Mobile Gaming [Android/iOS] Thread

[demi]

Knihts of Pen and Paper is pretty good, ya. Its clear they arent updating or adding content, so I deleted it.

[chronovore]

It's...ok.  Very pretty, brain dead puzzles, infinity blade style combat.  Very much wants to be ico/Zelda, comes nowhere near either.

Knights of Pen and Paper just went free, too.  It's good.

Ah. For free, I might go ahead and take a look, though I'm always wary of normal games which later retrofit an F2P model.

I've paid for Knights of Pen and Paper and played a bit of it. I like the style and the writing. The setting always makes me laugh.

[Cerveza mas fina]

Ive switched marketplaces and lost all my games

[CatsCatsCats]

Lookin for a new time waster, anyone play Slayin or Devious Dungeon?

[ToxicAdam]

Yea, cq2 is really good.

[chronovore]

Man, installing Blizzard's Hearthstone was SUCH A BAD IDEA FOR A MONDAY.

[ToxicAdam]

Trials isn't so bad. The only 'paywall' you hit is the timer, but for the first few hours you are leveling up (and recharging your timer in the process) just in time.

But it's one of those games where after about 5 or 6 races you're ready to move onto something different.

So, I think all the wailing about the F2P aspects are overblown. But it is kind of wierd to be 'grinding' for parts in a game like this.

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It feels out of place. Deleted the game when I saw this mechanic.

[Stoney Mason]

Trials isn't so bad. The only 'paywall' you hit is the timer, but for the first few hours you are leveling up (and recharging your timer in the process) just in time.

But it's one of those games where after about 5 or 6 races you're ready to move onto something different.

So, I think all the wailing about the F2P aspects are overblown. But it is kind of wierd to be 'grinding' for parts in a game like this.

The grindy aspects didn't both me either. It's the way a certain segment of mobile games are handled. That's reality at this point. You are meant to play them for a bit and then come back the next day.

[demi]

Sonic Racing Transformed is free

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id686542963?mt=8

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Sonic Racing Transformed is free

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id686542963?mt=8

DAMNIT I WAS ABOUT TO POST THAT

[Himu]

Liking Wind-Up Knight and Smash Hit.

I particularly adore Smash Hit. They've taken the formula of an endless runner - a typically shit and boring genre - and made it into a rail shooter - one of my favorite arcde genres. It is a really good rail shooter too. The music and graphics are really memorable and remind of some lost forgotten niche ps2 game I would have bought back in the day.

Really, really enjoyable, high quality piece of software and it is free.

I haven't been ever as impressed with mobile gaming as I have been with Smash Hit.

[ToxicAdam]

The sequel to Fairway Solitaire (ie. Fairway Solitaire Blast) kind of sucks. Lacks all the charm and addictiveness of the first one. Too bad.

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What are other good sollitaire games ?  My fiancee loves them

[Stoney Mason]

The sequel to Fairway Solitaire (ie. Fairway Solitaire Blast) kind of sucks. Lacks all the charm and addictiveness of the first one. Too bad.

Agree completely. They fucked it up. I deleted it after the first day.

[ToxicAdam]

What are other good sollitaire games ?  My fiancee loves them

No idea. The only one I ever played (and loved) was the original Fairway Solitaire.

It's not straight-up solitaire though, more like a Tri-Towers variant with a golf theme (with progression aspects, cheevos and power ups).

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God damn Wayward Souls is incredible.

Rocketcat!



I'll take your word for it dude, downloading now!

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How are the controls in Wayward Souls?

I see there is no review on Touch as of yet.

[Himu]

God damn Wayward Souls is incredible.

It even looks incredible.

[demi]

Rocketcat is resistant to FREE, since I'm still waiting for Mage Gauntlet.

[Himu]

These are the same guys who made Hook Champ and Punch Quest? Wow. I still haven't played Super Quickhook. Hook Champ was my favorite game on ios aside from Pinball Arcade. 

How are Hook Worlds and Super Quickhook compared to Hook Champ?

[Himu]

Oh.

iOS only.

[demi]

Get with it, son girl

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Not having ios as a gamer 

There should be an :andrex emote for that

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Ok Oscar I trusted you and spent the 5 bucks.

Very impressed so far. Thanks dude

[Raban]

I would love to play this with demi

[Himu]

Not having ios as a gamer 

There should be an :andrex emote for that

My cousin stole my iPod 4. I've been iOS-less for like three years.

