Chris Stevens

Apologies for yet another IOS recommendation (that those who frequent rllmuk
probably already know about, anyway), but King Cashing is currently free
and, it seems, the best thing ever.
It was written by someone who was inspired by their best-selling Slots/RPG
genre combination in Game Dev Story, and they set out to write just such a
thing in real life. The battle system is based on a 3-reel slot machine,
with (predominantly) members of your party on the left reel, weapons on the
middle reel, and enemies on the right reel. You can level up weapons (or
find/buy new ones) and members of your party as you progress, and also equip
special items that (for example) increase the likelihood of archers coming
up on the left reel, XP bonuses, coin bonuses, etc. Different enemies have
different strengths and weaknesses, so you need to play around with the
balance of the weapons and party members depending on what you are facing.
Really, though, it's quite hard to do it justice just by describing it. It's
a bit mad, hideously addictive and utterly brilliant and it has dominated
every free minute of my day today.

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Chris

GT: SomethingWitty

Trooper

Chris Stevens <news@thestevensfamily.plus.com> wrote:

> Apologies for yet another IOS recommendation (that those who frequent rllmuk
> probably already know about, anyway), but King Cashing is currently free
> and, it seems, the best thing ever.
> It was written by someone who was inspired by their best-selling Slots/RPG
> genre combination in Game Dev Story, and they set out to write just such a
> thing in real life. The battle system is based on a 3-reel slot machine,
> with (predominantly) members of your party on the left reel, weapons on the
> middle reel, and enemies on the right reel. You can level up weapons (or
> find/buy new ones) and members of your party as you progress, and also equip
> special items that (for example) increase the likelihood of archers coming
> up on the left reel, XP bonuses, coin bonuses, etc. Different enemies have
> different strengths and weaknesses, so you need to play around with the
> balance of the weapons and party members depending on what you are facing.
> Really, though, it's quite hard to do it justice just by describing it. It's
> a bit mad, hideously addictive and utterly brilliant and it has dominated
> every free minute of my day today.

I was just coming online to post something similar!

Had to charge my iphone twice yesterday due to this. A brilliant little
game

T.

GusTavToo

Trooper <usenet@trooperlooper.co.uk.invalid> wrote:
> Chris Stevens <news@thestevensfamily.plus.com> wrote:
>
>> Apologies for yet another IOS recommendation (that those who frequent rllmuk
>> probably already know about, anyway), but King Cashing is currently free
>> and, it seems, the best thing ever.
>> It was written by someone who was inspired by their best-selling Slots/RPG
>> genre combination in Game Dev Story, and they set out to write just such a
>> thing in real life. The battle system is based on a 3-reel slot machine,
>> with (predominantly) members of your party on the left reel, weapons on the
>> middle reel, and enemies on the right reel. You can level up weapons (or
>> find/buy new ones) and members of your party as you progress, and also equip
>> special items that (for example) increase the likelihood of archers coming
>> up on the left reel, XP bonuses, coin bonuses, etc. Different enemies have
>> different strengths and weaknesses, so you need to play around with the
>> balance of the weapons and party members depending on what you are facing.
>> Really, though, it's quite hard to do it justice just by describing it. It's
>> a bit mad, hideously addictive and utterly brilliant and it has dominated
>> every free minute of my day today.
>
> I was just coming online to post something similar!
>
> Had to charge my iphone twice yesterday due to this. A brilliant little
> game
>

I'm not quite sure what I'm doing, but I'm enjoying it.

Gus.
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GT: GusTavToo / PSN: GusWho - Sent from a micro iPad

Trooper

GusTavToo <GusTavToo@clasf.org.invalid> wrote:

> Trooper <usenet@trooperlooper.co.uk.invalid> wrote:

<snip>

> >
> > I was just coming online to post something similar!
> >
> > Had to charge my iphone twice yesterday due to this. A brilliant little
> > game
> >
>
> I'm not quite sure what I'm doing, but I'm enjoying it.
>

I think i'm on day 180 or so now. It starts to make a lot more sense as
you go on

T.

