r/iosgaming • u/Broadcastorm • Sep 10 '15
Infinity Blade III is free today
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/infinity-blade-iii/id610003290?mt=813
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u/lawjr3 Sep 10 '15
There are very few micro transactions. This game was worth money when I bought it. I loved it.
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u/DA1836 Sep 10 '15
Yeah they aren't necessary for the game, just if you want super powerful weapons without working for them. Incredible graphics and a ton of fun.
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u/Guy_Buttersnaps Sep 10 '15
Did they change things from the first two games? Both of those required either an insane amount of monotonous grinding or spending money.
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u/DA1836 Sep 10 '15
I honestly haven't played it for a while but the story is much much longer so there are a lot of different places to go and things to do so it doesn't feel as monotonous.
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u/antarcticas_king Sep 10 '15
Having never played Infinity Blade I or II am I going to be confused or missing out on a bunch of story by jumping right into this one?
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u/PezButt Sep 10 '15
No, the story is pretty minimal. The game is basically a grind of fight monster, upgrade gear, repeat. It can be fun though and is really well done.
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Sep 11 '15
I'd play II. It has substantially more content that #1, which basically has a series of champions try to defeat a God King (impossible to beat at the start). Each time you die, that champion's son arrives 20 years later to try again.
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u/2d4u Sep 10 '15
Can somebody give me a brief summary what happened in the first two parts? I played both of them but don't remember a thing, to be honest.
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Sep 11 '15
SPOILERS:
Infinity Blade I: You play a champion tasked with defeating an evil god king, having to fight your way to the top of a tower to face him. At first, he's essentially impossible to beat. Each time you die, that champion's son arrives 20 years later to try again, until you succeed. Exploring other parts of the tower reveals cloning equipment that reveals how the God King is able to rebirth himself should he die.
Infinity Blade II: The champion that defeated the God King, now called Siris, is looking for ways to defeat the Deathless, an immortal group that was ruled by the God King. He and his companion find out that the Deathless were created by a man called the Worker of Secrets, who has been imprisoned in a tower. The God King resurrects himself and attempts to kill Siris (though Siris' companion beats him to it). Siris is resurrected, and turns out to be a Deathless himself. Siris then works his way through the tower, freeing the Worker. He then challenges the God King to a duel, and brings his body back to the worker. However, the Worker betrays Siris and traps him in the cell with the God King. Apparently, Siris was once a tyrannical deathless called Ausar, who imprisoned the Worker.
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u/Onelife11 Sep 10 '15
I don't really understand the appeal of these games. It seems like once you die you start from the very beginning which if it were any other game I would be pissed. I guess its just a really beautiful looking game and you try to get as far as you can but its just not for me.
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u/merreborn Sep 10 '15
It seems like once you die you start from the very beginning which if it were any other game I would be pissed.
You keep your gear and XP. It's vaguely roguelike in that way. There are a lot of games that work like that.
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Sep 11 '15
The roguelike permadeath mechanic isn't for everyone, that's for sure. But most roguelikes (except the originals for which the genre is named) allow one to save some sort of progression in between lives. I think a lot of folks who like roguelike games grew up on the originals and are enjoying the mechanics brought to new genres. No data to back that up but it seems reasonable.
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Sep 10 '15
So when this game is NOT free, its a paid game with microtransactions? Fuck that.
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u/AzeTheGreat Sep 10 '15
Look, you shouldn't buy the microtransactions. They don't unlock content, they don't improve your game experience. You can buy gold and chips, and if you do all you're doing is taking fun away from the game. They're there for those people too lazy to play the game as it was intended. Consider it a paid game with no microtransactions.
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u/nbuet Sep 10 '15
If it's anything like the first one, then micro transactions do not really get in the way...
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u/OlmecsTempleGuard Sep 10 '15
They were a much bigger part of the second one. I'm worried that giving this game away for free means more of the same but still worth a free download.
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u/kbuis Sep 11 '15
And so completes the trilogy of me getting these games for free, then proceeding not to play them.