[Rufus]

Yeah Rocketcat doesn't do sales.  In fact, they've pledged to increase the price of Wayward Souls with each update, and I believe them.

That's incredibly stupid.

[chronovore]

WAYWARD SOULS, WAYWARDLY PURCHASED.

Not having ios as a gamer 

There should be an :andrex emote for that

My cousin stole my iPod 4. I've been iOS-less for like three years.

Don't worry; the way Apple controls their hardware/software rev cycle, it wouldn't have played this anyway.

[chronovore]

Hurry, Himu-chan! Go destroy your cousin, reclaim your birthright, or at least your iPod!

[Himu]

That nicca prolly sold it. I swear when I get my own place and they visit we will have a very uncomfortable convo about touching my shit. Had a cousin steal games and another cousin steal an iPod. Fucking wannabe thug ass negroes will never disrespect my living area like that ever again.

The one that stole my games? He came to stay with me saying he wanted to apply for a job. I drove that kid around and he applied to jobs and shit. And then the next week I notice I have games missing. You want a job, huh? Yeah right.

What should I do about this situation if they come again without being a bitch?

[chronovore]

Go Lannister on their ass.

[Himu]

...I can't KILL my cousin!

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The Lannister way would be to have sex with them though

[chronovore]

 

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I like Rocketcart's experimentation with the pricing model for Wayward Souls. I genuinely hope it goes well for them but I'm also curious to see how the market reacts. It favors the early adopter and it makes logical sense they're adding more content to the game.

Then again I've been staunchly against the "race to the bottom" pricing model of mobile gaming so anything we can do to bring prices up is good in my book.

[Himu]

The Lannister way would be to have sex with them though

In the show, Jaime kills his cousin.

[bork]

Nah, it works on iPod 4.  But don't worry Himu, they're planning to port WS to *everything*.

Even a platform with physical controls?

That nicca prolly sold it. I swear when I get my own place and they visit we will have a very uncomfortable convo about touching my shit. Had a cousin steal games and another cousin steal an iPod. Fucking wannabe thug ass negroes will never disrespect my living area like that ever again.

The one that stole my games? He came to stay with me saying he wanted to apply for a job. I drove that kid around and he applied to jobs and shit. And then the next week I notice I have games missing. You want a job, huh? Yeah right.

What should I do about this situation if they come again without being a bitch?

Be a bitch.  They can't be trusted inside your home.  That's it...meet them outside at a restaurant or something.

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The Lannister way would be to have sex with them though

In the show, Jaime kills his cousin.

In the show Jaime rapes his sister

[Himu]

The Lannister way would be to have sex with them though

In the show, Jaime kills his cousin.

In the show Jaime rapes his sister

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The show

[Cerveza mas fina]

Well I cant read the book cause it takes too much time, I wouldn't have time to play Wayward Souls.

But if you are in Android gaming ghetto I guess you have plenty of time to read the series.

[Himu]

[Himu]

Just want to apologize and eat crow.

I've been a very big critic of mobile titles for a while. I liked them, but I always saw them as diversions and never as legitimate gaming options outside of stuff like Game Dev Story or ports of classic games.

So over the past few months I've been opening my mind up to them more experimenting and trying to find things I would normally play but on mobile. I'm pleased to say that so far I have been able to enjoy the full palette of my taste on my phone. Yes, an android phone. If you are not finding games you could like on android you're not trying hard enough. That said, to be completely fair, many of the games advertised on play store are absymal and everything I abhor about mobile gaming at large. But when you dig deeper...and I mean really deep, you start to uncover some really, really creative software that is well designed and memorable.

I'm about halfway through Windup Knight 2, and I've beaten all of Smash Hit.

I've installed the following:

Flashout 3d, ittle Dew, Detective Syndrome, The Room, Mount Olympus, DJ MAX Technika Q, Instantion. I have bought a lot others but I'm hurting for HD space and will do them later.

Best thing about these things is that I don't have to dedicate hours to them while they still have the depth and mechanics that I crave.

[a slime appears]

Mobile games are seriously great. I own all consoles and handhelds (except a Vita, lol) and I still dedicate time to playing cool games on my phone/tablet.

Granted every-time I try to play a "console RPG" on my cellphone I get slapped in the face by reality, but that's on me for being a stupid optimist.

