Do you want BG:EE on iPhone 5?
Jin_bg
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iPhone 5 has larger 16:9 screen. Now pleasant gaming is possible.
- Do you want BG:EE on iPhone 5?85 votes
- Yes! I want to play on the go! I surely would download it!14.12%
- No. I wouldn't download it. I don't play on the go.85.88%
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If I had an iPad, though, I'd almost certainly play this game on the go.
I think the developers should spend time developing content, and not waste it developing a UI that Iphone users will be able to use. Like Aosaw points out, the screen is too small to be able to handle the current interface. Between Ipad's, Android tablets, the PC and Mac's they are already providing many options for people who want to play the game. Maybe at a later date they may choose to add more, but I would not get your hopes up.
The screen is big enough to read the text and tap what I want. To clarify:
Old iPad's resolution: 1024x768
iPhone's 5 resolution: 1136x640 (it's similar, then why not?)
Note: I will buy the game for Mac for sure, but playing on the go would be great, however I feel no need of buying a big iPod... I mean, iPad... iPhone can do the same and even more + I have it always with myself, tablets just won't fit my pocket, taking them is not convenient.
On the standard screen you have twelve action icons along the bottom panel, six character portraits on the right panel, eight "screen" buttons on the left panel, a Rest icon, and a Pause button.
You also have a dialogue window to show the battle log, and a gameplay area that is large enough to touch effectively during combat.
And the buttons all have to be big enough to touch with your fingers in a way that is both accurate and efficient.
Buttons don't have to be too big or too small and the area of the gameplay can be big enough to make you see everything. Designers just have to think how to develop the game and UI on iPhone 5 to make the gameplay entertaining, not irritating.
The screen is definitely big enough. Just UI changes need a lot of work and thinking.
You would have to scroll through conversations with NPCs. You would have to press the screen a thousand times to move across the map because the screen is so small. During battles, 10 unseen archers and mages will pummel your party from afar. It's a sit-down, very time consuming strategy rpg game which is enhanced by large screen resolution.
Playing it on an Ipad would be fine, but an iPhone!? Yuck. Imagine sorting through 6 inventories on that thing! People new to the game would hate it.
Not that BG on the Iphone would make an impact on me. I prefer Droid. xD
"I played for two hours on my iPhone. It was not a great experience. I used the tip of my pinkie and still had to touch multiple times to get the input to register.
I think a 7" or thereabouts screen is going to be the lower limit for playability given the current user interface. With a UI re-work we could make the iPhone 4 and better playable.
-Trent"
If this is something the team wants to do and cares about I say go for it. If they do try and dont like the results oh well. Sounds like Cam is really interested in trying something out.
Also, I doubt there is really any need to worry. I could never see the team compromising the PC/MAC and ipad version so they could spend all of their time getting it to work on smart phones. It sounds like more of a fun side project for them that will have no bearing on the quality of the main releases.
but can't edit that.
hope most of people get the idea.
Playing on the iPad however works, anything smaller I would't even want to look at.
But then I am in entirely the wrong demographic for that. I do not stream music or video either.
I have expensive steroes and TVs for music and video, neither of which I enjoy on the go.
I tried it and discovered that the whole mobile entertainment realm does not work for me. I like screen space. I like big visuals. I don't like squinting at or smudging screens with my fingers.