Insta-bought
Whoa! Thatās not from the iOS version is it? It would take me a year to unlock all those.
Yep, playing on iPhone X an iPad Air.
Itās amazing.
The saves cloud sync?
Yes seamlessly.
You have 7 different saves slot too (all sync).
I know you have the game on Switch too (as I do) so it depends.
Iām good with touch controls and itās hands down the best port ever (still remember people laughing last year when I hoped for Dead cells on iOSā¦now Iām in BC5ā¦according to Motiontwin less than 1% people completed the game over BC3 if I recall well).
For reference I never completed a single run on Switch, I much prefer playing on iOS.
So itās a win/win for me.
Beware, itās an incredible game, but also very demanding.
I think Iām over 150 hours.
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I can see this getting a lot more play on my phone than Switch, just based on it always being with me.
Whatās the control scheme like? I generally hate touch controls on iOS and donāt buy a lot of platformers as a result, but Iām thinking about this one ā¦
Edited to add: Iāve never played the game on any platform, so I may just wait and get it on Switch at some point, but, again ā¦ Iām thinking about it.
Edited yet again to add: Anyone with the same question might just want to read the producerās post on Gamasutra about redesigning the control scheme for mobile. Iād love some feedback from actual players, too, but re-reading this article (Iād forgotten about seeing it the first time) answers a lot of questions.
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Thatās a great read, thanks!
I can appreciate itās a challenge to support multiple devices, Iām still bummed that West of Loathing, despite evidently having a working version on iPad back in 2017, shown at PAX West basically two years ago now, never made it to release on iOS. One of the stories Iāve read is that Appleās emphasis on universal apps may have delayed an iOS version, due to UI implementation issues on fitting it on an iPhone screen. Then they got focused on WoL to Switch, instead, then the Reckoninā at Gun Manor DLC for Steam, and now bringing the DLC to Switch and GOG ā¦ Iāve lost my optimism about WoL on iOS, alas. 
In December 2017 it was
Weāre deep into the making of an iOS version of WoL (which has turned out to have way more technical hurdles than we anticipated), and are also making a bunch of progress on our first DLC for WoL as well. We expect both of those to be ready to roll out in the first couple of months of 2018.
Then there was a tweet from a year ago that they are still working on WoL for iOS, but according to a WoL reddit post from 7 months ago:
TPTB confirmed this indirectly in the latest podcast (last 15min are about WoL): āAlso the iPad is really good, if we ever get around to releasing that.ā.
Not to mention that I want to think that, unless I missed it, @TannerHendrickson still has his West of Loathing review all but ready, just waiting on that iPad version before publishing it ā¦ http://discourse.statelyplay.com/t/what-are-you-playing/89/30 
I read the glowing reports on the toucharcade forum thread before I purchased it, since Iām rubbish at platformers I was interested myself: https://toucharcade.com/community/threads/dead-cells-by-motion-twin-playdigious.400252/
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Not a huge fan of platformers with touch controls either, and given my druthers Iād probably play this a lot more on Switch because of that. However, the fact that my phone is always with me, versus the Switch which rarely leaves the house, means Iāll play this a lot more on iOS.
And to clarify- the though controls are well done on this, I just prefer physical controls. But on the iPhone XS theyāre placed well and I havenāt had any issues at all; canāt see playing it on an iPad though.
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Please, for the love of whatever god or gods you worship, do not allow this to be a f2p abortionā¦
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Oh myā¦
That game, more than nearly any other I can think of, would benefit so much from touch controls. Manipulating the 3D map with movement rather than a mouse would bring it one step closer to being like an actual tactical display straight out of a sci fi movie! Plus, absolutely stellar game.
And Iām with you with the f2p shenanigans. If this is some Clash of Clans base building nonsense I say we storm Gearbox headquartersā¦
Infinitely happy thereās a new Homeworld in the works. Infinitely saddened that Gearbox owns the IP. Randy Pitchford is a phenomenal waste of a human being.
That and Risk of Rain 2 also being under their spindly publishing wing.
The fact they have all that Borderlands money and are leveraging fig to fund the game only illustrates my opinion that company only cares about their bottom line, and how to move it in the least ethical but still legal ways they can.
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And the fact that he sits on Figās board yet is still using it to fund a game that his company ownsā¦ might be legal, but sure doesnāt seem ethical.
Edit: haha, realized after the post that I parroted your last sentence
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God, I love West of Loathing. There are specific gags in there that still make me laugh when I remember them.
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I hadnāt even realised he was one the board for Fig.
Iām constantly surprised with new reasons to hate him.
Any chance you can use your substantial Stately Play leverage and connections to shake the iPad version loose? Hopefully with the Reckoninā at Gun Manor DLC? 
Thatās disappointing, if itās true, that Appleās emphasis on universal apps helped derail the release of a quality iPad port. Itās hard for me to feel compelled to support Appleās push to a āserviceā revenue model with Apple Arcade, when Iāve been so disappointed in their past support of iOS gaming, and game developers, on a number of fronts.
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This literally made me laugh out loud.
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Warner Brothers Interactive just announced LEGO Star Wars battles, which is apparently a LEGO Star Wars-themed card game. Iām not really expecting much, but it would be great if this ended up being a kid-friendly game with actual strategy, like a Hearthstone lite or PvZ Heroes. Hopefully it isnāt one of those ācard gamesā where there is t really any gameplay.
my guess is something like a Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes or
Marvel Strike Force clone.
genuine FTPs.
Now some allegations have hit twitter about Zach Johnson (creator of Kingdom of / West of Loathing) from his ex wife about domestic abuse and gaslighting her when she was raped by someone else.
FFS
Going to smash my Vicious Gnauga mug when I get home from work.
Really hating the game industry the last two weeks.