Chris Stevens

Trooper wrote:
>>> I was just coming online to post something similar!
>>>
>>> Had to charge my iphone twice yesterday due to this. A brilliant
>>> little game
>>
>> I'm not quite sure what I'm doing, but I'm enjoying it.
>
> I think i'm on day 180 or so now. It starts to make a lot more sense
> as you go on

Day 178 here, and at the final boss. Not sure whether to take him on, or to
go and grind the earlier enemies to level up a bit more. Partly because I
think I'll get utterly gubbed otherwise, and partly because I don't want it
to end just yet.
I've gold medalled all of the earlier battles and quite a few of the later
ones as well, have tons of cash stacked up, but all the best diamond-level
weapons only come up from chests, so I definitely need to replay the later
battles a bit to get the best gear for the final boss. Superb fun, it is!

--

Chris

GT: SomethingWitty

Trooper

Chris Stevens <news@thestevensfamily.plus.com> wrote:

> Trooper wrote:
> >>> I was just coming online to post something similar!
> >>>
> >>> Had to charge my iphone twice yesterday due to this. A brilliant
> >>> little game
> >>
> >> I'm not quite sure what I'm doing, but I'm enjoying it.
> >
> > I think i'm on day 180 or so now. It starts to make a lot more sense
> > as you go on
>
> Day 178 here, and at the final boss. Not sure whether to take him on, or to
> go and grind the earlier enemies to level up a bit more. Partly because I
> think I'll get utterly gubbed otherwise, and partly because I don't want it
> to end just yet.
> I've gold medalled all of the earlier battles and quite a few of the later
> ones as well, have tons of cash stacked up, but all the best diamond-level
> weapons only come up from chests, so I definitely need to replay the later
> battles a bit to get the best gear for the final boss. Superb fun, it is!

The one thing I don't get, is how to get the unique weapons from some of
the bosses? Do they come in chests? Do I have to gold medal them? Do I
have to use a particlular weapon? Do I have to crit them with that
weapon? Do I have to get the final hit with that weapon? I've got a
couple of superior gold weapons from the chests for the mid range
bosses, are they the unique weapons?

T.

Trooper

Trooper <usenet@trooperlooper.co.uk.invalid> wrote:

> Chris Stevens <news@thestevensfamily.plus.com> wrote:
>
> > Trooper wrote:
> > >>> I was just coming online to post something similar!
> > >>>
> > >>> Had to charge my iphone twice yesterday due to this. A brilliant
> > >>> little game
> > >>
> > >> I'm not quite sure what I'm doing, but I'm enjoying it.
> > >
> > > I think i'm on day 180 or so now. It starts to make a lot more sense
> > > as you go on
> >
> > Day 178 here, and at the final boss. Not sure whether to take him on, or to
> > go and grind the earlier enemies to level up a bit more. Partly because I
> > think I'll get utterly gubbed otherwise, and partly because I don't want it
> > to end just yet.
> > I've gold medalled all of the earlier battles and quite a few of the later
> > ones as well, have tons of cash stacked up, but all the best diamond-level
> > weapons only come up from chests, so I definitely need to replay the later
> > battles a bit to get the best gear for the final boss. Superb fun, it is!
>
> The one thing I don't get, is how to get the unique weapons from some of
> the bosses? Do they come in chests? Do I have to gold medal them? Do I
> have to use a particlular weapon? Do I have to crit them with that
> weapon? Do I have to get the final hit with that weapon? I've got a
> couple of superior gold weapons from the chests for the mid range
> bosses, are they the unique weapons?
>

Oh, and I have a few more bosses to go before I get to the end, I
originally started by replaying each of the fights to get golds from the
start, but gave that up about halfway through. Now i'm going back to
get golds on all levels as i've levelled up a lot.

I wonder if it lets you start again when you finish, but with your
current characters? There is an achievement to finish the game in under
60 days, which I don't see as being possible if you start from scratch
each time.

T.

Chris Stevens

Trooper wrote:
>> Day 178 here, and at the final boss. Not sure whether to take him
>> on, or to go and grind the earlier enemies to level up a bit more.
>> Partly because I think I'll get utterly gubbed otherwise, and partly
>> because I don't want it to end just yet.
>> I've gold medalled all of the earlier battles and quite a few of the
>> later ones as well, have tons of cash stacked up, but all the best
>> diamond-level weapons only come up from chests, so I definitely need
>> to replay the later battles a bit to get the best gear for the final
>> boss. Superb fun, it is!
>
> The one thing I don't get, is how to get the unique weapons from some
> of the bosses? Do they come in chests? Do I have to gold medal them?
> Do I have to use a particlular weapon? Do I have to crit them with
> that weapon? Do I have to get the final hit with that weapon? I've
> got a couple of superior gold weapons from the chests for the mid
> range bosses, are they the unique weapons?

