12 games you should play on the new Apple TV – AppleTV 4 Jailbreak (appletv4jailbreak.com)
The Apple TV has its problems as a game console, but there’s no denying that it has a ton of potential. And right now is the most interesting time there’ll ever be to check it out; developers are still working out how to use the Siri Remote, others are hoping you’ll pick up a controller like the semi-official Steelseries Nimbus, and others still are finding ways to get around the Apple TV’s unusual storage system.
It’s a jungle out there, and it doesn’t help that Apple seems to be doing its utmost to stop you find games for yourself — not only is App Store discovery a disaster, but you can’t even link to apps on the web. But I’ve been playing as many Apple TV games as I can over the past 10 days, and here are the ones I think you should check out. I can’t say they’re all classics, but once you’ve played them all, you’ll have a pretty good idea of what your new box can do.
Beat Sports
Harmonix’s Beat Sports is the flagship exclusive title for the Apple TV’s launch, and it might as well have come out of a make-people-happy video game generator. The pitch is essentially “let’s make Wii Sports, but if it were a music game from the people who created Guitar Hero and Rock Band, with a soundtrack from the guy behind Parappa the Rapper, and one-button action straight out of Nintendo’s Rhythm Heaven series,” and it’s exactly as crowd-pleasing as that sounds.
There’s very little depth here, and the timing is too forgiving for anyone who wants a real challenge, but Beat Sports is the first thing you should download if you want an excuse to wave your Siri Remote in front of your TV.
Galaxy on Fire: Manticore Rising
I wouldn’t call Galaxy on Fire: Manticore Rising a good game, exactly — it’s a generic space shooter with laughable voice acting and a propensity to show you the same single piece of character art every few seconds — but it is a good proof of concept for how 3D games might work with the Siri Remote.
Although your control is limited, as your ship fires on enemies automatically, the graphics are pretty good and it’s fun to fly around space with motion controls. That’s not to say the remote will be much use for controlling 3D characters that don’t have jet engines strapped to them, but Manticore Rising is the slickest action game on the Apple TV so far.
Peg Ballet
Peg Ballet is basically Peggle meets N++ by the creators of Super Stickman Golf, which…
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