AppAdvice: Some time ago, we caught wind that developer F5 Games had teamed up with publisher Ayopa Games to deliver a title that would allow players to “quest with friends.” Taking a page from Zynga’s “With Friends” line-up, as well as games like Hero Academy, Pocket Heroes takes an asynchronous multiplayer structure, and pairs it with retro, role-playing gameplay. As we described in our preview article, this was an ambitious undertaking for F5 and Ayopa, and for the most part they did a heck of a job.
Touch Arcade: Pocket Heroes [ $0.99 ] is a game we've been following and looking forward to for some time. If you miss the weekly tabletop RPG session you had in college, or if you'd be on WoW if only you had a dozen or so more free hours in the day, then Pocket Heroes is looking for you.
Rocket Jump: This week Jim, Ben and Aaron regale you with tales of professional wrestling, dueling internet providers, and swear words on AMC. We talk Orcs Must Die! 2, Dyad, and Pocket Heroes. We also discuss all the games we’ve played this summer so far and what’s accumulating in our backlogs. Then we answer your voicemails and Aaron dies. A big hello to all our new listeners on Stitcher Radio!
Pocket Gamer: Back in the halcyon days of 16-bit RPGs, multiplayer gameplay only really existed when one player let his friend hold the controller while he went off to grab a snack.
While convenient to the primary player, this elementary form of multiplayer often left the secondary players feeling underutilised and frustrated.
