Apple Arcade, what say ye?

[Deckard]

Love Grindstone so far.

[PVB]

My fav games on AA so far;

Tangle Tower
Neo Cab
What The Golf
Mutazione
Sayonara
Over The Alps (I worked on this as QA tester for the story and game )

[Misfit]

Love Grindstone so far.

Yes, Grindstone is pretty good. Enjoying it. I do find it hard at the start of the level to get the 10 chain needed to actually get somewhere...

And why is it 2.4GB in size??!!

My daughter really rates:

Murder Mystery Machine - point and click type adventure where you link evidence found at a crime scene to make deductions.
Mini Motorways - Road drawing puzzle game

And I really want to try out Card of Darkness as it's by Zach Gage and loved his other stuff.

[Rhythm]

Cards of Darkness is tough as hell.

Have progressed some in Grindstone, and Tangle Tower is a nice new entry to the Grimoire series. Mini Motorways is lovely as well

The only thing I've found to be a downer is that not many of the games are podcast-friendly. They *all* seem to want to overtake the audio even if you turn off game effects and game music. As someone who almost never listens to game audio, especially on phones, it's really disappointing

[Misfit]

The only thing I've found to be a downer is that not many of the games are podcast-friendly. They *all* seem to want to overtake the audio even if you turn off game effects and game music. As someone who almost never listens to game audio, especially on phones, it's really disappointing

Yes!

I said as much and dropped a star in my Grindstone review. I’ve twice not played it because of that.

[Misfit]

Ok, Grindstone is a good pick and play in bursts on a phone game.

But, for me, Card of Darkness is even better. An easy to learn, roguelite based on a card game. They’ve really nailed how to layer on the complexity so you understand and aren’t overwhelmed early on.

Oh and it’s own music/podcast friendly too.

[Rhythm]

My GF loves Cards of Darkness but I can't suss it at all

Hooked up a PS4 controller to the Apple TV at the weekend and oh my, it all feels slightly magical. Tons of the games feel great on a big screen and the controls seem to be pretty much perfectly configured all the time.

Started playing The Bradwell Conspiracy and it seems potentially great although I suspect they may have overreached a little. The framerate really isn't great and I can see there's loads of texture/lighting stuff that's not quite up to snuff. Still, at the very least it's worked as a decent demo and I may well pick up the Steam or PS4 version when it launches on those platforms later this week.

Genuinely looking forward to the next time I have mates over for local multiplayer. Big Time Sports is immense fun and Cricket Through the Ages looks fantastic too.

Still mightily impressed by this whole experience.

[Misfit]

Still mightily impressed by this whole experience.

Which Apple TV do you have? There are a few things I want to try on the big screen but not quite got around to it yet.

The time I've spent on CoD and Grindstone, the time my daughter has spent on Mini Motorways and Murder Mystery and the time my sin has spent on the Cricket easily makes it worth a fiver.

I see they've already started adding games too, so it's all a bit overwhelming.

[Rhythm]

Still mightily impressed by this whole experience.

Which Apple TV do you have?

Apple TV 4k. It's utterly seamless, works spectacularly well

There are a few things I want to try on the big screen but not quite got around to it yet.

The time I've spent on CoD and Grindstone, the time my daughter has spent on Mini Motorways and Murder Mystery and the time my sin has spent on the Cricket easily makes it worth a fiver.

I see they've already started adding games too, so it's all a bit overwhelming.

Yeah, agreed that it's been entirely worth it already (forgetting the fact that the first month is free). Bradwell was one of the new ones. 4 new games got posted Friday/Saturday, so guessing they're aiming for a handful a week?

I finished Tangle Tower and am aiming to get into Murder Mystery in the next day or so. What the Golf and Grindstone have remained constants so far

When swapping between devices (iPad, iPhone, TV) it has left me hoping they sort a cross-platform sync of some kind out. Maybe I'm using them all wrong but so far results haven't been great in that regard yet

[Deckard]

Looks interesting - 3 gig d/l on Apple Arcade

[Cloudane]

I hate the thought of gaming going to a Netflix style system where you never truly 'own' a game and it could be yoinked at any time. A big "no thanks" from me!

[Rhythm]

I hate the thought of gaming going to a Netflix style system where you never truly 'own' a game and it could be yoinked at any time. A big "no thanks" from me!

Fair play. FWIW I like subs services. And if a game disappears that I really like (as happens with movies or music on Netflix/Spotify) then I'll usually buy that.

[Cloudane]

As long as there's always the option to buy, then fair enough

[Deckard]

So who's keeping if after the trial expires ?

[Misfit]

So who's keeping if after the trial expires ?

I am.