
Unfortunately we don't have xperia phones here to test it...
I wonder if Sony would give us something
Glad you like it, hope we can support in the future!
Best,
Josh
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It seems like the only real issue is they don't have phones to test it out. Can we do something about that? Maybe a donation, or emailing sony, or even offer ourselves to test every beta optimized version. I'd do that.
What do you guys think? The game doesn't seem to work with joystick center (the app shuts down when the game runs), and with gamekeyboard (i found out that the circle button actually works but that's it. Strange...)

rubbergnome said:
It seems like the only real issue is they don't have phones to test it out. Can we do something about that? Maybe a donation, or emailing sony, or even offer ourselves to test every beta optimized version. I'd do that.
What do you guys think? The game doesn't seem to work with joystick center (the app shuts down when the game runs), and with gamekeyboard (i found out that the circle button actually works but that's it. Strange...)
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Hmm... not trying to advertise my site here, but XperiaPlayGamer has a section especially devoted to developers who want to Xperia Play Optimize a game, but don't have a device to test on. It doesn't cover touch-pads but it could get it to a playable state on an essential basis. We could try e-mailing them that?

We *need* to email that to them. I'll take care of it. I also wanted to focus on the gamekeyboard fact about circle button working... i think it has to do with the relationship between the game and apps like that.
edit: he answered "wow thanks!!!" for his iphone. He seems really enthusiastic about this. If they manage to fully optimize this title, the Xperia Play will be on a whole new level, guys.

GTA SA for android is out now!!

Here's link:http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/rd.html...f_=aw_bottom_links&url=/gp/product/B00HCU7OCI
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Not compatible with any of my devices, maybe it's only available for the Kindle Fire at the moment? Crazy that it's out on Amazon apps before Google Play.

Out Now on Google Play too
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rockstargames.gtasa

come on~ xpo or not ? anyone tried?

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come on~ xpo or not ? anyone tried?
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The market says no for Play and SP but yes for U

It's INCOMPATIBLE with Xperia Play.
LOL at all those enthusiastic people who thought this would run on XP.

All is lost. Goodbye world... waaaaaaa!
EDIT: If they left out the Xperia PLAY due to its ancient hardware, what's the point of making it Gingerbread-compatible altogether? I think it's safe to assume that devices stuck on GB up to today are weaker or at par with the Xperia PLAY. So what's the point Rockstar?

well i think its time to change android...

narflynn619 said:
All is lost. Goodbye world... waaaaaaa!
EDIT: If they left out the Xperia PLAY due to its ancient hardware, what's the point of making it Gingerbread-compatible altogether? I think it's safe to assume that devices stuck on GB up to today are weaker or at par with the Xperia PLAY. So what's the point Rockstar?
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xpinux said:
well i think its time to change android...
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Its not all lost.
We have a new PS3/X-Box 360 game just ported to the Xperia Play today -
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2576702
Its Rockstar and the 3rd party dev (War drum studios) that ported it that is the issue here. If they had any care in the world for Android (IOS Fanboys) this game would have been made better and for more devices. Take alook at the market listing, it seams it does not work on any device even if they are modern at the momment.

Look at those 1 stars lol
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CyberScopes said:
Look at those 1 stars lol
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It's getting one star reviews because it's crashing for some people. They've already patched it once today but it needs another. It's going to be the best game ever once they get passed this latest issue.

The Google Play version lists Android 3.0 as the minimum requirement but the Amazon listing says Android 2.3 which is most likely due to it needing to be compatible with the kindle fire. I wonder if the Amazon version will work if they make it available to devices outside the kindle fire, it doesn't look like it's going to have a kindle specific version.

Any body know if its xperia play optimized?
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LegionTHEFecalExcretion said:
The Google Play version lists Android 3.0 as the minimum requirement but the Amazon listing says Android 2.3 which is most likely due to it needing to be compatible with the kindle fire. I wonder if the Amazon version will work if they make it available to devices outside the kindle fire, it doesn't look like it's going to have a kindle specific version.
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Try it out. Amazon let's anyone download their appstore as long as it's android just Google amazon app store I your Web browser and there should be a link.
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I installed it on my own 4.1.b.13 and that xperia z rom i ported 2 days ago
On both of them i have problems with gamepad and touchpads so i cant say anything about xpo optimization
But the game is not working well on it
It will be closed when you go home and when you wana play a massion and ...
But the game itself is as fast as gta vice city
I think the problem is related to ram
Can swap partition work exacly as ram?
Because even angry bird go needs more ram (1gb)
I will try swap soon too

I enabled 256mg swap on my sd card then played gta san andreas with my 4.1.b.13
Everything worked fine
Only sometimes i have bad lags but i dont have closed game anymore
As i said before i cant test xpo optimization due to not working touchpads and gamepad in my rom

i think XP needs a good 4.0+ rom
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parsing error in my xp gingerbread...

They got the nVidia Shield controls perfect.

gamepad and touchpads dont work sadly
checked in 4.1.H.0.4 - FIXED by johnnzey r4-1
but the game itself is working well
maybe we can talk to rockstar about that
because if the support gamepads supporting xperia play gamepad is not hard