One of the iPad’s best games has been remastered for the desktop
When the first episode of Republique debuted on the iPad way back in 2013, the first thing that struck me was how perfect it felt for mobile. Since the debut of the iPhone, game developers have been trying to shoehorn console-style experiences on to smartphones, and even in 2015 they rarely seem to get it right. But Republique was different: everything from the structure of the story to the slick, intuitive touch controls felt mobile-native, while still keeping the epic look and scope of a console game.
So I was curious how the game would translate to Windows and Mac with its recent re-release. It’s not the first mobile game to make the jump, but few others have benefited so much from the shift. It turns out one of my favorite…
Source:: The Verge