[Himu]

We were talking about how mobile games are B games now and like...theres stuff like Dumb Ways To Die that are basically Warioware. I love Warioware and i found its absence lately just saddening. So it is like mobile is taking advantage of thelack of variety on consoles and even 3ds.

[cool breeze]

I sort of accidentally bought Wayward Souls.  no regrets as it's pretty great, plus I needed something for some upcoming flights.  very impressed with the controls and how natural it feels.

one complaint I have is with how dark it is for a portable game.  I had to turn up the brightness on my phone to make out some of the tilesets.

also considering Hitman Go.  people seem to be into it.

[magus]

looking at the play store is soul crushing, i've seen

- 3 goat simulator clone
- 5 2048 clone
- 1 flappy bird clone
- this thing here

[CatsCatsCats]

I just watched that video for far too long

[magus]

i've played a bit of disco zoo, basicaly you dig around a field and by doing so you rescue animal which you then put in your zoo so that they can make money, so that you can catch more animals, so that they can make you more money and so on

it's kinda like reverse minesweeper meet one of those grow games like cookie clicker

unfortunately after a while the animal go to sleep and you have to awake them, this wouldn't be so bad but the first time you catch an animal it goes to sleep every 5 minute and i was surprised by the fact that someone tought it would be acceptable to make a game where i'm supposed to pay attention to it every 5 minute, luckily as you catch more of those animals, it increases the time they stay awake to more acceptable realm but it's still a pretty shady way to keep you in the game, the animals always follow the same shape (for example all pig go into easy 2x2 blocks,rabbit into vertical lines and sheep into horizontal lines) so remembering which animal has which shape helps a lot, the game has a feature that keep track but it cost 2$ to unlock which is pretty dumb considering a quick trip to google will give you the same info and more

lastly there is premium currency in the form of disco-bux, you can use one of them to get 5 more tries if you fuck up catching some animal or alternatively you can pay them to trigger DISCO mode in which all the animals make double the money and don't go to sleep as they are too busy dancing, it's pretty hilarious

it's not that great of the game but the pixelated graphics are so damn cute that i still find myself enjoying it



i could stare at those tiny sheep all day

[Himu]

Looks fun! Will check out!

[demi]

IGN Free Game of the month - Wolf among Us Episode 1

http://www.ign.com/prime/promo/wolf-among-us-free

Kind of a copout. Not much of a "free game"

[magus]

i've been trying to find more stuff to do on my android cellphone and while wading through a shitload of skinner box and card games that are "grind until you give us money!" first and critical thinking second, i found this



and i was pretty surprised because it's almost like a proper game,you throw your unit like billiard ball and then make them attack by smashing them against the enemy, different unit also bounce in different ways and it also feature some decent 3D graphics, monsters that actualy comes with different skills and actual skill required... there seems to be IAP element in the form of an equipment gacha but so far the game has been pretty easy and generous so i can't complain

i wish more japanese mobile game would come through, for example this is made by sega and even coming to vita and look's like something i would play



but no, sega has decided that we have to be damned to an eternity of sonic games

[magus]

Chain Chronicle?  What makes you think they won't release it in English?  SEGA Corporation's already released several games of that ilk on English App Stores.

isn't the game like 1 year old and pretty text heavy? i tought the standard rule is that if there is not even a tiny mention of an english version in a year then there is no hope at all

[magus]

trying to pick more android stuff....



kinda like infinity blade trying to meet monster hunter, decent production value, somewhat monotonous,user interface could use more work...

you know everytime i find an android game that looks like an actual game my first reaction is always "where is the trick?, did you skimp on the content? is it going to be massive IAP?"

[chronovore]

trying to pick more android stuff....
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[magus]

trying to pick more android stuff....
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i was like...
"wha?"
*reads title*
"ooooooohhhhh"

[chronovore]

[Himu]

haha. you'll have a lot better luck magus, if you just go to sites like toucharcade and check the top reviews button and see if a game that interests you is on android

[magus]

haha. you'll have a lot better luck magus, if you just go to sites like toucharcade and check the top reviews button and see if a game that interests you is on android

i've found this site called "gamesinasia" which seems to keep track of all these japanese mobile games, in fact that's from where i digged the above game, they recently reviewed some sega PAD clone so ehy maybe there is indeed a chance for chain chronicle

http://www.gamesinasia.com/dragon-coins-sea-review-bringing-meaning-to-the-coin-dozer/

[Himu]

Section dedicated to Asian mobile games.