I think there's an element of randomness in the chest contents. I haven't
noticed a pattern, anyway. Chests from high level bosses seem to
consistently contain gold or diamond weapons (or the top-end XP/Cash
bonuses), but I haven't noticed anything that makes them more likely to be
the 'special' superior variants - it just happens sometimes. Maybe there is
some reason/pattern to it, but it's eluded me so far...

--

Chris

GT: SomethingWitty

Trooper

Chris Stevens <news@thestevensfamily.plus.com> wrote:

> Trooper wrote:
> >> Day 178 here, and at the final boss. Not sure whether to take him
> >> on, or to go and grind the earlier enemies to level up a bit more.
> >> Partly because I think I'll get utterly gubbed otherwise, and partly
> >> because I don't want it to end just yet.
> >> I've gold medalled all of the earlier battles and quite a few of the
> >> later ones as well, have tons of cash stacked up, but all the best
> >> diamond-level weapons only come up from chests, so I definitely need
> >> to replay the later battles a bit to get the best gear for the final
> >> boss. Superb fun, it is!
> >
> > The one thing I don't get, is how to get the unique weapons from some
> > of the bosses? Do they come in chests? Do I have to gold medal them?
> > Do I have to use a particlular weapon? Do I have to crit them with
> > that weapon? Do I have to get the final hit with that weapon? I've
> > got a couple of superior gold weapons from the chests for the mid
> > range bosses, are they the unique weapons?
>
> I think there's an element of randomness in the chest contents. I haven't
> noticed a pattern, anyway. Chests from high level bosses seem to
> consistently contain gold or diamond weapons (or the top-end XP/Cash
> bonuses), but I haven't noticed anything that makes them more likely to be
> the 'special' superior variants - it just happens sometimes. Maybe there is
> some reason/pattern to it, but it's eluded me so far...

I should have taken more notice of the first tooltip that popped up.
I'm sure it mentioned something about unique weapons and beating them
with their strength, or something

Is the special superior weapon the unique weapon?

T.

Chris Stevens

Trooper wrote:
>>>> Day 178 here, and at the final boss. Not sure whether to take him
>>>> on, or to go and grind the earlier enemies to level up a bit more.
>>>> Partly because I think I'll get utterly gubbed otherwise, and
>>>> partly because I don't want it to end just yet.
>>>> I've gold medalled all of the earlier battles and quite a few of
>>>> the later ones as well, have tons of cash stacked up, but all the
>>>> best diamond-level weapons only come up from chests, so I
>>>> definitely need to replay the later battles a bit to get the best
>>>> gear for the final boss. Superb fun, it is!
>>>
>>> The one thing I don't get, is how to get the unique weapons from
>>> some of the bosses? Do they come in chests? Do I have to gold
>>> medal them? Do I have to use a particlular weapon? Do I have to
>>> crit them with that weapon? Do I have to get the final hit with
>>> that weapon? I've got a couple of superior gold weapons from the
>>> chests for the mid range bosses, are they the unique weapons?
>>
>> I think there's an element of randomness in the chest contents. I
>> haven't noticed a pattern, anyway. Chests from high level bosses
>> seem to consistently contain gold or diamond weapons (or the top-end
>> XP/Cash bonuses), but I haven't noticed anything that makes them
>> more likely to be the 'special' superior variants - it just happens
>> sometimes. Maybe there is some reason/pattern to it, but it's eluded
>> me so far...
>
> I should have taken more notice of the first tooltip that popped up.
> I'm sure it mentioned something about unique weapons and beating them
> with their strength, or something
>
> Is the special superior weapon the unique weapon?

I'm really not sure! I'll see if the achievement pops when I've got the
superior diamond version of each weapon and let you know!

In other news, I beat the final boss in my lunch hour, and can confirm that
a) you get to carry on in the world and replay any battles you wish,
continuing to level up and b) although it mentioned something about being
able to start a new game with your levelled up party, starting a new game
seems to just default back to your basic level 1 starting setup, so either
it lied or I'm missing something.

--

Chris

GT: SomethingWitty